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    <h4 class="titlesmall">Update for April 3, 2006<br>
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    <p>I had intended to present Part 5 in the 12 Part Series of our investigation 
      into the statements made and actions taken by Kurt &amp; Katherine Mangsen, 
      the State Board of Registration of Funeral Directors &amp; Embalmers (to 
      include its former Chairperson, present investigator, former and present 
      state employees assigned to the Board), and specific individuals within 
      the Division of Professional Licensure; but circumstances of the immediate 
      past 10+ days have taken center stage for the moment. I, therefore, will 
      delay Part 5 in the 12 Part Series for the immediate future and share with 
      you recent events.</p>
    <p>I find it deeply moving and comforting to see that there are those in this 
      day and age as well as those from centuries ago that valued the truth then 
      and value the truth today. There is an Old Classical World Parable to guide 
      one in the pursuit of the truth.</p>
    <p> <strong>&#8220;How Dreadful Knowledge of the Truth Can Be &#8211; When 
      There is No Help in Truth!&#8221;</strong> <em>(excerpt from Oedipus Rex) 
      </em></p>
    <p><em>Sophocles&#8217; Wisdom, profound as it is, is a beacon in the modern 
      world for &#8220;finding the truth through communication.&#8221;</em></p>
    <p>Coach Mike Krzyzewski (better known as Coach K.) of the Duke University 
      Blue Devils basketball program has always instilled in his players and publicly 
      in speeches and advertisements (most recently during the March Madness messages 
      sponsored by Chevrolet) that <em><strong>&#8220;Nothing is more powerful 
      than the truth!&#8221;</strong></em> The events of the past 10-14 days certainly 
      validate the principles presented above.</p>
    <p>For the first time in the past 28 months, since I was abruptly terminated 
      without notice by Kurt Mangsen, President of Nordgren Memorial Chapel, after 
      almost 10 years of dedicated service to the Worcester Community, the first 
      ray of light to illuminate <strong>&#8220;the truth before GOD and Man (and 
      woman)&#8221;</strong> peaked through the shadows. A revelation of sorts 
      took place, and from darkness came the 1st glimmer of light. Allow me to 
      explain!</p>
    <p>I created the web site www.justiceatwhatprice.com ONLY after I had responded 
      to complaints filed by Nordgren Memorial Chapel in the person of Mrs. Katherine 
      Mangsen; complaints forwarded to me by Mr. John Bresnahan, investigator 
      for the State Board and an employee of the Division of Professional Licensure. 
      My responses to the complaints were complete to the last word. My responses 
      were 100% accurate and supported by voluminous facts. My responses were 
      and are &#8211; &#8220;The Truth!&#8221;</p>
    <p>What I have found shocking through this whole ordeal is what Sophocles 
      referred to as <em>&#8220;finding the truth through communications!&#8221;</em> 
      What I have known from the outset and what now has reared its head so that 
      everyone&#8217;s eyes are now forced open to see the light &#8211; is that 
      communications in the situation now under review have been &#8220;One Sided&#8221; 
      for more than 28 months or at least up until this past Friday, March 31, 
      2006.</p>
    <p>On Friday, March 31, 2006 the prosecution attorneys for the Division of 
      Professional Licensure (Attorneys Read &amp; Alexander) were to call the 
      last three (3) witnesses for the prosecution; specifically Mr. Kurt Mangsen, 
      Mr. John Bresnahan (investigator), and Mr. Tracy Mitchell, expert witness 
      for the prosecution before the Administrative Hearings Counsel conducting 
      the Administrative Hearing. As it would be, only Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Mangsen 
      testified on Friday, March 31, 2006; due solely to the fact that Mr. Mangsen&#8217;s 
      testimony took significantly longer than even I anticipated (although I 
      did know I would have a significant number of questions for him).</p>
    <p>I have made it quite clear from the outset that the issues before me, the 
      State Board, and now before the Division of Professional Licensure were 
      and are a &#8220;Witch Hunt&#8221; of enormous proportions conspired by 
      and directly implicate several Central Massachusetts Funeral Directors in 
      the proceedings. Judgments were made using 2nd and 3rd party comments and 
      statements that have withered away with time &#8211; not having been documented 
      for the record at the time by the authorities tasked to do so.</p>
    <p>It is not my intent to discredit Mr. Kurt Mangsen; for it is my belief 
      (and always will be unless proven differently to me) that Mr. Mangsen was 
      used by his wife, Mrs. Mangsen, and others in their employ to hopefully 
      meet and accomplish their personal agendas. During cross-examination on 
      Friday, March 31, 2006 Mr. Mangsen made statements of fact that he could 
      not support, could not attest to who actually made the statements to him, 
      or even when the supposed statements were made.</p>
    <p>What was most shocking to me (and I cannot or will not speak for others 
      in attendance &#8211; for their faces told the whole story), was when I 
      presented the first of the several complaints filed against me by Nordgren 
      Memorial Chapel in the person of Mrs. Mangsen, to Mr. Mangsen and asked 
      Mr. Mangsen to take a moment to refresh his memory before I asked him questions 
      about the content of the complaint. Mr. Mangsen had a very puzzled look 
      on his face that immediately brought concern to me. Without thought or hesitation, 
      I asked him &#8211; <strong>&#8220;Mr. Mangsen, you have seen this and read 
      this complaint before today, haven&#8217;t you?&#8221;</strong> Mr. Mangsen&#8217;s 
      response &#8211; <strong>&#8220;No! I have not seen this complaint before 
      now!&#8221; </strong></p>
    <p>I was <em>&#8220;blinded&#8221;</em> by the light that immediately poured 
      into the conference room at the Division of Professional Licensure &#8211; 
      a conference room with no windows to the outside, but yet a conference room 
      full of participants that previously were unable to see the light through 
      the shadows.</p>
    <p>It took me a moment to regain my composure, for the whole host of questions 
      I had for Mr. Mangsen &#8211; I could not ask; for he had not even seen, 
      let alone read, the complaints filed by Mrs. Mangsen, treasurer of Nordgren 
      Memorial Chapel in December 2003 (more than 28 months ago). Suffice it to 
      say, it was an extremely embarrassing moment for Mr. Mangsen, and again 
      speaking only for myself, I was pained and troubled for Mr. Mangsen. I had 
      worked tirelessly for years with Mr. Mangsen to bring him from the &#8220;12 
      years in the back room&#8221; (as stated in the initial complaint filed 
      by Mrs. Mangsen) to the front office, to meet and greet families; and I 
      was proud to have instilled a degree of confidence in a young man that others 
      had given up on. I came to love and respect Mr. Mangsen as a person, as 
      a brother, and as a son. From the day Harry Mangsen (Kurt Mangsen&#8217;s 
      dad) passed away, I proudly introduced Mr. Mangsen to the families I served, 
      to the Orthodox Clergy I love and admire, and I shared my passion with Kurt 
      to always remember &#8220;A Family Doesn&#8217;t Get a Second Chance to 
      say Good-bye to a Loved One&#8221; &#8211; so everything must be right for 
      the family regardless of the circumstances. </p>
    <p>Mr. &amp; Mrs. Mangsen at some point in the relationship felt the same 
      way about me and my wife, Carolyn; for we were asked and accepted with pride 
      their request for us to be God-Parents to their newly born son, Derek. </p>
    <p>What I witnessed on Friday, March 31, 2006, as I suspect others in attendance 
      did as well, was a &#8220;broken man, who had retreated to the back room 
      where he had been for so very long&#8221; not wanting to know the facts 
      &#8211; not wanting to know what was happening &#8211; yet all the while 
      knowing &#8220;the Truth&#8221; &#8211; but fearful of &#8216;becoming clean 
      by coming clean&#8217;.</p>
    <p>I probably shouldn&#8217;t, for the pain and suffering I have endured (as 
      well as the pain and suffering families that have lost loved ones in the 
      past 28 months and were forced to find alternated means for the arrangements 
      of their loved ones), but I anguish over the pain Mr. Mangsen is experiencing 
      as he has and continues to be manipulated like a &#8216;puppet on a string&#8217; 
      by others with an axe to grind at Mr. Mangsen&#8217;s personal and emotional 
      expense. GOD knows I have been the victim of this 28 month &#8220;witch 
      hunt&#8221; as you can see. I, also, believe Mr. Mangsen personally has 
      been victimized by those around him. </p>
    <p>But there is more light which will be added to this series of dark events 
      to come out in the very near future. As I stated clearly on so very many 
      occasions and to the numerous appointed and elected officials within the 
      Commonwealth of Massachusetts, I have the facts to support the conspiracy 
      I allege to have taken place from the outset of these proceedings.</p>
    <p>I shall conclude with a quote from the &#8220;In My Opinion&#8221; on the 
      editorial page of the Worcester Telegram dated March 12, 2006 referencing 
      &#8220;government of the people must be open&#8221;, </p>
    <p> <strong>&#8220;Officials who arrogantly flout the law should face serious 
      consequences. As we have said before, corruption, abuse of power and insider 
      dealing thrive in the shadows and wither when exposed to the light of day. 
      When in doubt, let the sun light shine in!&#8221;</strong></p>
    <p><em>&#8220;The Light from the Sun will now allow the truth to be known&#8221;.</em></p>
    <p> I wanted in this update to present recent affidavits from Mr. Mangsen 
      and Mr. Johnson that were faxed to the State Board by Mrs. Mangsen, during 
      the week of March 22, 2006 according to Atty. James Read &#8211; affidavits 
      that stated by my presence at a graveside service for a family that invited 
      me to be present, I somehow impeded Mr. Mangsen &amp; Mr. Johnson&#8217;s 
      (Nordgren Memorial Chapel) ability to perform as funeral directors. I will 
      not dignify statements made in the affidavits by providing a response, but 
      wait till you read the responses from the family and the clergy alluded 
      to in the affidavits signed by and attested to by Mr. Mangsen &amp; Mr. 
      Johnson. It will be obvious to you as it is to me and several families that 
      have been served in recent times at Nordgren Memorial Chapel that some principals 
      at Nordgren Memorial Chapel have no compassion for those who have experienced 
      the loss of a loved one, as they continue to cause the family additional 
      pain and anguish by making frivolous statements and distort facts in their 
      attempt to assassinate my character. Actual affidavits and responses to 
      be presented soon.</p>
    <p><strong>Next Update &#8211; April 17, 2006</strong></p>
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