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Spring on the porch... plants are budding... baseball season is here!

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Construction at Covenant Seminary

The years of planning, fundraising and meetings are in the past and the time to build is here! Follow construction of the new classroom building by viewing the slideshow.

Will 2008 be the year that the Chicago Cubs win the World Series?

Follow the team's progress each week. The weekly record and Central Division standings for each week follow.

Schedule completed through Sunday, August 24, 2008

• Record: 80-50 (.615)
• Central Division rank: 1st
• Games ahead: 4.5

Collecting State Quarters?

I am collecting one of each state quarter from both Denver and Philadelphia mints ("D" and "P" under the year of the quarter). The State Quarters Program was initiated by the U.S. Mint in 1999. Five quarters are released per year in order of statehood until the final quarter (Hawaii) is released in Winter 2008. It seems interest in the state quarters collection is on the decline and banks are requesting smaller amounts of each new quarter released. If you are a collector too, contact us and perhaps we can fill in the missing coins in each other's collections. The quarters are released in 10-week intervals during the year.