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When approaching church construction at The Korte Company, we know the importance of a timely build. So wed like to mention the fact that weve never delivered late.

Additionally, we understand that every penny counts so its important to note weve never gone over budget. This isnt a loaves-and-fishes proposition, as were certainly no miracle workers. But we are hard workers and were proud to always build smart.

Communication is an essential tool for any of our projects at The Korte Company and its an especially important tool when that project is an extension of the beliefs and values that define it. Additionally, like many of the buildings we construct, we understand the importance of your entire community being happy with the structure were building for them.

At The Korte Company, we work very closely with our centers-of-worship clients to make certain that any questions are addressed long before the hammer hits the nail. As that guarantees a smiling congregation.

With us, there are no Hail Marys on the job-site, as we believe in saving those for Sunday. Just well-planned and well-executed church constructionprojects with us.Lets talk well tell you more.

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The McKnight Group, a group of experienced church builders, designs and builds dynamic churches for every community. Our facilities appeal to young and old alike and meet the many needs of vibrant, growing communities. Were a church building group, specializing in innovative church design and church building for more than 40 years. Our core service offerings include:

The Design Build process is a comprehensive approach to church design and building where we oversee and manage every phase of the project. From master planning and the initial church design through the construction of the church, our team-orientated Design Build process gives church leaders the added satisfaction of having played a meaningful role in the development of an amazing new space, while trusting the details to an experienced church building group.

Understanding and expanding the vision you have for your church is a critical phase in the overall church building process. The McKnight Groups highly skilled architecture and design team will work with you to define your vision and develop a master plan for your church design that facilitates growth, now and for the future.

Being on time and on target demands a knowledgeable, trustworthy workforce with decades of experience. After all, ministry cant wait. The McKnight Groups church construction and general contracting service ensures your new church or addition will be built on time, within budget, and handled by a company that knows what it takes to build a facility that will expand your reach.

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We meet for worship every Sunday, with all invited! There is a classic worship service at 10:00 am. This morning worship service is supported by a staffed nursery for little ones, and Christian Education activities for toddlers through third grade. Read more about our worship service under the Worship tab on this website. Planning a visit to our church? Check out our directions webpage for Google map and parking information.

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Everyone one has been asking, so we will be getting a new picture directory soon! Guess what, that means you are going to have to have your picture taken. It will be a time to get the whole family together and get that family portrait done by Lifetouch Photography. All families large and small will get one 8 x 10 portrait free. Even your family pet can be in the photo.

Lifetouch will be here from August 16 through August 18. Please take a moment to sign up online for your picture directory appointment by clicking here. If it is more convenient for you, you can also sign up for an appointment in the Front Porch on Sundays before and after church, or you can call the church office Monday through Friday from 9 am to noon.

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Our church building is a busy hub for the congregation and community. Weekday mornings you'll find the Ready, Set, Grow preschool in our education area. In the evenings, adults are meeting for activities that include crafts and quilting, yoga, zumba, small care groups, United Methodist women circle groups, chancel choir rehearsal, and monthly committee meetings. Youth typically meet twice a month and are invited to join the chancel choir. For those in the community, we offer meeting spaces for groups like Teens for Christ, girl scouts and brownie troops, and library events. We invite you to participate in these events, and you are encouraged to add our websitecalendarto your own Google calendar by simply clicking on the blue plus sign on the bottom edge of the calendar. Additional programming information is published in our electronic monthlly newsletter and our weekly email prayer list. If you would like to be added to our email list or need to update your information, please contact the church office.

Our website also provides information about the history of Ada First UMC, our staff, and our visioning and construction process after the fire in 2012.

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A stave church is a medieval wooden Christian church building once common in north-western Europe. The name derives from the building's structure of post and lintel construction, a type of timber framing where the load-bearing ore-pine posts are called stafr in Old Norse (stav in modern Norwegian). Two related church building types also named for their structural elements, the post church and palisade church, are often called 'stave churches'.

Originally much more widespread, most of the surviving stave churches are in Norway. The only remaining medieval stave churches outside Norway are those of circa 1500 at Hedared in Sweden and one Norwegian stave church relocated in 1842 to the outskirts of Krummhbel, Germany, now Karpacz in the Karkonosze mountains of Poland. (One other church, the Anglo-Saxon Greensted Church in England, exhibits many similarities with a stave church but is generally considered a palisade church.)

Archaeological excavations have shown that stave churches, best represented today by the Borgund stave church, are descended from palisade constructions and from later churches with earth-bound posts.

Similar palisade constructions are known from buildings from the Viking Age. Logs were split in two halves, set or rammed into the earth (generally called post in ground construction) and given a roof. This proved a simple but very strong form of construction. If set in gravel, the wall could last many decades, even centuries. An archaeological excavation in Lund uncovered the postholes of several such churches.

In post churches, the walls were supported by sills, leaving only the posts earth-bound. Such churches are easy to spot at archaeological sites as they leave very distinct holes where the posts were once placed. Occasionally some of the wood remains, making it possible to date the church more accurately using radiocarbon dating and/or with dendrochronology. Under the Urnes stave church, remains have been found of two such churches, with Christian graves discovered beneath the oldest church structure.

A single church of palisade construction has been discovered under the Hemse stave church.

The next design phase resulted from the observation that earthbound posts were susceptible to humidity, causing them to rot away over time. To prevent this, the posts were placed on top of large stones, significantly increasing their lifespans. The stave church in Rldal is believed to be of this type.

In still later churches, the posts were set on a raised sill frame resting on stone foundations. This is the stave church in its most mature form.

It is now common to group the churches into two categories: the first, without free-standing posts, often referred to as Type A; and the second, with a raised roof and free-standing internal posts, usually called Type B.

Those with the raised roof, Type B, are often further divided into two subgroups. The first of these, the Kaupanger group, have a whole arcade row of posts and intermediate posts along the sides and details that mimic stone capitals. These churches give an impression of a basilica.

The other subgroup is the Borgund group. In these churches the posts are connected halfway up with one or two horizontal double pincer beams with semicircular indentations, clasping the row of posts from both sides. Cross-braces are inserted between the posts and the upper and lower pincer beams (or above the single pincer beam), forming a very rigid interconnection, and resembling the triforium of stone basilicas. This design made it possible to omit the freestanding lower part of intermediate posts. In some churches in Valdres, only the four corner posts remain (see the image of Lomen stave church).

Many stave churches had or still have outer galleries or ambulatories around their whole perimeters, loosely connected to the plank walls. These probably served to protect the church from a harsh climate, and for processions.

At the base of Type A churches, there are four heavy sill beams on a low foundation of stones. These are interconnected in the corner notch, forming a rigid sill frame. The corner posts or staves (stavene in Norwegian) are cross-cut at the lower end and fit over the corner notches and cover them, protecting them from moisture.

On top of the sill beam is a groove into which the lower ends of the wall planks (veggtilene) fit. The last wall plank is wedge-shaped and rammed into place. When the wall is filled in with planks, the frame is completed by a wall plate (stavlgje) with a groove on the bottom, holding the top ends of the wall planks. The whole structure consists of framesa sill frame resting on the stone foundation, and the four wall frames made up of sills, corner posts and wall plate.

The wall plates support the roof trusses, consisting of a pair of principal rafters and an additional pair of intersecting "scissor rafters". For lateral bracing, additional wooden brackets (bueknr) are inserted between the rafters.

Every piece is locked into position by other pieces, making for a very rigid construction; yet all points otherwise susceptible to the harsh weather are covered.

Single nave churches in Norway: Grip, Haltdalen, Undredal, Hedal, Reinli, Eidsborg, Rollag, Uvdal, Nore, Hyjord, Rldal and Garmo.

The only remaining similar church in Sweden, in Hedared, is of this type and shows similarities with the one from Haltdalen.

On the stone foundation, four huge ground beams (grunnstokker) are placed like a sign, their ends protruding 12 meters from the lap joint where they intersect. The ends of these beams support the sills of the outer walls, forming a separate horizontal frame. The tall internal posts are placed on the internal frame of ground beams, and carry the main roof above the central nave (skip). On the outer frame of sills rest the main wall planks (veggtiler), carrying the roof over the pentice or aisles (omgang) surrounding the central space. The roof thus slopes down in two steps, as in a basilica.

The tall internal posts (staver) are interconnected with brackets (bueknr), and also connected to the outer walls with aisle rafters, creating a laterally rigid construction. Closer to the top of the posts (staver), shorter sills inserted between them support the upper wall (tilevegg). On top of the posts wall plates (stavlgjer) support the roof trusses, similar to those of the single nave churches.

The Kaupanger group consists of: Kaupanger, Urnes, Hopperstad and Lom.

The Borgund group consists of: Borgund, Gol, Hegge, Hre (Hurum), Lomen, Ringebu and ye.

This form of a church can also be recognized from the holes which remain from earlier earth-bound post churches built on the same sites. Little is known about what these older churches actually looked like or how they were constructed, as they were all destroyed or replaced many centuries ago.

Stave churches were once common in northern Europe. In Norway alone, it was thought about 1000 were built; recent research has upped this number and it is now believed there may have been closer to 2000.[1]

Most of the surviving stave churches in Norway were built 1150-1350.[2] Stave churches older than the 1100s are known only from written sources or from archaeological excavations, but written sources are sparse and difficult to interpret.[3] Only 271 masonry churches were constructed in Norway during the same period, 160 of these still exist, while in Sweden and Denmark there were 900 and 1800 masonry churches respectively.[4] Frostathing Law and Gulating law rules about "corner posts" shows that stave church was the standard church building in Norway, even if the catholic church preferred stone.[5] All wooden churches in Norway before the reformation were constructed with staves. Log building is younger than stave building in Norway and was introduced in residential buildings around year 1000. Stave building is not influenced by the log technique.[6][7]

The word "stave church" is unknown in Old Norse, presumably because there were no other types of wooden churches. When Norway's churches after the Reformation were constructed in log, there was a need for a separate word for the older churches. In written sources from the Middle Ages, there is a clearl distinction between "stafr" (posts) and "ili" or "vgili" (wall boards). However, in documents from the 1600-1700s, "stave" was also used for wall boards or panels. Emil Eckhoff in his Svenska stavkyrkor (1914-1916) also included wood frame church buildings without posts.[8]

According to Norway's oldest written laws and Old Norwegian Homily Book, the consecration of the church was valid as long as the four corner posts were standing.[5] One of the sermons in the old homily book is known as the "stave church sermon". The sermon dates from around 1100 and was presumably performed at consecrations, or on the anniversary of such. The sermon text is a theological interpretation of the building elements in the church. It names most of the building elements in the stave church, and can be a source of terminology and technique.[9][10] For instance, the sermon says: "The four corner posts of the church are a symbol for the four gospels, because their teachings are the strongest supports within the whole of Christianity."[11]

Church building was mentioned in the Gulatingsloven (Gulating Law), which was written down in the 1000s. In the chapter on Christianity, the 12th article states:[12]

If one man builds a church, either lendmann does it or a farmer, or whoever builds a church, shall keep the church and the plot in good condition. But if the church breaks down and corner posts fall, then he shall bring timber to the plot before twelve months; if not, he will pay three marks in punishment to the bishop and bring timber and rebuild the church anyway.

(Um einskildmenn byggjer kyrkje, anten lendmann gjer det eller bonde, eller kven det er som byggjer kyrkje, skal han halda henne i stand og inkje yda tufti. Men um kyrkja brotnar og hyrnestavane fell, d skal han fra timber p tufti innan tolv mnadar; um det ikkje kjem, skal han bta tre merker for det til biskopen og koma med timber og byggja opp kyrkja likevel."

In Norway, stave churches were gradually replaced; many survived until the 19th century when a substantial number were destroyed. Today, 28 historical stave churches remain standing in Norway. Stave churches were particularly common in less populated areas in high valleys and forest land, and fishermen's villages on islands and in minor villages along fjords. Around 1800 in Norway 322 stave churches were still known and most of these were in sparsely populated areas of Norway. If the main church was masonry the annex church could be a stave church.[5] Masonry churches were mostly built in towns, along the coast, and in rich agricultural areas in Trndelag and East Norway, as well as in the larger parishes in fjord districts i Western Norway.[4] During 1400s and 1500s no new churches were built in Norway.[13] Norway's stave churches largely disappeared until 1700 and were replaced by log buildings. Several stave churches were redesigned or enlarged in a different technique during 1600-1700, for instance Flesberg stave church were converted into cruciform church partly in log construction.[14] According to Dietrichson, most stave churches were dismantled to make room for a new church, partly because the old church had become too small for the congregation, partly because the stave church was in poor condition. Fire, storm, avalanche and decay were other reasons.[7] In 1650 there were about 270 stave churches left in Norway, and in the next hundred years 136 of these disappeared. Around 1800 there were still 95 stave churches, while over 200 former stave churches were still known by name or in written sources. From 1850 to 1885 32 stave churches fell, since then only the Fantoft stave church has been lost.[5]

Heddal stave church was the first stave church described in a scholarly publication when Johannes Flintoe wrote an essay in Samlinger til det Norske Folks Sprog og Historie (Christiania, 1834). The book also printed Flintoes drawings of the facade, the ground floor and the floor plan - the first known architectural drawing of a stave church.[15]

It is unknown how many stave churches were constructed in Iceland and in other countries in Europe.[citation needed] Some believe[who?] they were the first type of church to be constructed in Scandinavia; however, the post churches are an older type, although the difference between the two is slight. A stave church has a lower construction set on a frame, whereas a post church has earth-bound posts.

In Sweden, the stave churches were considered obsolete in the Middle Ages and were replaced. In Denmark, traces of post churches have been found at several locations, and there are also parts still in existence from some of them. A plank of one such church was found in Jutland. The plank is now on display at the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen and an attempt at reconstructing the church is a featured display at the Moesgrd Museum near Aarhus. Marks created by several old post churches have also been found at the old stone church in Jelling.

In Sweden, the medieval Hedared stave church was constructed c. 1500 at the same location as a previous stave church. Other notable places are Maria Minor church in Lund, with its traces of a post church with palisades, and some old parts of Hemse stave church on Gotland. In Skne alone there were around 300 such churches when Adam of Bremen visited Denmark in the first half of the 11th century, but how many of those were stave churches or post churches is unknown.

In England, there is one similar church of Saxon origin, with much debate as to whether it is a stave church or predates them. This is the Greensted Church in Essex. General consensus categorizes it as Saxon [A]. There is also another church which bears similarities to stave churches, the medieval stone church of St. Mary in Kilpeck in Herefordshire. It features a number of dragon heads.

In Germany, there is one stone church with a motif depicting a dragon similar to those often seen on Norwegian stave churches and on surviving artifacts from Denmark and Gotland. Whether this decoration can be attributed to cultural similarities or whether it indicates similar construction methods in Germany has sparked controversy.

During 1950-1970 post holes from older buildings were discovered under Lom stave church as well as under masonry churches such as Kinsarvik Church,[5] and this discovery was and important contribution to understanding the origin of stave churches. Holes for posts were first identified during excavations in Urnes stave church.[16]

Lorentz Dietrichson in his book De norske Stavkirker ("The Norwegian Stave Churches") (1892) claimed that the stave church is "a brilliant translation of the Romanesque basilica from stone to wood" (En genial oversettelse fra sten til tre av den romanske basilika). Dietrichson claimed that type B displays an influence from early Christian and Roman basilicas. The style was assumed to be transferred via Anglo-Saxon and Irish architecture, where only the particular roof construction was local. Dietrichson emphasized the clerestory, arcades and capitals.[7] The "basilica theory" was introduced by N. Nicolaysen in Mindesmrker af Middelalderens Kunst i Norge (1854). Nicolaysen worte: "Our stave churches are now the only remaining of its kind, and according to the sparse records and known circumstances, it appears that nothing similar existed except perhaps in Britain and Ireland." (Vore stavkirker er nu de eneste i sit slags, og saavidt sparsomme beretninger og andre omstndigheder lader formode, synes de heller ikke tidligere at have havt noget sidestykke med undtagelse af maaske i Storbritannien og Irland.)[17] Nicolaysen further claimed that the layout and design may have been inspired by Byzantine architecture. Nicloaysen wrote: "All facts suggest that the stave churches like the masonry churches and all medieval architecture in Western Europe originated from the Roman basilica." (Alt synes at henpege paa, at forbilledet til vore stavkirker ligesom til stenkirkerne og overhovedet til hele den vesteuropiske arkitektur i middelalderen er udgaaet fra den romerske basilika.)[18] This theory was further developed by Anders Bugge and Roar Hauglid. Peter Anker believed that the influence from foreign masonry architecture was primarily in decorative details.[19]

Per Jonas Nordhagen does not reject the basilica theory, but suggests development along two paths and that the basilical was a development towards larger and technically more sophisticated churches. The main, progressive path according to Nordhagen lead to Torpo and Borgund.[20]

Folklore and circumstantial evidence seem to suggest that stave churches were built upon old indigenous Norse worship sites, the hof. Dietrichson believed that the stave churches were closely connected to the hof and the "hof theory" attracted interest in the 1930-1940s. The theory assumed that the hofs were buildings with a square and a raised roof supported by four columns.[19] During Christianization of Norway local chiefs were forced to either dismantle the hofs or to convert hofs into churches. Bugge and Norberg-Schultz accordingly claimed that "there is no reason to believe that the last hofs and the first churches had any major differences" (og da er det liten grunn til tro at de siste hov har skilt seg synderlig fra de frste kirker).[21] This assumption has been rejected by archeological evidence several times, in the case of Iceland by ge Roussel.[22] Olaf Olsen described the hof merely as function related to ordinary buildings on major farms. If the hof was a particular building they remain to be identified, according to Olsen.[23] Olsen rejected the hof theory. Nicolay Nicolaysen also concluded that there is not a single case known of a hof that was converted to a church.[24]

Lack of historical evidence for hofs as buildings undermines the hof theory.[25] Nicolaysen also introduced the community centre hypothesis which argued that hofs were destroyed and churches constructed on the same convenient location for the local community. Location near a previous hof would then be a coincidence, according to Nicolaysen. Pope Gregory I encouraged (year 601) Augustine of Canterbury to reuse pre-Christian temples, but this had little relevance for Norway according to Nicolaysen. Jan Brendalsmo in his dissertation concluded that churches were often established on major farms or farms of local chiefs and close to feasting halls or graveyards.[26]

Stave churches appear to sometimes to have built upon or used materials from old pagan worship sites and are considered to be the best evidence for the existence of Norse Pagan temples and the best guide as to what they looked like.[27] The layout of the churches is believed to have mimicked old Pagan temples in design and was possibly designed in order to adhere to old Norse cosmological beliefs, especially as some churches were built around a central point like a world tree. Stave churches were also often located near or in the sight of large natural formations which also had a significant role in Norse Paganism, thus also suggesting a form of continuity through placement and symbolism.[28] Furthermore, dragons' heads and other clear mythological symbolism suggests the cultural blending of Norse mythological beliefs and Christianity in a non-contradictory synthesis.[clarification needed] Owing to this evidence newer research has suggested that Christianity was introduced into Norway much earlier than was previously assumed.[citation needed]

Even though the wooden churches had structural differences, they give a recognizable general impression. Formal differences may hide common features of their planning, while apparently similar buildings may turn out to have their structural elements organized completely differently. Despite this, certain basic principles must have been common to all types of building.

Basic geometrical figures, numbers that were easy to work with, one or just a few length units and simple ratios, and perhaps proportions as well were among the theoretical aids all builders inherited. The specialist was the man who knew a particular type of building so well that he could systematise its elements in a slightly different way from previous building designs, thus carrying developments a stage further.

"Exposing the timber frame on the interior and/or exterior of the structures is seen to release its matrix of timber members and its capacity to contribute architectural expression to buildings. The matrix, forming lines in space, has an expressive potential that includes the capacity to delineate proportion, direct eye-movement, suggest spatial enclosure, create patterning, permit transparency and establish continuity with landscape."[29]

Stave churches can be dated in various ways: by historical records or inscriptions, by stylistic means using construction details or ornaments, or by dendrochronology and radiocarbon dating. Often historical records or inscriptions will point to a year when the church is known to have existed. Archaeological excavations can yield finds which can provide relative dating for the structure, whereas absolute dating methods such as radiocarbon dating and dendrochronology can provide a more exact date. One drawback of dendrochronology is that it tends to overlook the possibility that the wood could have been reused from an older structure, or felled and left for many years before use.

A very important problem in dating the churches is that the solid ground sills are the construction elements most likely to have the outer parts of the log still preserved. Yet they are the most susceptible to humidity, and as people back then reused building parts, the church may have been rebuilt several times. If so, a dendrochronological dating may be based upon a log from a later reconstruction.

Stave churches are a very popular phenomenon and several have been built or rebuilt around the world. The two most copied are Borgund and Hedared, with some variations, and sometimes with adaptations to add elements from known stave churches from the area. In other places they are of a more free form and built for display.

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What you will not get with us is hype. We are confident in our ability to serve our clients and building high quality construction projects with state of the art materials. What you see on our web site, in our office, or on our jobs hopefully will convey the level of commitment you can expect from our company to plan and build your project. We will not be so bold as to tell you what to think of us, you decide.

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In 1962, Mr. Vernon Hill of Hill Cotton Company realized he needed to diversify due to the dwindling cotton market. Hill Construction was born out of that need and Mr. Hill set out building metal buildings for American Buildings Co. Curtis Jackson and Lee Pinno had worked with Mr. Hill in the cotton business and moved over into the building business with Mr. Hill.

Hill Construction ultimately signed a dealer agreement with Pascoe Building Systems. This was in the early days of the metal building boom and Hill Construction Co. was a major player building everything from tobacco warehouses to car dealerships. The business flourished and was poised for the upcoming metal building revolution when Mr. Hill was tragically killed in an automobile accident in 1973.

Curtis Jackson and Lee Pinno found themselves in a precarious position. There was no succession plan in place and the companys future was in jeopardy. Curtis and Lee were able to complete the work that Hill had under contract and at the same time, plan the start-up of what would become Jackson Builders, Inc. Curtis hired Marc Hull as business manager and Jeanette Beasley who had worked at Hill Construction along with most all of the Hill Construction crew. Jackson Builders was incorporated in 1974 and the rest as they say, is history.

Jackson Builders name soon became synonymous with metal buildings throughout Eastern North Carolina. Jackson was year after year the national sales volume leader for Pascoe Building Systems. The company was known for its erection capabilities and quick turnaround time on basic shade and shelter buildings.

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About that same time, Pascoe Building Systems was experiencing major problems, and Jackson Builders realized they had to make a move. In 1983, the company signed a builder agreement with Butler Manufacturing Co., the premier metal building company in the world. The marriage was a perfect fit. The Butler product line was exactly the kind of boost the company needed to move to the next level, and move they did. Jackson Builders achieved Career Builder status within the first year and a half as a Butler Builder. For over 20 years they have contested for the annual sales volume award from Butler, winning the award six times. The company has been recognized for achievement in every category Butler offers. They were most recently recognized for sales volume totaling $40 million since becoming builders in 1983. No Butler Builder has ever reached that level of sales achievement in only 22 years!

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The cost of building a church depends on its size. Other factors include whether you employ union or non-union labor, costs of labor and materials in your area, and your church's design.

The average U.S. church constructed in 2008 was 17,000 square feet, according to RSMeans' report on church construction costs.

Since most church builders use union labor, average costs are based on this assumption. Material and labor costs depend on your design and location, and can be 20 percent higher or more on the east and west coasts than in the Midwest.

Some factors are unique to your site. Your cost is affected by how much excavation needs to be done, how much parking is required, whether utilities are public or private, if sprinklers are installed or not, the amount of classroom space and your type of building, according to Church Design and Construction Inc.

The average cost of building a 17,000 square foot church in 2008 was $1.78 million. Money can be saved by hiring a company that offers "starter" plans for small, new churches.

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Roadwork seems to be happening everywhere, preventing motorists from easily traveling from Point A to Point B. Work on the Church Creek culvert replacement project under State Route 532 between Interstate 5 and Stanwood is one example.

Washington State Department of Transportation wants residents to know the Strider Construction crews are making great progress on installing the new culvert.

As of Wednesday, Aug. 17, DOT reported half the culvert had been installed the day prior and the other half was expected to be in place by Thursday.

They are working as quickly as they safely can to get SR 532 back open as soon as possible, the DOT spokesperson said in the news release.

The road was closed Aug. 11 and Aug. 25 is the target reopening date.

Detour reminders

While the highway is closed, motorists need to remember which detour to use, depending on their vehicle and which direction they are going.

Trucks, RVs, etc. Use exit 221 and go through Conway. The turn radius and size of the bypass lane on the passenger vehicle detour cannot accommodate large vehicles and drivers doing so risk a ticket.

Westbound passenger vehicles Take the detour at 36th Avenue Northwest to 72nd Avenue Northwest if youre headed toward Camano Island.

Eastbound passenger vehicles Follow the detour signs and take a right on 64th Avenue Northwest, just after the bypass lane to get back on eastbound SR 532.

While the detours take a little longer, following signs and speed limits keeps everyone moving. To follow the construction progress, WSDOT has posted photos in its Church Creek fish passage Flickr album (link at wsdot.wa.gov).

Other roadwork

Another nearby culvert project on northbound Interstate 5 near Conway is very near completion. Interwest Construction crews were working last week to remove the bypass lane from the middle of the highway. This week they plan to begin some stream work to help restore the area under the bridge to its natural state.

SR 534 East from Conway: A sinkhole temporarily closed State Route 534, a busy truck route that connects SR 9 to I-5 in Skagit County. The sinkhole started in late July as a dimple in the road, but WSDOT workers soon learned a leaking culvert under the highway was washing away the roadbed, leaving nothing for the asphalt to sit on. The crew dug up the damaged area, filled it with gravel then added asphalt. The temporary repair created a bump but the road was reopened in five hours. A permanent repair is being planned.

SR 20 East: Contractor crews from Lakeside Industries crews have finished grinding and road repair on the 2 mile stretch of highway between the hospital and Food Pavilion west of Sedro-Woolley. Nighttime paving will happen this week, 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Sunday through Friday morning with periodic road closures.

The highway-resurfacing project between Sedro-Woolley and Concrete is mostly finished.

Suquamish ferry superstructure arrives in Seattle

Another construction milestone has been reached on Washington State Ferry fleets fourth Olympic Class ferry, according to WSDOT.

The Suquamishs 1,110-ton superstructure, which took 18 months to construct at Jesse Engineering in Tacoma, arrived in Seattle early Thursday morning, Aug. 17. The process of joining it to the hull was expected to take about 12 hours on Friday.

The 144-car Suquamish will join the fleet in fall 2018 and operate on the Mukilteo/Clinton route from mid-May until mid-October, when ferry travel is at its peak. The rest of the year, it will serve multiple routes as a maintenance relief boat for both the Super class and other Olympic class.

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Posted: Tuesday, August 22, 2017 12:00 pm | Updated: 12:01 pm, Tue Aug 22, 2017.

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Wilkes County Building Inspections Department permit records reflect a recent shift from additions to constructing new homes and other structures.

The department issued 111 permits for 203,436 square feet of new construction valued at $16.25 million in the first seven months of this year, up from 85 permits for 139,415 square feet of new construction in the same period of 2016.

It issued 40 permits for 20,362 square feet of additions worth $2.01 million in the first seven months of 2017, down from 49 permits for 75,502 square feet of additions worth $4.63 million in the same period of 2016.

Permits were issued for additions to 29 single family homes in the first seven months of 2017, down from 33 in the first seven months of 2016.

The numbers dont include North Wilkesboro because that town does its own inspections.

New single family home construction increased 45 percent, with 58 permits issued for new single family homes in the first seven months of this year and 40 in the same period of 2016.

The 58 permits issued through July of this year were for new homes with 102,269 square feet under roof valued at $11.58 million. The 40 issued in the first seven months of the prior year were for 72,760 square feet valued at $7.84 million.

New construction permits were also issued in the first six months of 2017 for two churches (new sanctuary, classrooms and bathrooms for Journey of Grace Baptist Church and a shed for church buses for Maple Springs Baptist Church), two school buildings (two dugouts and press box for East Wilkes High School and an athletics building with storage space, locker rooms and concessions area for Wilkes Central High School), two stores (Aldis grocery in Wilkesboro and wine tasting facility for Roy Lowe), one dormitory (for Eckerd Youth Alternative in Boomer for 10 people), 18 residential garages/carports, 25 residential or non-residential storage buildings and three non-residential other.

In the first seven months of 2016, new construction permits were also issued for one school building, one store, one motel/hotel, 17 residential garages/carports, 17 residential or non-residential storage buildings, one parking garage, one amusement/recreational building, one tank/tower and four non-residential other.

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Repairs are underway on the bell tower at St. Johns Episcopal Church at 42nd & Sheridan in Linden Hills. Members built the church about 100 years ago. Photo by Nate Gotlieb

One-hundred years of deferred maintenance was how Rev. Susan Barnes described a project to repair the bell tower at St. Johns Episcopal Church at 42nd & Sheridan.

Its basically tilting and falling, church member Barb Nicol explained.

So this year, church members undertook a capital campaign to fix the tower and renovate classrooms in the church basement. They set a $1.7-million fundraising goal and aimed to complete the work by September, in time for the 100th anniversary of the first service in the church.

Theyre not only on track to complete the project next month, but theyve also surpassed the fundraising goal by about $300,000. Thats also given them a jump start on a social justice fund created as part of the campaign to be used for local causes.

We are very happy that at this place in our history we can do this work, Barnes said. The generosity of members at all levels of capacity has been very moving.

Its a generosity thats ingrained in the churchs history, members and leaders say. According to church archives, in 1903 members donated about $36, or about $937 in todays money, for a new hospital. They had $17 in the treasury at the time.

Later, church members were leaders in the sobriety movement and were on the forefront of marriage equality, according to member Craig Gudorf, who ran the capital campaign.

We just feel like our tradition kind of calls us to engage and not just talk about it but do something about it, he said.

The church has a healthy track record of service work both domestically and abroad, according to member Mark Lindberg, who is chair of the Outreach Committee deciding how best to use the new fund. Its work includes efforts related to shelter, housing and food.

Lindberg said theyd like to find a shorter-term opportunity and a medium-range goal for using the fund. He added that hed like to engage younger members of the church in the grant-making process, citing a Minneapolis Foundation model for doing so.

The committees work wont get started in earnest until closer to 2018, Lindberg said. In the meantime, church members are preparing for the construction work to be completed. Theyre planning a celebration to dedicate the new bell tower and preparing for the new classrooms to open this fall. Linden Hills Child Care rents the space.

Theyll also be opening a time capsule inside the churchs cornerstone that was laid about 100 years ago, Barnes said.

Gudorf said people feel a strong connection to the church. It has a thriving youth program, he said, and people want to see their kids raised in a church thats healthy.

Im not surprised that our congregation was really generous, he said.

More than 250 families and individuals are members of the parish, which is part of the American branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The churchs pillars are children and service, Barnes said, and the community gathers around them.

Its a really warm, welcoming place, she said.

The church began as a Sunday school back in 1897, and children have been at the center of church activities ever since, according to member Jane Gilgun, who is working on a church history. The Sunday school provided a place for parents to leave their children as they toured the area looking for lots around Lake Harriet.

The congregation bought the first of three lots on which St. Johns stands in 1904. The church was incorporated as a parish in November 1916, and building began that year. The first service was Sept. 16, 1917.

This years renovation work included excavating the entire north side of the building. The church is creating a new entrance there and is renovating the classrooms used by the daycare. The new daycare area will include new windows and new toilets for the preschoolers, Barnes said.

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