Fenton, MI February 4, 2020

There is a lot of steel growing skyward in Downtown Fenton next to the Methodist Church on Leroy Street. We hear a lot of residents questioning whats going up on the site. Here is the story so far.

According to Corlin Builders, 111 Leroy Place is a proposed 4-story, mixed-use, downtown style building, located in the heart of Downtown Fenton. Since the completion of The Cornerstone Building in 2015, Fenton has seen a surge in growth in all sectors. Home prices have steadily risen, theres an influx of new stores and restaurants, and large offices are now coming to join the growth of the downtown.

The structure of the building will be a steel frame, brick and stone facade, with wood framing for the interior walls. It will be positioned with a zero-lot-line along the Leroy St. sidewalk, with a new municipal parking lot to be constructed behind the building. 14 of these new parking spaces are located directly adjacent to the building, covered by a canopy, available only for the buildings residents.

The proposed tenants would include retail shops on the ground floor, office space on the 2nd level and condos on floors three and four. The developers are currently soliciting leaseholders for the available spaces.

Jennifer Lasco from the Lasco Real Estate Group said; We would be happy to represent potential business or families looking to occupy space in the new development. Please give us a call today at 810.433.9556 to experience Real Estate Made Simple.

Renderings of the building from Corlin Builders present a clean modern look to the structure. Another fine addition to our town. The Lasco Press will keep you posted as construction progresses and retail sites begin to fill up. See Ya Around Town.

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Published 7 February 2020

A Highland village church has emerged victorious after being hit with local restaurants water bills.

St Marys RC Church in Arisaig found itself mired in a long-running battle with Scottish Water after it was wrongly classified as a restaurant.

Father Stanislaw Pamula calculated that the issue had cost the parish about 4,000 since 2008.

The water company says it has now rectified the error, adding that the church will be reimbursed.

Fr Pamula told The Herald: The parish has been paying about 4000 too much since about 2008 and in good conscience I could not allow this to continue. I have been trying to sort this out since September 2016. I was getting five calls a week from Scottish Water Business Stream pressuring me to sign a new contract.

The church has always been automatically exempt from water charges. That arrangement has been working fine everywhere, but not here at Arisaig.

We have been getting charged for a single tap in the vestry so I started investigating and found we had three water supply ID points assigned to us for the church hall, the church and the adjoining house.

But there was also a mysterious fourth water ID point allocated to the church and I eventually discovered this is actually the one for a restaurant in Arisaig.

So for the past three years I have been trying to prove to Scottish Water Business Stream that this is not our water supply point and the church is located in a completely different part of the village. It would seem the church has been paying for this fourth metering point for at least 15 years and I reckon thats cost the church about 4,000.

Also, twice a year I have all the hassle with them [Scottish Water Business Stream] claiming I am running a restaurant premises here and have to prove I dont actually have a restaurant. They basically dont care.

Its been a nightmare to deal with.

A spokesperson for Scottish Water said: As a charitable organisation which is eligible for exemption, St Marys does not have to pay water charges, provided exemption is applied for by the church which, unfortunately, has not happened in this case. We believe this has been due to confusion around supply points. We have now arranged for exemption to be applied and backdated to St Marys but this will need to be re-applied for annually by the church.

We understand Father Pamulas concern relating to the supply point in question. However, the issue appears to have been caused by too many supply points being historically registered to the church.

These surplus supply points will be removed from the market to avoid any future confusion, and the meter appearing on St Marys bills has been verified as being physically located in and supplying the church.

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TRURO, N.S.

Ready to fight for their country, many young men showed up at recruitment centres during the First World War, only to be turned away because of the colour of their skin.

These men were eventually permitted to join the No. 2 Construction Battalion also known as the Black Battalion a non-combative unit.

Douglas Ruck will share the story of this battalion during a presentation at the Colchester Historeum.

They were told, This is a white mans war, he said. After two years pressure and letter writing, the Black Battalion formed on July 5, 1916. The men wanted to be part of the military, but it wasnt felt appropriate that they should be armed so they were sent out with picks and shovels.

His father, the late Senator Calvin Ruck, talked with people who had relatives in the battalion and went through military records, and then wrote a book about the battalion.

Some of the people he talked to didnt know they had an ancestor who served in the First World War, said Ruck. When they found out, they looked through things at home and found more information.

The men in the battalion werent treated well by some people. They were often denied proper medical care and supplies.

They were viewed as being less than, said Ruck. Some people considered their desire to join the military as imitative instead of patriotic.

They did receive support from some areas. Lt.-Col. Dan Sutherland, who led the battalion, was very supportive. He respected them, and they held him in high regard. One doctor, Dan Murray who was the grandfather of Anne Murray was very good to them.

The battalion was first headquartered in Pictou and later moved to Truro because it was more central. Most of the more than 600 recruits were from Nova Scotia. They handled work such as repairing roads, railroads, bridges and trenches, and a few were involved in trench combat.

Ruck noted they came home to face many of the stereotypes they had faced before the war.

The units chaplain, Rev. Captain William White, of Truro, later went to New Glasgow and was founding pastor of Second United Baptist Church.

Its important to remember these men and today, when we see world leaders who speak openly of others being less than, its important to tell this story, said Ruck.

The presentation will be held at the Colchester Historeum on Monday, Feb. 17 at 11 a.m. and is free to attend.

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POCATELLO (KPVI) Nearly a year after its groundbreaking, construction on a local temple is making progress.

The framing of the structure outlines the shape of what the new temple for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Pocatello will look like.

Elder Roger Prewitt, who oversees the construction, says that since they broke ground last March, they are right on schedule for the two to three-year project.

Weve done a lot in a year. You can tell that now we have the temple up, so it actually looks like a temple and unfortunately, a lot of the things that have been done now are the things that get done quickly to make it look like a temple and some of the other processes take a lot longer. You wont see as much change in the temple as youre seeing right now, Elder Prewitt says.

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The site for the LDS churchs sixth temple in Idaho is located several miles off the Pocatello Creek Road exit at 2140 Satterfield Drive in a neighborhood overlooking the city.

The announcement for the Pocatello temple was made in April 2017 by then church president Thomas S. Monson. The 67,000-square-foot building will occupy a 12-acre site on the citys east side and serve more than 64,000 members of the church in eastern Idaho.

Latter-day Saint temples differ from the meetinghouses or chapels where members meet for Sunday worship services. A temple, according to a news release from the church, is considered a house of the Lord, where Christs teachings are reaffirmed through marriage, baptism, and other ordinances that unite families for eternity. Inside, members learn more about the purpose of life and make covenants to serve Jesus Christ and their fellowman.

Around 80 construction workers are on-site daily. Some are from Idaho and others come from locations around the globe, like Brazil.

Construction workers are placing anywhere from 40 to 550-pound stones onto the temple. The stone they are using is called Temple White Granite and comes here from China. Elder Prewitt says it can be a challenge placing it on the temple.

When the pieces are cut in China, they are cut to fit, each of them are individually numbered and the pieces are put together like a puzzle and so you hope that everything that comes, fits in its place, says Elder Prewitt. Its timeless. Its just a beautiful stone that will look fresh for a long time.

Right now, the temple is 189 feet high, but once the Angel Moroni statue arrives and is mounted on top, it will stand just under 200 feet in the air and will be visible from many locations around the area.

The temple, as its complete, is going to really stand out on the hillside, especially during the day when its bright, or at night when the temple is all lit up. I think its going to be a beacon for people to see, says Elder Prewitt.

Thousands of visitors have visited the construction site of the temple and leave with a small token to remember their visit: A small bag that contains some of the groundbreaking sand, a pebble that represents the foundation of the temple and a picture of the temple.

Its really helped us being far away from home to feel so welcome and the people are so enthusiastic about having a temple built here and were so excited to have them come up and see us. Weve made so many friends here, just in this short time, and it makes us feel like were home, says Rogers wife, Glenda.

Elder Prewitt says you are going to see a continuation of the stonework. The next step will include installing windows on the exterior of the temple and then the roofing.

An exact date of completion has not been announced, but construction is expected to last up to three years. An open house will be held once the temple is built, where members of the community will be able to tour the inside prior to its dedication.

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SALT LAKE CITY Major renovation work has begun on the St. George Utah Temple, the longest-operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

A crane smashed a 20th-century addition off the west side of the sacred 19th-century building, unveiling an exterior window that hasnt been seen since the 1970s and marking the start of a project designed to preserve and retain the historic nature and feel of the temple.

Crews also removed a modern addition on the north side of the building, according to a news release.

One of the aspects of this project is preserving the original building, project manager Eric Jamison said in the release. The structure of the building is in fantastic condition given its age. Despite its age, the temple has endured very well.

The St. George Temple opened in 1877, making it the first completed temple in Utah. The church abandoned the two temples completed before it, leaving the Kirtland Ohio Temple in 1838 and the original Nauvoo Temple in Illinois in 1846.

Once the church reached Utah, it again began to build temples. The Salt Lake Temple was announced first in 1847, followed by the St. George Temple in 1871. But the Salt Lake Temple was not completed until 1893.

The church closed the St. George Temple in November. The renovation will include extensive work on the structure and finish as well as mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems.

Plans for the renovation were released in May 2019. The temple renovation is scheduled to be completed in 2022. Following a public open house, the temple will be rededicated.

The Salt Lake Temple also is under reconstruction. A special visitors center is now open in the Conference Center. The Salt Lake Temple renovation is scheduled to be completed in 2024.

Both projects aim to retain and even restore the original pioneer craftsmanship.

The point of all of this is to preserve the building while making it safer and more functional, the churchs historic sites curator, Emily Utt, said in a statement.

The work of historians has uncovered dozens of small details being used in the reconstruction.

For the first time in 100 years, were able to see where the original door openings were in this building, what the floor plan was, what the paint colors were, she said.

Grant Mackay Demolition Company is taking down the additions that are being removed.

It feels amazing to me to have the opportunity to be able to work on temples, to be able to feel the love that the Lord has for His house and for each one of us, said Jason Cobb, a church member who is the companys on-site foreman.

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Published: 2/1/2020 6:30:12 PM

Renovations to St. John the Evangelist Church on South Main Street are nearly complete after months of intense construction, which for a period of time forced worshippers to hold services under a tent.

Services inside the church resumed in November, and Christ the King parish on Friday invited the Monitor in to see the progress.

Passers-by will notice a new gathering space at the entrance, known as a narthex, which includes stained-glass windows from the old St. Peters Church building. A glass partition and doors separate the narthex from the worship space, allowing it to be used by parents with young children during services. The extension of the narthex is made of glass, making the inside of the church visible from outside and more welcoming to visitors.

Inside, the entire church was washed and was painted with the original color palette and original stenciling design.

The pews from St. Peters, which was demolished in 2019 to make way from a new residential development, were used throughout the church.

Other project features include a replacement of two-thirds of the slate roof, the raising of the front terrace, new ramps from the parking lot and new access to the prayer garden.

St. John the Evangelist Church, completed in 1869, was the first Catholic church built in Concord.

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NAIROBI, Kenya The Catholic Church in Rwanda is set construct a new cathedral in the capital on the grounds of a former prison.

The construction will be done by the church; it has received the land (from the government), said Father Jean Pierre Nsabimana, the rector of the Divine Mercy Sanctuary in Rwanda.

The new building will be short distance from St. Michel, the current Kigali Catholic cathedral. In the past, church officials have said St. Michel was small and old.

St. Michel Cathedral is near the statehouse and, recently, all other structures near the statehouse were removed, because government officials viewed the buildings as a security threat, sources told Catholic News Service.

Catholic bishops resisted tearing down the cathedral but, with the offer of the prison acreage, agreed to a deal, the sources added.

The people are happy with the news of the cathedral on the prison premises. They have been hoping for a bigger church, Father John Bosco Ntagungira of Regina Pacis parish in Kigali told CNS.

Father Christophe Ntagwabira, a Rwandan priest studying at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa in Nairobi, told CNS he believed the church would construct a monument to commemorate the old prison on the site.

Colonial authorities built Nyarugenge Prison on a 5.5-acre site in 1930, but in 2018 the last batch of inmates were moved to a new facility.

According to news reports, Kigalis urban planning officials asked the church to produce a design by the end of February. The construction would be completed by the end of 2021.

Some priests said the latest developments are a sign of good relations between state and the Catholic Church in Rwanda. Relations had been strained since the 1994 genocide, during which more than 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed. Some Rwandan clergy including Catholics were accused of playing a key role during the killings.

In 2016, the countrys nine Catholic bishops apologized for the role played by individual clergy during the genocide.

The news of the cathedral comes at a time when Rwanda has moved to control the number of churches in the country.

Hundreds of churches were closed because of safety and health concerns in 2018. The closure had affected Catholic churches, especially those in rural areas, with Masses being suspended for some time.

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Could the underground cities in Cappadocia, Turkey date back to 12,800 years ago? In 1963, so the story goes, a man living in Cappadocia excavated some large stones from his basement while renovating his house. Behind them he found an ancient tunnel that led to more tunnels, and then more tunnels, and more after that. When he reported his find and the experts descended, what they discovered was a complex underground city that once was home to some 20,000 people, their livestock, wine and oil presses, storage cellars, and chapels. A large 180-foot (54 meters) ventilation shaft insured fresh air.

Derinkuyu underground city in Cappadocia, Turkey ( ninelutsk/Adobe Stock )

There is evidence that suggests the city, long after its construction, might have later been used by Christians who built a religious school and a church. They named the complex after the city that had been built over it on the surface, Derinkuyu. After more exploration it was discovered that Derinkuyu is only one of several more such underground cities, spread out over Cappadocia in Turkey. Who built them? And why? And when?

Interior of underground city in Cappadocia, Turkey ( byheaven/ Adobe Stock )

It seems as though Cappadocia, in central Turkey, was home to an entire underground civilization. A few years ago, the Hurriyet Daily News announced the biggest archeological finding of 2014 when another ancient city near Kayseri was discovered beneath the Nevehir fortress, expanding out into the surrounding countryside. At least 3.5 miles (seven kilometers) of tunnels and chambers hide churches, escape galleries, and dwelling places that were constructed at least 5,000 years ago and perhaps much longer.

Nevehir province was already famous as the home of Derinkuyu. Now it appears that the whole area may have been home to a thriving underground community, much of which is still to be discovered. Archaeologists are calling it the largest underground civilization in the world. To think that it was first built at least during the time of the traditional dates given for construction of the Giza pyramids , and possibly much earlier, is almost mind boggling. How did they ever do it? More than 200 underground villages contain secret passages, rooms, ancient temples, and storage facilities. There were full-blown kitchens and wineries, along with presses for producing lamp oil for lighting.

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The District Collector has submitted a report to the State government regarding the alleged encroachment on government puramboke land by a Latin Catholic church at Adimalathura. The Amalolbhava Matha Church at Adimalathura has been accused of encroaching upon acres of puramboke land and selling it as smaller land parcels to fishworker families for construction of houses.

According to the Neyyattinkara tahasildar, the encroachment was first reported around a year ago. A joint inspection of the various departments was conducted after that. The Revenue Commissioner submitted a report based on this. The Collector has submitted this to the government. Further action against the encroachments will be taken as per instructions from the government, the tahasildar said.

The Kottukal village office had a few months ago served a stop memo on the construction activities on the encroached land. In a meeting convened to discuss the encroachment, the District Collector had taken a serious view of the encroachment. The Fisheries Joint Registrar had informed that around 167 houses were nearing completion on the plots. The church had divided the land into plots of 3 to 5 cents and sold to the fishermen families.

Adimalathura is an area which witnesses sea erosion annually, with the waves coming inside even the houses located away from the coast. The land on which houses are being constructed now is much nearer to the sea.

According to T. Peter, president of the Kerala Swathanthra Matsya Thozhilali Federation (KSMTF), the local church had scuttled a housing project of the Fisheries Department.

Areas like Adimalathura gained land at the coast years ago due to the construction of fishing harbour at Vizhinjam, while there was erosion on the other side. This is puramboke land which belongs to the government. Encroaching upon this land and then selling it to coastal families are illegal. The government should take stringent action against this, he said.

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Yevgrafov said: "Unfortunately, the city of Narva does not have the opportunity to support the renovation of the Alexander Church building in Narva. However, the Narva City Government wishes to contribute to the renovation of the church and considers that consideration could be given, for example, to the construction of a parking lot on I. Grafovi Street 24 next to the church."

He also acknowledged that, so far, no funding has been earmarked for the construction of the parking lot in the city's 2020 budget.The mayor promised to make funds available for the car park to be built by the time the church building was open to the public in 2022.

On January 30, the government approved the use of Narva's Alexander Church as a public building which had been suggested by Minister of Culture Tnis Lukas (Isamaa).The total cost of the renovation and construction of the building is estimated to be at least 2.5 million.

Minister of Culture Tnis Lukas said: "The renovated building will be able to host concerts, conferences and receptions in the future, as well as worship services and exhibitions. The Narva Alexander Church is a building with great tourism potential and must be open to the Estonian people. After considering all the options, I believe we have found the best solution for the building. As a cultural monument it is best preserved when it is in use."

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