THE NOMINEES ARE...

Bob Hope Tweets From Heaven
Calendar
Dateline News
2015 Dudley Awards
Final Thought
Jerry's World
Peanut & Jocko
Pigskin Pickem
Quiz
Rick's Martini Bar
Rod And Mario
View From The South

JERRY'S WORLD

This is the 9th win in 11 years for Jerry's World. In his monthly article for the McCarty Metro, Jerry takes you back to a simpler time and compares it to the current crop of grand-brat McCarty's. Congrats to the writer, Jerry McCarty! 

Although the entries below that are in this category do not necessarily have their own individual page every month, each one is essential in helping to make the McCarty Metro a complete newsletter, and to keep our subscribers happy and informed.

THE NOMINEES ARE...

Gone But Not Forgotten
June Film Project
Secret Celebrity
Sound Off
Video Chat Room
What The Hell Is That?

SECRET CELEBRITY

This is the second win for the McCarty Metro Secret Celebrity. Each month, Kelly comes up with a photo of a well-known celebrity, at a different point in their life, and Metro readers try to guess who it is. Congrats Kelly.

The dictionary describes writing as a medium of human communication that represents language and emotion through the inscription or recording of signs and symbols. 

The McCarty Metro would be nothing without our writers. I would like to personally thank everyone who writes anything from a small blurb to what Mike, Jerry, and Kelly contribute every month.

THE NOMINEES ARE...

Jerry McCarty
Kelly McCarty
Mike McCarty

JERRY McCARTY

This is the 11th consecutive win for Jerry in the Best Writing category. He not only is one of our top submitters to the Metro, but Jerry also authors Jerry's World, Bob Hope Tweets From Heaven, Peanut & Jocko and appears weekly in the pod cast Rick's Martini Bar. Jerry underwent cancer treatment near the end of last year on into this year, but never missed a deadline. I just want to thank you for all you do, and Congrats on this award Jerry!

It's always fun to get away and travel. We at the Metro encourage our subscribers whenever they travel from work or pleasure, to let us know, so we can document that in our travel section of Dateline News. We also like to hear stories and see photos of new places. Below are some of the better destinations.

THE NOMINEES ARE...

Albuquerque NM Hot Air Balloon Fiesta (Larry & Gina) 
Bonaroo in Tennessee (Austin)
Boston to watch Notre Dame/BC game at Fenway (Chris & Amanda)
Cross-country road trip (Margaret & Marianne)
Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island (Kelly & Margaret)
Hawaiian Vacation (Jerry, Kathlene, Dana & Evan)
L.A. & San Francisco (Austin and Hil)
Lake Huron Lighthouse boat tour ( Kelly & Margaret)
Las Vegas (Larry, Gina and family)
Portland, Oregon for school (Dana with Jerry, Kathlene and Evan)
Road Trip to Greensboro (Steve Kristen Megan & Jenna) 
Singapore (Amanda) 
Vegas, Baby, Vegas (Steve, Jerry, Kelly, Larry, Rick, Mike, Robert)
Washington DC (Ryan, Missy and Family)

VEGAS, BABY, VEGAS

In January, 2015 a Vegas trip happened with McCartys Steve, Jerry, Kelly, Larry, Rick and Mike, along with Robert Lopez. It was a few days of fun and almost an entire family reunion. Highlight of the trip was Mike (who was wearing a bad toupee) reached for the dice on the craps game, and the hair fell into the middle of the table. Normally, the workers and pit boss would be alarmed, but they were laughing so hard, it didn't matter.

The Dateline News page is filled with happenings from around the family. Stories and photos are submitted to the Metro by the subscribers who experienced them. I wish that every article that was submitted could be nominated, but below are some of the big happenings from 2015.

THE NOMINEES ARE...

2015 McCarty Metro Film Contest
8th annual Dan McCarty Texas Holdem Tournament 
Amanda goes hang gliding
Amanda takes on Southeast Asia
Austin & Hil complete the Detroit Free Press Marathon
Austin goes sky diving
Birth of Natalie Christine Besselsen
Brad, Valerie & Olivia move back to Michigan
Dana goes to college in Portland, Oregon
Jerry & Rick Farmiloe take the Martini Bar to the Oscars
Kelly wins Gull Lake XXXI
Larry & Gina engagement
McCarty family reunion at Dan & Mary Jo's
Mike McCarty's one man show of "It's A Wonderful Life"
Passing of Aunt Lee McCarty
Passing of Dick Houteman

LARRY & GINA ENGAGEMENT

In the November issue of the McCarty Metro, in his article "A View From The South", Larry announced is engagement to Gina. The proposal took place at a bonfire, with family and friends. The two announced a September, 2016 wedding, and the bar will be quite wet... I would like to offer my congratulations to Larry and Gina on the engagement, and on the win for the McCarty Metro top news event of 2015.