Of Swedish and Norwegian heritage, he was born Harry Bratsburg in Detroit and was raised in Muskegon, Mich.

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The northern and western parts of Michigan have traditionally leant to the right, though there are pockets of Democrats in cities such as Muskegon and Saginaw.

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Lower Michigan, west of Detroit, looks fetching from one mile up, and I've read good things about it: Lansing, Grand Rapids, Muskegon--an economic region on the rise.

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After lunch in Muskegon I launch to the north, getting to 6, 000 feet, and listen carefully to the 180hp engine before heading west over cold, lonely Lake Michigan.

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"A lot of small-business people really rely on equity in their homes to help their small-business credit, " says Eric Seifert, senior vice president of commercial lending at Muskegon, Mich.

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The race's most stalwart adherents join the 210-member Island Goats Sailing Society, whose members have all sailed at least 25 Macs. (Female members are Nanny Goats.) Old Goat John Nedeau, a 74-year-old Realtor in Muskegon, Mich.

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The race's most stalwart adherents join the 210-member Island Goats Sailing Society, whose members have all sailed at least 25 Macs. (Female members are Nanny Goats.) Old Goat John Nedeau, a 74-year-old Realtor in Muskegon, Michigan, this year completed his 59th race.

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