Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application She graduated from Plum City High School.  Oberding and was a stay at home mom and homemaker Lisa Saucier (Ronald); 11 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren Allen and Christie Glaus; and 8 brothers and sisters Family will be having a private celebration at a later date Family and friends may sign the online guestbook or leave a personal note to the family at www.resthavenbatonrouge.com Resthaven Gardens of Memory & Funeral Home Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors There are no statistics available for this player Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here Sign In Register MOOSE JAW — Hope Ministries Moose Jaw Inc has been addressing food insecurity issues since October and now wants support from the city for a possible day space for residents facing housing challenges non-profit organization spoke about their goal of establishing a warming space during city council’s Jan They also asked that council designate the initiative as a municipal project until Dec This would allow the city to issue charitable donation receipts to individuals and businesses and enable Hope Ministries to secure grant funding Council unanimously approved the request and agreed that either party could terminate the designation within 90 days’ notice The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) considers municipalities as qualified donors that can issue donation receipts for income tax purposes city council had designated municipal projects that have “a broad scope and benefit the general public,” with this decision allowing city hall to direct all funds for projects without further approvals The City of Moose Jaw has nine designated municipal projects receipt of donations and issuance of tax-deductible receipts said the organization’s mission is to share the love and compassion of Jesus Christ by ensuring people can access nutritious meals in a safe and welcoming environment that offers support healthier community by tackling the pressing issues of hunger and housing insecurity with compassion and action,” she said Hope Ministries’ vision is to establish a permanent location where it can provide food daytime warming and the necessary support for those facing food challenges and housing insecurity It is also working to find interim solutions for food and daytime warming space by partnering with other charities and non-profits Those other groups include Square One Community Inc. First Baptist Church and Community Connections Hope Ministries is pursuing its charitable status and has filed the proper paperwork with the CRA Square One received donations on its behalf and issued tax receipts with Hope Ministries being established as a non-profit and applying for charitable status The board chairwoman added that having the city accept donations and issue tax receipts would be beneficial until Hope Ministries acquired its charitable status In response to councillors’ questions Oberding said the donations the city receives for Hope Ministries will support food expenses while it is providing those services “all over the city.” it provides suppers in the basement of the Salvation Army main office from Monday to Friday and provides a warming space and lunches from 10 a.m Thursdays and Fridays; the John Howard Society provides lunches at Zion United Church on Mondays and at St the organization’s executive director City administration later told council that it has several controls in place when handling money for these projects since the CRA periodically audits the municipality to ensure it’s following proper guidelines we were fine,” said finance director Brian Acker Mayor James Murdock said afterward that supporting homeless residents should be done “the Moose Jaw way,” where all groups come together and ensure less fortunate people have the resources they need He was also pleased that Hope Ministries wants to build or buy a warming centre which he thought demonstrated “the Moose Jaw spirit.” The next regular council meeting is Monday Thanks for visiting ! The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. Send help right to the people and causes you care about Your donation is protected by the GoFundMe Giving Guarantee WVXU's Round the Corner series takes you into the heart of Greater Cincinnati's communities we're getting to know Covington and the communities around the Brent Spence Bridge Bill Basham was in a hole beneath the bed of the Ohio River He and a handful of other ironworkers were using steel rods to build the frame of the Brent Spence Bridge's piers and nervously watching the corners of the pit around them Metal walls and pumps in those corners were all that separated them from the relentless river "They had four 12-inch water pumps," he says 'Start getting out.' Water still bubbled up from the bottom Basham and his coworkers were working on the support beams that would eventually hold 207 million pounds of concrete and steel 211 feet above the Ohio River Working atop concrete pads poured 57 feet below the riverbed they were building the foundation of a span that now carries two highways and 160,000 vehicles a day across its two decks The support structure Basham was working on would end up using one million pounds of steel RELATED: When is construction on the Brent Spence companion bridge going to start? In the decades after Basham and his fellow workers climbed down into that pit to place all that steel carrying twice the 80,000 cars a day it was designed for Officials have debated what to do to solve the problem and a new companion bridge is on the horizon As designs are drawn up and a workforce is rallied the workers who built the original bridge are vivid reminders of the sheer human effort needed to make something so enormous Construction work on the bridge started in January 1961 during a time when urban renewal and highway projects were remaking America's cities The bridge itself cost about $5 million (roughly $51.5 million in today's dollars) Kentucky Department of Highways District Engineer C The approaches on the Kentucky and Ohio sides were another $5 million together The federal government paid 90% of that cost with Kentucky contributing 9% and Ohio chipping in the final 1% Some briefly suggested naming it for recently assassinated President John F But JFK's name eventually went to a bridge in Louisville instead Mike Kelsch was down in the pit with Basham Kelsch has been part of a lot of projects along the river — Lytle Tunnel; Riverfront Stadium (now gone and replaced by Great American Ball Park); the Colosseum (now Heritage Bank Arena) But he says the Brent Spence was a unique experience He remembers riding a barge to the worksite early in the morning and climbing a ladder down into the river to weld They spent long days there building the skeleton of the bridge's piers RELATED: A rare show of bipartisanship during Biden's visit to Covington "I can remember it was dark a lot of times when we'd come out of the hole because we'd stay late and try to get stuff done," he says After workers like Kelsch and Basham finished in the depths building the bridge's piers others scaled the heights to put together the 9,000 tons of structural steel making up the iconic bridge's superstructure The work took something like 670,000 rivets was up on the high steel as a connector — a tough job that involved literally piecing the bridge together "They send the iron up and you put enough pins and bolts in it to let it stand there until the bolt-up crew comes along and bolts it up," he explains From the archives: The fiery crash in 2020 that closed the Brent Spence Bridge was another of those workers connecting the steel beams high above the river He says working on the bridge was exhilarating and you see the birds flying underneath of you," he recalls "You see the black smoke coming out of that crane Both Kyle and Oberding say they remember the day an ironworker from Pittsburgh fell off the bridge while riveting pieces of steel together WVXU couldn't find news coverage of the incident but both Kyle and Oberding told the story independently of each other right through the bottom — didn't hit nothing He hit on his hands and knees on the water He was back at work the next day — just shook him up a bit." All four retired ironworkers take immense pride in what they helped build and say they're very pleased the bridge will remain standing instead of being torn down RELATED: Why does Kentucky own the Ohio River? He says he'd still like to work on bridges but I don't guess I'll make it," he laughs it'll be the next generation doing the work many likely from Ironworkers Local 44 based in Hebron Kelsch and Basham all had roughly the same words of advice for them: take pride in your work — and be very careful Dorothy Lee “Dottie” Oberding (Bava) was born to Eternal Life on Christmas Eve Loving Mother to Brenda Lee (Bruce) Zimmerman John Stanley (Mary) Andrus and Edward Paul (Andrea) Andrus; loving Grandmother to Christopher Zimmerman and Jonathan Andrus; loving Great-Grandmother to Grace Zimmerman Tomi Zimmerman and another great-granddaughter on the way Additional survivors include four half-brothers Pete and David Bava; and three half-sisters; Diane Phillips (Bava) Connie Rosier (Bava) and Louanna Carr (Bava) as a Coal Miner’s daughter in Coketon First born to the late Joseph Harry Bava Sr Her sister Joann and her were Gospel singers at a young age and later sang for clubs for a short period of time and called themselves the “Bava Singers.” hard-working woman who carried multiple varieties of employment over the years “Keebler” in Philadelphia and after moving to the Midwest 3M Chemo Lite and an entertainer at a piano bar But her fondest years of working were for Michael Cudahy at MEI on Tower Ave where she called herself a “High-Tech Grandmom.” and her worked for the Service and Supplies department in Jupiter for five years until the plant closed and she retired at 65 and took a couple of years off Then she decided to return back to work at 67 for GE Healthcare in Milwaukee until she was 78 when her job was transferred to China She loved the people and the family environment and all the fun parties they had Dorothy was an excellent seamstress and a musician accordion and had a singing voice of an angel She loved to cook and bake free hand old school shopping for clothes and listening to Gospel She loved to watch all her evangelists: Jimmy Swagger Wheel of Fortune and multiple Reality shows Daily check in on her FB for family pictures Elvis’s songs and pictures and recipes But most of all she loved to sunbathe and be around any body of water Her memorable moments were being around her Midwest family West Virginia and East Coast family celebrations and embraced the family she created and any reason to dress up pretty and party She stood tall with pride with her two-inch heels and her hour glass frame and always inspirational to be around with her gorgeous smile; a True Class Act There was no holding back with her strong opinions and advice A wonderful woman with many stories and was dearly loved and respected by all.A Memorable Treasure she is a hard act to follow and she paid her dues in her long life and is at peace now GOD SAW YOU GETTING TIRED AND A CURE WAS NOT TO BE SO HE PUT HIS ARMS AROUND YOU AND WHISPERED “COME TO ME.” A GOLDEN HEART STOPPED BEATING GOD BROKE OUR HEARTS TO PROVE TO US HE ONLY TAKES THE BEST A private service with immediate family will be held with a celebration of Dottie’s life at a later date this summer Thank you to all our family and friends for your support and prayers Copyright © 2025 Elkins Inter-Mountain Company | https://www.theintermountain.com | 520 Railroad Ave. MN; son of Wallace and Mildred (Anderson) Peters He graduated from Pepin High School in 1970 basketball and baseball during his high school years he played on the Pepin town baseball team and also league softball for the Pepin Hotel team Following high school Dave worked at Meyer Industries in Hager City He then owned and operated the A&W Root Beer Stand Theater and Rec Hall in Pepin for a few years 1982 he married Maureen Kahl at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Pepin where they have lived all their married life and where they raised their three daughters He thoroughly enjoyed all their sporting and extra-curricular events.  Becoming Grandpa was a highlight of his life He loved spending time and playing with the grand children Dave was a farmer and school bus driver in Pepin for over 35 years He enjoyed watching sporting events for the Badgers bird watching and playing cards (cribbage and smear) He is survived and will be missed dearly by his wife WI; sisters,  LaVonne Heitman of Osceola Wallace and Mildred (Anderson) Peters; infant son Funeral services will be 11 am at Lund Mission Covenant Church with Pastor Darren Catron officiating Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the church on Wednesday Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery in Pepin Alan William (Ted) Rudeen passed away peacefully on Tuesday Ted was born at the Union Hospital in Moose Jaw He was baptized at the United Church in Mortlach SK and confirmed at Bethany Lutheran Church near the farm by Parkbeg Elma just 2 years ago; his parents; and brothers: Howard and just recently his brother and best friend Gene Ted will be lovingly remembered and greatly missed by his daughters: Gwen (Don) Peterson Duane (Rashimah) Rudeen and Dennis Rudeen; grandchildren: Therese Oberding Liyana Rudeen and Imran Rudeen; great-grandchildren: Erin Oberding Florence Monteith; sisters-in-law: Irene Rudeen and Martha Giroux; many nieces and nephews; good friends Glen and Margaret Kupper; as well as the many other good friends he met during his life The family would like to thank the doctors and staff at the Dr Wigmore Regional Hospital and the staff at West Park Crossing for the wonderful care and compassion they gave dad Faith in God was a very important part of dad’s and mom’s lives was found with a gunshot wound to the head on Tuesday morning at a home in the 2300 block of Escalera Court Sparks police said in a news release.Sparks police identified the man who was shot and killed inside a home in northwest Reno earlier this week in connection to the death of two local paranormal investigators authorities learned that Anderson’s 52-year-old roommate Officers also learned that Constantino and her 56-year-old husband The couple worked as local paranormal investigators who were often featured in the Travel Channel’s television series “Ghost Adventures.” Police tracked the couple to their daughter’s apartment in Sparks and found Mark Constantino’s car parked outside they heard gunfire and a man’s voice telling them to stay away The incident quickly escalated to a standoff involving a hostage a single gunshot was heard inside the apartment,” Sparks police said in a news release Thursday were Debra or Mark Constantino fired at by law enforcement personnel,” police said Autopsy results found that the couple were killed from fatal gunshot wounds but the manner of death was still under investigation The incident spurred mixed reactions from both family friends and paranormal fans Attempts at contacting the couple’s family were unsuccessful Thursday Janice Oberding met the Constantinos while teaching a class on ghost hunting and spirituality at the Truckee Meadows Community College in 2002 Mark Constantino arrived at a class with his daughter and asked to record the lecture for his wife said she introduced the couple to Zak Bagans of “Ghost Adventures.” Their career blossomed from there “We drifted apart and our friendship ended,” Oberding said “But I know at one point she loved him very “I never saw any physical violence,” she said Oberding said she traveled with the Constantinos nationwide to investigate several hauntings and often visited them at their home in Reno “They had a sign in their living room that said ‘All because two people met and fell in love.’ and he was the type of husband that if she said Oberding said she was shocked when she heard about the shooting on Tuesday “These two people… what happened the other day “Three people are dead because of this,” she said “A man who had nothing to do with this is dead Oberding said she remembered Debra Constantino as a woman with charisma who was well-liked in the community and in her profession and just because they believe in the paranormal that doesn’t make them crazy,” Oberding said “She could yell and scream and they would fight but I never saw either of them lift a hand and they loved ‘The Sopranos.’ It was their favorite TV show You would have gone to her house and you never saw a mess “I’m not excusing what he did because there’s no excuse for taking someone’s life Evans worked with her as her life coach and spiritual guide for three years “She found me several years ago,” Evans said and I don’t think in the beginning of their relationship they had those kinds of problems and she said (the domestic issues) progressed.” told her to seek an attorney and watched her move out after she filed for divorce in early August Evans also met with Constantino a week before she was killed “She always left empowered and I always wondered ‘What’s going to happen to this girl?’” Evans said and we talked about all the things we could do.” Evans described Debra Constantino as loving and kind “She mostly always worried about Mark,” she said worked with the Constantinos on several paranormal investigations in Reno The first time was about five years ago at the Levy Mansion now known as the Sundance Books and Music store near downtown Reno “I worked with them a couple of times,” Keller said you would never have known there were any problems between them.” of Reno has been a long-time fan and often went on ghost tours with the couple but I remembered them and they remembered me,” Brock said Brock didn’t believe the news reports on the shooting that he read on Facebook and I hope that doesn’t take away from that,” he said “If anything should be taken away from this situation is that people should be aware of the warning signs of domestic violence.” Sparks police identified the couple found dead inside an apartment on Tuesday as local paranormal investigators featured in the Travel Channel hit series “Ghost Adventures.” The couple had a long history of domestic abuse according to several Washoe County court documents filed in the past three years Sparks police identified the couple as Mark Constantino The couple were found dead inside their daughter’s apartment on Tuesday after a standoff with Reno and Sparks police when Reno police received a call of a man found dead at a home in the 2300 block of Escalera Court in northwest Reno Officers later learned that another female roommate – who had a history of domestic issues with her estranged husband – was missing Officers had tracked the couple’s cell phones to the Courtside Gardens Apartments on 1100 15th Street Sparks officers knocked on the door and heard several shots fired and a man yelling for police to stay away but officers eventually used explosives to blow the door open and found the couple dead inside One officer was hurt from flying glass that burst during the forced entry The officer was taken to Renown Regional Medical Center His condition was not immediately known on Wednesday Details on how the couple was killed and the name of the male roommate found in the northwest Reno home were not immediately released pending an investigation Police said they believe that the two incidents may be connected Mark and Debra Constantino had a long history of domestic abuse problems and had filed temporary protection orders against each other several times according to documents obtained from the Washoe County District Court Mark Constantino filed an order against his wife claiming he was worried she might stab him while she was intoxicated He also stated that she had called the police twice in the past recent months he filed a second order claiming she had tried to stab him The incident stemmed from an argument over a credit card debt swiped at me,” Mark Constantino stated on a protective order request “She went into the bedroom and said I threatened to rape her like she usually did,” he said “The cops were outside and heard her screaming.” He also stated that he has been stabbed by her before in a previous fight An extension for the protective order was denied after Mark Constantino failed to appear in court Debra Constantino filed for divorce and for a protective order against her husband By that time she was staying with a friend at the house on Escalera Court she claimed her husband and their 23-year-old daughter had beaten and strangled her to the point of passing out “He kept texting me telling me to come back,” Debra Constantino said of her husband She and a friend arrived at her daughter’s apartment when they were attacked Debra Constantino accused her daughter of beating her friend “Mark ripped me out of the car and dragged me into the house like a rag doll,” she said in a statement Debra Constantino was then beaten and strangled over and over and then dragged from room to room “If the police had not gotten there in time I absolutely (would have) been dead,” she said ‘I am the devil and I’m going to slit your throat “I noticed his work razer had been missing.” Attempts at reaching the couple’s family and friends were unsuccessful on Wednesday Check with RGJ for more information as it becomes available Marcella Corona covers breaking news for the Reno Gazette-Journal. Contact her at 775-788-6340, mcorona@rgj.com or follow her on Twitter at @Marcella_Anahi　or on Facebook at Facebook.com/Marcella.Anahi works 60 hours in an average week and can't afford to fix her broken car window The duct tape holding together the rear passenger side pane of her 2003 Ford Focus is a reminder that until she pays off her student loans expenses once considered necessities have become luxuries "I probably won't get it fixed until the duct tape stops working," said the dancer who received a master's degree in teaching last year from "It just hurts my feelings to think about $250 quite literally going out the window With these loans the car is not even on my radar." Her situation represents a new norm for recession-era graduates who struggle amid a difficult job market wage stagnation and record-high student loan debt that must be repaid For these graduates -- '90s kids who grew up assuming they would attend college graduate and move a rung or two up the economic ladder from their middle-class parents -- reality is failing to meet expectations And they're being forced to adjust their idea of the American dream Theirs is a re-imagined future that strays from the tried and true middle-class path of school-marriage-homeownership-kids-retirement In a recession that lasted longer than economists expected and a recovery that is slogging along today's grads are finding the middle-class formula doesn't add up these graduates face fewer job prospects and average starting wages that now are beginning to rise but still fail to keep pace with inflation According to the latest salary survey from the average starting wages for graduates with a bachelor's degree rose from $43,521 in 2011 to $44,259 this year and the slight increase in wages actually represents a decrease in buying power as $43,521 in 2011 dollars is worth about $44,755 in 2012 dollars Other polls reported drops in average wages recession-era graduates (those who graduated between 2009 and 2011) averaged salaries of $3,000 less than those who graduated before 2008 They are also more likely not to have found employment within their field part-time work or jobs that don't require a college degree 58 percent of recent graduates expect to have less financial success than their parents 48 percent feel college failed to prepare them for employment after college 40 percent expect to delay a major purchase to pay down student debt 28 percent are delaying further education because their student loan burden is too high 18 percent say they earn enough to have a comfortable life 1 in 4 took an undesirable job to pay back student loans 18 percent took a part-time job to supplement their income That is if they are lucky enough to get hired Nearly half of them have failed to find any work they're often getting one that pays less and having difficulty getting one that's full time or with benefits," said Carl Van Horn a bigger portion of their already-weakened paycheck will go toward benefits that would have been provided at their employer's or the government's expense They're less likely to have pensions than their predecessors and they fear they can't count on Social Security when they retire and today's college graduates are right to be concerned about their financial future said University of Oregon economist Tim Duy if you come out of school already 80 grand in debt that's going to severely impact your choices going forward," Duy said Elicia Reed followed all the steps toward middle-class certainty earning a bachelor's in political science and a master's in international conflict resolution from Portland State University She scored prestigious internships and deftly balanced school with several part-time jobs She graduated in August with nearly $120,000 in debt but Reed was surrounded by peers in similar circumstances she assumed the loans were an investment sure to yield copious returns "I figured I would get a job with all my experience and with a really great (résumé) but that's not the way it is," she said Reed has two degrees and impressive credentials but no career leads She's working part time as a coordinator in the a position she has held since her undergrad days In February her six-month student loan grace period will expire and monthly invoices will start arriving At Reed's current salary she expects to pay $400 a month (most of it interest) for the next three decades "My friends are in the same boat," she said "We don't feel like any of us are ever going to be able to pay any of this off." Reed already is adjusting her lifestyle as she braces for the expense She has moved into a smaller apartment with a roommate and reduced her spending to the necessities Instead of indulging in the occasional food cart lunch she takes public transit to her weekly volunteer shift as a mediator for the The financial strain is already affecting recession grads' lifestyles More of them are moving in with parents or forgoing continued education for fear of adding to their debt burden But their diminished expectations run deeper than the present new grads are adjusting their long-term plans or altogether writing off marriage homeownership and other life milestones because of their financial instability Just one-fifth of recession-era graduates polled in the Rutgers study expect their generation to have more success than the generation before them Fifty-eight percent said they expect to be worse off than their parents Rather than lamenting the loss of their parents' American dream they're revising the definition to fit today's economic realities likens the psychological effect to the mindset of Depression-era graduates It's likely to stick with them," he said The person who dreamed of marriage directly out of college has abandoned that plan "I thought I'd have a house at 30 "Everything is taking quite a bit longer than I thought." but schools are laying people off more than hiring these days She took a part-time job as a leasing associate for a real estate company and began working nights as a high school dance team coach and a studio dance instructor Every other weekend she drives to Portland for a side gig judging dance competitions 51 percent of recent college graduates still receive financial support from relatives $3,000 decline in salary between pre-recession graduates (class of 2006-2008) and recession graduates (class of 2009-2011) 22 percent of hiring managers reported plans to hire in the 2012 recruiting season 49 percent of graduates in the past five years are unemployed or underemployed 1 in 5 recent college grads' jobs follow their intended career path 2 in 5 recent grads' jobs required a four-year degree Michigan State University Collegiate Employment Research Institute Oberding struggles to pay down a $30,000 student loan burden She checks her school district's job board weekly and has broadened her search beyond Wenatchee "About the best I can do is substitute bus driver," she said Oberding is optimistic a job will come eventually In the meantime she isn't making any big plans The $600 monthly loan payments make saving money impossible and homeownership isn't even a thought will come much later in life than Oberding had hoped "I don't want to have to stress out about whether I can pay for diapers," she said economists look to the past for patterns that could provide clues about the present The problem is this recession is unprecedented There is no similar past with which to compare That makes long-term projections nearly impossible to make but the immediate future doesn't look promising "We just haven't seen the strength of overall labor demand in the economy that is going to make a dramatic shift in the quality of the market," he said "Are we going to get back to a pre-recession level of employment The problem is we're not getting back to it nearly as quickly as we have in prior recessions." economists expect several years to elapse before the U.S "Persistently high levels of unemployment will reap structural damage on the economy that will last for many years," Duy said The hurt is certain to ripple through other markets such as housing where to 34.7 percent of the housing market share last month far below the historical average of 40 percent And much of Oregon's job growth in the next 10 years is projected to come in the lower-paying service sector Recent recruiting numbers indicate young grads' job prospects aren't improving anytime soon Nearly three-quarters of employers responding to said they will not raise starting salaries this year and that figure has held true for the past several years "They won't have the level of disposable income their parents had," said Phil Gardner "They wonder if they were led down a blind path." Even under the most optimistic projections of economic recovery students who graduated at the height of the recession will lag their pre- and post-recession counterparts for 10 years "The only thing they should expect is uncertainty," he said Young graduates have allowed themselves little time to wallow in their unfortunate circumstances they're optimistic about their re-imagined futures "It just might be harder to get there," said Reed the international conflict resolution grad who aspires to one day work for the Although they're disappointed in the early returns on their education investment studies show most recession grads are still glad they attended college college graduates are still leaps ahead of their less-educated peers Over their lifetime they'll earn an average of $570,000 more than those who didn't attend college Oberding is quick to point out the intrinsic value of higher education even if she never puts her degree to use in a classroom "I have an undergrad degree and a master's degree and nobody is ever going to take that away from me even if I never pay those loans off and my credit goes in the garbage," she said Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, (updated 8/1/2024) and acknowledgement of our Privacy Policy, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (updated 1/1/2025) © 2025 Advance Local Media LLC. All rights reserved (About Us) The material on this site may not be reproduced except with the prior written permission of Advance Local Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site YouTube's privacy policy is available here and YouTube's terms of service is available here Ad Choices Tom Giffey | August 23 What does an old parking meter look like to you For a summer class of Eau Claire middle schoolers some cast-off city parking meters became these things – and more gray parking meter’s true identity revealed itself to eighth grader Danielle Schlosser “The top right here” – she pointed the curved area holding the red TIME EXPIRED indicator – “looked like Squidward,” she explained Danielle was able to bring the SpongeBob SquarePants character to life Fellow eighth-grader Reva Syverson looked at an identical meter and saw something utterly different “The pole is like the long neck of a giraffe,” she explained The girls was among a dozen students who created sculptures The unusual art projects came about through a partnership between the Sculpture Tour Eau Claire and DeLong Middle School art teacher Ann Oberding After DeLong was approached by Michelle Koehn the sculpture tour’s executive director Oberding extended a summer ceramics class for four weeks to give kids a chance to turn the meters into art for the community “It was something that we don’t ordinarily get to work on,” Oberding said on a recent Thursday morning as her students put the finishing touches on the repurposed coin-collecting devices “We can work inside the classroom and make public art and most students don’t get that opportunity.” Koehn now hopes to put the completed sculptures on public display Because some of them include fragile elements such as fabric they’ll likely have to find a home indoors Koehn came up with the idea for the collaborative project earlier this year when she saw a news report about the city’s removal of parking meters from some downtown streets who said the city was willing to donate the old meters Koehn pursued (and received) grants from the Eau Claire Community Foundation and the Wisconsin Arts Board to fund the project then brought the meters – as well as local sculptor Mark Blaskey – to Oberding’s classroom in July The students talked with Blaskey about the meters’ artistic potential They were helped along the way by Northwest Enterprises (which sandblasted the meters and welded on bases and other extra pieces such as Squidward’s wide mouth) and HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital (which fueled the young artists’ work with donated lunches) “This was an incredible endeavor,” Koehn told the students at the conclusion of the project “I know when we brought (the parking meters) here four weeks ago ‘What do you want us to do?’ ” The students answered that question with a flurry of imagination and determination “I think I learned when something doesn’t work the first time Subscribe to our Newsletters How to Contribute 20 Years of Volume One Ask a ghost walk guide or a cemetery tour docent why people flock to these events and the answer might surprise you clanking chains and other specter-related phenomena appeal to some but the history and stories that come to light are greater attractions for many including tours of Carson City's Lone Mountain Cemetery For tourists… people are still looking for Hoss Cartwright Hoss Cartwright was a central character in TV's hit western series which took place on the fictional Ponderosa Ranch at Lake Tahoe The Lone Mountain tour is just one of a handful of ghostly events taking place in northern Nevada in the days leading up to the 150th annivery of Nevada statehood on Oct but a lot of people come (because) it's understood you're going to get a lot of history and legends of the locale," said Janice Oberding starts at the Washoe County Court House on South Virginia Street near the Truckee River and the Virginia Street bridge "There are a lot of stories that the bridge is haunted," Oberding said Sometimes the history in the tour intertwines with more ghoulish or violent episodes Oberding talks about the lynching of Luis Ortiz in 1891 after he shot the well-liked Constable Nash After Nash's doctor told people that the constable's wound was mortal The tour takes participants past the historic downtown post office building and the home where Reno banker Roy Frisch disappeared in 1934 never to be found It also delves into a legal hanging that resulted in a ghost story the way I envision a ghost walk is it's history The Lone Mountain tour first ran a few years ago and was popular enough for organizers to bring it back this year "When they talk about some of the characters as they're walking through a unique experience with excitement and history," Fruend said "The characters there are historic — so is an unfolding cast of characters with stories about them," she said "It's fun weaving history and entertainment to tell them about Lone Mountain and Joy does a wonderful job." May Museum at Rancho San Rafael offers Night at the Museum for a small group of people to explore the museum and adjacent ranch house with a professional paranormal research group For the first time in the history of the museum we had it opened at night and it sold out," said Samantha Szesciorka We want to preserve the intimacy of the experience." Participants can explore the May Museum and its wealth of items and artifacts from all over the world the party extends to the nearby ranch house They'll be accompanied by a professional paranormal group that will explain paranormal research and exploration "It's kind of a unique Halloween event for adults," she said The museum has thousands of artifacts and we will go through the collection and the ranch house Carson City will hold its popular Ghost Walk tours Oct featuring Widow's Walks and Mini Waif Walks The Haunted Ghost Train of Old Ely will run Saturdays in October and on Oct While not participating in the Nevada statehood celebration Truckee has it's own Historical Haunted Tour on Oct 16 and 17 that captures stories of the town's railroad days In it's fifth year — there was no tour last year — the event has taken off and grown larger The tour takes in seven locations that each offer a historical skit lasting five to seven minutes But the spirits of the past are everywhere "When you think of all the old railroad days miners coming to town with money — there are still those spirits," she said One person featured in the current tour is the Lady in Red.. Details: www.nnry.com Cost: $20 adults; $10 children 6-12; free for children 5 and younger Where: tour starts at Washoe County Courthouse Where: tours depart from the corner of Third and Curry streets free for children under 3; Mini Waif Walk: $7 children 12 and younger in advance $9 general admission in advance; $9 for children 12 and younger day of event 16 and 17; tours depart about every 15 minutes Where: starts at Moody's Bistro Bar and Beats This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Gospel in Art: Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham Thousands take part in Westminster's pilgrimage to Walsingham Norfolk sister speaks about her journey into consecrated life Missionary sister pays tribute to her cousin We offer publicity space for Catholic groups/organisations. 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