Landscaping

Trees and shrubs donated and delivered yesterday had to be put into the ground around the new building within 24 hours. Profs canceled two class hours after chapel and students went to work.

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Dedication Service of the Academic Center

Today was a special day on the ILC campus. While normal activities included the opening service and meetings, the new Academic Center was dedicated to the use of God's kingdom work. This service was held at the entrance of the new building as thoughts also centered on the 50th anniversary of the school. After the service, a flag raising ceremony was held as the flag pole and flag were donated by former students and friends in memory of Micah Gurgel. Family members participated in the raising of the flag and as soon as it was in position the assembly joined in the pledge of allegiance. Afterward the architect of the Academic Center presented a special plaque in honor of the project. While the entire event was brief, it was touching as many were amazed at the hand of the Lord in accomplishing this momentous project.

Meanwhile activity flourished on the campus as the new school year brought a larger enrollment over last year with a total of 140 students, 115 which are in high school. The new freshman class is one of the largest in recent history with 35 students. As we think about the future of our church body, it is obvious that this new facility will be of beneficial use in serving these young souls.

May the Lord enable us to use this building to His glory as He keeps us steadfast in His Word. Psalm127:1 Unless the LORD builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; ...



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Paving & Library Move

A lot of pictures from Monday's activity on campus covering the Library move and the paving around campus, including the parking lot.



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Computer Lab & Parking Lot Prepped

Completed computer room. Real nice.
Parking lot is ready for blacktop. One strip has been put down along the edge.
Areas around the wall and other damaged areas have been cut out and will also be resurfaced.



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Parking Lot Light & Library Shelves

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Parking Lot Work Begins

Parking lot work and some more tiling in hallway and Music Room.

Server Room

Server room wiring. You see some of the about 8 miles of cable for the network in all of the buildings.
Computer rooms set up with the new LCD panel monitors.
Tiling going ahead in phase 2.

Tiling of Hallway

Trees cut in preparation for the parking lot to get finished on the site of the now landfilled Northwest Hall.

Tiling of the halls and music room has begun. They have started at the Administrative end and are working down through the entire hallway. They are catching the music room on the way. One pic shows preparation in the music room for the tiling today.

Grass loks great and has been mowed for the first time. Needs another right soon.



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Northwest Hall Slab Demolition

The turkey shed, chicken house, storage room, art room, or whatever it was used for when you were here was the last part of the structure of NW to go down. Many bats were sheltered there.
Next comes the slab and there was no way they expected to find so much concrete under this building. Much digging along side some of the footings was needed to get them out even with old T-Rex on the job.
There is still work left to do to get it all cleared.



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Northwest Hall Demolition

You see some of the before, during, and after a days work on the deeeestruction of the old barn known as the NW Hall.



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Northwest Hall & Administration Offices

Northwest going little by little as the crowns come off.



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Sod

The move is mostly completed and things are quite disarrayed.
All ages of workers showed up today. (Pfeiffer grandchild)
Had a walk-through today with the designer and builders.
Window washers hard at it also.
Sod, sod, and more sod. Good help and a big job done.



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Moving & Lawn Prep

Moving is going on daily.
The president has found a place to work from and dream from.
Mrs. Pfeiffer has a cozy little nook to try and get some work done.
The Sydows are moving the rocks around the buildings; leveling, fertilizing, and seeding large areas to the North, East, and West of the building. You see some before and after pics.



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Move Begins

Windows at night. Not the best pics but you can tell they are beautiful.

Really ready to move; Cabinets have labels on them. Boxes being moved.



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Computer Room Furniture

Just a peek at the new computer room furniture. The Biology Lab also got new tables.



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Carpet, Library Ceiling, Trim

Carpets are being put down and should be mostly finished by Friday night.
Carpenters have finished the trim on the library ceiling which will hide the lighting.
Data cable is being put down.
Partitions in the GBO offices are waiting to be placed.
Book House/Business counter is in place.
Trim on all the windows I believe is complete.
The base for the library walls is awaiting the trim.



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Desks, Flag Pole, & More Trees

Partitions in the GBO office are being set.
Library checkout desk is in.
Book House and business desk arrived and was set up today. Wood trim needs to be finished. See the angular top.
Rope was put on the flag pole.
Prof. Schierenbeck has most of the windows trimmed and has the baseboard yet to do in the offices. (Pic of this maybe tomorrow.)
Trees are starting to come down to expand the parking lot behind the present NW Hall.



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Book Store & Carpeting

Electricians connecting the light etc.
Plumbers insulating all the pipes.
Workers on break love to have their pictures taken.
Cabinets in the GBO/Faculty work room.
This room also will have a wall of files for the GBO, Registrar, and probably others.
Book Store check out area with overhead lighting.
Carpet is down in most of the Administration offices. Base trim and they are ready to move in.



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Bathrooms, Servers, Cabinets

Servers by the truck load.
Prof. Roehl and Mr. Radichel getting the network system up and running.
Mr. Beekman cleaning up the new cabinets.
Bathrooms taking shape.
Some of windows are trimmed.
Cabinets in the Art Room and the Faculty/Staff workroom



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Ceilings, Bathrooms Tiled

Some ceilings in. Most of framework for ceilings in.
Bathrooms tiled and fixtures along with partitions being set.
Steel gate going in as you see them working and also a pic of the gate rolled up outside.
Electricians are about done. Working on the outside lighting to the wall.



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