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MilestonesTom Gunnels, a Grand Valley State University senior, won second place in the 2010 Norman Mailer College Writing Award for Creative Nonfiction, which draws thousands of submissions each year....more >> |
MilestonesMadelyn Grace Mackinder Stephanie and Matt Mackinder of Goodrich are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Madelyn Grace Mackinder. Madelyn was born at 9:30 p.m., Oct. 4, at Crittenton Hospital in Rochester....more >> |
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MilestonesBlaschek-Kuffa Sybil and Robert Kuffa of Ortonville are pleased to announce the engagement of their son, Matthew Kuffa, to Michelle Blaschek, daughter of Linda and Hans Blaschek of Champaign, Ill....more >> |
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MilestonesFondaw-Schumacher Ann and James Schumacher of Goodrich are pleased to announce the engagement of their son, Michael Schumacher, to Cameron Fondaw, daughter of Cathy and Robert Fondaw of Livonia....more >> |
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MilestonesMorgan Joan Sims Craig and Kim (Farnsworth) Sims of Metamora are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Morgan Joan Sims. Morgan was born at 4:31 p.m., Oct. 29, at Genesys Regional Medical Center in Grand Blanc....more >> |
An explosion of green and white erupted from the as the final 30 seconds of the Division 1 football state semi-finals ticked off the clock. Lake Orion was up a scant three points over Cass Tech, 24-21, with the Technicians poised to make a final touchdown and take the game when junior ironman Andrew Shafkalis ruined everything....more >> |
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| 1820: James Buchanan Eads, engineer of the Eads Bridge in St. Louis |
| 1875: Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., president and chairman of the board for General Motors. |
| 1891: Par Lagerkvist, Swedish writer (The Dwarf, Barabbas). |
| 1908: John Bardeen, physicist, co-inventor of the transistor. |
| 1910: Artie Shaw, bandleader and clarinetist. |
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| 1533: Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void. |
| 1618: The Thirty Years War begins. |
| 1701: Captain William Kidd, the Scottish pirate, is hanged on the banks of the Thames. |
| 1785: Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals. |
| 1788: South Carolina becomes the eighth state to ratify U.S. Constitution. |
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