ADAM 12?

Adam-12 was a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12. Created by R. A. Cinader and Jack Webb, who is known for creating Dragnet, the series captured a typical day in the life of a police officer as realistically as possible. The show ran from September 21, 1968 through May 20, 1975, and helped introduce police procedures and jargon to the general public in the United States.

Adam-12 was a realistic style police drama following the lives of two officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, veteran Police Officer III (P-3) Pete Malloy and his rookie partner, probationary Police Officer I (P-1) Jim Reed. Each episode of the series covered a variety of incidents that the officers encountered during a shift, from the tragic to the trivial.

DATELINE NEWS

DATELINE UTICA: Two McCartys ran neck-and-neck -- and another finished in the upper echelon of the Utica 1 Mile and 5K Run, a race that drew 124 contestants to beautiful downtown Utica on May 19.

In the 1 Mile Run, Jerry McCarty squeezed in ahead of brother Mike McCarty by 3 seconds. Of 14 contestants in the 1 Mile, Jerry finished 12th and Mike took 13th.  However, Mike won a medal by beating a Detroit woman, the only other person entered in his age bracket.  FYI: Mike and the woman are both 51. Jerry is 40.

Meanwhile, in the 5K, Chris McCarty turned on the jets and finished 16th overall.  There were 110 runners in the 5K field.  He ran a 20:22, but didn't get a medal because he was in the same age bracket as the top four finishers -- all 20somethings.

Highlights of the Run: Chris McCarty was running on his 21st birthday. (And no, he did not stop at the Locker Room during the race.) Steve offering water to Jerry near the last lap, only to have Jerry dump it on Steve. "That's the spirit!" (Yelled by an unidentified runner who witnessed the aforesaid water dump.) "Thanks for coming again." (This is what the presenter said to Mike during the medal ceremony. Actually, this quote is an approximation because the microphone wasn't working well. What most people heard was: rrrrr, rrrrr, rrrr  (highway traffic.) Jerry's McCarty's city on the race results -- Valencia, CA. Jerry was the ONLY out-of-state entry.

DATELINE VALENCIA: The regionally-famous DJ Mac Jerry lost his entire cd collection to thieves in the early hours of Saturday June 30.  Mac Jerry arrived at the Homeowner’s Association Clubhouse to MC an early morning Swim Team Meet, to find that his disks had been STOLEN!  The Sheriff has a few suspects, and is keeping a close watch on a group of teenaged boys who have begun skateboarding to Billy Don’t Be a Hero by Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods. Also in Valencia – Courtview Drive was taken over by MTV on Tuesday, June 26^th to film a video for the group New Found Glory.  The video starred Rachel Lee Cooke and Cory Feldman is expected to air in the next few months.  The production crew paid Kathlene McCarty $50 to use the McCarty computer in the video.  The computer was returned in perfect condition, however Dana noticed Cory Feldman had made it to Level 4 of Winnie the  Pooh’s Interactive Reading Adventure.

DATELINE FRASER: Brad McCarty just completed his first season for the Fraser Rambler High School baseball team. The McCarty freshman saw a lot of playing time as the left fielder for the team.  The squad went 7-7. Also re-energizing his baseball career in the minors is Austin McCarty who plays summer rec ball for the Fraser Cubs 11-14 year olds.  The Cubs just started their season and are 1-2 at the writing of this article, but 12 year old Hoss (as he is known around the league) is hitting a whopping  .667.

DATELINE SHELBY TOWNSHIP: With the Tennessee and the Saudi McCartys in town for the weekend, Steve, Kristen and Megan decided to throw a barbecue.  A great time was had by all. Here are some pics of the event.

Kelly is obviously the tallest McCarty.	All the cousins get their pics taken
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Bocci is the sport du' jour	Steve says the burgers have a few more minutes

JERRY'S WORLD

Well, it’s summertime and that means the TV is going to be packed with lots of public service announcements about how to protect your little brats in the hot summer.  Just thinking about those summer sissies makes me hotter than the vinyl seats on my Dad’s Vega in the summertime.   When I was a kid, we waited for summer all year long and we didn’t need no special rules to protect us.

You can’t turn on the television without some warning telling you not to leave your pet in the car with no air conditioning.  We never had air conditioning in the car when I grew up and I would have to sit in the hatchback while we took a 4 hour trip in 100 degree heat to Cadillac.  One time, I went shopping with my Dad, and had to sit in the hatchback with no open window while he went to Farmer Jacks, Chatham, and A&P trying to save 20 cents on a 6 pack of Old Milwaukee.  I got so dehydrated; I had to drink windshield washer solvent to survive.  Sure I peed blue for a week, but I didn’t care, I loved it!!  Because I was happy to go shopping with my Dad.

And these safety-conscious stupidos are always telling you to wear sun block.  When I was a kid we didn’t even know what sun block was.  We stayed outside until our skin started peeling and then we came inside.  The only lotion we’d put on was the Mercurochrome that we would put on our skin after it peeled so much we would start to bleed.  We were a peeling, bloody, sunburned mess but we didn’t care, we loved it, because we didn’t have to wear no sissy lotion.

And don’t forget to give your kids plenty of water.  When I was a kid, we got water all the time.  We played with the Water Weenie, the Slip ‘n Slide, and the Super Soaker.  Anywhere there was wet slippery pavement you’d find us.  And when that wasn’t fun enough for my parents, they put a 3-foot pool on our cement patio and sat and watched us dive into the pool head first.  Sure we’d scrape our face on the bottom of the pool and get a concussion, but we didn’t care, we loved it!!

Come to think of it, I had a great time as a McCarty Kid in the summer.  But what do I know I was just a peeling, dazed, dehydrated, soggy kid with a closed head injury.

If we shrunk the earth's population to a town of precisely 100 people, with all the existing ratios remaining the same, it would look something like the following:

There would be...

57 Asians, 21 Europeans, 14 from the Western Hemisphere, and 8 Africans
52 would be female, and 48 would be male
70 would be nonwhite, and 30 would be white
70 would be non-Christian, and 30 would be Christian
89 would be heterosexual, and 11 would be homosexual
6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth
80 would live in substandard housing, 
70 would be unable to read
50 would suffer from malnutrition
1 would be near death; 1 would be near birth 
1 (yes, only 1) would have a college education
1 would own a computer

There would be...

90 would be male and 10 would be female.
10 would think that the Steve and Kristen's "SWAMI" video was funny.
10 would have the misfortune to be in a bike accident many many many times
90 people would think that an LC Production videos are ungodly long.
20 would join the Knights of Columbus, 10 become Deputy Grand Knight.
Believe it or not, same as the world population, 89 would still be heterosexual
10 people would be living overseas, 
10 are certain that they are God's gift to the 52 females of the world.
80 would be, or are going, bald. (saved by 10 moms and 10 DJs)
About 30 or so do not talk to the 10 of me.
50 will admit they are not golfers, 40 will say are, but only 10 can actually golf
All 100 just love the McCarty Metro!