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Roger Schlueter

The jumbo engine that couldn't

Q, What has happened to the Harrison Jumbo steam engine purchased from the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich., several years ago by the Belleville Labor and Industry Museum? I have heard that this engine was severely damaged when it was dropped off a high trailer and the boiler was cracked.

Suzanne Boyle

Vacation take-alongs

Carrying even a tabletop tripod for your digital camera while you're on vacation is just plain inconvenient. Where to put it while you're hiking a trail and how not to lose it are just two of the questions you have to ask yourself. Well, consider the small, lightweight HandPod from Marvin's Camera in downtown Belleville. Attached to an adjustable lanyard you can wear around your neck, the HandPod screws into the tripod socket on the bottom of your camera. It provides stability, keeps...

Charles Giedeman

Orioles make a home in hummingbird feeder

Q: We put out hummingbird feeders in mid-April and before the hummingbirds came, there were two yellowish-orange birds feeding from the feeders.

Dianne Isbell

Synthetic placemats are proper for lunch

Q. I have some very beautiful placemats and napkins that were a birthday present. The placemats are not cloth, but some kind of synthetic material. They are very, very nice. I was telling my aunt that I was planning to use them for a lunch for one of my girlfriends who is retiring.





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