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Multiple homicides and car chase throughout city - Where are you?
by (dennetmint)
Submitted 07-07-2011 under NEWS
UPDATE (11:47 p.m.): At approximately 11:30 p.m., Rodrick Dantzler shot himself, bringing the standoff to an end. Both hostages have been freed and are safe. To all Rapidians who contributed or mulled over your fellow Rapidians' contributions,...
Fearless
by (Roberta F. King)
Submitted 02-27-2011 under VOICES
Five years ago I became fearless. Things scare me and I get anxious, but the fear of not being able to handle any situation I might encounter has completely gone away. I was freed from fear when our 17 year-old son, Noah, died on Feb. 27, 2006...
Sister Thomasine Bugala OP
by (grdominicans)
Submitted 05-12-2010 under NONPROFITS
Sister Thomasine Bugala OP died Tuesday May 11, 2010 at the age of 83 after 58 years as a Dominican Sister of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Sister Thomasine taught the German language at Aquinas College for many years. Each summer for over 20...
NORTH FACE - UICA Films review
by (scott warren)
Submitted 03-19-2010 under OPINION
North Face is a drama based on real events prior to the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Two renowned mountain climbers, Andreas Hinterstoisser and Toni Kurz, are reluctantly spurred into tackling the Eiger, “the last great problem of the...
A tribute: On the death of Mayor Lyman Parks
by (Mayor George K....)
Submitted 11-04-2009 under OPINION
A Tribute by Mayor George Heartwell Grand Rapids lost a giant yesterday. Former Mayor Lyman Parks died of complications accompanying a stroke. The community is poorer with his passing. Lyman Parks held office during an extraordinary period of...
On Drew Storey: The toughest thing I've done this year
by (mattsimoto)
Submitted 10-22-2009 under OPINION
The first time I met Drew Storey I never would have thought that I’d soon be in a van with him, driving into the middle of someone else’s cornfield to drink whiskey, smashing a Batman piñata, watching him paint his abstract vision of A Brave New...
Drew Storey: An appropriate name
by (dennetmint)
Submitted 10-20-2009 under OPINION
I found out early Monday morning: Drew Storey, The Rapidian's content facilitator, had passed away. After the first hour, I decided I wanted to make a plan. That's how I react. Make a plan, figure out how to fix things so you can be back in control...
Where I Want to Be When I Go
by (Roberta F. King)
Submitted 10-20-2009 under OPINION
When I pray, which is usually as I drift off to sleep, I almost always thank God for my good health and my ability to run. Sure, there are other things I am thankful for: a good job, a great husband, my kids who challenge and delight me, true...