SPECTERS OF 4 FLYING NUNS, SEEN, HOVERING OVER THE NEW POVERELLO HOMELESS CENTER, AS MISSOULA, MONTANA DID THE FOUNDERS RIGHT, WITH THE LOVE AND JOY, FLOWING OUT THE DOORS AND INTO THE YARDS, ON THIS BRIGHT SUNNY DECEMBER MORNING, WITH CROWDS PACKED SO CLOSE THEY RESEMBLED SARDINES, PEOPLE STANDING ON CHAIRS TO SEE OVER PEOPLE'S HEADS, TO GET A PICTURE OF THE MAYOR, GOVERNOR, DIVISION 8 HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR, DENVER OFFICE, AND OTHER DIGNITARIES, WHO HONORED THE VISIONARIES, THE WORKERS, THE CONTRIBUTORS, THE VOLUNTEERS, THE ARCHITECTS--AN ARCHITECTURAL BEAUTY--AS CROWDS, CHEERED, CLAPPED, SMILED FROM EAR TO EAR, MANY KNOWING WHAT A MONUMENTAL EFFORT THIS PROJECT WAS, WITH STATE OF THE ART KITCHEN FACILITIES, THAT I OVERHEARD SOME GUY, SAY, THIS RIVALS THE KITCHEN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, A BIT OVERWHELMED BY THE SPLENDOR, GROWING BOXES OUTSIDE, TO HAVE FRESH PRODUCE ADDED TO THE DONATED FOOD, GATHERING ROOMS, DORMS, DAY ROOMS, OFFICES, AND HUGE ENTRANCES, ALL IN MODERN DECOR, WITH QUALITY PRODUCTS, WITH, APPEARING TO ME, NO EXPENSE SPARED; HOWEVER, THE HHS DIRECTOR FROM DENVER SAID, THAT MISSOULA, SPENT THE $1 MILLION THE FEDS CONTRIBUTED TO THE OVERALL COST OF $5 MILLION, WELL--NEEDLESS TO SAY, NOT ONLY HE WAS IMPRESSED, AND SAID THAT HE WAS SO IMPRESSED, THAT THE POVERELLO CENTER, WILL SERVE AS A MODEL, NATIONWIDE; HE ALSO COMPLIMENTED MAYOR ENGAN, AS ONE OF THE LEADERS IN THE 350 MAYORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WHO HAVE VOWED TO END HOMELESSNESS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES--WHAT A HAPPY DAY, PERFECT WEATHER, AND THE FOOD, DONATED AND SERVED BY GOOD FOODS GROCERS, I THINK, WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, AND FIT THE CLASS, STYLE, AND ELEGANCE, IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT OF THE JOYFUL OCCASSION! ONE MAN IN TOWN STOPPED THE MAYOR THE OTHER DAY, AND SAID, YEAH, BUT WHY WOULD YOU PUT A HOMELESS SHELTER, RIGHT IN SUCH A VISIBLE PART OF TOWN . . . BECAUSE THAT IS THE PROMINENCE, THE PEOPLE OF MISSOULA THINK ALL HUMANS, ESPECIALLY HOMELESS VETS WHO HAVE FALLEN THROUGH THE CRACKS, DESERVE TO BE SEEN, RESPECTED, AND TREATED WITH TOTAL DIGNITY . . . WHAT A GREAT RESPONSE, AND WHO CAN ARGUE WITH SUCCESS. AS I LEFT THE POV PREMISES, HEADING TOWARDS THE CENTER OF TOWN, I LOOKED BACK AT THE MAGIFICENT BUILDING, THE COLORS, THE DESIGN, THE STRUCTURE, AND ITS STATURE IN THE CITY, AND WAS AMAZED BY THE INSPIRING EVENTS OF THE DAY, TRULY PEACE ON EARTH, GOOD WILL TOWARDS MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN, WHO CAN HEAL, LEARN TO FEEL AGAIN, BE TOUCHED BY THE CARE OF A LOVING COMMUNITY, WHO PUT THEIR MONEY AND HEARTS WHERE THEIR MOUTHS WERE . . . I ALSO, HOPED THAT THE HOMELESS, WOULD RAISE TO THE ESTEEM THE CITY SEES THEM IN, KEEP THE GROUNDS NICE, THE BUILDING SHINING, AND THEMSELVES AN EXTENSION OF WHAT IS BEING DONE HERE . . . WHAT AN AWESOME THANKSGIVING & CHRISTMAS PRESENT ALL ROLLED UP IN ONE, A MODEL OF LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL COOPERATIONS IN SERVING THE NEEDS OF THE HOMELESS . . . LIKE I SAID, THE POV IS WORLD FAMOUS, OR IMFAMOUS! LOL! HAVE A GOOD ONE!