Is a Savior who will rescue
A Spirit who will lead
A Father who will love them
In their time of need
For us to care more about the inside than the outside
Have we become so blind to see, that God's gotta change her heart before He changes her shirt,
is for us to stop hiding behind our relevance, blending in so well that people can't see the difference, and its the difference that sets the world eats.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Kali Moore Memorial Garden
Some of you may remember Creston's own Kali Moore, the daughter of a faithful and beloved Christian Denise Moore in our town. Denise is one that always has a good word and never a bad word for anyone or any situation. She is one of a kind, a real Barnabas. Kali, who was also faithful, was killed in a tragic accident last summer along with two of her friends. The fourth person survived but was injured.
Being a grant writer, I know of this program our local Des Moines news TV station has due each April 1, called the KCCI Project Mainstreet Grant. It is very competitive, but they like small projects that can be completed in a summer. They come out and interview the community before and after the project and put it on TV. Well, we applied via the church of Christ as a sponsor, and we were one of five projects selected for $3,000 for a perennial memorial garden. A summer that is going to be very busy as it is will now be even busier, as we design and build this thing to honor these youths and others that die so tragically. It will be a great project for the church to go out and do something in the public eye that makes a real lasting difference.
Thanks be to Denise and to my wife Angie for their help and for those that did support letters.
Being a grant writer, I know of this program our local Des Moines news TV station has due each April 1, called the KCCI Project Mainstreet Grant. It is very competitive, but they like small projects that can be completed in a summer. They come out and interview the community before and after the project and put it on TV. Well, we applied via the church of Christ as a sponsor, and we were one of five projects selected for $3,000 for a perennial memorial garden. A summer that is going to be very busy as it is will now be even busier, as we design and build this thing to honor these youths and others that die so tragically. It will be a great project for the church to go out and do something in the public eye that makes a real lasting difference.
Thanks be to Denise and to my wife Angie for their help and for those that did support letters.
The Iowana Hotel
In downtown Creston, Iowa, on a hilltop,there is a six-story building,
by far the tallest in the city, that was once a high-end hotel. The
building has been vacant and abandoned for 25-years, is owned by a guy
in Hong Kong. Up till now he wasn't willing to sell it. I have been
trying for years to find a way to either save or demolish this
building.
However, I met a man...get your head out of the gutter...at a
conference in Des Moines last year. He was presenting to us about the
state and federal Historic Tax Credit programs. I pulled him aside to
talk to him about our building. He gave me a card. However, it was
months, until around Feb. 1, 2008 that I contacted him. I was
interested and sent an architect to tour it and go over things.
Their website is www.metroplains.com. They do historic renovations
mostly in small to mid-sized cities all over the upper Midwest.
He came down and did a tour with me and about 6 other city fathers and
mothers and we went inside. I found graffiti, 2 dead cats, dozens of
dead birds, one living thing that scurried away before we could
identify it, and tons of dung. I'd hate to go in there during the heat
of the summer instead of late March when we went. Needless to say,
the company is interested. If they can acquire it for $1 plus title
transfer costs and get the right grants, they intend to remodel this
building into a 25-unit apartment building with 1st floor office
space.
It will be an amazing project. Hope for the best, and I'll post more
as we go.
by far the tallest in the city, that was once a high-end hotel. The
building has been vacant and abandoned for 25-years, is owned by a guy
in Hong Kong. Up till now he wasn't willing to sell it. I have been
trying for years to find a way to either save or demolish this
building.
However, I met a man...get your head out of the gutter...at a
conference in Des Moines last year. He was presenting to us about the
state and federal Historic Tax Credit programs. I pulled him aside to
talk to him about our building. He gave me a card. However, it was
months, until around Feb. 1, 2008 that I contacted him. I was
interested and sent an architect to tour it and go over things.
Their website is www.metroplains.com. They do historic renovations
mostly in small to mid-sized cities all over the upper Midwest.
He came down and did a tour with me and about 6 other city fathers and
mothers and we went inside. I found graffiti, 2 dead cats, dozens of
dead birds, one living thing that scurried away before we could
identify it, and tons of dung. I'd hate to go in there during the heat
of the summer instead of late March when we went. Needless to say,
the company is interested. If they can acquire it for $1 plus title
transfer costs and get the right grants, they intend to remodel this
building into a 25-unit apartment building with 1st floor office
space.
It will be an amazing project. Hope for the best, and I'll post more
as we go.
Be aware of some things..
The FCC is proposing a bunch of regulations to the airwaves that would cause a big rise in costs to radio stations on top of regulating what you can say on the air. You don’t have to believe in God or care about Christian radio because it will affect all freedoms on the air. When you go to the following website, it will have a link on the right that says ‘save Christian radio stations.’ You click on it and it will take you to the FCC website that gives you all the regulations that they are proposing. If you do not think it is okay for the government to massively sensor the airwaves, then you need to voice your opinion. The last date to do so is Monday, April 28th. www.klove.com is the website. Okay, so I missed this deadline, but we still can call our Congressperson and boldly but friendly request that the so-called "fairness doctrine" be stopped. It is only a cover to create all liberal radio.
The other thing is the movie Expelled: No intelligence allowed. This is a movie by Ben Stein concerning the hypocrisy of the science academia and other branches of academia that persecutes anyone that does not conform to believing hook, line, and sinker in Darwin ’s theory of evolution. It is being criticized strongly by the evolutionists that do not want you to see it. In this day of people preaching tolerance, thinking for yourself, etc. there is blatant efforts to stop investigation and criticism of the evolution theory; in other words, you can think for yourself, just as long as you think what we tell you. No "intelligent design" beside "Darwinism" even. Truth does not fear investigation. In all the debates I have ever seen no science facts have been given to support the theory, only the statements of what they believe to happen. Students in our universities and even high schools that question the science teacher about the holes in the evolution theory were made fun of and sure to get a bad grade. No matter what you believe, it shows the hypocrisy of our society. See it and form your own opinion. That is freedom.
This topic is very potent to me, as I am a graduate of Iowa State University. An astronomy professor there this past year was denied tenure because he, on the side, not using his university time and money, published a popular book, "The priviledged planet". An athiest religion studies teacher, NOW THATS AN OXYMORON, raised a stink and got some others on his side to protest the professor's tenure application, and it was denied. I emailed the college president last year, as an alumnus, and asked him for an explanation and demanded that his religious views that do not impact his scholarly work should not be a factor in his tenure. The president did actually write back but only stated that the reason was "Mr. Gonzales work was not to the trajectory of a tenured professor." In other words, we did not bring big grants and donors to the school. I replied back that his reasoning is a joke. This story is interviewed on the movie. I hope to go see it.
The other thing is the movie Expelled: No intelligence allowed. This is a movie by Ben Stein concerning the hypocrisy of the science academia and other branches of academia that persecutes anyone that does not conform to believing hook, line, and sinker in Darwin ’s theory of evolution. It is being criticized strongly by the evolutionists that do not want you to see it. In this day of people preaching tolerance, thinking for yourself, etc. there is blatant efforts to stop investigation and criticism of the evolution theory; in other words, you can think for yourself, just as long as you think what we tell you. No "intelligent design" beside "Darwinism" even. Truth does not fear investigation. In all the debates I have ever seen no science facts have been given to support the theory, only the statements of what they believe to happen. Students in our universities and even high schools that question the science teacher about the holes in the evolution theory were made fun of and sure to get a bad grade. No matter what you believe, it shows the hypocrisy of our society. See it and form your own opinion. That is freedom.
This topic is very potent to me, as I am a graduate of Iowa State University. An astronomy professor there this past year was denied tenure because he, on the side, not using his university time and money, published a popular book, "The priviledged planet". An athiest religion studies teacher, NOW THATS AN OXYMORON, raised a stink and got some others on his side to protest the professor's tenure application, and it was denied. I emailed the college president last year, as an alumnus, and asked him for an explanation and demanded that his religious views that do not impact his scholarly work should not be a factor in his tenure. The president did actually write back but only stated that the reason was "Mr. Gonzales work was not to the trajectory of a tenured professor." In other words, we did not bring big grants and donors to the school. I replied back that his reasoning is a joke. This story is interviewed on the movie. I hope to go see it.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
More to come
Sorry my blog is slow right now. I've been very busy. Will try to do more to make it more interesting with better posts. PEACE.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Jeremy's 2012 Caucus Plan
Since I created this blog, I have wanted to do a post on this topic. Those that know me are not surprised. This is my plan for the 2012 elections. For sake of discussion, both major parties will vote in a state on the same day. I know they are already working on plans today for Iowa staying first. Please, not in 2011.
First Tuesday in February: Iowa
Second Tuesday in Feb: New Hampshire
Third Tuesday in Feb: South Carolina
Fourth Tuesday in Feb: Nevada and Wyoming
First Tuesday in March: Delaware, Maine, Maryland, DC, Virginia, Rhode Island, Connecticut
Third Tuesday in March: Florida, Alabama, and Georgia, Michigan
Fourth Tuesday in March: North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, New Mexico, Oregon, Montana
Second Tuesday in April: Vermont, Massechussettes, Kansas, West Virginia, Arkansas, Alaska, Oregon, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin, Louisiana, Mississippi, Idaho
Third Tuesday in April: Tennessee, Illinois, Indiana, North Carolina, Kentucky
Fourth Tuesday in April: Nebraska and Hawaii
First Tuesday in May: Pennsylvania, Texas, Ohio, Arizona, Colorado
Second Tuesday in May: California, New York, Washington, New Jersey
First Tuesday in February: Iowa
Second Tuesday in Feb: New Hampshire
Third Tuesday in Feb: South Carolina
Fourth Tuesday in Feb: Nevada and Wyoming
First Tuesday in March: Delaware, Maine, Maryland, DC, Virginia, Rhode Island, Connecticut
Third Tuesday in March: Florida, Alabama, and Georgia, Michigan
Fourth Tuesday in March: North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, New Mexico, Oregon, Montana
Second Tuesday in April: Vermont, Massechussettes, Kansas, West Virginia, Arkansas, Alaska, Oregon, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin, Louisiana, Mississippi, Idaho
Third Tuesday in April: Tennessee, Illinois, Indiana, North Carolina, Kentucky
Fourth Tuesday in April: Nebraska and Hawaii
First Tuesday in May: Pennsylvania, Texas, Ohio, Arizona, Colorado
Second Tuesday in May: California, New York, Washington, New Jersey
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