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* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 31 expected.
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* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM EDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.

Saturday, December 8th, 2007

Photo by Margie Wuebker/The Daily Standard

Wearing a handyman hat and his trusty work apron, the Rev. Ken Schroeder prepares to cut lumber for his next project. The 71-year-old Maria Stein priest considers the work welcome therapy with much of his handiwork becoming gifts for others.

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Bringing forth the beauty

MARIA STEIN - The Rev. Ken Schroeder selects a walnut plank from one of the neatly stacked piles of lumber in his workshop and smiles envisioning the rich beauty lurking beneath the rough surface. [More]

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