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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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