January 22, 2016 Seaside Signal seasidesignal.com 3A
Seaside considers changes to cemetery rules
Amendment would raise
price per plot to $500
By Katherine Lacaze
Seaside Signal
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Cemetery regulations. The
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day and seeks to modify
some language and update
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looks over and maintains
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The proposed language
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are minor and simply update
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Chief Joey Daniels —who
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panionship fostered within
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a leader, they determined, is
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ration” and “translate vision
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into reality,” Dennis said.
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