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Granderson Profile

Posted on Photos from The Grand Rapids Press - mlive.com on January 07, 2012, 5:04PM

LZ Granderson as a boy. (Courtesy Photo) 

Granderson Profile

Posted on Photos from The Grand Rapids Press - mlive.com on January 07, 2012, 5:04PM

LZ Granderson as a boy. (Courtesy Photo) 

Granderson Profile

Posted on Photos from The Grand Rapids Press - mlive.com on January 07, 2012, 5:04PM

LZ Granderson as a boy. (Courtesy Photo) 

Granderson Profile

Posted on Photos from The Grand Rapids Press - mlive.com on January 07, 2012, 5:04PM

LZ Granderson. (Press file photo) 

Granderson Profile

Posted on Photos from The Grand Rapids Press - mlive.com on January 07, 2012, 5:04PM

LZ Granderson. (Press file photo) 

Granderson Profile

Posted on Photos from The Grand Rapids Press - mlive.com on January 07, 2012, 5:04PM

Essayist, LZ Granderson and his 10-year-old son in this Press file photo. (Noel A. Webley II | The Grand Rapids Press)  

Granderson Profile

Posted on Photos from The Grand Rapids Press - mlive.com on January 07, 2012, 5:04PM

Front row left to right: James White, Page Kennedy, Lisa Ann Williamson. Back row: LZ Granderson & Marcus Woods-Welch in this scene from "Miss Evers' Boys" in this Press file photo. (Press file photo) 

Granderson Profile

Posted on Photos from The Grand Rapids Press - mlive.com on January 07, 2012, 5:04PM

LZ Granderson on CNN. (Courtesy Photo) 

Granderson Profile

Posted on Photos from The Grand Rapids Press - mlive.com on January 07, 2012, 5:04PM

LZ Granderson at Lollapalooza. (Courtesy Photo) 

Belknap river bluff

Posted on Photos from The Grand Rapids Press - mlive.com on January 06, 2012, 1:31PM

This aerial photo shows the giant X cut into the hillside as part of a 1970s art project by Robert Morris, as well as the amount of dirt taken from Belknap Park for use in freeway construction around Grand Rapids. 

Belknap river bluff

Posted on Photos from The Grand Rapids Press - mlive.com on January 06, 2012, 1:31PM

In the 1930s, baseball fields and a scenic drive at Belknap Park were constructed by workers in city manager George Welsh s scrip labor program, a precursor to the nationwide Works Projects Administration during the Depression Era. 

Belknap river bluff

Posted on Photos from The Grand Rapids Press - mlive.com on January 06, 2012, 1:31PM

Belknap Hill has been a source of city drinking water since incorporation. This reservoir was built in the mid-1870s in this undated photo taken sometime around 1900. 

Belknap river bluff

Posted on Photos from The Grand Rapids Press - mlive.com on January 06, 2012, 1:31PM

Belknap Hill has been a source of city drinking water since incorporation. Reservoir busts in 1880, and this one in 1900, which flooded portions of Newberry, Coit, Clancy and Bradford Streets along Coldbrook Creek in this old cyanotype image of the disaster. 

Belknap river bluff

Posted on Photos from The Grand Rapids Press - mlive.com on January 06, 2012, 1:31PM

Lookout Park on Belknap Hill has long been a popular place to taken in views of the Grand Rapids skyline and river valley. The Hiker statue in the foreground of this early postcard was moved to Foster Park in 1957. 

Belknap river bluff

Posted on Photos from The Grand Rapids Press - mlive.com on January 06, 2012, 1:31PM

Lookout Park on Belknap Hill has long been a popular place to taken in view of the Grand Rapids skyline and river valley, such as these 1950s-era children are doing. 

Grand Rapids library event digs through West Michigan's past

Posted on Photos from The Grand Rapids Press - mlive.com on January 06, 2012, 12:13PM

Major player: Lt. Isaac Earl was leader of the Special Scouts in the Civil War. Gordon Olson will explore their effect on the war in a 3 p.m. Jan. 21 session at the Grand Rapids Public Library. (Courtesy photo) 

Grand Rapids library event digs through West Michigan's past

Posted on Photos from The Grand Rapids Press - mlive.com on January 06, 2012, 12:13PM

World traveler: Merze Tate, a black woman born in rural central Michigan who traveled the world, is the subject of one of the sessions. (Courtesy photo) 

Grand Rapids library event digs through West Michigan's past

Posted on Photos from The Grand Rapids Press - mlive.com on January 06, 2012, 12:13PM

Women enter the workforce: Diana Barrett will present a session on the female workforce recruitment surge of World War I. Shown is a "woman-power" poster that was used in Grand Rapids' campaign. (Courtesy photo) 

Grand Rapids library event digs through West Michigan's past

Posted on Photos from The Grand Rapids Press - mlive.com on January 06, 2012, 12:13PM

In Heritage Hill: Northrop House, on Cherry Street SE, will be discussed in Don Bryant's "Collective Biography" presentation at 1 p.m. Jan. 21. George Ellis, mayor of Grand Rapids from 1906-16, lived in the house. (Courtesy photo) 

West Michigan women in Army reach out to Afghan women

Posted on Photos from The Grand Rapids Press - mlive.com on January 06, 2012, 11:42AM

Spc. Carol Sielawa 

West Michigan women in Army reach out to Afghan women

Posted on Photos from The Grand Rapids Press - mlive.com on January 06, 2012, 11:42AM

Trained to take on culture: Engagement team members are, from left, Spc. Carol Sielawa, to back row, Spc. Tiffany Tuttle, Sgt. Brittney Wilke and Spc. Kimberly Gary, to front row, Sgt. Andrea Yearsoivich and Pfc. Sarah Knight. Tuttle, Sgt. Brittney Wilke, Spc. Kimberly Gary; front row from left, Andrea Yearsoivich and Pfc. Sarah Knight. (Via Skype) 

West Michigan women in Army reach out to Afghan women

Posted on Photos from The Grand Rapids Press - mlive.com on January 06, 2012, 11:42AM

Pfc. Sarah Knight 

West Michigan women in Army reach out to Afghan women

Posted on Photos from The Grand Rapids Press - mlive.com on January 06, 2012, 11:42AM

Army Sgt. Andrea Yearsoivich 

Prices are rising in 2012

Posted on Photos from The Grand Rapids Press - mlive.com on January 05, 2012, 2:46PM

Shipping: Just as people become more accustomed to shopping online, shipping prices are going up. U.S. Postal Service, FedEx and UPS are raising rates by nearly 5 percent. 

Prices are rising in 2012

Posted on Photos from The Grand Rapids Press - mlive.com on January 05, 2012, 2:46PM

Health care: Health care premiums are climbing 20-45 percent as insurance providers try to keep up with rising medical costs and claims. Companies shifting more of their costs to employees through higher deductibles and co-payments. 

Prices are rising in 2012

Posted on Photos from The Grand Rapids Press - mlive.com on January 05, 2012, 2:46PM

Desktop computers and hard drives: With demand growing for laptops and tablets, production of desk tops is expected to decrease. Less competition means higher prices. Epic flooding in Thailand has disrupted production of hard drives, inflating prices by 30-40 percent. Costs are expected to come down in the spring when production catches up with demand. 

Prices are rising in 2012

Posted on Photos from The Grand Rapids Press - mlive.com on January 05, 2012, 2:46PM

Prices are rising in 2012

Posted on Photos from The Grand Rapids Press - mlive.com on January 05, 2012, 2:46PM

Gasoline: Brace yourself for a return to $4 a gallon in 2012. Blame global instability or the end of ethanol subsidies. Any disruption could mean record prices. 

Prices are rising in 2012

Posted on Photos from The Grand Rapids Press - mlive.com on January 05, 2012, 2:46PM

Gold: If the cost of your sweetie's engagement ring staggers you, blame an unstable political and economic world. Fears of such turmoil have led many to buy gold as a "safe" investment. 

Prices are rising in 2012

Posted on Photos from The Grand Rapids Press - mlive.com on January 05, 2012, 2:46PM