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CHRIS: ONE BY ONE, PEOPLE DROVE THROUGH LEON’S CEMETERY MONDAY TO SEE THE DAMAGE THEMSELVES. >> IT’S VERY HEARTBREAKING. CHRIS DONNA BINNING JUST CAN’T : BELIEVE IT. >> IT’S SAD WHEN YOU HAVE TO LAY SOMEONE TO REST, FOR SOMEONE TO DESTROY MEMORIES IT’S PRETTY BAD. CHRIS TE DESTRUCTION CAME OVER : THE WEEKEND. POLICE SAY IT’S VANDALISM. THESE CRACKED HEADSTONES ARE THE LEAST OF IT. THE WORST PART OF THE DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE CEMETERIES VETERANS MEMORIAL. THERE ARE HOLES ALL AROUND HERE AND ALL THIS CONCRETE BROKEN ACROSS THE GROUND, IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE A WRECKING BALL CAME THROUGH. >> MY HUSBAND’S GRANDFATHER’S COUSIN THEIR CLUB HELPED BUILD , THIS STRUCTURE SO A LOT OF HARD WORK, BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS WENT INTO IT. >> TO GO ESPECIALLY AFTER THE VETERANS IS JUST UNCALLED FOR. CHRIS NOW THE QUESTIONS MANY IN : THIS SMALL TOWN ARE ASKING >> WHY? CHRIS AND WHO? : >> WE’VE BEEN WORKING ON TRYING TO GENERATE LEADS, LET THE PUBLIC KNOW HOW THEY CAN HELP US. CHRIS OFFICER JULIE GFELLER SAYS : THE COMMUNITY’S ALREADY STEPPING UP TO HELP. IN FACT BETWEEN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING, SOMEONE TOOK TIME TO PUT FLOWERS LEFT FOR THOSE WHO SERVED, BACK WHERE THEY BELONGED. GFELLER SAYS WHATEVER THE COST OF REPAIRS MAY BE, IT ISN’T WHAT’S MOST IMPORTANT. >> WE NEED TO HEAL AND HAVE SOME CLOSURE FOR PEOPLE WHOSE HEARTS ARE REALLY HURT BY THIS.