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Show Mountain West Minority Reporter & Sentinel, June 8, 1990 9 Idaho News Diocese selects bishop. Bid to buy Centennial to serve Idaho flock Morrison Knudsen Corporation eyes firm Boise (AP) — The Rev. John Thornton of Stayton, Oregon has been chosen as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Idaho. | Thornton, 57, was picked Saturday . tion this weekend in Twin Falls. Thornton is vicar of Christ the King parish in Stayton, 16 miles east of Salem. Idaho COGIC Holy Convocation in June The Idaho Jurisdiction of the Church of God in Christ will hold its annual Holy Convocation June 14-16 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Bishop Nathaniel Jones of Barstow, California will preside over the services. Mrs. Margrattise Bowens, supervisor of the Women’s Depart- conduct services on Women’s Day. The public is cordially invited to the services held at the Community Church of God in Christ, 1275 Bingham Street in Idaho Falls. Elder Wm. Whitehead is the Pastor and host of the convention. The theme of the meeting reputation and a strong presence in the prospering California er : market. Centennial also maintains offices in Oakland and Irvine, California, and Colorado Springs, Colorado. The company employs 10 people at its Salt Lake City office. _Mr. Agee said Morrison Knudsen wants to acquire Centennial because chairman and chief executive officer itjt ‘“‘sharpens our focus and expands of Morrison Knudsen. | our operations in markets that are imIn a separate announcement, Mor- portant to our company in the long ris Knudsen annouced that Mr. Agee term.”’ will assume his president duties in ad-. Two of Centennial’s better-known dition to that of president and chief projects along the Wasatch Front are operating officer, following the death Trappers Loop Road and the upgrade Sunday of Frank M. Adams, the com- of 106th South in Sandy to accompany’s president and chief operating modate an additional interchange on officer, in a plane crash. I-15. Centennial’s work on these proMr. Adams and his wife, Novella, jects was confined to design died when their private plane crashed engineering. in Missouri en route to Boise. Both The Trappers Loop Road, which were 64. was completed in September, connects According to an Associated Press Mountain Green in Weber Canyon to story, Morris Knudsen spokesman Huntsville in Ogden Canyon near Jess Hawley refused to comment Pineview Reservoir. about a permanent successor to Mr. The improvements on 106th South Adams. in Sandy required widening the road Mr. Agee called Centennial from two to six lanes with two turn Engineering a _ successful, well- lanes. established firm with an excellent Morrison ren — whose diocese is holding its election conven- will by Joe Rolando. Boise-based Morrison Knudsen Corp. has signed a letter of intent to acquire Arvada, Colorado-based Centennial Engineering Inc., a regional transportation, engineering, and construction management firm, with a Salt Lake City office. The announcement was made Wednesday by William M. Agee, after a year-long search by the 5,000-member diocese, which spans all of southern Idaho and runs as far north as Riggins and Salmon. The ment, Engineering revenues last year were in excess of $2 billion — has maintained an impressive business presence in Utah for two medium-diameter tunnel projects in the Wasatch Mountains. One is the Olmsted project, consisting of the installation of up of the Vitro uranium tailings pro- _ ject at 3300 South; built the Denver 8'2-to-12-foot diameter water pipes in Provo Canyon. The other is the Syar & Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks and tunnel bypass after the. Tunnel project, an 11-foot diameter tunnel, being constructed from Thistle mud slide in Spanish Fork CaStrawberry Reservoir below the nyon; and built the Southern Pacific: Railroad causeway across the Great mountains to an irrigation network the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has in Salt Lake in the 1950’s. place. The company is now working on | decades. It has worked on the clean- 0) Mi Hies 1901So. 300W. uf) ‘al ESALE 70@ the public ILS-FUELS:ANTIFREEZE KEROSENE & MUCH MUCH MORE Ph. 801-467-3866 is ‘‘United for the Nineties.”’ LARAMIE I LT Communion es . : Cont. from. page I depends.’’ She urged them to be gen_ tle with one another. * “When we use, curt, cutting words and actions to make sure that we are heard,”’’ she said: ‘{iwe’ do’ harm: to ‘ourselves: Her | second help! *¥eun will to hopefully expect conflict and disagreement, which will probably make you feel that you have descended with Jesus Christ to the very depths of hell. For that reason, we gather round this table this evening to remember the life, death, and resurrection of our Lord and Savior.’’ She urged the Presbyterians to use their particular gifts and perspectives for the work of ministry in this place. “‘Even the least minority as well as the greatest majority is welcomed in this place,’’ she said. | : Third, SalmonCampbell continued, ‘‘We come to this place for God’s sake and for God’s people’s sake that we might grow and mature as God’s body. Seek to work properly that the body may grow in grace in the nature and nurture of the love of Jesus Christ. Most of all,’’ she said, “’be about our Savior’s business as we go and tell the whole world that we Presbyterians suffer with those who suffer.’’ The gathering was called to worship by a shofar, by interpretive dancers, brass and drums, and a combined choir from the congretations of the Synod of the Rocky Mountains Utah congregations, and members and staff of the General Assembly Council. Children 12 years of age and younger were invited to say the children’s parts in.a litany during the celebration, with a response by a children’s choir from Wasatch, First, Mount Olympus, Community of Grace, and Cottonwood Presbyterian churches as well as Christian liturgical dancers.. Elders from One eHons in Utah distributed the elements of nen communion. . It pays to At West One Bank, our staff doesn’t just live ‘in this community. We're involved. Coaching Special Olympics, counseling teenagers, teaching reading skills, and giving back to our friends and neighbors as much as possible. It's that kind of experience we bring to work set and every day: So when you need financial assistance, imagine what we can do for you. West One Bank. Where people make the difference. And have for over 120 years. WESTQNE BANK advertise with the Minority Reporter| Member FDIC |
