Drivers will encounter traffic disruptions on the followingstateroads and projects in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties as crews perform construction and maintenance activities. These lane closure restrictions include both construction and maintenance activities.

Escambia County:

oNine Mile Road at the U.S. 29 Overpass: Alternating lane shifts as crews construct the new southbound bridge.

oU.S. 29 traffic between I-10 and 9 1/2 Mile Road may experience alternating lane closures as crews continue drainage and paving operations.

Santa Rosa County:

All activities are weather dependent and may be delayed or rescheduled in the event of inclement weather. Drivers are reminded to use caution, especially at night, when traveling through a work zone and to watch for construction workers and equipment entering and exiting the roadway.

Pictured: Construction area on Highway 29 at Molino Road. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.

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February 1, 1936 November 21, 2019

Reverend Kenneth W. Weygandt passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Thursday, November 21, 2019, at Samaritan Evergreen Hospice House in Albany. He slipped into eternity and into the arms of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, eagerly anticipating embracing his son Viktor, grandson Jesse and great granddaughter, Aspen, and all his friends and loved ones who went before.

Ken was born February 1, 1936, in Portland, Oregon, to Henry Pierce and Maude Edith Weygandt. He was the youngest in his family, joining his brother, Glen and sisters, Edna and Thelma (Red). He spent his early years in Aloha and later, in Newport, where he resided until his junior year. The family relocated to White Salmon, Washington, where he graduated from Columbia High School in 1954.

He married the love of his life, Jean Lillian Blake, on June 4, 1955. They pledged their love in a double wedding ceremony with Jeans twin sister, Carol, who married his brother, Glen. Ken and Jean were happily married for 64 years. With God as their guide, they exemplified what a healthy, loving, lifetime commitment should be. Ken loved Jean steadfastly and faithfully all the years of their life together. He was a loving and devoted father and his children never once doubted his love for them. He always said his greatest goals in life were to help ensure the spiritual salvation of his family and to give his wife a happy and comfortable life. He leaves a legacy of loyalty, service, faithfulness, generosity and love of God.

Ken was an avid sportsman throughout his life. He played football in high school as a defensive tackle and offensive guard. Later he played church league softball for several years and he always enjoyed watching baseball, basketball, and football in particular, rooting for both the Ducks and the Beavers. He loved to fish, especially with his sons, and made an art of smoking his catch. He enjoyed the game of golf and played it most of his life. His favorite pastimes included playing cards, board, and dice games with friends and family and as an ardent reader; he always relished a good book. He was very sociable, had a witty sense of humor, and enjoyed engaging in conversation and good-natured debate. In addition, he and Jean loved to travel and were blessed to be able to tour the Holy Land of Israel together. They realized a lifetime dream on their 50th anniversary with a trip to Europe.

Ken worked a variety of jobs in his lifetime. As a young man he worked as a soda jerk," door-to-door salesman, lube mechanic, and in construction, helping to build the Dales Dam. Eventually he settled into the grocery business working for Safeway Stores Inc. for 23 years, finishing that career as the Albany store Produce Manager.

At the age of 46 God called him into full time ministry. He became a licensed, ordained minister in the Assemblies of God. He served as an Associate Pastor at New Life Center, Albany, Oregon, for 10 years. He was blessed to be a part of the team that helped to bring to fruition the dream of starting Teen Challenge of Oregon with the mission of assisting those seeking help to overcome life controlling addictions. Ken and Jean spent a year itinerating all over the state for Teen Challenge of Oregon. Their son, Viktor, joined the team becoming the Mens Director of the Teen Challenge center in Lebanon until his death in 1984.

Eventually, Ken went back to his roots at New Life Center and served as the Senior Ministries Pastor there. He then became the Pastor at the Alsea Assembly of God for several years and then served for five years as the Pastor of the Brownsville, Oregon, Assembly of God church. After his retirement, he was called on to Pastor the historic Brownsville Presbyterian Church until it eventually closed. Following that, Ken and Jean hosted a small church gathering in their home. In addition, Ken served as a mentor, discipleship leader and counselor to many in his retirement years. He especially enjoyed working with the men at Teen Challenge.

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He and Jean served side by side, tirelessly pursuing their love of Jesus Christ in whatever capacity they could, their lives always demonstrating the love of the Lord. Their home was always open to anyone who needed a place to stay and everyone was always welcome at their table. They were never rich, but what they had, they gave away with unmatched generosity. Kens greatest desire was to see people come to the knowledge of Jesus Christ as their Savior and worked toward that goal until his death.

He is survived by his wife, Jean Weygandt of Brownsville; son, Larry (Charlene) Weygandt of Albany; daughter, Deanne Gray (Robert) of Salem; son, Steve (Dateria) Weygandt of Albany; and son, Ken (Christina) Weygandt of Lebanon. Also, his grandchildren: Melissa Stauble, Kelli (Jeff) Millikan, Anthony (Andrea) Gray, Becky (Eric) Nicolarsen, Jade (Andrew) Buckle, Jacob DeLoe, Colton Weygandt and Athena Miller. He was fortunate to see the birth of his great-grandchildren, Adrian and Kaitlyn Gray, Piper Fishell, Evelyn, Isaac and Elijah Gray, Jensina Buckle, and Alana Nicolarsen. He was preceded in death by son, Viktor Weygandt, grandson, Jesse Gray and great granddaughter, Aspen Buckle.

The family wishes to express their deep appreciation to the staff at Samaritan Evergreen Hospice House in Albany for their compassion and kindness during the last days of Kens life.

All are welcome to a memorial service, celebrating the life of this remarkable man at Teen Challenge of Oregon, 31700 Fayetteville Drive, Shedd, Oregon, at 2 p.m. Saturday, December 14. The family requests any contributions in Kens name be to Teen Challenge or The Gideons International.

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The Akdamar Church of the Holy Cross Photo Exhibition, organized by the Turkish Presidency Communications Office, met art lovers Monday at the Noho Showrooms in London at 7 p.m. for its next stop following shows in Istanbul Hagia Irene Church and New York.

As an important part and witness of the Anatolian lands that hosted the Phrygian, Hittite, Lydian, Urartu, Armenian, Assyrian, Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman civilizations, the eastern Van province is a bridge to ancient ages with its historical and archaeological riches. The Church of the Holy Cross on Akhtamar (Akdamar) Island in Lake Van is among the most brilliant and unique works of medieval Christian art. The church, which was built between 915 and 921, is one of the most important centers of Armenian history and continues to exist today thanks to detailed renovation and restoration works carried out by the Culture and Tourism Ministry.

Research and promotional activities have been carried out to increase awareness regarding the Akdamar Church and to make it known worldwide. In addition to a book containing all the detailed information about the church, architectural drawings and photographs, the most detailed digital work on the church has been compiled on the website of the church at www. akdamarchurch.gov.tr. On the website, available in Turkish, English and German, high-resolution VR videos were shot and 360-degree photographs taken from 14 various points were published for the first time utilizing the most recent technology.

The interior and exterior facades, reliefs and frescoes of the construction were, again for the first time, photographed from eye level and presented online on the website. Also, the magnificent natural view of Akdamar is presented to the website's visitors through zzet Kehribar's camera. The introductory film on the Akdamar Church of the Holy Cross, which was another phase of the introductory project, accurately reflects the magnificent grandeur and unique atmosphere of the church.

The glorious monument of Anatolia has now come to light with the photo exhibit in London. Among the participants of the show are Nikitas Eminence, the archbishop of Great Britain, Orthodox Armenians spiritual leader Degabah Sahak Bishop Masalyan, Turkish Armenian Foundations Union President Bedros irinolu, Polycarpus Augin Aydn, Syriac Ancient Beyolu Church Board Chairman Kenan Grdal, Lolita Asili zzet Kehribar and Terry Katalan.

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In response to a post on theFixing York Facebook page,we decided to dive in and find out what exactly is happening behind the LCBC Church.

If you've driven along Route 30 recently, you may have noticed a significant amount of construction happening nearthe North Hills Road intersection.

In June, work began on a 352,000-square-foot distribution facility at 693 North Hills Road in Springettsbury Township.

Construction crews work on a soon-to-be 352,000-square-foot distribution facility at 693 North Hills Road in Springettsbury Township on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. The Endurance Realty warehouse is located directly behind LCBC Church near U.S. Route 30. The project is expected to be completed by May 2020.(Photo: Neil Strebig, York Daily Record)

The Delaware County-based Endurance Realty is a real estate developer with 46 buildings and facilities throughout Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey and Maryland. DWS Group is an international-based asset manager.

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RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - Midtown business owners launched a holiday party at the Living Stones Church parking lot to support local merchants in the middle of so many orange cones.

Owners in the Midtown area, like Jessica Schneider, said they are not letting the construction bring them down.

"I am in survival mode, construction is brutal, its hard, but I will not go under, I will not fail," said Schneider.

The Regional Transportation Commission and Sierra Nevada Construction are working to provide easier access in midtown, enhance safety, and support economic development.

Owner of Junkee Clothing Exchange Jessica Schneider said after 12 years of having her location open, larger sidewalks, bike racks, and more plants are all necessary.

"I knew this was coming, and it had to come. I mean really my grandma in a wheelchair, you cant fit two people on a sidewalk. Yes, its tough, but it had to happen," said Schneider.

While work is being done on the roads, Midtown has been expanding with many new businesses like The Emerson Bar. Owner Tyler Colton said for many new business owners like himself, they are starting to see the long term impact on the project.

"Happening now for a lot of businesses here Im calling it mid-Midtown by Craft and Junkee is that we are becoming landlocked and the only way to access us will be all through back streets, Haskell, Plumas, so we are all a little concerned," said Colton.

Co-owner of Sup Christian Christensen said he wishes project leaders would listen and actually implement more of the ideas of those directly impacted, but he knows the end result is growth for us all.

"Its been long overdue and so we can not wait to see the final product with the big sidewalks, with trees, art, benches everything, its going to be really good for everyone," said Christensen.

Construction crews are sticking to the timelines for each phase. Business owners said while it's not over they want to make sure the support lasts as long as the work continues.

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Early last Thursday afternoon, Joan Graciale walked from her nearby home to St. George's Church on Washington Street to ask a demolition crew for one or two bricks from the 127-year-old building.

She said she was married at the church in 1980 and that all her children were baptized there.

"Im sad, very sad," she said. "To see it come down ... it was sad even when they closed the doors. It was like, Well I dont have a church now.'"

Graciale, like other people who once attended St. George's Church in the city's Mount Washington neighborhood, will soon witness the construction of low-income housing where their church stood for more than a century.

St. George's closed its doors 21 years ago. Since then, except for an occasional neighborhood use, the building has sat vacant and fallen into disrepair.

The church closed in 1998 when four Catholic churches in the city consolidated into what is now All Saints Church. Mayor James Fiorentini said he originally hoped to see St. George's the church his own grandparents attended preserved, but "after years of it sitting there inactive ... I became all for this (housing) project."

A local organization stepped forward with a proposal to build low-income housing on the church property. The city approved the project and the church was being demolished last week.

Bread & Roses Housing, a nonprofit based in Lawrence, received a special permit last year to proceed with the project, gaining unanimous approval from the Haverhill City Council.

Yesenia Gil, executive director of Bread & Roses Housing, said that due to funding, logistical concerns, management and other considerations, her organization revised its plan and is building three duplexes and one single-family home on the church property, rather than two larger buildings.

She said the changes reduced construction costs from nearly $3 million to about $1.5 million, will make the properties easier to build and manage, reduce density, boost quality of life for the homeowners, and increase open space on the site. The units will still feature off-street parking and fenced-in yard space, she said.

The project earned enthusiastic support from city councilors, the mayor, the planning director and community groups, including the Mount Washington Alliance and Urban Kindness. Everyone who endorsed the project was happy with its two-birds-with-one-stone approach of both removing the abandoned church, which has become a neighborhood blight, and bringing home ownership to the area, which has struggled with absentee landlords and crime in recent years.

Gil said foundations for the project are expected to be poured following demolition of the church, with construction of the first two duplexes taking place over the winter, followed by construction of a third duplex and the single-family home in the spring.

"I hope it sets a standard and serves as a catalyst for additional housing opportunities for the residents of Mount Washington," City Councilor Joseph Bevilacqua said.

The nonprofitBread & Rosesaims to get low-income families into home-ownership by providing newly-renovated or newly-built homes to very low-income, first-time home-buyers at a reduced rate. The goal is to offer those families the benefits that come with being a homeowner and to help them become financially stable.

Bread & Roses maintains ownership of the land through a community land trust, so that more low-income families can move in if the residents who settle there first decide to move. It's also stipulated that the homes must remain owner-occupied and cannot be rented.

Gil said the first homeowners are expected to move into the buildings next summer.

"We've developed units in North Andover and Lawrence,'' she said, "and we're now expanding into Haverhill.''

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The dispute between the local parish priest and the council is the latest setback for worshippers at the Mar Grigis al-Sawma Church in Neda. The village is located in the Sohag province in Upper Egypt, which covers a region made up of strips of land on both sides of the Nile. The council had originally accepted an engineering plan which included a bell tower with a crucifix on top and granted a building permit.

But the authority has since backtracked on its decision and said the structure will have to be removed from the drawings.

The priest has appealed to President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to intervene and resolve the case, reports persecution.org.

The Court of Akhmim heard the case last weekend but the outcome is not yet known.

Christian worshippers in the North Africa nation have faced threats from Islamic extremists in recent years.

But this week Coptic Catholic Bishop William of Assiut said things are improving.

The church leader told Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need: We thank God that the situation is getting better.

The president has goodwill towards the Christians.

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But he said the ties between Muslims and Christians were strong, despite reports of tensions.

They would like to establish an Islamic State but in Egypt it will never materialise, he added.

Egyptians are close Christians and Muslims are too united for the extremists to cause problems.

Ninety percent of Egyptian citizens are Muslim, predominantly Sunni.

Shia Muslims constitute less than one percent of the figures.

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SALT LAKE CITY - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced in April of this year that the Salt Lake Temple and Temple Square would receive extensive renovations.

President Russell M. Nelson announced that the Salt Lake Temple will close on December 29 and will remain closed for four years.

We promise that you will love the results, said President Nelson about the plans for the Salt Lake Temple renovations. They will emphasize and highlight the life, ministry, and mission of Jesus Christ in His desire to bless every nation, kindred, tongue, and people.

When the Church announced the renovations, it explained a number of changes and upgrades that would be made: The temple upgrades will help the structure withstand an earthquake; There will also be a new tunnel added underneath North Temple Street. The tunnel gives access to the temple from the Conference Center parking area; The South Visitors Center will be removed from Temple Square and replaced; The plaza in between the temple and State Street and the Church Office Building, Church Administration Building and Joseph Smith Memorial Building will undergo renovation and improvements; There will be new entrances added to Temple Square. A virtual walk-through from the Church showcases these new entrances.

The Salt Lake Temple is expected to open again in 2024, and the Church will host a public open house once the renovations are finished.

This will be an incredible opportunity, said Bishop Dean M. Davies, First Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric, in a Church News article. For generations, only faithful members have been able to enter the Salt Lake Temple. Now everyonepeople of our faith, other faiths or no faithwill be able to come to the temple.

Davis said that the Church wanted everyone to feel welcome.

We want them to come and see and feel why this temple is so beautiful to us. We want it to be their temple, too. The temple is part of the community.

At the time of the Salt Lake Temple announcement, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert noted that there would be potential traffic problems due to the construction in the area, according to the Deseret News.

So Im hopeful that tourism doesnt wane at all, the governor told reporters at the time. It will maybe increase, in fact, as people come here and see our beautiful capital city and our wonderful state andmost importantlyour wonderful people that reside here.

Brent Roberts, director of special projects for the Church, told the Deseret News that they are considering this a major construction project, and that Church officials will work within guidelines of city noise and ordinances throughout the process.

The following locations will remain open at Temple Square: Salt Lake Tabernacle, North Visitors Center, Assembly Hall, Joseph Smith Memorial Building, Church Office Building

Relief Society Building, Church Administration Building, Beehive House, Lion House and Conference Center.

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St. Joseph Catholic Church hosting blood drive on Monday. St. Joseph Catholic Church and the Community Blood Center are hosting a blood drive from 1 to 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 25 at Knights of Columbus Hall, 11221 Johnson Drive. They are distributing Chiefs T-shirts to donors. Those wishing to donate can schedule an appointment by visiting savealifenow.org and use Sponsor Code stjosephcatholic. Walk-in donors are welcome. For more information, contact Virginia Wiedel at 913-268-3874.

Westwoods daytime population grows 900+ on a given workday. The city of Westwood earlier this month shared a report from the Census Bureau that shows the citys daytime population is 900+ greater than the citys residential population estimate, based on the FY 2017 Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics data. About 1,700 people commute into Westwood to work, while about 800 Westwood residents work outside the city. Only a few people both live and work in Westwood. Plus the Census Bureau reports that Westwoods estimated July 1, 2018 residential population stands at 1,658 people. Base on collected data, more people than the towns residential population total commute into Westwood on a given work day.

Ridgeview Road project in Lenexa delayed. A wet spring and summer coupled with early freezing temperatures this fall have slowed construction on a new section of Ridgeview Road that will connect K-10 Highway 10 to Prairie Star Parkway. Originally slated to open in late 2019, the road will now open in spring 2020. The project is nearly complete, but because of low temperatures, the final two inches of asphalt must be delayed until spring. Work will resume on laying the final asphalt and striping the road as soon as weather permits and asphalt plants reopen next spring. Work that is not weather dependent, including sidewalks and lighting, will continue throughout the coming months. Temporary access to the Little Mill Creek trailhead will be re-established in the coming weeks as soon as Johnson County Wastewater finishes a main extension project. The new section of road will provide a vital transportation connection and open up the surrounding area to new development opportunities.

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For millennia, folks assumed that maggots would spring to life spontaneously in rotting meat. The theory that life can spring from non-life was debunked in the mid-19th century by the work of men like Louis Pasteur and John Tyndall.

The U.S. Supreme Court designated Secular Humanism as a religion in the early 1960s for a reason: because it is a system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith. Confronted with a world literally crawling with living creatures, a person whose religion teaches that we are undesigned and unintended beings must grapple with an uncomfortable prospect: that at some point in the distant past, life must have sprung from non-life by pure accident.

Darwins vision of a single-cell organism inexplicably coming to life was as simplistic and fanciful as his limited understanding of the structure and functions of a cell. His musings were unrestrained by such worrisome considerations as the unfathomable precision and complexity of the DNA code associated with even the simplest of single-cell organisms.

How unlikely is it that the simplest of living organisms could have formed and come to life spontaneously? Well, just to put things in perspective, it is estimated that the number of atoms in the entire universe is 10 to the 82nd power. That amounts to one-hundred thousand quadrillion vigintillion atoms! Thats a lot! What are the odds of spontaneous generation occurring even once? Harold Joseph Morowitz, noted biophysicist at Yale calculated that the chance of the formation of the simplest of organisms is one in 10 to the 340,000,000 power! No amount of time will account for this event ever occurring! Ever!

Why is spontaneous generation impossible? Because each strand of DNA in every cell represents complex coding that defines every detail of the construction and function of the organism. A.G. Cairns-Smith, organic chemist and molecular biologist at the University of Glasgow, wrote, Mans library consists of a set of construction and service manuals that run to the equivalent of about a million book-pages together. E.H. Andrews, physicist and engineer at Queen Mary University of London, put it best: It is not possible for a code, of any kind, to arise by chance or accidentA code is the work of an intelligent mindThis could no more have been the work of chance or accident than could the Moonlight Sonata be played by mice running up and down the keyboard of my piano!

If you want to devote yourself to the religion of Secular Humanism, that is your business. But there is no justification for ridiculing anyone who refuses to accept the tenets of your faith. The scientific evidence clearly indicates that there is a Code-Writer of immense power and intellect and those willing to acknowledge the obvious have no reason to be ashamed.

Editors Note: Opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the editorial opinion of the Murray Ledger & Times.

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