Wednesday

The Travels of CR-M chapter 89

Vigil Continues In Crawford:
Camp Casey Memorial To Stay

By Deborah Mathews
Staff Writer

September 12, 2005 10:28 PM

CRAWFORD—The Camp Casey Memorial has been left as it was in the ditch in Crawford, with the Continental Flag flying at half-staff above. Organizers plan to maintain the site through the help of volunteers from Veterans For Peace and other groups, acting as Honor Guard and overseeing the maintenance and care of the controversial memorial.

Veterans For Peace member Carl Rising-Moore is currently living at Camp Casey and plans to attend the Commissioners Court to be held in Waco on Tuesday, to hear discussion on right-of-way issues and the legal aspects of long term existence of the site. Already having been presented with “Notice” from County Commissioner Ray Meadows, Rising-Moore said, “The document was addressed to no one and signed by no one.”

The document titled “Notice” included the following information: “All structures, tents, signs, crosses, vehicles and other obstructions must be immediately removed from the right-of-way of this County Road to allow the County to perform mowing, road maintenance and ditch maintenance. The failure to remove such obstructions could result in your arrest for obstruction of a roadway under §42.03 of the Texas Penal Code. See Brightbill v. State, 734 S.W. 2d 733, 734 (Tex. App. - Amarillo 1987) (blocking of ditch which prevented county maintenance held a violation of §42.03 of the Penal Code). Furthermore, leaving discarded structures or trash in the ditch area may be prosecuted as littering under §365.012 of the Texas Health & Safety Code.

The paramount purpose of public roads is travel; and maintenance/repair of roads is necessary for the convenience and safety of the public. Vehicles which are not moved will be towed. Other items which are not moved will be removed and hauled to storage, or disposed of by the County. Your cooperation will be greatly appreciated.”

Currently serving with Rising-Moore and the Honor Guard of Camp Casey Memorial is Dickey Ingram and Barbara Barker, both of Veterans For Peace. According to Rising-Moore, “We didn’t blink and they didn’t move it.” In response to the notice, the three have cleaned, mowed, and raked the memorial site and plan to constantly maintain it. “It will be the finest looking ditch in Texas when we get through with it,” said Rising-Moore.

“We’ll go into the winter soldier routine if we must. We will be here until our troops come home, however long that takes.” Making reference to the Winter Soldiers of Valley Forge in December of 1777, Rising-Moore said that what they’re doing is in honor of those soldiers, too.

Attempting to assert their First Amendment rights and, at the same time, be good neighbors, according to Rising-Moore, the three will continue maintaining the Camp Casey Memorial, without interruption, but are currently seeking volunteers to help in the Guard.

Anyone interested in becoming involved with the Honor Guard of the Camp Casey Memorial can contact the Veterans For Peace organization.


Copyright © 2005 The Lone Star Iconoclast

Tuesday

Newton's attorneys ask Perry for a 30-day delay


San Antonio Express (subscription)
Newton's attorneys ask Perry for a 30-day delay
Houston Chronicle, United States - 16 hours ago
By ALLAN TURNER. With their client's execution looming, Frances Newton's lawyers Monday penned a letter asking Gov. Rick Perry for ...
Houston woman set to die for killing husband, two kids KHOU (subscription)
Lawyers try to halt woman's execution San Jose Mercury News
Parole board refuses to stop woman's execution Fort Worth Star Telegram
Ireland Online - all 223 related »
Frances Newton, out of Harris County, would be first ...
Common Dreams (press release), ME - Sep 12, 2005
Frances Newton faces execution Sept. 14 for the murder of her husband, Adrian Newton, and her children, Alton and Farah Newton in Harris County. ...

Austin Chronicle
Without Evidence: Executing Frances Newton
Austin Chronicle, TX - Sep 7, 2005
... 14 Frances Newton will become only the third woman executed by the state of Texas since 1982, and the first black woman executed since the Civil War. ...

Workers World
Stop the execution of Frances Newton
Workers World - Sep 2, 2005
By Gloria Rubac. Support for Frances Newton grows daily. From every corner of Houston, the fourth-largest city in the country, people ...
Woman's execution remains on schedule
Houston Chronicle, United States - Sep 9, 2005
Frances Newton, condemned for the 1987 murder of her husband and two young children, was a step closer to execution Friday after the Texas Court of Criminal ...
Supporters of Frances Newton to Converge in Austin on Saturday ...
Christian News Wire (press release), DC - Aug 26, 2005
26 /Christian Wire Service/ -- The Committee to Free Frances Newton is heading to the state's capital on Saturday, August 27, to let the governor of Texas know ...
News Roundup: Man stabbed 4 times at West Side bar
San Antonio Express (subscription), TX - 16 hours ago
... HUNTSVILLE — Condemned Texas inmate Frances Newton lost at the parole board and in a federal court Monday as her lawyers tried to head off her scheduled ...
Condemned woman optimistic she won't be executed this week
Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX - Sep 9, 2005
... Adrian Newton, 23, was fatally shot in the head. Both children were shot in the chest. Two weeks later, Frances Newton was arrested for their slayings. ...
‘ Stop the execution of Frances Newton!’
Workers World - Aug 17, 2005
By Gloria Rubac. The mobilization to stop the execution of Frances Newton is in high gear and growing by the day. Her execution is set for 6 pm on Sept. 14. ...
Stop the execution of Frances Newton
Workers World - Aug 25, 2005
If the state of Texas is allowed to go through with the execution of Frances Newton on Sept. 14, she will be the first African American ...

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