Duck Island Lightkeeper's Family and Early Island Life
A fragmented reminiscence recalls Duck Island beacon duties in the 1880s. The father tended six oil lamps and a red and white flash system while the eldest daughter tutored children and packed fish for shipment to the mainland, aided by Indians near Little Duck Island. The grandfather served as engineer on a steamship hauling fish to Ontario, meeting Sara Purvis there a century ago, as the narrator reflects on remote life and a white clapboard lighthouse house surrounded by daisies.
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Little Duck Island
Ontario
Sara’ Purvis
Illinois man turns family farmstead back to nature
Fred Tromp, 52, turned his 400 acre family farm into a wildlife park near Pekin open Saturdays and Sundays. The Little Mackinaw Wildlife Park houses about two dozen bison, 40 white tailed deer and sheep. Visitors can see prairie grasses, native wildlife, and Indian artifacts from 8 000 to 10 000 B C to A D 600 to 800. Tromp oversees cabins, a gazebo, and a pond while guiding guests through the land he restored and studies hunters of the past.
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Hopedale
Fred Tromp
Tromp
Mackinaw Wildlife Park
Peoria
Trump
Pekin
B.C
A.D
Shortage and mismanagement taint rural development funds
A Ford Foundation funded yearlong study criticizes U.S. Rural development efforts, noting money shortages and mismanagement of limited funds. The report centers on the Farmers Home Administration, an agency within the Agriculture Department, and its handling of program resources.
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Washington
Ford Foundation
Farmers Home Administration
Agriculture Department
Fmha
Robert Rapoza
FFA team tops in horse judging at Crawford County Fair
Winning foursome Robert Cline and Keystone FFA members Mike Durkee Sarah Wagner Angie Gower and Katrina Tirch placed in the top 20 in the horse judging competition and won the team division with 833 points. Sixty-one juniors and seniors from Ohio high schools participated in four halter and two performance classes.
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Robert Cline
Ohio State University
Keystone
FFA
Mike Durkee
Sarah Wagner
Angie Gower
Katrina Tirch
Crawford County Fair
Ohio
Daniel wins LPGA Championship and near majors milestone
The article notes Bein Daniel as a top golf star winning the LPGA Championship last weekend. It questions whether this is her first major title in 11 years on the pro tour. It also mentions the defending National League champion sweeping four games from the NL West leader, the Cincinnati Reds, to close to within 5.5 games.
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Bein Daniel
Daniel
Cincinnati Reds
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