{"id":4879,"date":"2014-07-15T22:37:58","date_gmt":"2014-07-16T05:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=4879"},"modified":"2014-07-15T22:37:58","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T05:37:58","slug":"stapleton-death-toll-reaches-26-after-two-more-hanging-baskets-lose-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=4879","title":{"rendered":"Stapleton Death Toll Reaches 26 After Two More Hanging Baskets Lose Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"hanging-baskets\"<\/a>The numbers of the dead continue to rise after the Stone\u2019s put to rest their two hanging baskets. The heat, plus no outdoor air conditioning ultimately took the lives of the two beautiful young hanging baskets, who were only in this world for a couple of months. \u201cYou know when you buy hanging baskets, they are eventually going to die,\u201d said Karen Stone, \u2018mother\u2019 of the baskets. \u201cIt\u2019s just that these were so young. I felt like we took excellent care of them. Watering them twice a day, miracle grow, and we even took them down during the hail storms. At what point is the government going to step in? It is getting out of hand. We can\u2019t just continue to sit back and watch all of these beautiful hanging baskets die off. Especially when you consider how much they cost.\u201d\n\nIndeed, the Stone\u2019s paid over $100 for their hanging baskets and many other residents did the same. \u201cWe actually paid almost $200 for ours,\u201d said Stapleton resident Jennifer Dilingham, who lost her two hanging baskets a week ago. \u201cIt was really, really sad. And not just for us. It was extremely hard on the kids who got used to helping us water them every day. Sure, we\u2019ve lost other hanging baskets, but never this soon, and there was something special about these hanging baskets. They were just so full of life when we got them.\u201d\nThe July heat, spring winds, and hail have been the major contributors to all of the deaths. \u201cEvery year residents have to fight through this (hanging baskets dying),\u201d said flower and garden expert Kelly Fecht. \u201cBut, this year has been exceptionally hard. So many\u2026(choking up) dying young.\u201d Many families must unceremoniously throw the baskets in the trash, but for others, that proves much too difficult. \u201cWe have a ceremony in the back yard,\u201d said Andrew Seery who lost a hanging basket just 12 days ago. \u201cEveryone talks about what they loved about the hanging basket, and what they will miss most about it. Then, we burry it in the backyard with an appropriate marking.\u201d\nDespite the futility in trying to keep a hanging basket alive, residents will continue to purchase them every year. \u201cI just love them so much,\u201d says Stone. \u201cWe let go of the old, and bring new ones in to breathe new life into our family. Even if is just for a few months, the happiness we get is well worth it. Plus, we always feel there will be that special year when we will keep one alive for six months.\u201d The MCA has mentioned they are not willing to give away any secrets as to how they keep theirs alive and beautiful for so long. \u201cWe are not really at liberty to talk about it,\u201d said MCA President Liza Kampstra. \u201cBut, I assure you, they are real.\u201d\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[146],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4879","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-issue-84","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4879\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}