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DATELINE: 2011 DAN MCCARTY GOLF CLASSIC

The 16th Annual Dan McCarty Golf Classic to benefit the Lupus Alliance of Michigan is scheduled for Saturday, June 4, 2011 at the Twin Lakes Golf and Swim Club. Event details are at the right. Please come out and enjoy a great day of fun and golf in Dan's memory and help support a great cause. Our brother Dan was sadly taken early in life from complications of Lupus. Each year we remember the beautiful spirit of his life by honoring his love for golf.
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You can either register on-line or by calling (800) 705-6677

DATELINE: BIGGEST LOSER CHALLENGE
Your editor, who tipped the scales on February 27, 2011 at 287 pounds would like to challenge other Metro readers to a BIGGEST LOSER CHALLENGE. My ultimate goal by the end of the year is to lose 30% of my weight or 87 pounds. I joined The Biggest Loser Club http://www.biggestloserclub.com to help aid in my quest. On the site, they help with exercise, diet, and advice. I will weigh in for each edition, so follow along at home, and if you feel up to it, join me.

DATELINE: PLEASE VOTE
I would like to ask all my fellow McCarty Metro readers if you can submit the below information to vote for Casey Parzynski at the follow link, this might help her to get additional votes to with the pageant. Thanks for the help. Vote for Casey (my daughter in law) "Miss Panda Monium" to win "Ink and Iron" Pin Up Pageant. Go to the link below and find her picture click on the button to vote. When you receive the confirming email click the confirm a few times. The voting is by email address so if you have more than one vote under both. http://ink-n-iron.com/pin-up-pageant/

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Kind Regards,
Sandra Parzynski

Miss Panda Monium >>>

DATELINE: BEND, OREGON
A baby shower was held for Amanda Westfall-McCarty on Saturday, February 12 in Bend. In attendance were many of Amanda's relatives and friends, and making the cross country trip were future grandparents Kelly & Margaret. Baby Girl McCarty received lots of great gifts. The blessed event is due late March.


Gifts galore adorned the hall	Mom-To-Be Amanda with future grandmas Margaret & Melinda

DATELINE: ST. PATRICK'S DAY REVENGE?
Kelly stopped by Mom's apartment on Valentine's Day morning with 5 O'Henry candy bars, however, when Jean McCarty went to St. Michael's to put a few hours of work in on that day, she was not prepared for what was about to happen. The "friendly" feud between Jean and Father Mike took a turn in his favor as he had everyone at the church come into Jean's office with a fistful of O'Henry and Payday candy bars. Father could be heard laughing in the hallways at each visit. Jean ended up with a box full o' candy, probably enough to last the year. Jean says she will take out her revenge on the Irish priest on St. Patrick's Day. She wouldn't elaborate, but said she will need green construction paper, a magic marker and a big safety pin.

DATELINE: DMGC TEXAS HOLDEM
The 4th annual DMGC Texas Hold em Poker Tournament & Chili Cookoff took place on February 24 at the Sterling Heights Lions Club. A good crowd of nearly 60+ players vied for the championship. All enjoyed a great evening of eating, drinking, talking and laughing. The event is the first of 2 DMGC events held annually. The second is the June DMGC Golf outing. The events are held by the Lupus Alliance of Michigan and sponsored by the McCarty family and attorney J.B. Bieske. Thanks to Chuck Pottenger, the entire Lupus staff, and everyone else for making the McCarty Party a great time.


Larry Wendt counts his chips before placing his wager
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Chuck Pottenger runs the event	Steve McCarty chats	Jim & "Cute Sleeves" Matt

DATELINE: METRO MEDICAL TEAM
Here is some free medical advice from Dr. Pottenger. If you can't afford a doctor, go to an airport - you'll get a free x-ray and a breast exam, and; if you mention Al Qaeda, you'll get a free colonoscopy.

By Mike McCarty

After exhaustive research, I thought I would share the McCarty Family Tree that I have compiled. I think this tree will eventually trace to somewhere in Europe, probably Ireland (Happy St. Patrick’s Day), Germany, Belgium and possibly a cave in Sicily. On second thought, never mind that latter reference. It belonged to La Beastia, a Detroit area wrestler.

Anyway, Bob and Jean McCarty had eight boys. I believe there may have been a ninth McCarty sibling named Leroy – and maybe more, but I cannot prove it. That’s because The Bad Boys Home is fighting my Freedom of Information Act requests.

Note the similarity in nicknames. When people saw a McCarty coming, they said, “Oh, no!” We would politely inform them that the “oh” goes on the back end of a McCarty nickname, and there were no McCartys named “No” … that we know of.

Watch this space for updates in the McCarty Family Tree. Next month, I may try to change the colors in the name boxes.

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How to Cast a Critical Eye on Consumer Reviews

One of the great tools you can find online are reviews by actual consumers of products or services they have used. The trouble is review sites can be littered with phony reviews posted by the company itself, by competitors, or by vindictive or misguided consumers. Here are some tips to navigate reviews to separate valuable ones from the planted ones.

Penny Auctions: Deal of a Lifetime or Gambling Disguised as a Deal?

Have you seen the ads for so-called penny auctions? They seemingly promise deals of lifetime, typically 90% or more off retail prices, like a 32" Panasonic LCD TV for $21.04, or an Apple iPad for $57.18. The catch is they charge you about 60 cents for each bid you place (which raises the previous bid by only a penny). So for the company that seemingly sold an iPad for just $57.18, they actually raked in 60 cents times 5,718 bids or $3,430 for a $599 iPad. That is some profit. The trouble is, isn't this really more like gambling, where you pay 60 cents for each chance to win a 90% off deal?

Post a Negative Review, Get Threatened with a Lawsuit

This the story of a consumer who posted a negative review about an online appliance store, and instead of offering to fix the problem, the retailer threatened to sue the consumer for criminal libel.

BABY CARROTS

The small baby carrots you buy in small plastic bags are made using the larger crooked or deformed carrots which are put through a machine which cuts and shapes them into cocktail carrots - most people probably know this already.

What you may not know and should know is the following: Once the carrots are cut and shaped into baby carrots they are dipped in a solution of water and chlorine in order to preserve them (this is the same chlorine used in your pool). Since they do not have their skin or natural protective covering, they give them a higher dose of chlorine.

You will notice that once you keep these carrots in your refrigerator for a few days, a white covering will form on the carrots. This is the chlorine which resurfaces. At what cost do we put our health at risk to have esthetically pleasing vegetables?

Chlorine is a very well-known carcinogen, which causes Cancer. I thought this was worth passing on. Pass it on to as many people as possible in hopes of informing them where these carrots come from and how they are processed. I used to buy those baby carrots for vegetable dips. I know that I will never buy them again!!!!

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN - DECEMBER, 2010

Woodie Fryman, 70, baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Montreal Expos). Chuck Tanner, 82, baseball manager (Pirates), after long illness. Kenneth Mars, 74, actor (Young Frankenstein, Malcolm in the Middle), pancreatic cancer. Betty Garrett, 91, actress (All in the Family, Laverne & Shirley), aortic aneurysm. Len Lesser, 88, actor (Seinfeld, Everybody Loves Raymond), cancer-related pneumonia. Duke Snider, 84, baseball Hall of Famer (Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, San Francisco Giants). Jane Russell, 89, actress, (The Outlaw, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), respiratory-related illness.

Frank Woodruff Buckles (February 1, 1901 – February 27, 2011), born Wood Buckles, was one of the last three surviving World War I veterans in the world, and was the last living American veteran of the war. At the time of his death, Buckles was also the oldest verified World War I veteran in the world, and the second-oldest male military veteran in the world. Although not in the military at the time, Buckles spent the majority of World War II as a prisoner of war. After the world wars, he lived at Gap View Farm, in Charles Town, West Virginia, and was the Honorary Chairman of the World War I Memorial Foundation.

Birthplace	Bethany, Missouri
Place of Death	Charles Town, West Virginia
Service Branch	United States Army
Years of Service	August 1917 – January 1920
Rank	Corporal
Service Number	15577
Unit	1st Fort Riley Casual Detachment
Wars	World War I
Awards	World War I Victory Medal Army of Occupation of Germany Medal French Legion of Honor