On cemetery picnics
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Contributor A friend recently called me out for something I posted on social media. With a concerned look on her face, she asked: “Can we talk about the Snapchat you...
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Long live the cemetery
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff In May, the Hope Cemetery puts on a show. Thanks to volunteer clean-up efforts, the freshly-pruned lilacs are able to thrive. With undergrowth now tamed, some hidden headstones are...
The pioneers’ keepers
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff For the second year, a group of volunteer citizens will perform an extensive cleanup on the Pioneer Cemetery — or “Chinese Cemetery” — in Hope. It’s an effort to...
The Hope Cemetery’s living legacy
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff To Brent Lockwood, cemeteries are happy places. Leaning on a rake, clad in muddy boots and work clothes, he’s smiling with an overcast but Ross-Hall-worthy view of Lake Pend...
