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for MOST CURRENT UPDATES, go to

http://i-love-grand-rapidsmichigan.blogspot.com/
March 7, 2016 Uncategorized Leave a comment Edit

CALVIN OFFERS MINISTRY CLASSES 2

PRISONERS: "GRBJ: College program
reaches captive audience "| WZZM13.com
The recently accredited Calvin Prison Initiative offers
courses in ministry and theology. Inmates enrolled in
the program are required to complete the same
liberal arts core requirements as students at Calvin
College, with classes ranging from history and social
sciences to philosophy, English writing and literature.

http://www.wzzm13.com/news/local/grbj-college-program-reaches-captive-audience/60848160
March 6, 2016 Uncategorized Leave a comment Edit

END OF AN ERA: "Former First Lady

Nancy Reagan Dead at 94" NBC News
I saw her once in a random moment as she left an office in bev hills many years ago (post
presidency)
Nancy Reagan was born in New York City and when she was six her mother, Edith, a stage
actress, married Dr. Loyal Davis, a neurosurgeon. The doctor adopted Nancy and she grew up in
Chicago. She later attended Smith College in Massachusetts, where she majored in theater.
Reagan was an actress when she met Ronald Reagan in the early 1950s, then an actor and
president of the Screen Actors Guild, according to a White House bio
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nancy-reagan-dead-94-n532871
Sent from my Chameleon phone.
March 6, 2016 Uncategorized Leave a comment Edit

Eagle girls beat kentwood! "Grand Rapids

Christian claims class A district
championship" | Fox17
http://fox17online.com/2016/03/05/grand-rapids-christian-claims-class-a-district-champiinship/
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March 6, 2016 Uncategorized Leave a comment Edit

SANDERS @ GVSU,KASICH IN
HOLLAND: "Bernie Sanders goes where few
Democrats have gone before in Michigan
"| MLive.com
BERNIE THINKS HE WILL GET MORE LOVE FROM COLLEGE KIDS? MAYBE @
gvsu,not at calvin:
West Michigan is a frequent stumping grounds for
Republican candidates: John Kasich is expected to
campaign tonight in Holland, for example, just a couple
weeks after he held a rally at GVSU. But Democrats don't
often come here before the state's primary.

http://www.mlive.com/news/grandrapids/index.ssf/2016/03/bernie_sanders_michigan_grand.html
March 5, 2016 Uncategorized Leave a comment Edit

(Neato) GRAND RAPIDS: "Film starring

James Franco, Bryan Cranston shoots
Michigan scenes" | MLive.com
Crew members said they were filming for a movie titled
Why Him? starring James Franco and Bryan Cranston.
They were filming second unit scenes and there were
no stars in town, the crew said.
http://www.mlive.com/news/grandrapids/index.ssf/2016/03/crew_for_film_starring_james_f.html
March 2, 2016 Uncategorized Leave a comment Edit

GRAND RAPIDS (JUNE 2016): "How

Should Christians Respond to Muslim
Refugees Coming to the United States? "Christian Newswire
Horizons International Presents Legacy
2016: A Conference About Muslims,
Missions, and the Heart of God
JUNE 23-24, 2016
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.
http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/4854377219.html
March 19, 2014 arlene borgdorf, dan dekam, doug kosters, fremont lake,
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above: at our cottage at cobmoosa shores,

near stony lake,
not far from silver lake, new era, michigan

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March 19, 2014 arlene borgdorf, dan dekam, doug kosters, fremont lake,
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above: at our cottage at cobmoosa shores,

near stony lake,
not far from silver lake, new era, michigan

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March 19, 2014 Uncategorized Leave a comment Edit

"Eaton Rapids stuns top-ranked Grand

Rapids South Christian to win Class B girls
basketball state championship"
http://highschoolsports.mlive.com/news/article/649692779964320647/eaton-rapids-stuns-topranked-south-christian-to-win-class-b-state-championship/
March 17, 2014 Uncategorized Leave a comment Edit

later pics

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here are some pics from many years later

after I returned to calvin college for another
degreeand had a new dog, a golden
retriever, whom I named LOLA ! She was a
great dogand was with me for fourteen
years, beyond grand rapids to two summers
in Jackson, Wyoming, and two years in
Coachella California (before it was known
for the music festival), and several more
years in Los Angelesgreat dog..hope to be
re-united with her some day in a better place

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March 17, 2014 andy, brian, grand rapids, griswold street,

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a few pics
most of these are pics of our family & me in
west michigan prior to moving in 1984, but
even after our family moved to southern cal, I
stayed in west michigan myself, as did my
sister & older brother. But 84 marked the
time I began commuting from southern Cal
to Grand Rapids & vice-versa depending on
the event, holiday, et al. Not all of these pics
are of us IN Grand Rapids, but are of family
members from Grand Rapids, most of whom
still live there. .

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above: me, cousin brian, & uncle gary,

somewhere out west on a summer trip

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above: me & cousin brian on the tree branch,

cousin lynn , aunt mary, uncle gary, brother
andrew

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this is a really early pic of me at holland

beach. we loved holland beach, & our
grandpas cottage was in walking distance

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here I am at grandpas cottage a little ways

past tunnel park

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I think this was taken of me at the Chicago

museum of science

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at the other end of my grandpas cottage, his

brother joe owned this house

here we are in the backyard of our grand

rapids home (on griswold)..at that stage in
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life I didnt like smiling. Can you guess which

one I am ?

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at grandpas cottage in the dinghy, i see

brother andy, me, maybe julie, and maybe
mark peters

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heres another backyard pic from griswold

streetI was a little happier this time

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I was into being muscular at that age

stasrted working outflexing muscles, trying
to be coolliked basketball as you can see
from the postersI see my 12 gauge shotgun
behind me and a pair of boots..tried a little
deerhunting as well as goose for a while with
some friends..

our siamese cat, misty

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cousins todd & craig visited us..and we went

to the WLAV raft race on the grand river
anybody reading this old enough to
remember the raft race?

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sister julie

david engelhard was as good friend for a

while

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March 17, 2014 alger heights, alger school, grand rapids, seymour school, southeast side, west
michigan Leave a comment Edit

WELCOME ! SO i grew up in grand rapids,

went to elementary, junior high, high
school, & even college in grand rapids (I also
did a few other colleges outside michigan
later or concurrently), and I spend more time
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in southern California now, but always keep

an eye on whats happening back home.
Perhaps I should say I grew up in West
MIchigan, because we spent a lot of time at
Holland, and later on time near Muskegon
and also the Silver Lake (New Era) area,
among other places. And even within Grand
Rapids I lived in numerous locations, some
within the boundaries of the city, others
outside. Nonetheless, my specific area of
origin in Grand Rapids is/was the Alger
Heights area, not far from Alger Park, a little
bit farther from Seymour Christian school
(which may have changed its name as of
2014).SO I will come back to this welcome
page and add a little more narration in the
near future, but also will be posting links to
current news about Grand Rapids on a
periodic basis, with my thoughts &
comments.

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Heres to
Grand
Rapids
& West
Michigan !

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