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Who remembers the annual WLAV raft race on the Grand River 👋( actual footage)

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'SCRIPT FROM 1200 A.D. FOUND @ CALVIN: about $70
"Aerial view shows Holland tulips in full bloom "
"Conrad DeJong Obituary (1937 - 2020)
"Judge rules on lawsuit against Michigan governor's stay-at-home order
"Lakewood Farm added to national register of historic sites
"Not even the John Ball Park Zoo or the Detroit Zoo had such a large number .."
"Spring 2020 flooding along the Grand River "
"Stanley Cup comes to West Michigan"
"The Tyrannical Soul of Gretchen Whitmer
"Vaccinated Michigan couple die of COVID-19 holding hands.
(correction Holland Park Ottawa Beach
(CRC PASTOR JIM KOK also national guard) June 23 1953: "Pvt Paul Vander Leek Pvt. Jim Kok & Sgt Duane Rosendahl
\Yes sequoia trees CAN (& do) grow in michigan (photos by me)
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1020 Griswold Street
1976 mrs. bacon the funniest christmas furniture city mr clements field day our river alger elementary my elementary classwork HEBREWS 2.18 history of grand rapids
1ST CRC
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2013 another superspeed slideshow video: incl Point Sur Lighthouse Big Sur coast & more
268 CLASSIC CARS "450 feet under Lake Michigan
6/19/06 "Camp Roger accommodates children with nut allergies"
6/20/19 GRAND RAPIDS ART MUSEUM
6/21/19 THE HISTORIC BOARDWALK AREA BEHIND OTTAWA STATE PARK
750 Plymouth is where the Owner of Butterball Farms lives
9/2/54 MAPLE AVE CRC CONGREGATION SAYS FAREWELL TO PASTOR GARETH KOK & family
Alger elementary school: Mrs Lawrence classroom 1973-74
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almost October & it's 84 DEGREES IN GRAND RAPIDS
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Calvin College so Little League 750 Plymouth 1st CRC St Stephen Pine Rest CRC GR Yacht Club Reeds Lake Alger School Holland Sentinel Steensma Insurance Devos Childrens HOspital calder cottage
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Huizingh's Furniture
I climbed the famous sleeping bear dune !
I REMEMBER CICADAS IN MICHIGAN
I wouldn't boast about this "Michigan football destroys Maryland 59-18
info wars does a TRUMP & KIRK COUSINS SPOOF
Its about time "Hundreds of additional parking spots planned for downtown Grand Rapids "
jack holwerda
jeff pettinga
JOB 37.5
John Ball Zoo
jumping off the roof gary audra shirley tony diekema friendly winter of 1978 rocket football steve kok JOHN 1.4-5 calvin college president misty griswold
kevin dalson
kevin vredeveld
lake michigan holland matt caitlyn kamminga mark ani teri nancy peters tunnel park butterball lake macatawa big lake grandpa's cottage leo peters diana
lake michigan teri peters new race car track grandpa's cottage playing chess 2 corinthians 9.11 caitlyn kamminga mark peters
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POISONOUS SNAKE IN GR?
POPULAR WEST MICHIGAN (Grand Haven) SINGER & GROUP THE BORNS MAKING THEIR DEBUT AT COACHELLA
PROFESSION OF FAITH
randolph wisconsin
Ray Brinks was a CRC pastor & missionary in Argentina
RICHEST MLB PITCHER IS SON OF AN EAGLE - KNIGHT ! "Gerrit Cole
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RIP Betty Ford (I went to the funeral in Palm Desert)
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she (annette Bening) reminds me of my friend's mom in Grand Rapids (Jack Holwerda's mom Mae)
Sherman Street CRC
siamese cat
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So why is the caseload so high? -"
some of the courses I've completed at various academic institutions over my lifetime
sorry WE GOT HACKED it's been cleaned up with new security settings.
southeast side
St Stephen Catholic
Steensma Insurance
steve brinks
steve griffeon
steve korhorn
Steve Vanderwey might WRONGLY THINK that Leo Peters was a great conservative hero
the manuscript imparts priceless historical value to the Meeter Center and to Calvin students.
the pond grand rapids kok family jim & linda leo peters eastern avenue
this actress who played a nun in "Ida" reminds me of Winny Devries Brinks
This is the only remaining bldg from original Alger School
TRAVERSE CITY
TRUMP RALLY GRAND RAPIDS TOMORROW !!
Urban stormwater in Plaster Creek
vanderkamp
video 1-8-16 HEY MIKE WAALKES re ROCKET FOOTBALL IN GRAND RAPIDS MI !
vredeveld brouwer duyst bylsma michigan grand rapids millbrook christian junior high school bulthuis buma steensma
west michigan
WEST MICHIGAN FLOODING: 4 Mile Road near the Grand River in Kent County is completely covered with water. .."
WORK AT IT WITH ALL YOUR HEART
young Jim & Linda family slideshow video (growing up in Grand Rapids Michigan 1970's)
Zandee's Auto Repair

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