COOPER McCARTY

Cooper's baseball season is continuing as of this printing. After helping his team (Bend South Mets) win the regular season as catcher, 3rd baseman, and pitcher) he was one of 14 players from the 9 teams in the league that was elected to participate in the Oregon 8-10 year old little league District 5 playoffs. While on the Mets in the regular season, Cooper batted .763 with power. Chris McCarty was manager of the Mets, and was named to lead the all-stars in the same role. Margaret and Kelly were able to watch the first 2 games of the all-star playoffs which Bend South mercied both teams they played. On Saturday, June 24th, the Bend South All-Stars won 22-0 against the Warm Springs All-Stars where Cooper was the catcher and went 2 for 3 with 2 triples and 5 rbis. He also pitched the final inning preserving the no-hitter and recording 2 strikeouts. The team followed that up on Monday, June 26th with a 15-0 victory against the Jefferson County All-Stars. After we left to fly home, Bend South then won a thriller on Wednesday against perennial powerhouse, Bend North All-Stars 10-9, and Cooper had the final put-out at third base. All-in-all, through the first 3 games, Cooper is batting .625 with 7 rbis and 5 runs scored. We wish Cooper and Bend South continued success in the state tournament!

ALEXA McCARTY

Alexa McCarty has been in dance for several years now. Kelly & Margaret always times their trip to Oregon to include her end-of-year annual dance recital, and this year, it did not disappoint! Alexa dances for the Mrs. Marcelle School of Dance. They held their 'Tribute to Disney' recital on June 22 and June 23 at the Tower Theatre, and Alexa was highlighted in 4 of the dances. She did a ballet in 'When You Wish Upon A Star'. She did a tap dance in 'A Very Happy Un-Birthday'. She also appeared in the Daddy/Daughter dance with mom Amanda who filled in for Chris (who had baseball duties) to the song 'Date Night In Disneyland', and it was great. She also took her bows in the finale song with all the dancers. It was a fun night and was a privilege to see this beautiful young dancer do such a great job. Good luck next year to Alexa as she continues her dance studies!

Alexa poses with her mom at the Tower Theatre - Alexa (most left in line) dance to a Disney classic

DATELINE: NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE

Recently Amanda and her beau, Nick, came to visit Larry & Gina for 6 fun-filled days. Day 1 began with an outing to SOAR where the 2 young people spent a couple of challenging hours climbing a tower of 110 rope elements 40 feet in the air while the 2 older people sat in the shade and reminisced of “why when we was kids!” The next 4 days were filled with activities with various family stopping by; Rick, Kevin, Stephanie, Audri, & Braxton McCarty from Michigan, Karen & Jenn Fargo (Nick’s mom & sis) from New Jersey, and Sara, Rob, Bobby, & Charlie Brookfield from our own local state of Tennessee! There were several games of corn hole & pickle ball, as well as swimming, Nerf wars, and go cart riding. There was a tour of Nashville honky tonks, line dancing at the Wildhorse Saloon, ride on the Redneck Comedy Tour bus, competition in duckpin bowling, and a celebration of Amanda’s birthday at Amerigo’s. On Saturday night they all experienced the Savannah Bananas at the First Horizon Park. What a ballgame that was!!

On their last day together, Amanda, Nick, Larry, & Gina hiked Burgess Falls, ate lunch in a barn, and finished with a wine tasting at Del Monaco Winery before going to the airport. Fun-filled week indeed!

Fun with Rick, Kevin, Stephanie, Audri, and Braxton

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At the Savannah Banana's Baseball game

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Adventures with Amanda, Nick, and the rest of the family

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Enjoy These 5 Quick Summertime Hacks From The McCarty Metro

If you have household tips, tricks, or hacks that you would like to share, send them to me at mccartymetro@gmail.com

Here are some recent travel destinations from our readers...

Brad & Valerie revisited Mackinac Island to mark their 10th anniversary
Austin & Kristina traveled to Amsterdam, Italy, and Latvia for their long awaited honeymoon

Dear Editor: How do you cool down when the temp hits 90 degrees? That's how we started June in West Michigan. Any tips? I mean besides ice cubes in the arm pits. -Sweltering in Hudsonville

ED NOTE: Well Sweltering, there are a lot of ways to cool down on these hot days. For example, you can put chilled tea in a spray bottle and spritz yourself throughout the day. You can give your feet an ice bath. You can sleep with a cold water bottle, or even just do your best Darth Vader impression in front of a fan. However, I think the best way comes from the group ISIS, who like to blow up pools on hot days.

For those that do not speak the language, Le' Food is French for "The Food"! Here you can find some of our Metro family favorite recipe and tips.

Readers, email me at mccartymetro@gmail.com to submit your favorite recipe for inclusion in an upcoming issue.
This month we have a great recipe submitted by Gina

Strawberry Arugula Salad with Feta
[Prep/Total Time: 15 min]
[Yield: 12 servings (3/4 cup ea)

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In a salad bowl, combine first 5 ingredients. In another bowl/container, whisk the vinaigrette ingredients. Drizzle over salad. Toss to Coat. 

Gettin' Some Breakfast

I guess you actually don't
need a car to do the Dunkin
drive in at breakfast time!