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DATELINE: METRO
COMPOUND
Alexa Lily McCarty made her
first Michigan and Indiana appearances. She also brought her parents
(Chris and Amanda) to chaperone. The Labor Day weekend whirlwind tour
consisted of flying in from Oregon on Thursday night, driving to South
Bend to make an appearance at the Notre Dame opener and wrapping it up
with a 'Meet The Baby' party back in Michigan before flying out on
Tuesday. There was no whining from this 5 month trooper (although her dad
could be heard sobbing after the football game). All-in-all, Alexa got to
meet many of her parents friends and relatives and had a very enjoyably
trip.
Chris and
Amanda would like to thank everyone who helped contribute to Alexa's
college fund or diaper fund.
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EDITORS
NOTE: IT'S OUR ANNIVERSARY!!!
This
month marks my 20th anniversary as editor of the McCarty
Metro. As a kid, I had a stint as editor (didn't we all?), but
after Dad died in June 1991, and remembering back to my
childhood, I restarted up the paper edition of the Metro that
all the brothers participated in over the years. From the
original carbon paper versions way back in 1965 under the
basement steps on Sussex Avenue in Detroit, to the mailed
editions by a single writer in the 70's on North York Drive,
to the Goldridge Lane video editions of the 80's, I decided to
restart the paper version with many features and multiple
contributors. I would like to thank my brothers Mike, Dennis,
Rick, Dan, Larry, Jerry and Steve, who has not only helped me
immensely this past 20 years, but for keeping it going the 26
years before I started it back up. Thanks to Mom and Dad for
all the love and instilling in all of us the family pride that
has helped maintain our closeness, even through disagreements,
over the years. Thank you to all our readers, both family and
friends for supporting the paper by your comments and
answering our online questions throughout each edition.
Finally, a special thanks to the love of my life Margaret. She
has helped me physically and emotionally for the past 27
years. She has been there for me through my illness offering
all the support and love a man could ask. Also, for being my
co-editor, and the person that has to clean up after (edit)
Peanut and Jocko. Here's hoping for another 20... Kelly. |
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| DATELINE: GRAND RAPIDS, MI
On September 16, 2011,
the McCarty Metro's own Mike McCarty performed his one-man show "Michael, Michael, Michael,"
to help raise funds for MAJIC (Musical Arts for Justice in the
Community) which is in its fifth season of concert and art showing. MAJIC is a ministry of Bethlehem Church
and helps the poor and homeless in the community.
Mike's show in
September was combined
with a farm market dinner at a house in the Grand Rapids Area. If anybody will be in GR when one of the monthly shows is on, catch it. Check out:
http://grmajic.org/
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Not in ArtPrize
this year
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ARTIST’S STATEMENT:
This No. 2 pencil on scrap paper work illustrates the pain of an addict’s withdrawal. After going without spinach for several weeks, Popeye is faded and in pain, as if his throbbing head has split into two and nothing seems to align. Mike did not finish his work in time to enter this year’s ArtPrize competition. There’s always next year. |
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ALSO HAPPENING IN
GRAND RAPIDS...
HURRY! ART PRIZE ENDS
OCTOBER 9
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If you haven’t seen
ArtPrize, there’s still time to get in the car , drive to Grand Rapids and see the world’s biggest art show.
Just park downtown and bring your walking shoes, and check out 164 venues with works by 1,582 artists. All the artists are vying for the $250,000 grand prize, and many lesser prizes.
You can register to vote for your favorite works.
Better hurry, though. ArtPrize, which began Sept. 21, runs until Oct. 9.
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KEY
DATES
Oct. 5: Week 2 voting ends
Oct. 6: Winner announced.
Oct. 9: ArtPrize ends. |
For more, check out:
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DATELINE: NORTHVILLE, MICHIGAN
Metro reporter Mike McCarty had lunch on September 10 in Northville with Mike Dakesian, Steve Truman, Creighton Ishi, Ken "Cow" Bridges and Bob Schmidt. Bob's brother, Bill, was invited but couldn't make it.
Good time! Everybody's looking good. And Creighton remembers being at the 1968 pennant-clinching game with us at Tiger Stadium. He says he googled his name, and a McCarty Metro account of that popped up.
| US HIKERS RELEASED FROM
IRANI JAIL
Two American men sentenced in Iran last month to eight years in prison on spying charges
were freed to return back to the United States, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has told
the Mccarty Metro.
Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal were arrested in July 2009 near Iran's border with Iraq, where they say they were hiking in the mountains. A third American, Sarah Shourd, was freed in September 2010 and returned home.
The McCarty Metro has
learned exclusively that the two will celebrate their release by taking
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Let's see if we have this correct?
If you cross the Iranian border illegally you are detained indefinitely. If you cross the
North Korean border illegally you get 12 years hard labor. If you cross the
Afghan border illegally, you get shot. If you cross the Saudi Arabian border
illegally you will be jailed. If you cross the Chinese border illegally you may never be heard from again.
If you cross the Venezuelan border illegally you will be branded a spy and your fate will be sealed.
If you cross the Cuban border illegally you will be thrown into political prison to rot.
If you cross the US border illegally you get a job, a drivers license, Social
Security card, welfare, food stamps, credit cards, subsidized rent or a loan to buy a house,
free education, free health care, a lobbyist in Washington billions of dollars worth of public documents printed in your language,
the right to carry your country's flag while you, protest that you don't get enough respect,
and, in many instances, you can vote, and the latest thing: a free cell phone with free minutes!
I just wanted to make sure we had a firm grasp on the "situation"!
DATELINE: DETROIT METROPOLITAN
AIRPORT
If you can't afford a doctor, just go to the airport. You will get a free x-ray,
breast exam, and, if you play your cards right, a free colonoscopy. Here is the
2011, Miss Metro Airport as voted on by the baggage handlers of Southwest
Airlines.
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Lee Roy
Selmon, 56, all of Fame football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), stroke.
Brad McCrimmon, 52, former Detroit Red Wing coach, and Stanley Cup champion as player, 1989, with Calgary Flames, killed in the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash.
Mary Fickett, 83, actress (All My Children).
Cliff Robertson, 88, actor (Charly, Spider-Man, PT 109), natural causes.
Frances Bay, 92, actress (Happy Gilmore, Blue Velvet, The Middle).
Eleanor Mondale, 51, television personality, daughter of Walter Mondale, brain cancer.
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THE HUMAN MIND
AT WORK!
A practical example of how the human mind works
In the picture to the right, we will analyze what it represents to some groups of people.
 For young men, it's a nice
butt. Only the most observant will define this as a butt crossing the street. The really observant will see the thong.
For older men, it is a respectable woman with a nice butt crossing the street.
The perverts will imagine her naked.
The wise men will ponder the presence of mind of the photographer in the face of such beauty and gratitude that it was shared with humanity.
For half of the women, this is an ordinary woman who should not have left home dressed that way.
The other half is wondering where she bought that blouse.
The wise women imagine the misery that this will be at 50.
Children, the curious, and monks will probably notice a dog driving the taxi...
Don't be alarmed, I didn't see the dog either.
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