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Small the news that’s it to print in Hartland
Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
Hartland could be described as a whisper of a town without enough pairs of pants to be the county seat. It is so defined by agriculture that a vegetarian meal is chicken and there is no point hurrying through town--the tractor ahead of you isn’t.
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Nature's Q and A
Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009
A retired oil company engineer reported that he used turkey vultures to find gas leaks.
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The squirrel and I have been up the birdfeeder
Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009
I like squirrels.
I feed the birds and because I feed the birds, I feed the squirrels.
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The tale of the trotting wild turkey
Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009
Danny Tuttle of Twin Lakes watched a wild turkey in his backyard.
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More Columns by Al Batt
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- Do you believe in ghosts? Things that go bump
- Owning shoes is OK; replacing them is hard
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Michigan wedding shares poem ‘I Like You’
I was lucky enough to attend my niece Shanon’s wonderful wedding this past weekend in Marquette, Mich., and the beautiful couple chose this fantastic children’s book called “I Like You” by Sandol Stoddard Warburg.
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Welcome to a blind dog with good ears
In the past, I’ve written obits for all my wonderful dogs who died either of kidney failure, some form of cancer or doggie Alzheimer’s, so, for a change, I’ve decided to write about welcoming home Max, a blind Australian cattle dog-blue heeler-beagle mix.
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