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Volunteers strive to save Santa Claus letter service

Fri, Nov 20, 2009
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A group of volunteer Santa Claus "elves" in Alaska's frigid interior is determined to save a popular holiday letter service featuring the North Pole's most beloved icon. The group is looking to counter a decision by the U.S. Postal Service to discontinue a program begun in 1954 in the small town of North Pole, where volunteers open and respond to thousands of letters addressed to "Santa Claus, North Pole" each year.

Group works to preserve old county burial grounds

Fri, Nov 20, 2009
EASTMANVILLE — The Friends of Ottawa County Parks group is taking a look into the past and preserving the final resting place of those who were buried on the grounds of the Eastmanville Farm Park. "We have a public responsibility to keep those grounds from being stampeded," said Marjorie Viveen, a Grand Haven resident who is chairing the group in charge of the project.

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• Volunteers strive to save Santa Claus letter service
• Group works to preserve old county burial grounds
• SL leaf truck out of commission
• Fruitport culinary team will no longer compete
• David Rhem a candidate for Circuit Court judge
• Longtime GH public works supervisor named Jingle Bell Parade marshal
• Hundreds cheer Palin in Grand Rapids. for book tour
• Hall: Missing money a 'misunderstanding'
• SLT man dies after construction accident
• Fatoosh to open next week
• 'Black Friday' cometh; will the shoppers follow?
• Home-based business fair at GH Golf Club Saturday
• State jobless rate edges down to 15.1%
• Free soup meal Saturday at east-side cafe
• Change may be imminent for city-owned Chinook Pier
• GH school board member Brandon Hall charged with theft

POLICE BLOTTER

• One injured in T-bone accident on U.S. 31
• No one injured after bus rear ends car
• Suspects charged in Holland knife attack
• Former Holland city attorney facing 20 years in prison
• SL bicyclist and his dog hurt when hit by car
• East GR man dies after police use stun guns on him
• Dad accused of forcing son into field, killing him
• Fight ends in stabbing at mobile home park
• Teen plans to challenge citation for McDonald's rap order
• Police investigating car break-ins in city
• Police say man shot wife, 14-year-old sons, self
• Police say dad fatally shot son, 15, in the head
• East GR man dies after police use stun guns on him

Arts/Entertainment

• Fundraiser benefits Big Brothers, Big Sisters