People on the Topix message board--sometimes the only place to find news about the murder, and the odd biases in the local media--are speaking of holding a candelight vigil in remembrance of Asha and Anina Veil, possibly sometime around the time of their murder (September 9th). I think this would be a good thing, because Asha and her daughter deserve it, it would go a long way towards giving some focus to the community's continued grief, and it would keep the murder case in the public eye.
Frankly, a local paper of ours has done, in my opinion, a middling job these days covering the Asha Veil tragedy in terms of keeping up interest in her story. There was a long piece recently on McClish's wife, but, as far as I have seen, not one recent piece on Asha and her very-much-wanted child who lost their lives nearly a year ago. I would love to see someone run an article on what Asha was like--I know almost nothing of her daily life, the things she liked to do, what drew people to her so much. Her husband had some very wonderful information about her in his memorial, but I would like to know more about her. I am thinking about contacting people myself and doing a story on it in this blog if I can, though as I said, I am working to get my book finished, hopefully by the first week of September, and shipped off.
So, let's hope for at least a time and place where the community can gather--Asha deserves it.
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