April sky shows Venus and planets in spring show
Sky watchers in April can spot Venus low in the west after sunset, rising higher and setting later as the month advances. Jupiter shines before sunrise and at night, with Mars and Saturn near the Teapot in Sagittarius, plus a near last quarter Moon on April 7. Leo dominates the south as winter constellations fade, Ursa Major rises opposite. Historic dates note Hale-Bopp, Mercury astronauts, Yuri Gagarin, the space shuttle, Apollo 13 return, and Hubble deployment. Peter Burkey, Holland resident, contact pburkey comcast.net.
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Venus
Earth
Jupiter
Mars
Saturn
Sagittarius
Orion
Gemini
Leo
Lion
NASA
Yuri Gagarin
Columbia
Shapley-Curtis
Hubble Space Telescope
Eugene Shoemaker
Metz Inspires Through Personal Essays This Is Me
Chrissy Metz recalls a Florida talent event that led to her Los Angeles break. She describes rejection, resilience, and a rise to fame as Kate Pearson on This Is Us, balancing family roots, self acceptance, and career goals while urging readers to embrace their gifts.
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Chrissy Metz
Florida
Los Angeles
Metz
Kate Pearson
California
Hollywood
Time notes and notable events from 1789 to 2018 in brief
1922 city commission set eastern standard time rules for Grand Rapids and Holland. Historical items include U S House first meeting in 1789, battles in 1865, WWI RAF formation in 1918, Nazi boycott in 1933, Okinawa invasion in 1945, MLB strike 1972, Gaye death 1984, Hawking book 1988, NHL strike 1992, Jessica Lynch rescue 2003, torture memo 2008. Births list Zeeland Hospital 2018 adds Makenzie Velderman and Jordan Angel Garcia minors.
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Grand Rapids
Holland
U.S
House of Representatives
New York
Frederick Muhlenberg
Pennsylvania
Battle of Five Forks
Virginia
Britain
Royal Air Force
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Naval Air Service
Nazi Germany
Okinawa
England
Greenham Common
Marvin Gaye
Elder Gay
Stephen Hawking
United Kingdom
United States
Bantam Books
National Hockey League Players’ Association
Nasiriyah
Iraq
Army
Pfo
Jessica Lynch
Incarcerated Hernia and Irritable Colon Banter
A phone chat explores a father’s incarcerated hernia and nonfatal surgery. The dialogue pivots to humor about Strangulated vs incarcerated conditions, then shifts to the mother’s irritable colon and GI care, ending with a plug for Lost in Suburbia on Facebook.
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Suburbia
Tracy
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Dey Street
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Jane Powell
Rusty Staub
Samuel Alito
Susan Boyle
Taran Killam
Asa Butterfield
Zeeland Hospital
Spectrum Health
Makenzie Allena
Robert and
Kelli Velderman
Zeeland
Jordan Angel Garcia
Destiny Cruz
Juan Garcia Jr
G.I
Tracy Beckerman
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