X-Message-Number: 3832 From: (Matt Dickson) Newsgroups: sci.cryonics Subject: Nederland, CO: Move it or lose it Date: 9 Feb 1995 05:08:33 GMT Message-ID: <3hc80h$> I am new to he Internet, and I dropped in to your newsgroup for a visit and I was surprised to not see any posts about the controversy in Nederland, CO, where the town powers that be are moving to force a woman to remove the frozen body of her husband from her property. Her son, who has since been deported under unrelated auspices, had two bodies froxen in a shed he had built on his property; that of his father and a friend. The (Denver) Rocky Mountain News reports that the woman has been ordered to remove the body of the father (I think the other has been taken out already -- I don't know if he remains frozen or not) or face ten days in jail and $600 in fines... SHe was found guilty Monday of several building and zoning violations....On one hand, ten days in jail and $600 doesn't sound like much to me, considering the stakes, but I think the town council is serious and this it just one of the first rounds. The woman has said that it would take $20,000 and more tme than the March 6 deadline to move her husband to a cryonics facility in California, and that she will appeal the ruling. The woman's name is Aud Morstol, Her son, who lives in Norway now ( I believe) is Trygve Bauge (He is a local celebrity for hosting the annual Polar Bear convention in Boulder}, and the father and friend's names have been published in the locals, but I don't have them now... I am posting this under the assumption that you folks have concerns about the legal issues involved and my guess is that your community would be watching this case closely as the outcome could affect or influence other cases. It has also crossed my mind that , if you wish, you might have resources either to help Ms. Morstol fight the town council (Nederland is pretty much a wide spot in the road), make it too expensive for them to continue their endevour, or to help her to move her husband to another facility. Again I wish to say that I am kind of jumping into this newsgroup and your business without knowing much about what you are concerned about, and if I am wasting your time and bandwidth I apologize. This is a story which has gotten a lot of local press, and I have no idea if anyone utside of Colorado or in your newsgroup in particular has access to it. I do, however, think the Nederland town council should leave Ms, Morstol alone and that she deserves any help she can get in her fight against City Hall. Prost! Matt Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=3832