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Held at the Gerald R Ford Presidential Museum in downtown Grand Rapids Michigan

We attended the annual Public Town Hall Meeting that Vern Ehlers held at

Gerald R. Ford Museum on Saturday May 2nd, 2009. We have a few video

clips of parts of the meeting and the beautiful water fountain outside of

the museum entrance. The Grand River was at flood stage and the water

covers the sidewalk that is at the river’s edge.

This was an interesting hour spent among our peers discussing the items

gave us his thoughts and insight on many current topics.

We were disappointed to see less than 100 people out of a population of

over 660,000 that Rep. Ehlers Third District covers in Michigan. Although

he was pleased to see that the crowd was bigger than normal.

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Ehlers Town Hall Meeting Grand Rapids MI

Video by Terry Westbrook

Is it difficult to go home? Ask the salmon that are attempting to reach their

spawning grounds in the upper reaches of the Grand River. They have a

Herculean task to get up the fish ladder at the Grand River downtown

Grand Rapids. Joseph E Kinnebrew IV, designed the Fish Ladder Sculpture

that allows the fish to climb the dam at Fourth Street and Front NW.

The Fish Ladder was installed in 1974 and is a favorite spot to watch the

fish return up river in the fall. We have seen the fish so thick that the

ducks can walk on their backs to catch treats thrown in for them.

Grand views of our local city and riverfront are visible from here. You can

see the many cranes and buildings going up on Michigan Avenue, also

A small public city park adjoins the fish ladder and is an intimate spot to

bring a picnic lunch and watch the activity on the river.

Fishermen were pulling huge salmon from the river when we visited the

other day. The salmon are on their way from upstream to Lake Michigan.

Hope you enjoy our photo tour:

Photos by Terry Westbrook

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