Reel # 55 1987
A 25892
January 7-December 30
(Kolk: April 2013)
1987
Jan. 7:Died: Jack Maaskant, 78. Married Jacoba Hook, p. 2
Died: Reuben Ten Haken, 73. Married Bernice Ebbers, p. 2
Born: Kyarsgaard, Timothy, son, Charles, p. 3
Bastian: January/February 1887, p. 4
Died: Ada Emmert Hanson (Lee), 83, p. 5
Died: Mike Costello, 57. Married Imogene Costello, p. 5
Born: Berg, Wm. son, Thomas, p. 5
14:Born: Gillen, Joseph, son, John (New Year's baby), p. 1
Died: Velma Ross Harmon (Harold), 78, p. 2
Died: Kuehl, Harry, 80. Married Josephine Engelkens, p. 2
Died: Jay Pruis, 70. Married Bernice Fedders, p. 2
Died: Don Remrey, 55. Married Sylvia Baird, p. 2
Died: James Gridley, 92. Married Bessie Heath, p. 2
Died: Irene Irion Van Osdol (Robert), 76, p. 2
Born: Dykstra, Roger, daughter, Lisa, p.3
50th anniversary: Lena Boelkens & Harvey Senior, p. 3
Married: Melinda Shear (Ronald) & James Wyatt (George), p. 4
Died: Josephine Agnew Frazier (Alexander), p. 4
50th anniversary: Peggy McDonnell & Oliver Roeder, Sec. 2, p.3
21:Born: Zuidena, Kevin, daughter, Samantha, p. 1
Born: VanDyke, Steven,daughter, Leslie, p. 1
Died: Garrett Medenblik, 57. Married Jean Geerts, p. 2
Died: Robert Mahoney, 45. Married Jane Peterson, p. 2
Born: Kruger, Lee, son, Blake, p. 2
Bastian: WhitesideCounty courthouse, p.5
28:Died: Anna Bos Sikkema (Jacob), 95, p. 2
Died: Pearl VanDyke Hoak (Louis), 76, p. 2
Died: Elsie Collier Richie (Oran), 94, p. 2
Died: Charles Knauer, 85. Married Eleanore Schreck, p. 2
Married: Barbara Vos (Albert) & Steven Emmert (Robt.), p. 3
Married: Linda Wherry (Boyd) & David Rogis (Glen), p. 5
Born: Wiersema, Robert, son, Ryan, p. 9
Married: Lynne Mitchell (David) & Steven Turnquist (Nels), p. 10
1987
Feb.4:City to buy bldg & lot from Chesley Sikkema for $55,000.
Died: Robert James, 56. Married Dorothy Schaver, p. 2
Died: Peter Sikkema, 89, p. 2
Died: Ren Ottens, 85. Married Cornelia Tegeler, p. 2
Died: Leta Graft Rutenbeck (Harry), 87, p. 2
Died: Walter Peterson, 82. Married Geraldine McCune, p.2
Died: Dorothy Sells Rummel (Lester), 90, p. 2
Died: Wm. Cuddy, 86, single, p. 2
Died: Leona Snyder Bailey (Rutherford), 82, p. 2
Bastian: Show Business, p.5
Died: George Keller, 74,single, p.9
11:Died: Homer Taylor, 68, p. 2
Died: Fay Crump, 95, p. 2
Died: Mildred Rhymer Hufman (Wm.), 71, p. 2
Died: Jennie DeJong Borgman (Andrew), 78, p. 2
Died: Cornelia Pruis Teisman, 94, single, p. 2
50th anniversary; Dena Klooster & Corneil Wilkens, p.3
50th anniversary: Mary Bielema & Corneil Pessman, p. 3
Born: Stearns, Robert, son,Michael, p.3
50th anniversary: Carrie Stuart & Henry Buikema, p.4
18:Died: Dorothy Bouvia, 84, single, p. 2
Died: Anna Houzenga Pessman (Allen), 68, p. 2
Died: Carl Maring, 95. Married Emma Janssen, p. 2
Died: Dennis Frazier, 30, p. 2
Died: Harry Nelson, 88. Married Cecelia Sarnowski, p.2
Died: Ada Taylor Beswick ( Frederick "Dick"), 103, p. 2
Married: Gaylene Bowman (Raymond) & David Hovey (Willis), p. 3
Born: Wheat, Steven, daughter, Michelle, p. 3
55th anniversary: Helen Valk & Albert Poel, p. 3
Bastian: Fulton Electricity, p. 4
25:Died: Cornelius Balk, 76. Married Clara Koenes & Irma ?, p. 2
Died: Pearl Franklin Howe (Harold), 90, p. 2
Born: VanderVinne, Paul, daughter, Amanda, p. 2
Born: Edwards, Rick, daughter, Amy, p. 2
Married: Joy Pessman (Gene) & Donald Tegeler (Paul), p. 3
Mar. 4:Born: Holesinger, Clark, daughter, Amanda, p., 2
Died: Kenneth Wetzell,58. Married Mary Christofffersen, p. 2
Bastian: 1898 Alaskan Gold Rush, p. 5
Born: Bielema, Alan, son, Shane,p. 8
11:Died: Fannie Renkes Damhoff (John), 88, p. 2
Died: Kenneth Anderson, 71. Married Helen ?, p. 2
Died: Karl Winter, 71. Married Gertrude Schaefer, p. 2
Died:Leona Tompkins Gould (Francis), 84, p. 2
Married: Nickie Prince (Gerald) & Mark Dannels (James), p.7
1987
Mar.11:Died: Nellie Solomon Stuart (Fred), 89, p. 7
18:City buys Sikkema bldg & lot for $55,000. Payment over 11 yrs, p. 1
Died: Gary Orman, 50. Married Jane Cotter, p. 1
Died: Grace Smith Merema (Samuel), 85, p. 1
Bastian: Laws & More Laws, p. 3
Died: Gilbert Medema, 55. Married Carol Melton, p. 4
25:Died: John Kopacz (Jeffrey), 5 months, p. 1
Died: Amelia Janssen Stralow (Paul), 79, p. 2
Died: Evelyn Snyder Voss (James), 62, p. 3
Died: Wm. Maurits, 74. Married Ruth Grayson, p. 3
Born: Harrison, Stephen, son, Mark, p.3
Apr. 1:Died: Harold Murphy, 83. Married Clara Hardy, p. 1
Died: Kenneth Pessman, 74. Married Alvina Bush, p. 2
Died: MinnieMedemaTemple (Burnie), 89, p. 2
Died: Hulda Stralow Arians (John), 88, p. 2
Died: Helen Thompson Easter, 71. Married Clare Peska & Walter Easter, p.2
Died: Dorothy Andresen Busch (Vernie), 69, p. 3
Died: James Howe, 76. Married Bertha Hammer, p. 3
Died: Rena Smith Still (Joseph), 91, p. 3
Born: Stuart, Gordon, daughter, Kasie, p. 3
Bastian: March & April 1887, p. 4
8:Died: Eugene Johnson, 70. Married Lela Welch, p. 2
Died: Rulof VanVuren, 71. Married Genevieve Pessman, p. 10
Died: Arnold VanDerLeest, 60. Married Marian Meiners, p. 10
Died: Pat Allen Kuehl (Harvey), 50, p. 10
15:Born: Boelkens, Randy, daughter, Natasha, p. 1
Died: Wm. Cronin, 60. Married Ellenore Danielsen, p. 2
Died: Jeanne Lahey Schnuth (Louis), 69, p. 2
Died: Gertrude Van Zuiden Aggen (Neal), 75, p.2
Born: Boonstra, Kendall, daughter, Amanda, p.2
Died: Ernest Rosenow, 81. Married Helen ?, p. 2
Bastian: Fire of 1887, Sec. 2,p. 1
Died: Harvey Tucker, 83. Married Florence Johannsen, Sec. 2, p. 2
22:Died: Mamie Currie Johnson (Harry), 76, p. 2
Died: Stella VanOosten VanZuiden (Fred), 81, p. 2
Born: Okland, Kenneth, son, Joshua, p. 3
Born: Dykstra, Sammy, son, Ryan, p. 3
Born: Huizenga, Kenneth, daughter, Britni, p. 3
Born: Ottens, Philip, daughter, Katherine, p. 4
29:Born: Brondyke, Ken, son, Glen, p. 1
Died: Myron Boldt, 80. Married Hattie Squires, p. 2
Died: Elmer Johnson, 78. Married Helen Radatz, p. 2
Died: Mary Ann Meinsma Engelkens (David), 62, p. 2
1987
Apr.29:50th anniversary: Alice Ottens & Clarence Bielema, p. 3
Married: Linda Himes (Allen Dornbush) & Peter Munn, p. 3
Born: Wiersema Philip, daughter, Courtney, p. 3
Bastian: Fish & Wildlife Services, p.4
May 6:Born: Sikkema, Dale, son, Eric, p. 1
Died: Robert Curry, 88. Married Cathryn Burns & Lillie Crump, p. 2
Died: Victor Sels, 51. Married Reithel Summer, p. 2
Died: Dorothy Crete Moulton (Ward), p. 2
Married: Debbi Weston (Bob) & Larry Winkel (George), p. 3
Born: Crane, Darlene Rose, son, Sterling, p.3
13:Died; Buis, Adam (Brian), at birth, p. 1
Died: Catherine Venhuizen Dykstra (John), 66, p. 1
Died: Marie Janssen Miller (Robert), 89, p. 2
Died: Paul Naftzger, 32, single, p. 2
Born: Kilgore, Robert, daughter, p. 2
Died: George Vegter, 74. Married Pearline Workman, p. 2
Bastian: 1856 MainStreetBuilding, p.3
Died: William Conyers, 64. Married Mary Gilbert, p. 10
20:Gateway Marble moving to Fulton, p. 1
Died: Jeffrey Stralow, 18, p. 2
Died: Allan Armstrong, 83. Married Luella Schroeder, p.2
Born: VanZuiden, Bruce, daughter, Holly, p. 4
27:Died: Irene Van Oosten Dykstra (Jacob), 71, p. 1
Died: Elizabeth Buikema (Randall), 4, p. 1
Born: Borchardt, Brandon, daughter, Breann, p. 2
Born: McClure, Jay, daughter, Taylor, p. 2
Died: Alice Brandt DeVries (John), 81, p. 3
Died: Vada French Reader (Wilbur), 59, p. 3
Died: Cornelius Huizenga, 82, wife, Alma, p. 3
Born: Schaver, Philip, son, Evan, p. 3
Died: Aneta Kamphuis Williams (Lowell), 69, p. 3
Bastian: May and June 1887, p. 5
June 3:Died: Jeannette Busz Wiersema (Burnie), 86, p. 2
Died: Eugene Balk, 61. Married Gladys Noordt, p. 2
Born: Graham, Mark, son, Marcus, p. 2
Died: Winnie Norman DeVries (Harry), 75, p. 2
Born: Byker, John, daughter, Allison, p. 3
Born: Domino, Tom, daughter, Alicia, p. 3
Born: Stuart, Warren, daughter, Allison, p. 3
Born: Wyatt, James, son, Andrew, p. 4
10:Married: Becky Hook (Donald) & Lewis Creed (Raymond), p.3
50th anniversary: Ardelle Juhl & Russ Nelson, p. 4
Died: Harlan Peterson, 69. Married Gladys Marshall, p. 4
Bastian: Mystic Workers, p. 5
1987
June10:Died: Jennie Prins Dyke (Peter), 100,p. 9
17:Died: Ambrose Hermes, 83. Married Louise Grohen & Helen Burke, p. 2
Died: Willis Greeley, 58. Married Virjean Prestley, p. 2
Died: Joe Taets, 67. Married Lela Lewis, p. 2
60th anniversary: Bernadette Foreman & J. Edward Kustes, p. 3
50th anniversary: Hilda Huizenga & Charles Kramer, p.6
24:Died: Thomas Carpenter, 30. Married Nancy Huizenga, p. 2
Died: Mary Roberts Van Ormer (Donald), 76, p. 2
Died: C. Orville Bogle, 84. Married Bertha Anderson, p. 2
Born: Drolema, Roger, daughter, Alyssa, p. 2
Born: Meyer, David, son, Benjamin, p. 4
Bastian: Stinking Trees, Devil's Tobacco & Cleavers, Sec. 2, p. 1
July 1:Died:John VanderSchaff, 85.Married Helen Bielema, p. 2
Died:Ralph Adolph, 62.Married Ruth Smith, p. 2
Married: Laura Cutshall (Leo) & James Norman (Gerald), p. 3
Married: Kim Temple (Ken) & Craig Vanderploeg (Larry), p. 3
Married: Lisa Porter (Wilbur) & Craig Anglese (Wayne), p. 4
Born: Geerts, Mark, son, Shaun, p. 8
8:Bastian: Cisco Flies, p. 1
Married: Karen Michalak (Chester) & Richard Smit (Bud), p. 3
Married: Brenda Borchardt (Gary) & Jack Wenzel (Jim), p. 4
Bastian: 4th of July, p. 5
60th anniversary: Caroline Bielema & Ernest Johnson, p. 5
15:Died: Archie Cook, 77. Married Elaine Bark, p. 2
Married: Linda Leonard (Noreen) &Michael Mountz (Robt.), p. 3
Married: Kristine Schaver (Harry) & Kevin Wiersema (Ken), p. 4
Died: Randy Reedy, 25, single, p. 6
22:Ribbon cutting for Clinco Credit Union @ 111 Eleventh Avenue, p. 1
Died: Dewey Heun, 70. Married Stella Tenboer & Alice Seaman,p. 2
Died: Lee Thompson, 82. Married Grace Arians, p. 2
Married: Jody Gooch (Gary) & Kevin Ven Huizen (Allen), p. 4
50th anniversary: Vivian Cushman & Richard Dennes, p. 6
Married: Mary Temple (Louis) & Robert Cobert (Robert), p. 6
Bastian: Fulton Lyceum, p. 7
29:Born: Lane, Dale, son, Benjamin, p. 1
Died: Virginia Hadley Manchester (Ward), 73, p. 2
Died: Cynthia Hattan Schmitt (Bruce), 25, p. 2
Died: Dorothy Dykhuizen Londo (Wm.), 85, p. 2
Died: Kathryn Van Zuiden Temple (Loyal), 74, p. 2
Born: Cole, Ed, daughter, Alexandra, p. 2
Married: Teri Swift (Gerald Klooster) & Bart Jepson (Richard), p. 3
Married: Michelle Faber (Leonard) & Robert Blomker, Jr., p. 4
Married: Vicky Muhs (Reynold) & Allen VanZuiden (Burton), p. 8
1987
Aug. 5:Died: Vernon Dearinger, 81. Married Leota Carroll, p. 2
Married: Pat Witt (Frank Zuidema) & Darrell Rus (Leroy), p. 3
Died: Arthur Zuidema, 60. Married Mary Murphy, p. 3
Bastian:July/August 1887, p. 4
12:Died: Margaret Watt Rick (George "Dickie"), 89, p. 2
Died: Theodore Buckwalter, 69. Married Maxine Hockman, p. 2
Died: Carl Walters, 85. Married Elsey Pierce, p. 2
Married: Kristin Jaarsma (Ralph) & David Balk (Ed), p. 3
50th anniversary: Irma Switzer & Claus Greve, p. 3
19:Died: RosaButler Marx (Wm.), 88, p. 2
Died: Lelia Knox Curtis (Orville), 79, p. 2
Died: Gelmer Bosma, 41. Married Shirley Kamerman, p. 2
Died: Anna Eissens Balk (John), 94, p. 2
Died: Bennie VanderVinne, 76. Married Winnie Huizenga, p. 2
Born: Sikkema,James, daughter, Alissa, p. 2
Bastian: Who Has Seen the Wind?, p.5
26:Born: Huizenga, Gary, daughter, Alicea, p. 1
Died: Marvin Legel, 75. Married Ruth Bradley, p. 2
Died: Gladys Book Irion (Roy), 85, p. 2
Died: Bert Houzenga, 82. Married Anna Buikema, p. 2
Died: Frances Larkey Johnson (Carl), 64, p. 2
Born: Pessman,Jeff, daughter, Sara, p.2
Married: Kathleen Fisher (George) & Van Kaiser (Louis), p. 3
Married: Betsy Shear (Ronald) & Richard Tubbs (Valija), p. 4
50th anniversary: Sylvia Burns & David Buikema, p. 5
Sept. 2:Died: Elizabeth Sorensen Wiersema. Married John Vogel & John (Jack) Wiersema,p. 2
Died: Mary Wosoba Peterson, 68, p. 2
Died: Louis Hoak, 75. Married Pearl VanDyke, p.2
Died: Garry Schol, 86. Married Anna Bierman, p.2
Died: Eldon Crabb, 84. Married Ruth Knutsen, p. 2
Married:Kim Bekemeir (Fred) & Calvin Vandermyde (Frank), p. 3
Died: Harold George, 90. Married Mabel Pollard, p.4
Bastian: Lincoln Highway, p. 5
9:Died: Freeman Green, 89. Married Anna Tucker, p. 2
Died: Norman Sandell, 72. Married Orea Page, p. 2
Died: Claus Dyke, 92. Married Grace Decker, p.2
Died: Albert Van Dyke, 86. Married Elizabeth Newendyke, p. 2
Died: Adeline Schepler Matthiesen (Charles), 89, p. 2
Born: Nielsen, Terry, son, Michael, p.3
16:Died: Gabriel Schaver, 86. Married Bertha Wiebenga, p. 2
Died: Edward Fielhaber, 83, single, p. 2
Married: Christine Richards (Wayne) & Ronald Hatheway (Perley), p. 3
Born: Schaver, Jerry, son, Jacob, p. 3
1987
Sept.16:Bastian: Early Municipal Improvements, p. 5
Born: Rickertsen, Terry, son, Tanner, p. 9
Picnic for new AFS student, Raf Kennes, p.9
Born: Whitmore, Rod, son, Jeffrey, p. 10
23:Died: Wm. Hussong, 90. Married Ruth Likes, p.1
Married: Stephanie Przychodzin (Valeria) & Donald Weber (Agnes), p. 4
Born: Groley, Ken, boy, Benjamin, p. 6
Died: Esther Drury, 80, single, p. 6
30:Born: Clarkson, Mark, son, Eric, p. 1
Died: John Engelkens, 78. Married Johanna Engelkens, p. 2
Died: Mary Enwright Kerr (Joseph), 74, p. 2
Died: Marvin Clausen, 68. Married Lucille McPeck, p. 2
Died: Louis VenHuizen, 77. Married Winnie Van Oosten, p.2
Married: Cindy Rus (Ronald) & Allan DeVos (Ed), p.3
Died: Robert Wilcox, 80. Married Marie Stichter, p.4
Bastian: Fulton's Sawmills, Sec. 2, p. 1
50th anniversary: Ellen Peterson & Kennard Thomas, Sec. 2, p. 3
Oct. 7:Kiwanis installs 1st female member, p. 1
Killed in auto accident: Rodger Meurs (Edward), 19, p. 1
Died: Mary Sandrock Lair (Clarence), 56, p. 2
Died: Laurence Jensen, 73. Married Mary Snyder, p. 2
Died: Gertrude Naber Sour (John), 72, p. 2
Married: Shelly Schmidt (Earl) & Douglas Naftzger (Wesley), p. 3
Married: Ruth Eissens (Jay) & Jeffrey Imhoff (Clifford), p. 4
Born: Brondye, Duglas, son, Ryan, Sec. 2, p. 7
14:Died: Frank Vander Meulen, 68. Married Marguerite Hoekstra, p.2
Died: Mettie Oostenryk Klavenga (Isaac), 83, p.2
Died: Vernon Drey, 69. Married Leitha Brown, p. 4
Died: George Howe, 88. Married Ivy Beswick, p.4
Bastian: Fulton Ferriage, Sec. 2, p.1
21:Born: Medema, Jeff,daughter, Arianna, p.1
Died: Karl Yost, 76, p. 2
Born: Wierenga, Daniel, son, Aaron, p. 2
Killed in traffic accident: Anita Dunlap,17, p. 2
Born: Schaff,Robert, son, Thomas, p. 2
Born: Wessels, Mike, son, Michael, p. 2
Married: Tori Naeve (Larry) & Mark Wade (Edgar), p. 3
Married: Dawn Vanderlaan (David) & Scott Meurs (Raymond), p. 3
28:Died: Donald Riceman, 67. Married Naomi Johnson, p. 2
Died: Harold Shelly, 75. Married Josephine Noordhoff, p.2
Died: Robert Kolk, 57. Married Carol Weiss, p. 2
Bastian: Blake & Southside Additions, p. 3
Married: Julie Sissing (Pat McDanel) & Steven Sanders (Jack), p.4
Married: Jana Bland (Richard) & Thomas Kustes (John), p. 4
1987
Oct.28:Married: Sheri Shipma (Virginia) & Martin Haak (Melvin), p.4
Died: Viola Bendetti (Augie), 78, p. 4
Nov. 4:Died: Loretta Graves, 55, p. 2
Died: Margaret Ven Huizen Bell (Arthur), 85, p.2
Died: Ruth Anderson Durward (Lloyd), 88, p. 2
Born: Williamson, Randy, son, Jeremy, p. 4
11:Born: Snyder, Jim, son, Aaron, p. 1
Died: Harley Whittington, 82. Married Mildred Elgin, p. 1
Born: Ottens, Larry, daughter, Jacqueline, p. 2
50th anniversary: Pauline Massey & Kenneth Glazier, p. 2
Died: Edna Caskey Alldritt (Heyward), 80, p. 3
Died: Albert Olson, 91. Married Nettie ?, p. 3
Bastian: Bad Fires in Fulton, Sec. 2, p. 1
18:Died: Bradley Holesinger (Richard), 22, p. 2
Born: Kuebel, Tony, son, Benjamin, p. 2
Died: Carrie Engelkens Wiersema (David), 80, p. 4
Born: Schnitzler, Travis, son, Brendan, p. 4
Born: Smith, Charles, daughter, Jennifer, p. 4
68th anniversary: Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Huggins, Sec. 2, p.2
25:Died: Dorothy Prins Vogel (Robert), 66, p. 2
Died: Donna Schneider Schipper (Vernon), 57, p. 2
Died: Dewey Klimstra, 85. Married Marie Remmers & Dena Bosveld, p. 2
Died: Myrtle Baldwin, 91, p. 2
Born: Kramer,Michael, daughter, Michelle, p.3
Bastian: Wheels, Sec. 2, p.1
Dec. 2:Died: Jennie Flikkema Kolk (Harry), 85, p. 2
Died: Karl Bush, 80. Married Alice Wilkens, p. 2
Married: Jeanne Beveroth (Marvin) & Russell Schneider (Janice Krebs),
p. 4
50th anniversary: Elsie Eissens & Henry Houzenga, p. 4
Died: Caroline Planthaber Millerschone (Fred), 73, p. 4
Born: Kramer, Gary, son, Todd, p. 4
Died: Dorothy Darr Jones, Married Wm. Hanson,58, p. 5
9:60th anniversary. Tena Pessman & Frank Feldt, p. 3
50th anniversary: Everdena Hook & Charles Ottens, p. 3
Died: Lillie Conner Curry, 90. Married Clyde Prump & Robert Curry, p. 5
Died: Virginia Walters Gorzney, 49, p. 5
Died: Grace Vandyke Ottens (George), p. 5
Died: Wm. Waterstreet, 84. Married Clara Janssen, p. 5
Died: AnnaOttensTemple (Ed), 92, p. 5
Born: Nylin, Keith, daughter, Elyse, p. 6
Bastian: Cigar Factory, Sec. 2, p. 1
Died: Helen Booth Snyder (W.C.), 90, Sec. 2, p. 2
1987
Dec.16:Died: Clarence VanderBleek, Sr. 79. Married Gertrude Vogel, p. 2
Died: Annabelle Merema Strating (Alvin), 61, p. 2
Born: Sikkema, Roger, daughter, Sara, p. 2
Died: John Tenboer, 85. Married Phern Newendyke, p. 2
Married: Jennifer Zuidema (David) & James Hatfield (James), p. 3
50th anniversary: Katherine Ottens & Ralph Bielema, p. 5
Died: Lois Durward Larson (Irwin), 68, p. 5
Married: Patricia Swanson (Howard) & Larry Kettler (Clarence), p. 5
23:Bastian: Christmas Comments, p. 1
Died: John Lucke, 80. Married Genevieve DeWeerdt, p. 2
Died: Alyda Ardapple Reimers (Otto), 92, p. 2
Married: Cheryl Larson (Gary) & James Carden (Alfred), p. 3
30:Died: Francis O'Neal, 57. Married Donna Rupp, p. 2
Died: Bernice Burch Linder (Harry), 85, p. 2
Died: Anton Remmers, 88. Married Ludena Aggen, p. 2
Died: Marge Bouvia Workman (John), 68, p. 2
Bastian: Fulton Ferriage, p. 7
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