By MIKE COURSON
Great Bend Post
Warmer weather is hopefully right around the corner. That means mowing season is nearing for staff with both Great Bend cemeteries. Operator Michelle Davis said staff would like items removed from the ground at both locations by the end of February.
"We're just asking the public come in and remove all their winter and fall decorations off the ground," she said. "Anything on the stones or in the vases can stay, but everything needs to be picked up off the ground or off the graves so we can, as of March 1, start doing our spring clean-up."
Items not picked up ahead of March 1 will be discarded. Cemetery staff prefers not to throw away personal items, and Davis emphasized that's why individuals need to remove the items before the deadline.
"When we pick it up, we discard it," she said. "We don't hold it. It's very important that, if they want these items, they will need to come get them."
The spring clean-up will take place at both the Broadway and 24th Street cemeteries. Last month, the city announced several new plots were available to purchase at the North Cemetery.