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A new church on Eau Claire's south side started to take shape Friday.

TOWN OF WASHINGTON (WQOW) - A new church on Eau Claire's south side started to take shape Friday.

This morning as the sun came up, the first walls went up at what will soon be Haven Church.

Construction has been underway the past few weeks at the corner of Highway 93 and Deerfield Road. Friday, the group Builders for Christ kicked off construction of the $5 million project.

Builders for Christ is a national volunteer group. Over the next 16 weeks, 900 volunteers will travel to Eau Claire on their own dime and help with construction.

The pastor of Haven Church, James Whatley, said the free labor will save them about a million dollars.

"Personally for me, we live in a world that is really isolated. Being able to come together, particularly post Covid, is such a tremendous blessing. We just think Jesus brings hope and community and a positive future," he said.

The church hopes to be in the new 16,000 foot facility by November. In addition to a lot larger space, the church will also have a nursery, children's education area and an outdoor pollinator garden.

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The congregation at Ashley Ridge Church in Summerville has been meeting at the local high school for over a decade, patiently waiting to build a permanent home for its ministry in the Summerville community. Now, that dream is being realized.

On April 21, church leaders and representatives broke ground on a new building at 9815 Delemar Highway.

Trident Construction, which is overseeing the building development, signed on to the project four years ago and has been patiently waiting to get things going.

We picked Trident because they are deeply invested in the Summerville community, said Pastor Jenn Williams. They have also been a great asset in offering creative construction ideas to help us save money and build the best possible tool for our ministry.

Ashley Ridge is the only church in the Summers Corner community. Leaders and members anticipate rapid growth as thousands of new homes are being built there, as well as a new community center, which promises several large pools and recreational facilities.

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Father Agustin Martinez, associate pastor of St. Paul, Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann and Father Michael Hermes, pastor of St. Paul, stand in front of a rendering of the new St. Paul Church in Olathe. The parish broke ground on the church on May 11. LEAVEN PHOTO BY JAY SOLDNER

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OLATHE There was a reason St. Paul Parish here exchanged its usual Mass venue in its temporary worship space last Sunday for a grassy field adjoining the east side of the school.

The evening Mass for the solemnity of the Ascension on May 11 was also the historic groundbreaking for the construction of the fourth church in the 164-year history of the parish the first and thus oldest parish in Johnson County.

The outdoor altar was situated approximately where the new churchs altar will be located.

The mood of the more than 2,300 present on that warm, sunny evening was excited.

Thats what Jose and Maria Ramirez said, with translation assistance from their daughter Juseth Cruz.

The Ramirezes have been parishioners for 27 years and were part of the procession on Dec. 29, 2018, from the former church at 900 S. Honeysuckle Dr., where the parish worshiped since 1962, to the current St. Paul School at 21650 W. 115th Terr.

Were pretty excited for the church and very happy, said Jose.

Very happy for the new church, said Maria. Weve all been collectively working together for this new church that well all be able to celebrate in in a bigger way.

As for Cruz, she was excited, too.

Im very excited for this new church, she said, and getting to see all the new people who will join and experience this beautiful building being built.

The groundbreaking was but another step in a master plan set in motion when Father Michael Hermes became pastor on July 1, 2014. Parishioners have long been eager to exchange their temporary space for a real, beautiful church.

This is a day weve been waiting for for a long, long time, said parishioner Terry Punswick, who was handing out buttons and programs, and there are many parishioners whove been waiting longer than I have. For this day to finally happen just fills us with joy and anticipation. I wish we could start building right away.

That wont happen. Instead, parishioners will continue to use the temporary worship space a multipurpose room inside St. Paul School for a bit longer.

Plans have been drawn up by JNKA Architects of Chicago and cost estimators have produced their figures. Requests for bids by general contractors will go out in mid-June, said Father Hermes. No exact dates have been set for the start or completion of construction.

The main celebrant of the Mass was Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, and the homilist was Father Hermes. He tied the building of the new church to the duty of all Christians to evangelize.

This task belongs to all members of the church. It is not only for bishops and priests, he said in Spanish and English. Every baptized person must think of himself or herself as permanently sent, as a missionary disciple, so that in the midst of family life and in the midst of our work, we may always be carrying the joy of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to others by the testimony of our lives.

In his remarks, Archbishop Naumann praised the work of Father Hermes, associate pastor Father Agustin Martinez, the parish building and planning committees, and parishioners.

I want to congratulate Father Hermes and the building team for all theyve done, he said, and to congratulate you for responding so generously.

Its expensive to build a new church and a new campus. Thank you all for your support. Its not over yet, I hope, and I look forward to being able to be here when the new church will be dedicated to celebrate that glorious day.

The reason for a new church was alluded to by Archbishop Naumann and Olathe mayor John Bacon. Bacon said Olathe has doubled in size in the past 30 years, and now boasts approximately 153,000 residents.

St. Paul is the largest parish in the archdiocese, recently surpassing the Church of the Ascension in Overland Park, said the archbishop. It has at least 3,325 registered families, according to Father Hermes. The growth shows no sign of stopping.

The design of the new church will have both traditional and contemporary elements. It will have a Romanesque cruciform layout with some pews in the front in a fan-shaped configuration.

The outside faade will be Spanish Colonial. The upper level of the building will be the church, and the lower level will be the social hall/church offices with a kitchen. The hall can be divided with accordion-style movable partitions. Each level will be 19,540 square feet.

To manage costs, the master plan calls for construction in stages. At first, only the upper level church and eucharistic adoration chapel will be finished. The lower level will be unfinished for a while. Later stages will include a courtyard and school gymnasium. The estimated cost of the first stage of church construction is $20 million.

The new church will be built northeast of St. Paul School. The entire campus consists of 20 acres donated by the Leonard and Ellen McKinzie Family.

Dignitaries for the groundbreaking included Archbishop Naumann, Father Hermes, Father Martinez, Bacon, Carol Kulhmann representing the McKinzie Family, David Kulhman of JNKA Architects, parish council representative Hoan Kim Pham, finance council representative Scott Anderson and building committee representative Dennis Wilbert.

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RIGHT? WELL, SHANNON. ANDREW, CONSTRUCTION CREWS ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW TO REPLACE PART OF THE ROOF HERE AT CROSSROADS MINISTRIES. THAT WAS RIPPED OFF DURING THAT STORM AND SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE AREA. FORTUNATELY, THE PASTOR HERE TELLS ME NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY HURT. BUT THERES A LOT OF ROOF DAMAGE BACK IN HERE. ASSESSING THE DESTRUCTION TO CROSSROADS MINISTRIES CHURCH FROM THE INSIDE. IT WAS SATURDAY EVENING WHEN WINDOWS WERE SUDDENLY BLOWN OUT AND PART OF THE ROOF WAS LIFTED INTO THE AIR, DROPPING DEBRIS ON CARS IN THE PARKING LOT, SCATTERING CHURCH BOOKS AND OTHER ITEMS OVER THE HILLSIDE. AS AROUND 100 PEOPLE GATHERED FOR WORSHIP, I STAYED AT THE TOP UP THERE AND SENT THE PEOPLE DOWN. THEY CAME DOWN. WE CAME THROUGH THIS AREA. AND THEY WERE LINING THIS HALLWAY. PASTOR KEN BARNER EVACUATING HIS CONGREGATION TO THE BASEMENT AS THEY WAITED OUT THE STORM. YEAH, I WAS PRETTY SHOCKED MYSELF. I, UM, YOU KNOW, I, IVE LIVED HERE ALL MY LIFE. IM A PITTSBURGHER. IVE GROWN UP HERE IN PITTSBURGH. IVE SEEN TORNADO WARNINGS, BUT NEVER SEEN A TORNADO. THERE WAS SKY WHERE THERE SHOULD BE CEILINGS. SO WE WENT OUT AND CHECKED MY CAR, MY WIFES CAR, AND THEY WERE BOTH DAMAGED, AS WERE MANY CARS IN THE PARKING LOT. SOME NEIGHBORS EXPERIENCING THE FORCE OF THE TORNADO FOR THE FIRST TIME AS WELL. I NEVER WANT TO SEE ANYTHING LIKE THIS EVER AGAIN. IT SOUNDED LIKE A TRAIN COMING THROUGH THE BACKYARD. ID SEEN ALL KIND OF WATER COMING OUT OF MY POLE. UM, SEEING DEBRIS FLYING EVERYWHERE FOR. AND WERE OUT HERE NOW TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE OUT. GET SOME TARPS ON SOME ROOFS, WORK TO REPAIR ROOFS, AND CLEAR FALLEN TREES IS UNDERWAY. AND BACK AT THE CHURCH, SLAGLE ROOFING WORKING TO SEAL THE GAPING HOLE IN THE ROOF. BY THE END OF THE DAY, HES DEDICATED HIS TEAMS TO HELP THIS EMERGENCY SITUATION. HES NOT ONLY HELPING US, HES HELPING OTHER PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW. SO IM THANKFUL TO GOD FOR WHAT THEYRE DOING HERE. AND THERES NO SET TIMELINE FOR WHEN ALL OF THESE REPAIRS WILL BE COMPLETE. BUT THE PASTOR IS HOPING TO HAVE THEM DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO RESUME HAVING SERVICES ONCE

Crews working to repair Washington County church roof ripped apart by tornado

Construction crews are working to replace part of a church roof that was ripped off during Saturday evenings EF-2 tornado in Washington County.

Updated: 7:22 PM EDT May 13, 2024

Construction crews are working to replace part of a church roof that was ripped off during Saturday evenings EF2 tornado in Washington County.Pastor Ken Barner, with Crossroads Ministries in the Finleyville area, said the force of the winds took pieces of the roof right through the parking lot and over the hillside. Fortunately, no one was seriously hurt, Barner said.Barner said Saturday evening during a worship service, windows were suddenly blown out, and part of the roof was lifted into the air. The winds dropped debris on cars in the parking lot and scattered church books and other items over the hillside. Meanwhile, around 100 people had to evacuate the worship space and shelter in place.I was pretty shocked myself, you know. Ive lived here all my life. I'm a Pittsburgher. I grew up here in Pittsburgh. I've seen tornado warnings but never seen a tornado, Barner said.There was sky where there should be ceilings. I went out and checked my car and my wifes car, and there were many cars damaged in the parking lot, David Shepley said.Meteorologist Jill Szwed explains how anomalous the recent outbreak of tornados has been in the video belowBarner said Slagle Roofing was working to seal the gaping hole in the roof by the end of Monday.He's dedicated his teams to help this emergency situation. He's not only helping us. He's helping other people in our community right now. So I'm thankful to God for what they're doing here, Barner said.Washington County officials confirmed to Pittsburghs Action News 4 that there were some minor injuries as a result of the damage sustained to the church.

Construction crews are working to replace part of a church roof that was ripped off during Saturday evenings EF2 tornado in Washington County.

Pastor Ken Barner, with Crossroads Ministries in the Finleyville area, said the force of the winds took pieces of the roof right through the parking lot and over the hillside. Fortunately, no one was seriously hurt, Barner said.

Barner said Saturday evening during a worship service, windows were suddenly blown out, and part of the roof was lifted into the air. The winds dropped debris on cars in the parking lot and scattered church books and other items over the hillside. Meanwhile, around 100 people had to evacuate the worship space and shelter in place.

I was pretty shocked myself, you know. Ive lived here all my life. I'm a Pittsburgher. I grew up here in Pittsburgh. I've seen tornado warnings but never seen a tornado, Barner said.

There was sky where there should be ceilings. I went out and checked my car and my wifes car, and there were many cars damaged in the parking lot, David Shepley said.

Meteorologist Jill Szwed explains how anomalous the recent outbreak of tornados has been in the video below

Barner said Slagle Roofing was working to seal the gaping hole in the roof by the end of Monday.

He's dedicated his teams to help this emergency situation. He's not only helping us. He's helping other people in our community right now. So I'm thankful to God for what they're doing here, Barner said.

Washington County officials confirmed to Pittsburghs Action News 4 that there were some minor injuries as a result of the damage sustained to the church.

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When you admire a particularly great at-home gallery wall you know, the kind with a bunch of framed pieces hung together just so on Instagram, you rarely think about the level of care it took to install each piece. Unless youve done a gallery wall yourself, that is, and remember the number of holes and uneven patches that live secretly behind your own art.

Take it from me: Gallery-wall hanging is not easy to pull off. I used to hang pictures by hammering a nail into the wall and hoping for the best. Picture-hanging hardware? Why bother! A hammer and any sort of nail, and I was good to go. But when it came to precision, this posed a problem. Nails hammered into the wall at an angle are never at the exact same angle (unless you use picture-hanging hardware), so pictures often end up looking slightly askew and dont sit flush against the wall. The whole thing looks a bit homemade, and not in a good way.

That was many years ago, before I worked as an interior decorator and understood why the age-old measure twice, cut once philosophy can be applied to almost everything. And, most importantly, it was before I knew about the Takker.

A DIY tool that solves all the above issues, the Takker first came to my attention around 2009 when my mother in Ireland produced one from the cupboard to hang a picture. It had made an appearance on Dragons Den (the Shark Tank of Ireland) and soon found its way into Woodies DIY (the Home Depot of Ireland). The idea behind it was to invent a super-simple way to hang pictures and mirrors up to 22 pounds on drywall, wood, plaster, and aerated concrete block. To date, theres a Takker in 10 percent of homes on the Emerald Isle.

Heres how it works: You mark the spot, load some of the included Takks into the rear of the device, and give a satisfying punch to the large round red button, which pushes a Takk firmly and securely into the wall at an ecstatically perfect 90-degree angle. No risk of accidentally hammering your thumb, no loud repetitive banging sounds, no problem. The red button has a fun game-show feeling, as well.

I have always hung things directly on the Takk, but the Takker kit now comes with brass picture hooks, razor hooks, and large plastic hooks that work in tandem with the Takks. Ive hung pretty much all my art under 22 pounds using the Takker. Ive hung art at 11 p.m. without risk of disturbing the neighbors, and Ive used it to hang the aforementioned precise grid gallery wall-art installation, which went fairly well, despite the most uneven walls imaginable.

The Takks themselves resemble pushpins (but smaller), and when you remove one from the wall, it leaves a 1-mm. hole thats so tiny you can hardly see it, even when youre standing right there. As someone who perennially prefers white walls, I can attest to the fact that these holes are practically unnoticeable, even with 20/20 vision. (Ive used the Takker to hang Christmas decorations, leaving barely visible holes when it was time to take them down.) Although the Takks are hypersecure, they actually slide out very easily via an in-built removal slot in the device, so they can be reused. In lazier times, Ive used a hammer hook to get them out, which leaves a scuff mark on the wall. Will I ever learn? Dont be like me, your lazy friend; use the Takker slot. Its there for a reason.

Just note: The Takker works amazing on drywall and wood, but it doesnt work on exposed brick or exposed concrete block. That said, following the success of the original, the company invented a second version called the Hardwall Takker that can handle brick and even ceramic tile. Amazing! Maybe Ill test it out. Stay tuned.

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The Paris apartment of Hubert de Givenchy, featured in AD in 1978, included a wide-ranging mix of furnitureincluding a large cabinet and writing desk by Andr-Charles Boulle.

Hannah Martin, ADs senior design editor, is rooting for the Louis XIV writing desk to make a rebound. In Hubert de Givenchys Paris apartment, published by AD in 1978, a stunning desk and cabinet by Andr-Charles Boulle, cabinetmaker to Louis XIV, mix in with slick black lacquered finishes, low-lying furniture, and mirrored surfaces, she says. I love this particularly 70s brand of eclecticism and would like to see more interiors that play with French antiques from this era. A woman after my own heart!

Patrick Meles bedroom at the 2024 Kips Bay Decorator Show House in New York, featuring its modern take on an old-school style: patterned wall-to-wall carpeting.

AD, September/October 1972

For Madeline OMalley, ADs market director, its all about patterned wall-to-wall carpet. Theres something that feels very creativity-within-constraint about it, she says. Like a controlled splashiness. And the idea is fresh in her mind, thanks to Patrick Mele's room at the 2024 Kips Bay Decorator Show House in New York, with its snazzy floral carpet by Mele for Aronsons. I cant stop thinking about the concept, says OMalley, who adds that the style is poised for a comeback. One trippy example can be found on the cover of ADs September/October 1972 issue, in a bedroom designed by Stephen Chase of Arthur Elrod Associates.

AD, June 1980

Draped fabric can give a wall texture and interest, says Alison Levasseur, ADs global interiors and garden editor. Take note from this room featured in AD September 1977 that a draped fabric can be used in combination with a wallpaper or paint, she advises.

And thats not all: Shutters indoors are chic! she adds. I adore this Brunschwig & Fils floral bedroom on the cover of AD from June 1980. The white shutters are the perfect charming window treatment for this stylish California ranch. Theres also charm in some of the rooms softer accessories: Im crazy for the gingham cat and dog pillows too! Things that make you happy never go out of fashion.

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In the beginning, it was personal for Bo Sundius and his wife, Hisako Ichiki, partners of the La Canada, Californiabased architecture firm Bunch Design. In 2012, when they designed their first in-law suite, or granny flat, it was in their own backyard, and it was for Sundiuss father, who had Alzheimers disease. A 720-square-foot one-bedroom they dubbed the Elysian Cottage, the accessory dwelling unit, or ADU, allowed Sundius to help care for his father.

A few years later, in 2017, when California enacted new laws that helped promote the construction of ADUs as a solution to the states housing shortage, Sundius and Ichiki embraced the design of in-law suites as a key component of their practice. It was a prophetic decision because ADUs have since boomed in popularity: 23,000 permits were issued in California in 2022, more than quadruple the number in 2017. In-law suites can generate much-needed rental income, but they can also enable intergenerational living, housing parents who can age in place and help with childcare or adult children who arent yet financially independent or have disabilities. As Sundius says: In-law relationships are always better when they have their own kitchen.

The Elysian CottageBunch Designs name for the granny flat, or in-law suite, they devised for their own homeuses tricks like lowered walls to create an open, airy feeling.

For Sundius and Ichiko, the process of designing a granny flat poses an intriguing challenge: How do you make something small feel large?, as Sundius puts it. (In Los Angeles, ADUs are typically limited to 1,200 square feet.) For one, by running clerestory windows across nearly the full span of the structure. People look to the corners to assess how big a space is, and if those corners have windows, you blur the edges and create a space that feels inherently light, he says.

For interior bedroom walls, Sundius and Ichiki achieve a similar effect by stopping them short of the ceiling, which is usually vaulted, creating a similar sensation of airiness. And they typically site the ADU so that it offers views not of the main house but of a palm tree in the backyard or the mountains beyond. Any time youre recalibrating your eyesight from near to far, youre getting a sense of distance, says Sundius. And so we can make these small spaces feel much larger than they are.

The outside of the Elysian Cottage

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To create privacy and/or separation, Sundius and Ichiko rely on a couple tricks: using a staircase in a split-level unit as a screen between the kitchen and living room, for instance. Or designing one and a quarter baths: a toilet and sink in one bathroom, which can be used by guests, and a sink, shower, and tub in a second bathroom, a private space for residents.

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Just as Sundius and Ichiko designed an ADU for Sundiuss father, many of their clients were also embracing the intergenerational concept. One homeowners parents sold their Long Island home and used part of the proceeds to build an ADU in the backyard of their daughters Hollywood house, ultimately splitting their time there and with their son in Hawaii; another clients parents made a similar move from New York City to the backyard of their sons property in Los Feliz. Such projects can result in design by committee, with the architects responding to the (sometimes) differing opinions of the homeowners and their in-laws. But the move has clear benefits, including the fact that elder care is no longer a bicoastal conundrum.

Housing a senior resident, of course, requires an accessible design. For Cathy Purple Cherry of Annapolis, Marylandbased Purple Cherry Architects, the mother of an adult son on the Autism spectrum and sibling of a brother with Down syndrome, accessibility underpins all her work. When designing an in-law suite for aging parents, creating an accessible path is essential: doors with widths of two feet ten inches that are wheelchair accessible, for instance, and showers that are flush to the floor. I know it wants to be sexy, Cherry says of the swank ADU designs that populate Instagram. But the underlying details of designing a space where a loved one can live their final yearsthose are anything but.

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Ghost of Tsushima: Directors Cut is now out and about on PC, sadly with the requirement of signing into a PlayStation Network (PSN) account in order to play the samurai action-adventures Legends co-op mode. The same requirement, you might recall, that Helldivers 2 players recently lobbied Sony into abandoning. No such luck here, and as previously warned, the need for said PSN sign-in to happen over Windows means that Ghost of Tsushima is essentially missing a chunk of itself on the Steam Deck.

To be clear, you can still play the singleplayer campaign (and the bundled-in Iki Island expansion) on the SteamOS handheld, but multiplayer is a hard no-no. Which is especially irritating, even by the usual account login pile-up standards, as Ghost of Tsushima is quite a tidy Steam Deck game otherwise.

Its weighty, methodical swordfighting handles beautifully on the Decks controls, and performance is up to snuff. Id suggest dropping from the default Medium settings down to Low, keeping FSR 3 on Dynamic mode, but doing so will typically keep you in within the comfortable 30-40fps range. These settings still make for a pretty-looking game on the 800p display, too, with few visible signs of the upscaler in action. HDR is also supported, a nice little treat for Steam Deck OLED owners (just as with previous Nixxes-made PS5 port, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart).

It does get rather battery-hungry, wolfing down my own OLED models full charge in 2h 10m. Thats level with Helldivers 2 (hah) as the second fasted battery drainage result Ive seen. Likewise, a classic LCD-screened Steam Deck went from full to flat in 1h 21m, also very much on the shorter side. At worst, though, thats just an inconvenience unlike the PSN requirement, which outright blocks you from playing a significant part of the game youve bought, on the grounds that its bolted-on collector of personal info doesnt know how to talk to your widely-used and otherwise completely compatible choice of operating system.

A damn shame, this is. Even if you can put aside the bonus ridiculousness of the requirement also forcing Ghost of Tsushima: Directors Cut off sale in the 170-odd countries where PSN isnt available (including Japan, the games own setting). Were told that imposing a PlayStation account on PC players is necessary for Legends PC/PlayStation crossplay feature, but this is only in beta itself, so there isnt actually any inter-platform matchmaking going on unless you invite a friend directly. At the same time, PSN seems entrenched deep enough in Ghost of Tsushima that theres probably no real hope for a U-turn anytime soon.

Again, if youre solely of the singleplayer persuasion, you can turn a blind eye to the PSN gubbins and just set about katanaing baddies on the Steam Deck in peace. I do worry, though, that ignoring this kind of account creep at a time when PC gaming already demands a little black books worth of different launcher logins is tantamount to encouraging it. Even when its not as egregious as Sonys attempt to crowbar PSN into Helldivers 2 post-release, should we be normalising the surrender of our time and our personal details to the online service of an entirely different platform? Preferably not, right?

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