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Steve Roe, left, a proponent of the new homeless men’s shelter in downtown Fort Dodge, discusses needs with the Rev. Steve Peters of Trinity United Methodist Church. Work was due to begin in earnest on the shelter after all sale papers were signed, but Roe had already painted the men’s lounge area and put a print of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemene on the wall. That print, he said, came from his great-great-grandfather and hung in his farmhouse since early in the 20th century, making it, Roe said, the perfect picture for the new Beacon of Hope men’s homeless shelter.