Iowa City woman (not) ordained as a bishop

Daily Iowan ^ | 6/14/2010 | CATHRYN SLOANE

[Dr. Sivana]

It's actually irrelevant in this case anyway.

Oh, I know no ordination could take place. But if perchance the pretended Bishop were someone who had a shred of respectability left, it would be useful to expose him. It happens once in a while, like that Bishop who went off and participated in the Moonie wedding. I was more curious about the supposed Bishop than about the girl playing "dress-up."

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Or listen to blue grass at the old Mill Restaurant.
(That probably dates me.)

[conservonator]

Or listen to blue grass at the old Mill Restaurant. (That probably dates me.)

Lol, in the early eighties you could find me at the Vine, Gabes or the Copper Dollar...when the ID worked ;)

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Kieth Dempster (He of the multiple BMW motorcycles) owned the original Mill restaurant on East Burlington, named for a coffee grinder. It was really a converted home and too small to serve the nightly gatherings.
Dempster closed the old Mill and bought a restaurant closer to the campus on East Burlington that could handle over 150 pizza and hoagy eaters.
I heard a couple years ago that Dempster had sold the place for big money. Both Dempster and his wife were “ample” people, upwards of 225 pounds +.
It was a ironic sight to see them on their black BMWs, sometimes with a black sidecar, cruising IC...

[conservonator]

Yep, remember seeing the sidecar occasionally. I think the place closed a few years ago but someone reopened it as a “historical preservation” site or something. IT’s been a while since I’ve been to downtown IC.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Is the ‘Complete Freak Botique” still downtown (Things, Things and Things) ?

[conservonator]

I can’t imagine that store not there! It was like the uniform store for all the folks who hung out on the Pentacrest during the day and the ped-mall at night.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

One 15 minute visit to T,T&T and you'd smell like patchouli all day.

[COBOL2Java]

Is the ‘Complete Freak Botique” still downtown (Things, Things and Things) ?

Perhaps that's where Bridget Mary Meehan bought her pectoral cross, ring, mitre, crozier, and pallium...

[conservonator]

Perhaps that's where Bridget Mary Meehan bought her pectoral cross, ring, mitre, crozier, and pallium...

She probably stocked up on incense too, the church stuff is so old school.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

It was a good place for knee high leather booths and argyle body stalkings.

[married21]

“argyle body stalkings”

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Wow— even scarier than argyle body stockings!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

damned spellchecker...

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I stood on the Pentacrest lawn in Spring, 1970 and watched as Iowa Book & Supply got trashed.

[iowamark]

Keith Dempster is still around, Pam passed away.

http://icmill.com/

[johngrace]

"The only frustration she had was the fact that she could not continue to do her job once the patients needed sacraments. The Catholic Church required her to send for a priest, but Kusner noticed that her patients wanted to continue talking to her instead.

Wanted to talk instead of recieving a sacrament!!

Do you really think they ever that devout?--Nooooo!

“I recognized that I was doing a role of a priest,” she said. “It took two years for me to recognize that this is my calling.”

Hey Lady!

Christ who is God set this up not you!

I have more respect for an independent church by lady pastor

But to borrow over the catholic tradition.

[johngrace]

“My faith is what grounds my life,” she said. “To know my truth is leading this, that’s very empowering.”

To Know My Truth!!!!

Empowering!!!

New Age Selfish Words!!!

[iowamark]

In case anyone wants to send the Disciples of Christ pastor who hosted this event a complaint letter:

“”Dr. John McKinstry, Pastor
First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
900 Lincolnshire Place
Coralville, IA 52241

E-mail: disciple@xwires.net

By the grace of God, First Christian Church is a diverse community of believers and seekers, united in following and sharing the way of Christ with all persons through daily practices of devotion, justice, and love.””

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Kieth was one of Iowa City original ‘Bohemians.”
I think he graduated from Grinnell College.

Everybody knew and liked Kieth.
Wife and I were staying at Naniboujou Lodge on the Minnesota north shore when two couples on BMWs from Wisconsin pulled in.
I bet my wife a beer that they would know Kieth and know about the Mill.
They did.