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Promotional email about the Tuesday Talk: Join us for this week's Tuesday Talk and a trip from Douglas to Hollywood! Many people remember 200 Blue Star Highway in Douglas as the site of the former Haworth factory. But fewer people recall that a plating company named Chase Manufacturing operated there. In 1965, a large multinational conglomerate, Gulf + Western Industries purchased the plant. Paramount Pictures, the Hollywood studio, was also acquired by multinational conglomerate Gulf and Western in the late 1960s. In the mid-1980s, local and state officials discovered contamination in the city’s municipal wells, and toxic waste behind the elementary school. Ultimately, the state traced the contamination back to Gulf + Western’s operation in Douglas, though seldom is their name mentioned when discussing this still-contaminated site. For this Tuesday talk, Kate Levy, Artist in Residence at GVSU, will present a historical and poetic lecture about what she has learned about this site through historical research and conversations with various people in the community. The talk will also bring out the connections between the local plant, the history of filmmaking, and environmental history. This week's Tuesday Talk is sponsored by SDHC members Tim Farmer and Tom Slater Thank you for your support!