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The proliferation of boarded-up windows, crumbling porches and vine-covered walls in once-booming steel towns doesn't begin to tell the whole story.

A fuller picture comes into focus in an analysis of how much blighted, abandoned and tax-delinquent properties cost the towns in which they are located. The report was commissioned by the Steel Valley, Turtle Creek Valley and Twin Rivers councils of governments, which represent 40 municipalities in Allegheny County.

"There were a lot of takeaways from that analysis," said An Lewis, executive director of the Steel Valley COG. "One of the big ones was blight is enormously expensive."

The analysis, presented in September, found 20,077 vacant lots and 7,158 parcels with blighted structures that cost local governments more than $10.7 million a year in direct municipal services, such as police, fire and code enforcement. They also account for nearly $8.7 million in lost annual tax revenue. But the biggest drain was on neighboring non-blighted properties, which the report found suffered a total loss of between $218 million and $247 million in property values. At the time of the study, the councils represented 41 municipalities; West Mifflin withdrew from the Steel Valley COG last year.

The findings prompted the three COGs, called the "Tri-COG Collaborative," to begin putting together a draft plan, expected to be finished in June, to establish a land bank for member municipalities that opt to participate.

A state law passed in 2012 allows municipalities with a population of 10,000 or more, or consortiums of smaller municipalities that together add up to more than 10,000 residents, to set up the public agencies, which are tasked specifically with acquiring, maintaining and returning problem properties to productive use, either through direct sales, transfer or leases.

PG chart: Allegheny County Councils of government (Click image for larger version)

"We are studying land banks across the U.S.," said John Palyo, executive director of the Twin Rivers COG. "While the law is new to Pennsylvania, it's not new for the country."

Though Westmoreland County established a countywide land bank, Mr. Palyo said the longstanding relationships formed by the councils of governments, intended to foster shared services and governmental cooperation, make them a natural framework in Allegheny County.

And though a proposal to establish a land bank in Pittsburgh has bogged down in controversy, mainly over whether city council will have the ability to sign off on individual property dispositions, outlying towns that have long struggled with declining population and escalating blight see it as a promising new tool.

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By ANDREW THOMSONApril 7, 2014, 4 a.m.

THE first ever Australian Facebook Cannonball Run landed in Warrnambool on Saturday night with some impressive cars taking part.

THE first ever Australian Facebook Cannonball Run landed in Warrnambool on Saturday night with some impressive cars taking part.

Run organiser Steve Fortan said 14 cars made the trip from Melbourne down the Great Ocean Road to Warrnambool for the overnight stay.

The line-up included a Lamborghini, a 1000hp HT Holden, a vintage Chrysler Valiant, Mercedes Kompressor, Shelby Cobra, a Maserati and Porches.

Mr Fortan said the run came about after he saw similar events were popular throughout Europe based on the original 1980s Cannonball Run movies.

This is the first one weve held but it certainly wont be the last, he said.

We stayed the night in Warrnambool, got to know each other and were heading back to Melbourne along the Princes Highway.

I started a Facebook page Cannonball Run Australia.

He said money raised from the event would go towards Kids With Cancer charity.

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The Gilbert Arizona Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was dedicated Sunday, March 2.

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SALT LAKE CITY LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson did not announce any new temples on Saturday morning during the opening session of the 184th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

President Monson said the church will focus on completing 28 temples around the world already under construction or that had been announced at earlier conferences.

"Although we are currently concentrating our efforts on completing the previously announced temples and will not be announcing any new temples in the immediate future, we will continue the process of determining needs and of finding locations for temples yet to come," he said. "Announcements will then be made in future general conferences. We are a temple-building and a temple-attending people."

This is the second consecutive conference without an announcement of a new temple. Such announcements had been a common part of the Saturday morning sessions of conferences during a temple building surge that saw the church go from 50 to 142 temples in 27 years.

Already, 85 percent of church members live within 200 miles of a temple, both Elder Quentin L. Cook and Elder Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said during talks on Saturday.

President Monson dedicated the church's 142nd operating temple on March 2 in Gilbert, Ariz. President Monson or another church leader will dedicate the Fort Lauderdale Florida Temple on May 4.

"Other temples are scheduled to be completed and dedicated later this year," President Monson said. "In 2015 we anticipate completing and dedicating new temples in many parts of the world. This process will continue."

The church has not yet announced dates for any other temple dedications.

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ORANGE North Orange Baptist Church (NOBC) has seen many changes over the years from the humble beginnings of a few citizens meeting in the home of Oliver and Pat Seruntine to discuss organizing on April 7, 1939 to celebrating 75 years this Sunday. The church officially organized on April 13, 1939 in the home of Mrs. Frank Cooper.

The church will celebrate the 75th anniversary, also known as the Diamond Anniversary, 10:45 a.m. April 6, at 4775 North 16th Street, Orange, with former staff members Bro. Lynn Ashcraft preaching the morning message and Bro. Wade Daniel leading the worship service. The service will be followed by a dinner on the grounds in the Christian Life Center where guests and members are welcome to hear and share stories from the past 75 years.

Ashcraft was the Lead Pastor at the church for 34 years prior to Lead Pastor Scott McIntosh acquiring the position.

It speaks well of the church for a pastor to serve that long at one church, McIntosh said. I was always told there was a friendly congregation here.

McIntosh also said the church tries to contact guests to say thank you for attending.

We do not try to convert them to our church, we just want to say thank you for being with us, McIntosh said. It is part of the friendliness of our church family.

McIntosh, former missionary to Scotland and Africa, has been the Lead Pastor for the past six year at NOBC.

When the church began its first building program, authorization was given to borrow a sum not to exceed $1,350 for the construction of a new building. Those dollars in todays value is the equivalent of $22,881.36.

The church has had four locations over the years with the first at 1301 North Tenth Street, Orange. The church completed construction of the present Christian Life Center (CLC) Building in 1989. The addition provided a place for Wednesday evening activities, for recreation, fellowship, and all church banquets. It also provided space for youth and adult Sunday School departments. The cost of the CLC project was just over $1 million. The building saw further expansion in 1998 with additional parking, a new preschool/childrens building, a music suite, and remodeled space for adult Sunday School departments. Cost of the expansion project was approximately $1.4 million.

NOBC reaches out in local missions and several International mission opportunities from Honduras, Uganda, and France. Each summer, the youth and other groups have traveled to New Mexico and Arizona to work with the Navajo.

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Teresa Ingle, pastor at Wakarusa Presbyterian Church, put a sample of water in an agar-filled petri dish as part of an educational program during a Living Waters for the World mission trip last month to Pajuiles, Honduras.

Within four days, small, white worms were growing in the petri dish.

The water came from the villages water supply and was being used by residents for drinking, cooking and bathing. The effects of the dirty water could be seen in the bloated bellies, small stature, intestinal problems and malnutrition of the towns children.

Water is an integral part of life and clean water is an integral part of a healthy life, Ingle said.

Living Waters for the World partners with global communities to develop a sustainable solution for providing clean water. It provides an affordable, simple water treatment system for contaminated water and teaches local leaders about health and hygiene so they can take ownership of their own well-being. The organization doesnt drill wells or provide other water access solutions.

Living Waters for the World is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA), but churches of all denominations and civic organizations can participate. Since its inception in the early 1990s, Living Waters for the World has helped install more than 500 clean-water systems in other countries and the Appalachian region of the United States.

Ingle was part of a five-member team from the Presbytery of Northern Kansas who joined five volunteers from a Presbyterian church in Collierville, Tenn., in March to install a water filtration and ozonation system in Pajuiles. Other volunteers from the Presbytery of Northern Kansas were David and Julie Parks, of Salina Sunrise Presbyterian Church, and Penny and Thad Allton, of Topekas First Presbyterian Church. Thad Allton is director of photography at The Topeka Capital-Journal.

David Parks, moderator for the Honduras Networking Coordinating Team and coordinator of the March trip, said he became involved in Living Waters for the World in 2008 and has made 19 trips to Honduras since then.

Parks said volunteers who want to take part in a Living Waters for the World mission first undergo training in leadership and administrative tasks, such as water testing; education focusing on the importance of health, hygiene and the spiritual aspects of water; and construction and maintenance of the water filtration and ozonation system.

Prior to receiving the equipment, a water issues survey and water testing were conducted in Pajuiles to make sure the filtration and ozonation system would properly clean the water.

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