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Terrance and George Portfleet of family-owned Michigan Lightning Protection inspect a lightening rod on a building at 25 Michigan Ave. in Grand Rapids.
Pete Daly
Published: June 29, 2009
The situation on high has changed since the day in 1926 when George Portfleet started selling and installing lightning rods for church steeples and silos in the Standale area west of Grand Rapids.

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