.. DATELINE: TWIN LAKES COUNTRY CLUB
The 12th Dan McCarty Golf Classic is in the books. On another beautiful day, 140 golfers took off at 8am, and helped raise over 12,000 dollars for Lupus research. A special thanks to Audi, Chuck Pottenger and the Lupus Alliance of Michigan, and Steve & Kristen McCarty for all their hard work and dedication to this event. This years winner was Team Brunsman, who posted at 12 under par round. Thank you to all the golfers, sponsors, and workers who helped make the 2007 DMGC the best one ever.
 | ED NOTE: The McCarty Metro would like to thank Steve and Kristen McCarty, along with Chuck Pottenger of the Lupus Alliance for all the hard work in preparing for this event year after year. Thank you also to Audi for sponsoring this years' classic. Thank you Twin Lakes Golf and Swim Club for hosting the event. A special thanks to our wonderful individuals and companies for their generous financial support. Thank you also to all the ladies who volunteered to work the event. It could never have run as smoothly as it did without your help. The McCarty Metro would like to especially thank the 140 golfers who came out and were treated to a perfect day of golf. Finally, thank you DJ for being a great brother and friend. We miss you. |
| | Steve poses with winners, Team Brunsman |
DATELINE: NORWALK, OHIO
In a Metro contest from May, Jerry McCarty, along with the Metro editor, Steve McCarty, and several other lucky Metro subscribers got a chance to go to Norwalk on June 29th for the NHRA time trials. The guests were treated as VIP's as they were invited into the pits to meet legendary Drag Racer John Force, along with his team of Robert Hight and Ashley Force. Thank you Jerry, Fadal and VMC for the trip. Remember... it pays to subscribe to the Metro.
 |  | | Jerry poses with Robert Hight and John Force | The Metro winners of the NHRA trip with Robert Hight |
DATELINE: THE SKIES OVER TENNESSEE
As planned, Amanda McCarty celebrated her 21st birthday by jumping out of a plane. Carla and Colton joined her, and all 3 jumped out of the plane at 12,000 feet.
 |  | | Amanda flexes before the big jump | Carla is all smiles through the sheer terror of jumping |
 |  | | Malibu 2007 - oh yeah... the sand already said that | Jer, in a very schweet ride, drives in for the event | | . | . |  |  | Dana decides to surf in
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DATELINE: ROCHESTER, MICHIGAN
Megan McCarty celebrated her first holy communion on May 12 with her family including grand parents, uncles, aunts, and cousins. Megan was also in charge of bringing up the gifts at the offertory. Congratulations Megan!!
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| | Megan poses with sister Jenna | The proud McCarty family | | . | DATELINE: MURFREESBORO, TENNESSEE
Prior to graduation from MTSU, Sara McCarty took the General Education exit exam and was recently recognized as having one of the five highest overall scores in the College of Liberal Arts. Congratulations Sara!!
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DATELINE: CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MICHIGAN
Austin McCarty received a $1000 Grand Scholarship from the Parrish of St. Ronald's Catholic Church men's club. Austin, a former altar server and current youth group member entered the competition with a wonderful essay, service to his church and to the community. Austin has gone to the Capuchin Kitchen to help serve the needy for the past 5 years. Austin will use the scholarship towards his education at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. Congratulations Austin!!
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What does the W stand for | 
What's after Microsoft? | 
Watch the Daily Show | 
McCain in 08 | 
What's my next flop? | 
Clean cut for the Tonight Show |
CELEBRITY SIGHTINGS ED NOTE: I encourage all my readers to send in your celebrity sightings to the McCarty Metro. Each month, we will post them, and the best ones will be nominated for an M&M award in February. . | . | . | 
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| Please send this link to anyone you know who has small children - their own, their nieces, nephews, grandchildren. http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/sanitizer.asp HAND SANITIZER AND SMALL CHILDREN OK. I don't know where to begin because the last 2 days of my life have been such a blur. Yesterday, my youngest daughter Halle who is 4, was rushed to the emergency room by her father for being severely lethargic and incoherent. He was called to her school by the school secretary for being "very VERY sick." He told me that when he arrived that Halle was barely sitting in the chair. She couldn't hold her own head up and when he looked into her eyes, she couldn't focus them.
He immediately called me after he scooped her up and rushed her to the ER. When we got there, they ran blood test after blood test and did x-rays, every test imaginable. Her white blood cell count was normal, nothing was out of the ordinary. The ER doctor told us that he had done everything that he could do so he was sending her to Saint Francis for further test.
Right when we were leaving in the ambulance, her teacher had come to the ER and after questioning Halle's classmates, we found out that she had licked hand sanitizer off her hand. Hand sanitizer, of all things. But it makes sense. These days they have all kinds of different scents and when you have a curious child, they are going to put all kinds of things in their mouths.
When we arrived at Saint Francis, we told the ER doctor there to check her blood alcohol level, which, yes we did get weird looks from it but they did it. The results were her blood alcohol level was 85% and this was 6 hours after we first took her. There's no telling what it would have been if we had tested it at the first ER.
Since then, her school and a few surrounding schools have taken this out of the classrooms of all the lower grade classes but what's to stop middle and high schoolers too? After doing research off the Internet, we have found out that it only takes 3 squirts of the stuff to be fatal in a toddler. For her blood alcohol level to be so high was to compare someone her size to drinking something 120 proof. So please PLEASE don't disregard this because I don't ever want anyone to go thru what my family and I have gone thru. Today was a little better but not much. Please send this to everyone you know that has children or are having children. It doesn't matter what age. I just want people to know the dangers of this.
. | DATELINE: LONDON, ENGLAND
Metro reporters Margaret and Austin McCarty have been sent to Europe to cover some of the current issues of England, France, Switzerland and Italy. Their first stop was Buckingham Palace, where we are not sure, but sources revealed that Prince Phillip cut one.
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SAGLE, Idaho - Bad dog. Charlie the black lab is in trouble after driving his owner's car into the Pend Oreille River. Owner Mark Ewing had just returned home from picking up a pizza Wednesday evening. As he walked to his home, Charlie jumped into the car through an open window, and apparently knocked the vehicle into gear.
"He somehow got the car into neutral," Ewing said. "My car just went boom, down an incline and into the drink."
Ewing could only watch as his Chevy Impala sank into the river. No dummy, Charlie jumped out of the window as the car went downhill.
"There's nothing weirder than looking at your car cruising down your driveway when you're not in it and seeing your dog jump out and then watching your car go splash," Ewing said.
Actually, things got a little weirder when the tow truck driver showed up.
Before the driver dove into the water to hook the car up to his truck, he asked Ewing to hold his dentures.
"My car's in the drink, I've got dentures in my hand and this guy Keith from Clyde's Towing goes swimming," Ewing noted. |
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| | Clete Boyer, 70, former New York Yankees baseball player, stroke. Don Herbert, 89, TV's "Mr. Wizard", bone cancer. Kurt Waldheim, 88, former UN Secretary General (1972–1981 and President of Austria (1986–1992), heart failure. Ruth Graham, 87, wife of evangelist Billy Graham. Sherri Martel, 49, WWE professional wrestler and valet. Bob Evans, 89, American founder of Bob Evans Restaurants, pneumonia. |
IT MAKES YOU THINK... Joe Smith started the day early having set his alarm clock (MADE IN JAPAN) for 6am. While his coffeepot (MADE IN CHINA ) was perking, he shaved with his electric razor (MADE IN HONG KONG ). He put on a dress shirt ( MADE IN SRI LANKA ), designer jeans ( MADE IN SINGAPORE ) and tennis shoes (MADE IN KOREA ). After cooking his breakfast in his new electric skillet (MADE IN INDIA ) he sat down with his calculator ( MADE IN MEXICO ) to see how much he could spend today. After setting his watch (MADE IN TAIWAN ) to the radio (MADE IN INDIA ) he got in his car ( MADE IN GERMANY ) filled it with GAS from Saudi Arabia and continued his search for a good paying AMERICAN JOB At the end of yet another discouraging and fruitless day checking his Computer (Made In Malaysia ), Joe decided to relax for a while. He put on his sandals (MADE IN BRAZIL ) poured himself a glass of wine ( MADE IN FRANCE.! France!! ) and turned on his TV (MADE IN INDONESIA ), and then wondered why he can't find a good paying job in ... AMERICA.... .
AND FINALLY... DATELINE: ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
Tom Miller, an atheist, was taking a walk through the woods near Anchorage. "What majestic trees! What powerful rivers! What beautiful animals!" he said to himself. As he continued walking alongside the river, he heard a rustling in
the bushes, Turning to look, Tom saw a seven-foot grizzly charging toward him. He ran as fast as he could up the path. Looking over his shoulder he saw the bear was closing in on him. His heart was pumping frantically and he tried to run even faster. He tripped and fell to the ground. He rolled over to pick himself up but saw the bear raising his paw to take a swipe at him. At that instant the atheist cried out, "Oh, my God!"
Time stopped..... The bear froze.... The forest was silent....
It was then a bright light shone upon the man and a voice came out of the sky saying, "Thomas... You deny my existence for all of these years, told others I didn't exist, and even credit creation to a cosmic accident. Do you expect me to help you out of this predicament? Am I to count you as a believer?" Tom looked directly into the light and said, "It would be hypocritical of me to suddenly ask you to treat me as a Christian now, but perhaps, could you make the BEAR a Christian?" "Very well, Thomas" said the voice.
The light went out, and the sounds of the forest resumed.
And then the bear lowered his paw, bowed his head, and spoke, "Lord, bless this food, which I am about to receive and for which I am truly thankful. Amen."
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