Re: _correction_[sg] Fw: Vandalism at the Edible Schoolyard

**D*@aol.com**

I made a very stupid mistake in my response to the post about the Edible 
Schoolyard, and apologize to all. I've posted a correction below. I was angry 
about part of the garden being destroyed for a parking lot, and I was reading 
my email late at night, but there's no excuse - I screwed up. The error - it 
probably made you wince in pain - is that my fingers wrote 'Allende' where I 
should have written 'Pinochet'. Salvador Allende was the elected president of 
Chile who, like Victor Jara, was murdered during the coup. Augusto Pinochet 
was the general who lead the junta and took over as dictator. Pinochet's 
fight to avoid trial for human rights abuses made headlines not long ago.

In my own buffoonish way, I spread a patch of blacktop over a bit of tragic 
history, and I'm very sorry I did. Here's what I meant to say:

-Don

Reading David's message about school authorities replacing part of the Edible 
Schoolyard garden with a parking lot, I share his sadness and outrage. He is 
absolutely right about the disrespect such decisions show for our children. 
What happened at the Edible Schoolyard could happen to any of us in our 
asphalt addict culture. In spite of the criminal paving job, the kids and 
David's achievements in the garden continue to inspire all who saw them. I'm 
reminded of Holly Near's song about Victor Jara, the Chilean folksinger 
murdered after the CIA backed coup d'etat that brought Pinochet to power. 'It 
could have been me, but instead it was you." She sings. "So I'm going to keep 
doing the work you were doing as if I were two". The Edible Schoolyard has 
planted seeds no blacktop can smother.

Don Boekelheide
Charlotte NC

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