Where
McCartys Have Gotten Their News For Over 47 Years
DMGC
FACTS
Date:
June 2, 2012
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Time: Registration 7 am
Time: Tee
Time 8 am
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Cost: $90 per person or
Cost:
$360
team
DATELINE:
17th DAN McCARTY GOLF CLASSIC
Gather with friends, family, and colleagues for an 18 hole best ball scramble
event on Saturday, June 2nd, 2012 at the Twin Lakes . $90 per person or $360 per foursome. Each golfer receives a round of 18, golfer gifts, access to driving range and putting green, and lunch with a cash bar during our awards ceremony, presentation and silent auction. Please
download the registration form. Early registration is encouraged as event participation is limited to ensure a 4-hour round.
For more information, visit the DMGC
web page right here at the
McCarty Metro website.
This year's
event is taking place at Twin Lakes Golf & Swim Club, which is
located at 455 Twin Lakes Drive, Oakland Twp, MI
48363
.
Thanks to our
sponsors for the event past and present, especially, Audi, ESYS, Hensler, and ProtoGuage.
There are plenty of sponsorships available. For more info, contact the Michigan
Lupus Alliance.
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DATELINE:
VALENCIA, CA
Evan McCarty and 11,000 other people gathered at College of the Canyons on May 18th and set a new mark in the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest drum circle. Officials from the Guinness Organization were there to certify the record. The event called “Rock the Rhythm – Beat the Odds” featured famous percussionists including Mickey Hart from the Grateful Dead, Rikki Rockett from Poison, John Densmore from the Doors,
Eric Swan from Brad Savage & The Cockroaches, and many others.
This record was the first World Record by a McCarty after 76 years of failed attempts
including...
1936 – a 10 Year Old Bobby McCarty tries to set the World Record for Paddle Ball and is bumped into by Junior Oglinski. Bob fails to get the World Record but wins a
bike
1942 – Jean McCarty plays piano while Antoinette De Silva tries to set the
world record for tap dancing. Unfortunately while trying to record the event,
father Frank De Silva falls and takes out the piano and Antoinette
1965 – A 15 Year Old Mike McCarty and his friends start the SusComb 500 Bicycle Race with 500 laps around Sussex and Whitcomb. The
attempt ends when the street lights come on and everyone has to go home
1974 – Jerry and Kelly try to set the record for the longest time swinging on swings. The record attempt fails when they get bored and decide to jump off the swings and run the
gauntlet
1979 – Jerry McCarty & Louis Mellado attempt to ride their bicycles from Houston to Mexico with Kelly McCarty in the Chase Vehicle. After a rock cracks Kelly's
Chevy Impala, he gets mad and goes home
1980 – Danny & Jerry McCarty try to set the Guiness World Record for the longest distance to catch a grape in your mouth. The record attempt ends with a pound of squished grapes in the street and an eye
injury
1982 – Jerry and Kelly try to walk to Chicago from Utica, Michigan. The attempt ends on the first night when they unknowingly erect their tent 2 feet from Railroad
Tracks
Kathlene
& Friends also participated in Rock The Rythym
After
the Guinness Record Attempt, Jerry (center) hung out with the heavy
twins riding mini bikes and taking the tall guy's extra gal.
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FATHER'S
DAY
There are over 65 million fathers in the United States
Father’s Day is the 4th-largest greeting card occasion of the
year
Father’s Day is the busiest day of the year for collect phone
calls
Father’s Day is celebrated the third Sunday in June in over 50 countries around the world.
The first Father’s Day celebration was said to be on June 19, 1910 in Spokane, Washington.
A woman named Sonora Smart Dodd spearheaded the efforts for fathers to be recognized after hearing a Mother’s Day sermon at her church. Dodd’s father, a Civil War veteran, had cared for the family after his wife died while giving birth to the couple’s sixth child.
Dodd celebrated the first Father’s Day by delivering gifts to sick fathers all over Spokane.
Woodrow Wilson wanted to participate in a Father’s Day ceremony in 1916 in Spokane, but Congress balked because Father’s Day had been the subject of editorial jokes in some newspapers and they didn’t want there to be accusations that the president was endorsing a commercial holiday.
Many attempts to make Father’s Day an official holiday were shot down.
In 1966, Lyndon Johnson finally made an official proclamation that Father’s Day would be recognized on the third Sunday of June.
It wasn’t until 1972 that Father’s Day became a permanent national holiday. (President Nixon signed it into law.)
Dodd correctly wrote the holiday in plural possessive form (Fathers’ Day), because it was “a day belonging to all fathers.” Somewhere along the way, the punctuation was changed and the day is widely written as “Father’s Day”.
Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there!
DATELINE: METRO
HQ
In last month's edition,
on the Final Thought page, I put a plea for readers to submit their
entries on our Guest Map. A couple people did, but I was expecting more.
I figure either A) people don't read all the way to my Final Thought, or
B) readers were turned off by my smug Michigan map I had as my Guest Map
(below). I have a regular map now, so please, enter
your location on our Metro Guest Map.
ED NOTE: Send me your questions or
comments via email
and I will answer them.
I had the pleasure to read the McCarty Metro in its entirety and I have to say…
very creative. Your wife Margaret and you did an excellent job with the articles and ‘funny stuff’.
You are very fortunate to have a large and loving family. Keep up the great work! And hope your Mom is doing well…she and your family are in my prayers.
Keep Rockin... -Rob
ED NOTE: Rob? They go for that???
Loved the Lincoln-Kennedy Similarities. It had me look into things a little closer
Michael Jackson / Elvis Presley Similarities... Michael Jackson was called "The King of Pop"
and Elvis was just called "The King". After they died both of their doctors were charged with of illegally writing
prescriptions.
Michael Jackson had a Chimp named Bubbles who liked Peanuts and Bananas,
and Elvis ate Peanut Butter and Banana Sammiches and once dated a hooker named Bubbles.
Elvis Sang a Song with the lyrics “Light my Morning Fire with Burning Love”,
while Michael Jackson Hair started on Fire after drinking a Pepsi-Lite in the Morning.
Finally, Michael died a little after 2:00 AM. Elvis died after taking a Number 2 in the bathroom.
Coincidence??????? -Sincerely, Lisa Marie
ED NOTE: Hey...
I'm just trying to hide all the similarites between me and Peanut
that will come to light after that elephant and I finally kick the
toilet bowl!
Congratulations
on Brad McCarty and Valerie Bain’s engagement. If Valerie needs a bridesmade
to stand up with this guy, I’m in! -Dana
.
ED NOTE: Terrific,
Dana. Although that guy has a previous commitment, he has
been replaced with Brad's new best friend
from Columbus. We'll let you know.
.
GONE
BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
George Murdock, 81, actor (Barney Miller, Battlestar
Galactica), cancer. Linda Georgian, 66, author and psychic, co-host of Psychic Friends Network, multiple myeloma.
Junior Seau, 43, football player (San Diego Chargers, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots), suicide.
Adam Yauch, 47, musician (Beastie Boys), cancer. George
Lindsey, 83, actor (The Andy Griffith Show, Hee Haw), after brief illness. Donald "Duck"
Dunn, 70, bass guitarist (The Blues Brothers, Booker T. & the M.G.'s). Donna
Summer, 63, disco singer ("Hot Stuff", "Last Dance", "I Feel Love"), lung cancer. Robin
Gibb, 62, singer and songwriter (Bee Gees), colon and liver cancer.
AND FINALLY...
DATELINE: NEW YORK CITY
The Pope and President Obama are on the same stage in Yankee Stadium in front of a huge crowd. The Pope leans towards Mr. Obama and said, "Do you know that with one little wave of my hand I can make every person in this crowd go wild with joy? This joy will not be a momentary display, but will go deep into their hearts and they'll forever speak of this day and rejoice!"
The President replied, "I seriously doubt that! With one little wave of your hand....Show me!"
So the Pope backhanded him and knocked him off the stage! AND THE CROWD ROARED & CHEERED WILDLY and there was happiness throughout the land! Kind of brings a tear to your eye, doesn't it?
GOD BLESS AMERICA!
SEE
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1936 – a 10 Year Old Bobby McCarty tries to set the World Record for Paddle Ball and is bumped into by Junior Oglinski. Bob fails to get the World Record but wins a
bike
There are over 65 million fathers in the United States
I had the pleasure to read the McCarty Metro in its entirety and I have to say…
very creative. Your wife Margaret and you did an excellent job with the articles and ‘funny stuff’.
You are very fortunate to have a large and loving family. Keep up the great work! And hope your Mom is doing well…she and your family are in my prayers.
Keep Rockin... -Rob
