--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Hinge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >
Boy you have a real problem with Inspecters doing their job. OCEAN GROVE A Civil War re-enactment and Veterans Day ceremony scheduled to be > held here next month have been canceled because of a campfire dispute between the re- > enactors and the local fire prevention bureau. > > Bopard members of the 2nd New Jersey Brigade, a sponsor of the event, voted Tuesday > night to cancel the Nov. 4 and 5 battle re-enactment on the beach and Veterans Day > memorial ceremony in Ocean Grove, said Charles Harris, 55, of Neptune, an alternate > board member. > > The Ocean Grove Bureau of Fire Prevention sent the group guidelines for the encampment, > and it said the fire official would have the right to order open fires extinguished to correct > hazardous conditions, protect public safety or for other good > cause. > > "These restrictions were so stifling that we could not agree to them,'' Harris said. "We > practice good safety procedures.'' > > Harris said with those restrictions, the fire official could shut down the campfires for any > reason, and some of the re-enactors camp out and use the fires for cooking and warmth. > > Several hundred Civil War re-enactors from New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and > Maryland were expected to attend. > > The fire official could not immediately be reached for comment. > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/