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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- When stones and chunks of a hillside retaining wall on Notre Dame Academy's property came crashing down onto a section of Victory Boulevard sidewalk, in Silver Lake between Eddy Street and Forest Avenue, the day before Thanksgiving, the cascade caused $1,000 worth of damage to the passenger-side front door panel of Anthony Sabatino's brand-new 2013 Lincoln SUV.

It could have been much worse, and not only for his vehicle, he said. Residents of nearby apartment buildings park along that stretch of Victory Boulevard, and "people walk along there with strollers and kids."

Sabatino said he was outraged that, after the incident, Notre Dame "roped it off and called it a day," without removing the rocks, rubble, and downed small tree.

The mini-landslide was caused when part of a retaining wall halfway up the hill became dislodged, Sister Patricia Corley, president of Notre Dame Academy, explained to the Advance on Dec. 31.

The wall, located behind Notre Dame's elementary school, is 85 feet long and two-and-a-half to five-feet high, she added. "The edge of that wall, due to freezing and melting, became dislodged."

Following the incident, Notre Dame signed a contract with a mason, but clearing the mess and working on the site was delayed by a combination of poor weather and the holidays, Sister Corley said.

The mason has since "cleaned all the debris and loose rocks, and put up a wooden barrier" to intercept anything that might fall in the future, she said in a Jan. 2 update.

The mason will return in the spring, to install reinforcing bars into the retaining wall, she added.

Sister Corley acknowledged the "challenge" of maintaining the hillside.

"Over the past few years, we've engaged masons to fix, maintain, and fill in," walls on the property, she said on Dec. 31. "We're very much aware of our obligation, and very much on top of it."

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Gujarat High Court today allowed implementation of the no-confidence motion passed by majority members of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) against incumbent chairman Vipul Chaudhary. With this nod from the High Court Chaudhary could be on his way out. However, he has options to appeal before a division bench and the Supreme Court.

As many as 13 out of 16 voting members voted in favour of the no-confidence motion against Chaudhary on December 5, 2013, during board meeting of GCMMF. The members have alleged that the no-trust motion was brought because they were suspicious of Chaudhary's functioning and suspected that his way of administration was not in interest of the federation. They further held that motion was need to safeguard the interest of three million milk producers of Gujarat.

After the no confidence motion was passed the GCMMF had approached the High Court in accordance with directions of the Supreme court issued in December last year while hearing the plea of Chaudhary challenging the no-confidence motion.

During arguments GCMMF had argued that majority of members had supported the no-confidence motion against Chaudhary and hence it should be implemented. While Chaudhary's lawyers argued that there was no provision of passing a no-confidence motion against the chairman in the bye-laws of GCMMF, nor was there any in the Gujarat Cooperatives Society Act.

Today, Justice Paresh Upadhyay hearing the case held that GCMMF could put into effect the no confidence motion against Chaudhary. However, Justice Upadhyay stayed implementation of the no confidence motion till January 11 on request of Chaudhary's lawyers seeking time to approach higher court.

"The applicant Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Limited (GCMMF) is at liberty to implement the Resolution dated December 5, 2013 expressing no confidence in Vipul Chaudhary, as the Chairperson of the Federation," the court ordered.

The court also referred the petition of Chaudhary, challenging the October 25, 2013, meeting to discuss the no confidence motion against him, to the division bench on various law points. The matter will now be assigned to the concerned division bench by the Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court.

"On the principal contention of the petitioner (Chaudhary), that in absence of any provision in the Gujarat Co-operative societies Act, 1961, no confidence motion could not have been considered and passed against him, the matter is referred to the Division Bench," the order further stated. The division bench will consider if the three judgements of the Gujarat High Court, that had held that "even in absence of any specific provision in the principal statue, no confidence motion can be brought and considered to remove any elected office bearer," was overrulled by the Supreme Court.

Commenting of Chaudhary's opposition to meeting to discuss no confidence motion against him, court said, "On going through the documents on record, this Court finds that this contention (of Chaudhary), though not unknown to law, is more out of frustration."

Chaudhary is facing the heat by a majority of board members over mismanagement in Mehsana District Cooperative Milk Producers' Union, which is also headed by him, as well as for meeting Congress vice-chairman Rahul Gandhi with an eye on National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) top job. The Mehsana Union also came under GCMMF's attack for constant decline in milk procurement, setting up 9 lakh liters per day milk processing plant and establishment of 30 lakh liters per day of milk packaging plant at Daruheda (Haryana) plant with an investment of Rs. 300 crore.

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The toils and snares that led the First Baptist Church at Conshohocken to what it describes as an amazing new year back home were sparked by an errant blowtorch.

It touched off a fire that engulfed the Neo-Gothic church built in 1902 and flattened everything but its bell tower and an adjacent stone wall.

That was eight years ago.

It has taken that long for the congregation of 60 to muster the money and labor that has enabled them to spend the start of 2014 in their new building at Fourth Avenue and Harry Street.

"It's such a feeling of victory," said Eva Ross, 84, a longtime church member.

The congregation is celebrating completion of the first stage of a $3 million rebuilding that it had no idea would be eight years in the making.

Members are holding services in the fellowship hall, where they have a temporary occupancy permit. They held their first service there the Sunday before Thanksgiving. A formal dedication is planned for February or March.

But amid the celebration is the recognition that the church still has a long way to go. Classrooms, offices, a dining facility, and the sanctuary have yet to be completed.

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WATERLOO | Queen of Peace Catholic Church, quite literally, unwrapped a Christmas present for its parishioners this past week in the first "steps" of an anticipated major renovation.

Most of the front of Waterloo's oldest Catholic church had been covered in plastic for a few weeks in December. Work crews are refinishing and renovating the church steps and reducing the size of adjacent planters.

The steps have been repainted over the years, making them slippery to navigate, particularly in inclement weather.

The current project, Queen of Peace parish council chairman Craig White said, has some traction to it.

"We're putting on a rougher coating to make them less slippery, and changing their color from gray to beige, to match the color of the church, which looks very nice," said White, also a Black Hawk County supervisor.

The planters are being reduced, re-bricked and lowered to ground level, White said.

That work was completed in time for Christmas services at the church.

Also, an elevator to accommodate persons with disabilities has been repaired, said the Rev. Dave Ambrosy, Queen of Peace pastor.

The steps and other work accomplished to date is the first part of what is anticipated to be the most extensive renovation of the church since an interior remodeling in 1996.

It involves work on flooring, carpeting, pews and a handicap-accessible approach to the altar sanctuary, Ambrosy and White said.

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NEW YORKLocated in the heart of Wall Street, Trinity Church was the first Anglican church in Manhattan. Founded in 1697, the iconic church has a rich history, including several signers of the Declaration of Independence (Alexander Hamilton is one) being laid to rest in its burial grounds.

Aiming to preserve its 17st century roots while using 21st century technology to spread the message of the church, Trinity began planning the construction of a new control room early last year. The new control room was completed last month and is centered around a For-A 2 M/E HVS-390HS video production switcher.

The switcher first caught the attention of the house of worships director of media, production and operations, William Jarrett, at NAB 2013.

The HVS-390HS switcher is a perfect fit for our church, explained Jarrett. We appreciate the amount of inputs it offers and its optional video outputs. A frame synchronizer with every channel was also a big draw to us. We found that theres an elegance about it that inherently made sense. We needed a system that was easy to use, and the flow of the switcher is simple for our operators to understand.

In addition to using its video technology to perform IMAG (image magnification) production during Trinitys services, the parish webcasts all of its Sunday morning and weekday services onits website, reaching viewers worldwide. Concerts from its Grammy-nominated choir, conferences, and other special and live events are also webcast. The first major production in the new studio was HandelsMessiah, a widespread oratorio house of worship Christmas tradition that was first performed in the New World at Trinity Church.

The new control room was commissioned and blessed on December 8. The event was webcast on Trinitys website, and can be viewed onlinehere. Jarrett estimates that the switcher will be involved in 450-500 events throughout the course of a year.

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