Opinion Tribune (Newspaper) - December 15, 1999, Glenwood, Iowa 24 Pages 135, No. 50 December 15,1999: y Photo By Joe Foreman Father Paul Monahan will unlock the front doors to Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church during a procession on Christmas Catho lies asked to renew during Jubilee year By Joe Foreman Editor On the day that the world celebrates the birth of Jesus parishioners at the Our Lady of Holy Catholic Church will be opening their doors to a new millennium and a new commitment to their At the request of Pope John Paul the front doors at Holy Rosary and other Catholic churches around the world have been locked since Nov. 27, the first Sunday of On Dec. 24, Rev. Paul Monahan will perform a blessing of the doors at Holy Rosary before leading a procession into the church to celebrate Christmas Eve mass. The blessing and opening of the doors will take place at all Christmas Eve and Christmas Day is a symbolic gesture of the spiritual renewal Catholics have been asked to make during the year of 2000. The Catholic Church celebrates a jubilee once every quarter 25 the Holy Father asks us to step back and look at the world to see what is going Father Monahan church is the place we should come for Opening the doors is a The door is always a passageway to your The statement we're making is that the church is the open door to the future and that the church is open to Not only are the front doors to the church but they are also decorated to remind parishioners of their asking our people to decorate a door at Father Monahan home is a because that's where you and your family live and we're all God's At the beginning of the new each family in the parish will be given a vial of holy water to take home for the blessing of their front In addition to decorating a door at their Holy Rosary parishioners have all been asked to sign a pledge to signify their spiritual renewal in 2000. Those who sign the pledge are making a commitment to pray regularly for greater justice and to learn more about the Catholic to promote acceptance of cultural to live justly in family the marketplace or the political to have more compassion for the poor and to advocate and protect human and to give more generously to those in asking people to make the pledge that they are going to take part in the jubilee year and make a new commitment to their Father Monahan in the family is being asked to sign the Then it will be Please see Holy Page 3A Green St. bridge coming down By Joe Editor The disassembling process began last week for the 70-year-old Green Street Bridge in fy Public Works Department employees from the City Glenwood worked for nearly removing every piece of bridge except the main pretty much done an the city end of Public Works Director Perry Cook said only things left ate the main trusses and cross The county has the equipment to remove the heavier Cook said the bridge was completed in October of 1930j For nearly a it a passageway over the both and pedestrian prohibited on the bridge the 1970s, Cook The bridge is being torn down because it has been deemed a safety hazard by a structural engineer who was asked to examine the structure last Earlier this the bridge Photo By Joe Foreman Public works employees from the City of Glenwood begin taking apart the 70-year-old Green St. bridge Thursday The bridge crosses Keg Creek on the city's southeast was closed and the closure didn't stop neighborhood residents and school children from walking across the engineer recommended it be Cook closed but that didn't necessarily mean people stopped using it. Permanent barricades will be there after the county finishes At this the city has no plans to replace the school district buy body shop By Joe Editor The City of Glenwood and the Glenwood Community School District have joined hands in purchasing the Severn Auto Body 57693 Sivers Rd. The property is located across the street from the high school and adjacent to the city's recreation Glenwood Golf Course and Keg Swek walking Closure of the sale took place Friday with each entity paying Owners of the body shop have 60 Glynns win cruise on national TV By Jason Feldmann & Sunny Gonzales HASTINGS - While flexibility doesn't take most of us to our it's taking Kay and Sarah Glynn to the That's An paid cruise for four to the Before winning the trip to the the Glynns first had to go through New York More the stage of ABC's daytime talk Here the tandem performed two different routines in front of a live studio audience. The a few folding chairs and a little In their first routine of the preliminary round on Nov. 22, the two women each did the splits across two folding Please see Page 3A days to vacate and clean up the A third party is holding of the purchase price in escrow until clean-up is The which covers 3.31 will be and shared by the city and school district as the two owners see Glenwood School Board Member Agan said the school district's initial plans are to use the two buildings on the property to store maintenance Glenwood City Clerk - Financial Director Mary Jean Smith said the city has no specific or immediate plans for the A 28-E agreement between the city and the school district has been drawn The agreement was approved by the school board during a special meeting Friday and the Glenwood City Council was expected to give its seal of approval at its regular meeting Tuesday The 28-E does give the school district the option to buy the city's portion of the property prior to June 30, 2002. If the school district exercises its it would reimburse the city for its purchase costs and out-of-pocket clean-up expenses incurred during its ownership of the Photo By Joe Foreman The Christmas Spirit in Malvern The Christmas Spirit was in the air Saturday during the 7th Annual Festival of Trees at the Malvern Community More than two dozen trees were decorated by Malvern area clubs and The event also included a craft children's games and a visit from Santa A tour of sponsored by the Friends of the Malvern Public was held in conjunction with the Festival of Dorothy Maher of Imogene is seen viewing one of the trees on display in this The Bottom Line Season heats up for Mills County's high school basketball INDEX Public Record Viewpoint Lifestyles Sports In Middle 2A 4A 6A 1B-3B 8B Chamber planning legislative coffees The Glenwood - Mills County Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Foundation will be sponsoring four legislative coffees during the winter and spring of 2000. Guests at the coffees be State Sen. Derryl McLaren and State Rep. ' Legislative coffee dates have been set for Jan. 15, Feb. 5, March 18, and April 15. The coffees all begin at 10:30 a.m. in the chamber board room on the second floor of Glenwood State Members of the general public are encouraged to Mineola Christmas Lighting Contest The Mineola merchants are sponsoring the second annual Mineola home decorating Homes will be judged Dec. 15, on lighting and other decorations by a judge from outside the ' first prize is a gift certificate from the Mineola Steak second Mineola Steak House gift third gift certificate from Creative Kruse Insurance Agency and Mineola Bank are also sponsoring the Presidential candidate coming to Glenwood Republican presidential candidate Gary Bauer will be in Glenwood on Dec. 21, to speak with townspeople and students at the Glenwood Middle Bauer's appearance is scheduled for 2 p.m. in the middle school auditorium on the campus of the Glenwood State The event is open to the general The candidate will address several issues of his own in preparation of next month's Iowa He will also be available to meet and greet members of the audience at the end of bis Weather Report Dec. 6 Dec. 7 Dec. 8 Dec. 9 Dec. 10 Dec. 11 Dec. 12 HI LO Precip 47 16 0.00 53 26 0.00 50 26 0.00 43 16 0.00 46 17 0.00 48 21 0.00 53 15 0.00 Weather Report Courtesy of
