Currently, there are no churches in Milks Grove Township. But years ago, there were two churches in Section 26.

Where is section 26? Go three miles south of the Kankakee-lroquois County line on Park Road and then two miles east.

Along the south border of Section 26 or the 3100N Road, there is a school, a former Catholic church, and home. And on the west border of Section 26 or the 400E Road, there is a church and a residence on the west side of the road is the location of a former Lutheran Church.

What do we know about the Catholic Church?

ln 1890, Lemuel Milk donated 8 acres in Section 26 plus a $5000 donation for the construction of a church, dwelling and school. Currently, those 8 acres are enclosed in a fence and is a separate piece of property. (From the lroquois Co. Genealogy Society)

The church was called St. John's Catholic Church. It was served by a priest from Chebanse. ln 1895, it became a part of the Clifton parish and was used until October of 1950. (From Norma Meier)

The church was a mission of Assumption BVM Catholic Church in Ashkum. The church records were kept by an Ashkum priest and included in Ashkum church entries. It doesn't seem logical that the Milks Grove parish was a mission of Ashkum rather than Clifton, but I have transcribed all the Ashkum church records and know that to be so.

What do we know about the Lutheran Church?

The Chebanse Herald reported in May of 1899 that a petition to construct a church was circulated in the Milks Grove area for the German Lutherans. Thus in September of 1899, 5 acres were given to the church by Henry Siedentop, the grandfather of Art Schultz, located 8 miles west and three miles south of Chebanse for the construction of a house of worship for them. Prior to that, the German and Danish Lutherans had met as early as the 1880's in the town hall of Milks Grove.

According to reports and the records of confirmations, Rev. Seehausen served that congregation for the greater part of his ministry at Zion Lutheran Church, Chebanse. Services were held on Sunday afternoons. When the weather was bad, Pastor Seehausen would make the trip on Saturday afternoon with horse and buggy, stay with the Henry Siemring family who lived about 7 miles west of Chebanse and then return later Sunday or early Monday morning. And so God's Holy Word and the Sacraments were brought to the people west of Chebanse by Pastor Seehausen.

Confirmation certificates of relatives of Art Schultz of Zion, Chebanse, indicate Pastor Seehausen was serving the Milks Grove Lutheran Church as late as 1917.

Since in 1909, Trinity Lutheran Church, Herscher, was founded as a daughter congregation of Zion Lutheran Church, Bonfield, some of the members of Milks Grove Lutheran Church transferred to Trinity and others eventually to Zion Lutheran Church, Chebanse. One article in an early Chebanse Herald indicated that the Milks Grove Lutheran Church was named "Zion". (From Zions Outreach Mission)

Per Norma Meier: There was a cemetery and most were reinterred at the Evergreen Cemetery in Chebanse although a few remained. Can they still be seen?

There was also a Lutheran parsonage which was moved a few miles south.

It appears that the Catholic Church had services from 1895 to 1950 and that the Lutheran Church was open from 1899 until 1917? A picture of the Zion Lutheran Church can be viewed at the Herscher Area Historical Society along with other historic pictures of Milks Grove Township. Please stop by and view this display.

lf you know anything further on these churches, please email Robert Voss at robertlvoss@aol.com.

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Drive through downtown Sandpoint on First Avenue and youll see signs of life returning as the phases of Gov. Brad Littles Idaho Rebounds coronavirus reopening plan proceed apace. Most of all, youll notice that you can drive through downtown Sandpoint on First Avenue at all.

Core streets have been in various stages of reconstruction and closure since September 2019, but as of Thursday, May 14 the wide-ranging project will be substantially complete, according to city officials.

The corner of First Avenue and Cedar Street in downtown Sandpoint. Photo by Ben Olson.

Final touches/clean up will continue through June 1, in alignment with the original contract timeframe, said Sandpoint Public Works Director Amanda Wilson.

First Avenue from Church to Cedar streets and Second Avenue opened for use on May 11, signalling the beginning of the end of Phase II of the citys project to improve downtown infrastructure, which began in 2017 with the two-way traffic reversion throughout downtown, followed by a complete revamp of Cedar Street from First to Fifth avenues in 2018.

What remains is for crews to deal with an unanticipated subterranean void at the eastern sidewalk on First Avenue and Church Street, which project managers said will be finished in time for the June 1 completion date.

The final touches include installing green ornamental pedestrian lights a grant-funded contract that is expected to take about a week and make way for the incorporation of flower baskets along First Avenue.

Among the features of the project are enhanced pedestrian crossings; seat walls at planters; almost 50 new street trees; 50 parking spaces, including those for standard and compact vehicles; five ADA parking spaces and four motorcycle parking zones; three loading zones; 16 bike racks and seven new benches; the ornamental lights still to be installed; and infrastructure intended to accommodate high-speed fiber internet connectivity throughout downtown.

For more information on Phase II and the larger downtown revitalization project go to sandpointstreets.com.

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Here's a look at the entrance to the new Tonganoxie USD 464 offices at West Haven Baptist Church. The office will be at the church, likely for the next two years, as construction continues at Tonganoxie High School.

The board office officially has moved to West Haven Baptist Church.

District offices will be at the church, likely for the next two years, as construction begins in the coming weeks on the Tonganoxie High School campus.

The current board office on the campus will be taken down as part of the renovations.

The church offered its space for free, but the board is looking to provide compensation in some manner.

We couldnt ask for a better situation, Feldkamp said.

The district office phone number, 913-416-1400, remains the same at the church, 1000 West St.

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SARASOTA The Sarasota office of Current Builders wasselected as the general contractor for the Gallery 3100 residential project in St. Petersburg. It is the construction firms first project on the west coast in severalyears.

As part of a strategic expansion plan, the company recently opened an office in Sarasota.

The $20 million, 122-unit residential project is being developed by Mosaic at Grand Central, according to a press release. The architectural firm is Baker Barrios.The project is expected to begin concrete foundations in June.

We are honored that our first new project in this region is with the Mosaic Development Group, saysChip Angenendt, vice president west coast division, in a statement. The three primary contacts for Mosaic, Roxanne Amoroso, Marc Mariano and Terry Wayland, lead an outstanding, knowledgeable team with a dynamic vision for this inspired rental community.

To overcome space challenges with the construction site, Current Builders also developed a community relationship.

This project runs property line to property line; leaving no room on the site for a construction trailer or a place for our parking and laydown areas, says Angenendt in a statement. So, we reached out to the First Baptist International Church of St. Petersburg, which owns an unusedbuilding in need of significant repair adjacent to the site and offered to transform it into a multipurpose center/office in exchange for using their property for our construction needs.

Current Builders will usea concrete design innovation on the projects four-story parking garage. It is the third project to use the firms garage building system. Theshoring technique is an alternative to precast and post tension garages,reducing the build time by almost 25%.

Pompano Beach-based Current Buildersis a general contractorestablished in 1972 with average annual revenues in excess of $250 million. The firmspecializes in multi-family residential projects, health care facilities, office/warehouse buildings, commercial distribution facilities, parking garages, interior build-outs, interior and exterior renovations.

Years ago, we built several projects on the west coast, says Angenendt in a statement. But with this newly established office in Sarasota, we can truly become part of the community and realize Current Builders mission in this region.

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The City of Toronto will start construction on a few key projects to renew and improve ageing infrastructure over the coming weeks, with some lasting until the end of 2020.

According to the City, with traffic volumes on Torontos roads down between 45 and 65% as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, it recently announced that construction work will be accelerated on as many important projects as possible.

We are doing everything we can as a municipal government to speed up as much road construction as we can right now so that our infrastructure is upgraded and ready for the restart and recovery process, said Mayor John Tory in a statement.

Thank you to our City workers who are getting this work done while still respecting physical distancing requirements from public health officials.

The projects are as follows:

Gardiner Expressway Strategic Rehabilitation Jarvis Street to Cherry Street, eastbound on-ramp at Jarvis Street replacement

On Monday, May 18 at 12:01 am, the Gardiner Expressway eastbound on-ramp at Jarvis Street will be fully closed for replacement and will reopen once the project is completed in 2021.

The City says this construction is the second to last phase of work to rehabilitate the expressway between Jarvis and Cherry Streets and will use an innovated construction technique, accelerated bridge construction, to remove sections of the ramp and replace it with custom built pre-fabricated sections.

During this construction, drivers should consider using alternate routes such as the eastbound Bay Street on-ramp, Lakeshore Boulevard East or the Don Roadway to the Don Valley Parkway.

Bathurst Street from Front Street West to Fort York Boulevard, bridge and TTC track rehabilitation

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From May 25 to the end of December 2020, Bathurst Street from Fort York Boulevard to Front Street West will be fully closed to vehicular and cycling traffic as crews work to rehabilitate the Bathurst Street bridge and replace the TTC streetcar tracks.

During this time, only one sidewalk will be available for pedestrian access through the work zone and cyclists may dismount to also use the sidewalk.

The City says to minimize disruption and avoid returning to the area in consecutive years, this construction has been bundled together with two other projects on Bathurst Street. Crews will replace a 144-year-old watermain on Bathurst Street from Front Street West to Queen Street West from June to December as well as replace the TTC streetcar tracks between Wolseley Street and Dundas Street West from September to October 2020.

Church Street at Richmond Street East, watermain TTC track replacement

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This week, crews began preparatory work at Church Street and Richmond Street East to replace a 143-year-old watermain before beginning work to replace the TTC streetcar tracks. The entire project is anticipated to be completed by the end of June.

This first phase of work will replace the watermain in the intersection of Church Street and Richmond Street East and the intersection will be reduced to two lanes of traffic and the bike lane will be closed.

Cyclists are advised to merge with traffic on Richmond Street East to proceed through the intersection.

The second phase of work will replace the TTC track and will require the full closure of the Church Street and Richmond Street East intersection from early June until the project is completed at the end of June. During the closure, westbound traffic on Richmond Street East is advised to divert at Sherbourne Street and use Queen Street East or King Street East to travel westbound through Church Street.

During construction, the public are advised to plan their travel in advance, consider alternate routes, obey signage around work zones and be patient while traveling in and around work zones throughout the city, states the Citys release.

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14 May 2020 Our Daily Bread (odb.org)By: Adam R. Holz

For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being mad holy.

Hebrews 10:14

Todays Scripture: Hebrews 10:11-18

11Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, 13and since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool. 14For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.

15The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says:

16This is the covenant I will make with themafter that time, says the Lord.I will put my laws in their hearts,and I will write them on their minds.

17Then he adds:

Their sins and lawless actsI will remember no more.

18And where these have been forgiven, sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary.

They just repaved this road, I thought to myself as the traffic slowed. Now theyre tearing it up again! Then I wondered, Why is road construction never done? I mean, Ive never seen a sign proclaiming, The paving company is finished. Please enjoy this perfect road.

But something similar is true in my spiritual life. Early in my faith, I imagined reaching a moment of maturity when Id have it all figured out, when Id be smoothly paved. Thirty years later, I confess Im still under construction. Just like the perpetually potholed roads I drive, I never seem to be finished either. Sometimes that can feel equally frustrating.

But Hebrews 10 contains an amazing promise. Verse 14 says, For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy. Jesus work on the cross has already saved us. Completely. Perfectly. In Gods eyes, we are whole and finished. But paradoxically, that process isnt done yet while were still on earth. Were still being shaped into His likeness, still being made holy.

One day, well see Him face-to-face, and we shall be like him (1 John 3:2). But until then, were still under construction, people who anxiously await the glorious day when the work in us is truly complete.

Do you ever get frustrated that spiritual progress seems slower than you expected? How does this passage from Hebrews encourage you to think about your spiritual growth?

Faithful God, sometimes I get frustrated that my spiritual progress seems slow. Help me to remember that Youre still at work in my life, shaping me and helping me to become more and more like You.

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Wemyss Properties has been given the green light to build an exclusive development of 29 new flats on the site of the formerHillheadBaptist Church building, just off Byres Road in Glasgows West End.

Working in partnership with the members ofHillheadBaptist Church, Wemyss is looking to retain the faade of the B-listed church, whilst securing the future of the good work that the church does in the community.

The main Sanctuary has been empty for almost two decades, as it was considered unsafe to continue to occupy. In 2016, the congregation took the decision to vacate The Tryst which was also beginning to deteriorate. Church services are currently held in a nearby hotel.

Subject to understanding the after-effects of the current coronavirus crisis, it is anticipated that workwill start in 2021. The new one, two and three-bedroom apartments, designed by EMA Architects, will be housed in a five-level contemporary extension behind a restored faade, using sympathetic materials.

Matthew Atton, managing director of Wemyss Properties, said: We are delighted to secure detailed planning permission for this exciting development. We have been working with the trustees and the congregation ofHillheadBaptist Church now for nearly three years to try and retain the existing faade, but more importantly, to provide the church with a new facility that will ensure its presence in the community for many more generations.

The redevelopment will also provide sustainable, stylish and quality homes, positioned in a much sought-after location, and close to a wealth of amenities, including shops, cafes, galleries and parks.

The Rev Catriona Gorton, minister ofHillheadBaptist Church, added: The church has worked for many years to find a solution which would safeguard this much-loved building, so its a huge relief to get the go-ahead for this sensitive scheme.

Not only will itprotect this historic building, it will also ensure its future as a home for our congregation, and as a significant, and much needed, community hub forHillheadand the surrounding area.

The redevelopment ofHillheadBaptist Church will add to the successful developments completed by Wemyss Properties in recent years in Glasgows West End, including its current development on Newton Place in the Park Area.

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Last week, I started to write a bit about changing patterns of urbanism and suburbanizationin Grand Forks, North Dakota. This is part of a larger study of mid-century urbanism in Grand Forks that Im working on with my wife, Susan Caraher. This summer, were preparing an inventory over 3,500 mid-century homes construction between 1945 and 1970.

As part of that work, Ive started to write some basic descriptions of the development ofGrand Forks during the period. This is a pretty rough draft, but its starting to take some shape. Needless to say, Ill be revising, filling in gaps, and tightening up the entire thing, but its a start:

Suburbanization is generally understood to be a trend that took place around the core of established cities. Spurred by improvements in transportation, the economic boost of the GI Bill and the post-war economy, and, in many cases, racial and ethnic fears, new rings of housing emerged around large and mid-sized cities across the US from the 1940s to the 1970s (Jackson 1985; Hayden 2003). The communities amplified new ideals of domesticity, intensified interwar consumer culture, refashioned longstanding religious landscapes, and shaped American political life. Modern suburbs both served as a backdrop for mid and late-20th culture and instilled values which would become distinct to characterization of the American way of life. The apartment dwelling Honeymooners (1955-1956), with Ralph Cramdens persistent threats of domestic violence, gave way to rationalized domesticity of the Brady Brunch (1969-1974). The popular music of the garage band came to challenge the urban sounds of the jazz club, urban concert hall, and Maxwell Street busker. The New Topographics (1975) challenged the views of the American frontier pioneered by Ansel Adams by replacing scenic vistas with the orderly sprawl of suburban homes and the Crabgrass Frontier of Kenneth T. Jackson (1985).

Small cities like Grand Forks experienced suburbanization as well, but in a slightly different form than more established cities with dense urban cores, and recent scholarship has sought to survey and understand the range of different responses to the proliferation of the post-war suburban ideal (McManus and Ethington 2007, 318). In many areas, the ideal post-war suburb conformed to certain elements of Garden City planning with access to green spaces, gently curving streets and limited access in accordance with a series of influential FHA standards published between 1936 and 1941 (Ames and McClelland 2002). In smaller cities like Grand Forks, earlier standards for urban expansion held greater sway owing as much to the limited resources on the part of developers and the community, the smaller size of subdivisions, and even the absence of topographic features that encouraged development designed to accentuate the landscapes. As a result, the plan of Grand Forks expansion, particularly to the south of the city showed greater affinities to the style developed by J.C. Nichols for the Country Club District in Kansas City (Ames and McClelland 2002, 37) where city blocks with occasional curving roads formed the basic unit of development. This innovation, most visible south of 15 avenue in Grand Forks, followed the arguments proposed by urban planners such as Clarence Perry in the 1920s and 1930s. Perrys neighborhood unit plan with its emphasis on hierarchically organized roads and arterial routes assigned to the perimeters of neighborhoods, the central place of the school and the peripheral location of shopping and commercial spaces, and reserving space for parks and open spaces had significant influence in practice throughout the development of Grand Forks (Perry 1929). These and similar ways of reimagining the organization of the neighborhood had a profound influence on the shape of the new suburb and an emerging post-war ideal. The relationship between the physical structure and the mid-century community appears most famously William H. Whyte in his widely read, The Organization Man (1956), attempted to show how attention the arrangement of suburban developments shaped social relationships between neighbors. More recently, works like D.J. Waldies Holy Land: A Suburban Memoire (1996) have explored the intermingling of personal narrative, economic motivations, and spiritual experiences in the space of post-war suburban landscapes. In contrast to the self-contained, expansive, and carefully planned suburban spaces considered by Whyte and Waldie, the post-war expansion of Grand Forks remains a hybrid of new suburban influences and established urban patterns. The curved streets with idyllic names remain backed by alleyways even as urban planners during the interwar period recommended against them for aesthetic, cost, and functional reasons.

More broadly, the expansion of the city from 1945-1970 largely followed the existing urban grid and extended along established arteries. Only after the 1970s did development prompt the addition of new arterial roads in the city with the 32nd Avenue and Columbia Road becoming major thoroughfares in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Development of any scale south of 32nd Avenue commences only in the early 21st century.

The 1940s

The earliest post-war housing was largely infilling in established residential areas.

The Riverside neighborhood expanded to the north with the Baukols Subdivision which saw construction as early as 1946. Several of these homes (301 Park Ave. (32GF3427) and 302 Park Ave (32GF3428) are listed as a contributing property to the Riverside Historic neighborhood as are two nearby homes on 3rd Street which is part of the Skidmore Addition (1705 (32GF3295) and 1715 (32GF1396); a modified bungalow and a plain residential home respectively). The homes of the Baukol subdivision show considerably continuity with development in this area in 1920s. The founding of Riverside Park in the early 20th century undoubted drew early residents to this neighborhood as the construction of the Riverside Pool by WPA in 1941 attracted families in the post-war period.

A similar form of development which largely followed interwar patterns of urban expansion also occurred between downtown and the University of North Dakota especially along 1st and 2nd avenue in the Decotah Place and Budge and Eshelmans 3rd Addition subdivisions.

South of town likewise saw infilling particularly to the west of Cherry Street and south of 10th Avenue North. The growth of this area contributed to the construction of Lewis and Clarke Elementary School in 1953 and sometime in the late 1950s, Calvary Luthern Church at the intersection of Cherry and 15th avenue. One of the most significant subdivision of the 1940s in this area and Letnes Subdivision is interesting for the shape of the evocatively named Sunset Drive which curves to the north and divides leaving a small, leaf-shaped island of grass in the middle fo the two roads. Curiously this area of the city lacked alleyways suggesting that the neighborhood followed more progressive design standards that were not seen in Grand Forks until the 1960s.

The 1950s

Throughout the 1950s, Grand Forks continues to expand to the west and south.

To the west, housing continued to fill in the neighborhoods between theuniversityand downtown,with the much of the neighborhoods between Washington Street and the University, south of Gateway Drive (US Route 2) being filled in by mid 1950s. Thispromptedthe construction first, in 1949, of West Elementary and then in the mid-1950s Valley Junior High. The neighborhoods in this area, the Swangler, Westacott, Westwood, University Place, and three Kelsey Subdivisons surrounding University Park, largely follow the urban grid and lack curved roads or other features associated with suburban trends elsewhere in the city. They also maintained the presence of north-south running alley ways.

A similar tendency to follow the urban grid occurred in the earliest subdivisions established to the west of Washington Street and south of Demers. The names of several of the subdivisions in this area, however, evoke bucolic images of suburban idyl and the concept of the Garden City: Westward Acres and the Garden Home Addition. These developments extend along the developing commercial corridor of Washington Street which experienced the construction of several retail establishments, restaurants, and businesses including the towns first shopping centers. These new commercial building were set back from Washington Street and were fronted by large parking lots designed to accommodate customers who used the new arterial roads of Washington Street and Demers to move from their homes to work, shopping, school, and other activities throughout the city.

South of 15th Avenue several new subdivisions appeared which continued to follow the urban grid of Grand Forks, but incorporate curving streets continuing a trend initiated by the Letnes Subdivision in the 1940s. Chestnut Street swoops south of 15th and provides access to a group of homes set into the center of the block. The contemporary Robertson Subdivision developed throughout the mid-1950s features a gently curving road and a cul-de-sac, which emerged as perhaps the quintessential form of suburban planning. The sinuous shape of Campbell Drive that connects Cherry Street and Chestnut between the 17th and Park Avenue in the Hvidston Subdivision even allowed for three, open, fanshaped lots on the outside of a curve that served as a baseball field for nearly a decade before being filled in with homes in the mid-1960s.

To the west of Cherry, the urban grid remained largely intact and the area developed with slightly smaller homes and smaller lots through the 1950s. East of Cherry, few new homes stood south of 24th by 1959. In contrast, Belmont Avenue with its larger lots and homes was nearly all developed up until 32nd Avenue. Most of the development north of 24th avenue in the 1950s continued to feature alleys even when developers incorporated more curved roads into the suburban plan.

The 1960s

The 1960s witnessed more adventurous development.

Olsons subdivisioneast of Belmont featured large lots set along curving roads that suggested the shape of the Red River. Park land near the river offered opportunities for recreation and mitigated, to some extent, the risk of flooding which after the 1997 flood required the installation of the flood wall and the removal of some homes.

To the east of Belmont the White Clover subdivision and Sunset Acres Subdivisions with curving roads that complicated the urban grid with bucolically named roads like Olive and Clover Drive. On 32nd Avenue between Cherry St. and Washington, Schroeder Junior High opened in 1961 in anticipation of Grand Forks southern growth and, next door, Kelly Elementary opened in 1966 to serve these communities. On the northeastern corner of the block, the new building of the local Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints opened its doors in 1966. Unlike Schroeder, designed by Wells Denbrook, this modern church followed the Adams 1 (AD 61-577) plan developed my the central Mormon Church committee which was thoroughly modern in form and could be easily expanded to accommodate a growing congregation.

To the west of Washington Street, the second level of development occurred south of west of 17th street and south of 11th avenue with the large Burkes Home Addition anchored to the north by Ben Franklin Elementary which was opened in 1960 and Red River High School in 1967. The most significant mid-century addition to this area, however, was North Dakotas first indoor shopping mall, South Forks Plaza (now Grand Cities Mall) in 1964. Designed by the firm of DeRemer, Harrie and Kennedy, which also designed Ben Franklin Elementary, Holy Family Church and School (1961) just east of Washington, and Lewis and Clarke Elementary (1952/3) several blocks to the north, it included a K-Mart and a Sears store and a modular design that allowed the Kmart to open before the mall was even complete. To the west of the mall, the Valley Park subdivision, built slightly before the mall, consisted of two u-shaped roads, Willow and Dress, that were not through streets. The subdivision included walking paths connecting it to the mall and the burgeoning Washington Street commercial and retail corridor. The balance between the design which limited through traffic and the convenience of walking paths to retail shops embodied many of the key design elements of mid-century suburban design.

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A city project which has provided vital food supplies for hundreds of vulnerable people since the start of the coronavirus crisis is appealing for donations of personal protective equipment (PPE).

Inverness Foodstuff has closed its drop-in caf at Ness Bank Church, but still operates a takeaway and delivery service for those facing hard times.

Since the start of the crisis it has delivered more than 500 free meals with the help of people from catering and delivery backgrounds who have found themselves with time to help.

The church and community-led project was set up in 2014 with the aim of tackling food poverty and loneliness.

Operations manager June MacLeod said: The 100 or so folk who relied on the service weekly are a mix of people in temporary homeless accommodation with limited cooking facilities, vulnerable tenants and occasionally someone rough sleeping.

Over the past weeks weve been turning around what was simply a caf to now deliver meals to people in a variety of settings. Thats supported social distancing and we have been able to identify people sofa surfing and reach out to help where possible.

Iver Forsyth, a board member and principal housing officer at Highland Council, said the group had faced challenges.

In common with so many other voluntary groups, our biggest need at the project is the PPE thats recommended to manage this safely, he said. If there are businesses in the Inverness area, whether construction, hairdressing, or oil and gas, that can spare FFP3 masks or other PPE, please get in touch, either through me or Ness Bank Church.

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For about a month, Seattle residents have been isolating in their homes to combat the coronavirus. It can be hard during this time to feel connected or maintain a sense of normalcy.

One local immigrant family has been living a similar version of this reality for a year.

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heres a few ways Jaime Rubio Sulficio deals with being alone.

First, he reads a lot of books.

His last read was The Book of Joy, by Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama. It discusses how to achieve happiness even in times of deep grief.

Sulficio also has two purring companions. Toto, the cat with white socks and her sister Keira, who keep him company.

And lastly, he cooks really cooks, as an art and as a mindful practice.

"I used to be so busy that I never really have a time to pause and really focus on one thing at a time," Sulficio says over FaceTime.

Recently, he made a vegan tortilla soup from scratch. His wife Keiko Maruyama said her favorite is his baked chicken, complete with fresh rosemary and a special sauce.

When we talk, Sulficio is a little nervous and fidgets with his hands.

He shares that he has been in sanctuary at Saint Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in Seattle for a little over a year.

Sulficio is an undocumented immigrant from Mexico. He was ordered to leave the U.S. last spring. But that would mean leaving his wife and 7-year-old son behind. While his immigration case is pending, he took refuge at the church, living there with his family.

"I still have friends communicate and they asked me, 'So how do you do it?'" he says with a laugh. "Because I've been in quarantine for almost a year so I'm kind of a pro already!"

ICE officials avoid "sensitive locations" like churches or hospitals for the most part, so this is a way for the family to buy themselves time.

Sulficio admits it was difficult choice. He had to walk away from his construction business. His family left behind their home in Shoreline and they had to figure out child care and finances.

"Being in sanctuary was pretty challenging mentally because I had to adjust that I can no longer be part of the exterior world. The first three months that was really like a battle," he says.

Sulficio used to step outside. But not anymore.

Maruyama is on the video call with us and mostly keeps her eyes on her husband as we talk.

This time has been tough on her, too. She became the main breadwinner, and luckily still has a job with a local jewelry store, despite the coronavirus outbreak. But she knows that could change.

While Maruyama and Sulficio are in a more unique situation than many who are quarantining across the U.S., they also have a special insight into adapting to major, heartbreaking sacrifice.

Talking to Sulficio, hes the first to point out the positives.

"I learned to be a better partner you know, a better parent better Dad," he says.

He talks about learning to connect with friends online, staying busy with reading, and cooking. He also does his best to volunteer inside the church with construction projects. But he acknowledges that despite his bright attitude, its not always easy to be hopeful.

"I think this is part of human feeling," Sulficio says. "You have to experience that sadness, the desperation. I have it too, you know. I get depressed, and I feel that I cannot handle it anymore. So its okay to not be okay. Its gonna pass. This will not last forever."

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n a Palm Sunday, its partially sunny. Inside, Saint Mark's, the choir fills the cathedral with song.

Somewhere in the church, Sulficio, Maruyama, their son, and their two cats are hearing this music too.

For this family, the pandemic is not what first changed their lives. But it is something that's forced them to think about how to live a fulfilling life when its limited in other ways.

For his part, Sulficio explains, "Freedom doesn't come from ... just being able to go places. It's about a state of mind. For me, I'd be able to see my wife and I'd be able to see my kid. From time to time, I connect with friends. That's what gives me freedom."

Weeks or months from now, when most of us are finally able to leave our homes after this outbreak, Sulficio will likely remain indoors. He'll be waiting hopefully for a day when his immigration case wraps up, his sanctuary ends, and he is able to join the world outside.

And until then, we wait together.

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