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Community Interest Above Self-Interest

Published: January 8, 2007

The events of the past two weeks were unexpected but certainly anticipated. As the family of former President Gerald R. Ford bore his body home to his beloved city on the Grand, the impact of the life of a single individual was measured around the world, and most especially in this mid-size city struggling with its place in the New Economy. The stature of its most famous son still far overshadows that of the community he regarded as his hometown.

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