GLENDALE Glendale aldermen agreed on Monday night to consider two zoning code changes, designed to address building trends and protect neighborhood aesthetics.

One proposal would allow front porches that do not encroach more than 10 feet into a home's set back area to be approved administratively, without a public hearing.

"We have requests for these porch additions, and they are almost always approved by the board of adjustment. We would be saving time, the costs of a stenographer and other things," Jaysen Christensen, city administrator, told aldermen Monday night. A proposal will be before aldermen in March.

The second would restrict the size of single-family homes to a smaller percentage of lot size, with an eye toward preserving the street scene to protect neighboring property values, especially where infill re-development is popular. Building height limitations may be added to account for ground slope. "A home may be built to please those who will live inside, but the neighbors have to live with it too," said Jeff Fernhoff, chair of the architectural review board and the planning and zoning commission. "We look to keep proposed homes quaint and sized appropriately."

Christensen said he will get more information, particularly from neighboring municipalities, before developing proposed legislation.

Aldermen have given tentative approval to a renewed fire protection service contract with Warson Woods, for the five-year period beginning April 1, but were awaiting approval by that city's board. The renewal would be priced at $263,000 annually with a cost of living adjustment each spring, beginning this year. Glendale has provided fire service to the neighboring city since 1948.

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The annual Collection to Aid the Church in Central and Eastern Europe will be held in most U.S. parishes on March 5, Ash Wednesday. The collection supports pastoral, educational and construction projects in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia which were formerly under Soviet control.

The theme for this years collection is Restore the Church, Build the Future. The collection will focus on repairing and restoring Church buildings, strengthening Catholic education and intellectual life, and the development of new Church leadership. In 2013, the collection awarded $6.6 million in grants to 24 of the 27 countries it serves.

While many people in the U.S. are familiar with the challenges faced by the Church in Central and Eastern Europe, it is important to remind everyone of the harsh legacy of 50 years of communist rule said Bishop Blase Cupich of Spokane, Washington, chairman of the Subcommittee on Aid to the Church in Central and Eastern Europe of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). The Church faces both physical poverty in countries that have still not become self-sustaining following communism and moral poverty, due to the growth of secularism.

We are able to distribute significant grants because of the commitment of the lay faithful to this collection, Bishop Cupich said. By showing solidarity with our struggling brothers and sisters in faith, each person who gives to the collection truly helps to restore the Church and build the future.

One funded project is located in Bucharest, Romania. The Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart run the New Home Centre, which provides a place for abandoned children. Through providing nursery care and preschool education, the sisters give the children a stable, safe environment and adequately prepare them to start primary school. Due to lack of funds, their building had become overcrowded and was not compliant with existing safety codes. The Collection for the Church in Central and Eastern Europe funded a repair of the New Home Centre, as well as an expansion to provide living quarters for children and a separate kindergarten. These changes will ensure that the children continue to live in a safe, welcoming environment.

The bishops of the Subcommittee on Aid to the Church in Central and Eastern Europe oversee the Collection for the Church in Central and Eastern Europe as part of the USCCB Committee on National Collections. More information on the Collection and the projects it funds can be found online:www.usccb.org/catholic-giving/opportunities-for-giving/central-and-eastern-europe/

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The 150-year-old United Methodist Community Church on North Road reportedly owes thousands of dollars in past-due heating bills.JOHN DeSANTO/Times Herald-Record

Published: 2:00 AM - 02/19/14 Last updated: 11:42 AM - 02/19/14

BLOOMINGBURG The builder of the controversial 396-home Hasidic development may soon be adding a venerable old church to the many buildings he owns in this eastern Sullivan county village. Shalom Lamm has offered $330,000 for the white-shingled, Mountainview United Methodist Church, which is more 150 years old.

"The church has been for sale for a long time as it continues to consolidate its finances," said Lamm. "We feel proud and privileged to help a faith community."

Lamm says he isn't sure what he will do with the church. He already owns at least a dozen homes, apartment complexes, storefronts and other buildings in this village of some 400 residents.

A state Appellate Court judge on Tuesday allowed work to continue on 12 buildings of the controversial 396-home Hasidic development in Bloomingburg.

Judge Leslie Stein issued a stay of the stop-work order granted earlier this month by Sullivan County Supreme Court Judge Stephan Schick. So until an Appellate Court hearing March 10, work will resume on the 12 buildings already under construction at the Villages at Chestnut Ridge.

"One hundred twelve people can now go back to work," said developer Shalom Lamm, whose lawyers appealed Schick's decision.

Schick had seemed to agree with the lawyers for the Rural Community Coalition and the Town of Mamakating, who argued that the land on which the development is being built was annexed illegally, since the residents of that land didn't vote on the annexation, as required by the state Constitution.

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Galveston, Aspen or Cancun are destinations that might come to mind for a Spring Break trip, but a group of 20 from the Kingwood area are embarking on a less typical journey.

Kingwood Christian Church is sponsoring its second bi-annual mission trip to Grenada. Known as the Island of Spice because of its production of nutmeg, Grenada is an island country consisting of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique in the southeastern Caribbean Sea.

While there, the group will partner with St. Patricks Parish of the Anglican Church to support its church and school in improvement projects and participate in cultural programs.

Participants from Kingwood Christian Church include teen-agers and adults, with the youngest being 13.

Our mission trip to Grenada two years ago was a wonderful and enlightening time for my family, said Dave Wallis, an IT professional who is going on the trip again in 2014. We had the opportunity to build a computer lab for a school, do some construction and cleaning in some local churches, and start a womens support group. Most importantly, we had a chance to interact with some very warm and gracious people, many of whom have now become our good friends. The experience expanded our vision and our hearts beyond what we see in our daily lives.

This year, the groups focus includes constructing new pews and storage areas for the church, improving its electrical system, and upgrading the schools computer lab by networking computers and printers and loading updated software. The group also will share members musical talents by performing at a school assembly and in a Gospel Concert. They also will participate in opening ceremonies for the St. Patricks Day Festival. The trip is March 7- 17.

Members of the Grenadian church will host activities for the visiting Texans, including a barbecue on Bathway Beach featuring the national dish of Oil-down. Oil-down is a stew of breadfruit, salted meat or chicken, coconut milk and spices. Real FM Grenada (a local radio station) is sponsoring the barbecue and in 2012 even broadcast a church service from Kingwood Christian Church to the entire nation of Grenada.

The partnership between Kingwood Christian and St. Patricks Parish exists because in 1991, Kingwood High School and TCU graduate Lindy Nelson was assigned to teach at the school in the city of Sauteurs, while serving in the Peace Corps. She met and married another teacher, Ryan Paryag. As a family, the Nelson-Paryags have made their home in Kingwood since 1994.

Meeting new people and learning new things is exciting and builds enthusiasm for all congregations.

We were able to awaken the gifts that existed in that church, Ryan Nelson-Paryag said. We saw that it doesnt take a huge amount of resources to really make a difference in others lives. As a result of us going there, the womans group in particular has been energized again.

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SALT LAKE CITY A 4-alarm fire at a Salt Lake City apartment building was intentionally set, according to a press release from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

After five days of extensive scene examination and multipe interviews, investigators have ruled the cause of the fire to be incendiary. The factors resulting in the finding of incendiary are not being released due to the ongoing investigation, the ATF press release said.

A joint investigation was conducted at the scene of the fire by the ATFs National Response Team and the Salt Lake City Fire Department.

A probable cause statement from the Salt Lake County Sheriffs Office indicates Dustin J. Bowman admitted to starting the structure fire at 540 E 500 S on February 9.

Since the apartment building was still under construction, the fire was exacerbated by the large amount of exposed wood in the building.

The damage is currently estimated at $6 million.

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