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April 27, 2004
Road Salt Burns Blueberries
By JOHN CHARLES ROBBINS
Staff writer
The way Wayne Kiel figures it, he's lost more than $1 million worth of blueberries in the last two growing seasons because
of salt used to melt ice and snow on the area's roadways.
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April 25, 2001
Storm Water Rules
By JOHN CHARLES ROBBINS
Staff writer
Local governments need to prepare now for coming federal regulations controlling storm water runoff.
"The day of reckoning is coming," warned Soren Wolff, Holland city manager.
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April 25, 2006
Fish Kill
By JOHN CHARLES ROBBINS
Staff writer
State authorities have ruled the recent mass death of thousands of fish in Lake Macatawa is a natural event and nothing
to be alarmed about.
Many lakefront property owners, dealing with new piles of rotting fish with each new day, remain skeptical.
"This is not typical at all ... there is something going on here," said Larry Wiersema.
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Aug. 27, 2002
Lake Mac Jaws
By JOHN CHARLES ROBBINS
Staff writer
A set of metal jaws the size of a backpack descended into the murky water of Lake Macatawa until it dug into the soft
bottom.
The pulley motor moaned and the steel cable whirred, bringing the device back to the surface and onto the deck of
the 65-foot research vessel W.G. Jackson.
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May 27, 2002
Ozone Action Day
By JOHN CHARLES ROBBINS
Staff writer
Ozone is good. Ozone is bad. It depends on where you find it.
If it's floating 40,000 feet above the Earth, it's good, protecting us from the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays and keeping
the planet warm.
If it's down around ground level, it's bad, contributing to smog, and acting as a health-threatening air pollutant.
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Oct. 13, 2005
Landfill Recapping
By JOHN CHARLES ROBBINS
Staff writer
Forty trucks a day for six months -- that's the kind of caravan necessary to put a new cap on the Southwest Ottawa
County Landfill in Park Township.
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