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22 April 2009 – Ring Beam Me Up

Hello out there, . In my continuing, and only partially successful attempt to fill in the gaps for you in our construction process, here’s a look at how we made the ring beam. It had to connect all the interior and exterior walls and the thirteen posts in a continuous…...

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16 April 2009 – Heavy Metal

Ladies and Gentlemen, . I know I haven’t caught you all the up with the proceedings here yet, i.e., the pouring of the ring beam and such, but I wanted to leap frog a little and bring you some of today’s action while it was still warm. . . .…...

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13 April 2009 – The Guest Blog

Chris and Debi Lorenc have been following the curve of the earth for about six months now, from the Pacific Northwest to the Arctic Circle to Scotland and Italy and Spain and France and Turkey and Egypt and some other important places I have neglected to mention. They arrived in…...

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10 April 2009 – Excav-a-ganza

Hello Friends, . It’s half an hour away from Good Friday here. . Here’s the next piece of recent history from the project down the road. . . . Let’s keep our sights leveled on all it took to make this Friday good. . David...

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9 April 2009 – All Trussed Up and Nowhere to Go

A Holy Thursday howdy, . Here’s the first, more detailed update of how we’ve been spending our time, both during the enforced lay off and since. . . . The trusses remind me of the leaded framework in stained glass windows, and that reminds me of St. Gretrude’s, the church…...

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7 April 2009 – Ketchup

Hello, . It’s been a while since you’ve heard from me here, and now it’s time to catch up…ketchup… . We’ve been back to work for a while and I want you to have all the details, but that’s going to take some time and a few posts, so I’m…...

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04/04: 2009 Walkathon a Success!

On Sunday, March 29, 2009, the 3rd Annual RROP Walk-a-thon took place on the track at Saint Mary’s High School in Stockton, CA.  The event was organized by the International Outreach Club (IOC) of Saint Mary’s.  Saint Mary’s students, as well as students from other Stockton and Lodi schools, showing…...

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