In the Wisconsin northwoods...Chippewa fishermen still use spears and wooden decoys to catch muskie, a large predator fish. Nick Van der Puy [pie] joined one spearfisherman ice fishing, just south of Lake Superior. (5:00) 16. HOMER GROENING OBIT - Homer Groening (Grane-ing), the namesake of the cartoon character Homer Simpson, died last Friday. he was 76 years old. Mr. Groening was a Portland filmaker and advertising man. But in recent he better known for being the father of cartoonist Matt Groening creator of the FOX program the Simpsons.
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