Sam McCarty graduated Aug. 8 from the Baltimore City Fire Academy as an emergency medical technician. Sam, the son of Andy and Ann McCarty, and 52 other grads are expected to help address a shortage of EMTs in the city fire department. Sam also has worked as a volunteer firefighter/EMT at the Providence and Maryland Line stations. Congratulations, Sam!
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Dateline: Vegas
Baby, Vegas!
As
of this printing, the upcoming McCarty Metro Las
Vegas trip is scheduled to take place from January
11-15. Join the McCarty Metro staff, family, and
friends for a fun time in Sin City. Make your own
air and hotel reservations. We usually stay
mid-strip. Harrahs, Flamingo, Link area. Let us
know and we'll have a yard of Slurpee waiting for
any newcomers.
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Dateline: NFL
Pigskin Pickem Is Back!
Our
Pigskin Pickem Challenge is a competition to see who can
pick the most NFL winners throughout the regular season,
on into the playoffs, and culminating with the Super
Bowl. Every Tuesday during the regular season, I will
select 10 games for the following weekend. You come back
each week before the first game kicks off and select who
you think will win each of the games. No confusing point
spreads, just pick the winners straight up. The deadline
for entering your picks each week is the kickoff of the
first game listed.
Week 1
picks are due by the kickoff of the game between
Dallas & Philadelphia on Thursday, September 4. Be
sure to get your picks in on time. Check out our Pigskin
Pickem page to see all the details and make
your picks!
The McCartys host this wholesome comedy page on YouTube,
Instagram, and TikTok. They make videos to make the world laugh a little more.
Audri loves being the star of the show and Braxton - well, he’s going to have a lot of questions when he grows up. The also enjoy creating content to help businesses highlight their products and services.
There is now even an animated series
with the family.
Currently,
The McCartys are top 25 in the US and are also in the top 50 in views world wide, and they have over
15.9 million subscribers and over 22.3
billion (yes with a 'b')
views. Just since our last McCarty Metro
edition, the McCartys have added another
300,000+ subscribers, and their videos
have been watched another 800,000,000 times. Congrats to Kevin, Stephanie, Audri and Braxton on this great feat. If you haven't seen their posts yet, download the TikTok and YouTube apps and search for themccartys and subscribe, or visit
https://www.youtube.com/@TheMcCartyfam
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THEMCCARTYS
VERIFIED TikTok @themccartys
OVER
15.9 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS ON YOUTUBE
OVER 22.3 BILLION VIEWS ON YOUTUBE
Here are some recent travel destinations from our readers...
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Brad, Valerie, Olivia, and Gray took a road trip to
Washington, DC
Larry & Gina took a road trip to Michigan
Margaret, Marianne, Austin, and Brad took a road trip to
Cross Village, Michigan
Kelly, Margaret, Olivia, and Gray completed their cross-country
road trip to Oregon to visit with Chris, Amanda, Alexa, and
Cooper (see the road trip page)
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Did you travel recently? Send us your destination and pictures to
mccartymetro@gmail.com
Dear Editor: I recently read Mike McCarty’s riveting biography on the one and only Bob McCarty. Would it be possible for Mike to read this to us after a Martini?
-SteveO
ED NOTE: I
will tell you right now... I will pay money to get
Mike in a room with a dirty martini, a monkey, and
a cork. Now that's entertainment!
Dear Editor: I have a history question about the McCarty Metro. How did you become editor? Was it a hostile takeover? Or did Dennis simply run out of carbon paper?
-Historically challenged in West Michigan
ED NOTE: He
just went on to bigger and better things, and I really
appreciate the foundation he set. I have now been editor
for 33 years and I could tell you all the things that make
working as your McCarty Metro Editor really great, but
let's cut a long story short...
I appreciate
you stopping by and would like to hear your questions, comments, or editorials.
Just submit them anytime during the month to mccartymetro@gmail.com
for inclusion in our next issue.
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.
Spanish
Coffee Cake submitted
by Gina
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NOTE: This is the recipe of the delicious breakfast /
coffee cake that Gina made for us on her trip up to
Michigan. I must say it was DELICIOUS!
Batter
Ingredients & Directions - A
2-1/2 cups All Purpose Flour
¾ cup White Sugar
1 cup Brown Sugar (firmly packed)
1 tsp Nutmeg
1 tsp Salt
¾ Salad Oil
Mix all the (A) ingredients together. Take out ¾ cup of batter and set aside for topping.
Batter
Ingredients and Directions - B
1 cup Buttermilk
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 Egg well beaten
Add (B) ingredients to (A) ingredients and pour into a 9x12 greased pan.
Topping Ingredients
& Directions
½ cup chopped nuts (I prefer Pecans)
1 tsp cinnamon
The ¾ cup batter from above
Mix together and “sprinkle” over top of batter
Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees
Icing Drizzle Ingredients
and Directions
2 cups Powdered Sugar
Water
Slowly add a small amount of water to the sugar until it’s the consistency of a thin syrup
Drizzle over coffee cake after it comes out of the oven and is still warm
You can submit videos by sending it to
me, send me a link, or uploading to YouTube and sending me the
info to mccartymetro@gmail.com
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Drummer Lake Speed
Upon initial talks
of the
Cockroaches once again playing,
former drummer Lake Speed starts putting out his tapes
to show his talents!
Back To
School
Get ready for the reaper
PLEASE
PRAY FOR OUR METRO FAMILY AND FRIENDS
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.If you know
someone who could use our prayers, please email me at mccartymetro@gmail.com.
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GONE
BUT NOT FORGOTTEN - THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY
SINCE THE LAST EDITION
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Bobby
Jenks, 44, baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox), World Series champion (2005), adenocarcinoma.
Joe Coleman, 78, baseball player (Washington Senators, Detroit Tigers, Oakland Athletics).
Eileen Fulton, 91, actress (As the World Turns, Nero Wolfe, Our Private World).
Jim Clancy, 69, baseball player (Toronto Blue Jays, Houston Astros, Atlanta Braves).
Connie Francis, 87, pop singer ("Everybody's Somebody's Fool", "Pretty Little Baby", "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own")
Alan Bergman, 99, songwriter ("The Way We Were", "You Don't Bring Me Flowers"), Oscar winner (1968, 1974, 1984).
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, 54, actor (The Cosby Show, Malcolm & Eddie, The Resident) and musician, Grammy winner (2015), drowned.
Ozzy Osbourne, 76, Hall of Fame musician (Black Sabbath), songwriter ("Paranoid"), and television personality (The Osbournes).
Chuck Mangione, 84, flugelhornist, composer ("Feels So Good") and actor (King of the Hill), Grammy winner (1977, 1979).
Hulk Hogan, 71, Hall of Fame professional wrestler (WWF, WCW) and actor (Suburban Commando), cardiac arrest.
Ryne Sandberg, 65, Hall of Fame baseball player (Chicago Cubs) and manager (Philadelphia Phillies), prostate cancer.
Loni Anderson, 79, actress (WKRP in Cincinnati, All Dogs Go to Heaven, A Night at the Roxbury).
Jim Lovell, 97, astronaut (Gemini 12, Apollo 8, Apollo 13).
Danielle Spencer, 60, actress (What's Happening!!) and veterinarian, cancer. Frank Caprio, 88, judge and television personality (Parking Wars), pancreatic cancer.
Ron Turcotte, 84, Hall of Fame jockey (Secretariat).
Daryl Patterson, 81, baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals), World Series champion (1968).
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Dateline: Road
Rage @ 17.5 MPH
MIKE’S SCANDAL REPORT FROM HUDSONVILLE
Pure terror filled the wrinkled face of the white-haired woman behind the steering wheel.
She had been pushing the 17½ mph speed limit, but now she had slowed her light-colored sedan to 13 or 14 mph. But the black car remained on her rear bumper. And the stern man driving that dark auto showed no signs of backing off or passing.
A generous explanation of this encounter might say that the woman was slowing down for a speed bump. And the driver of the black car was her protective husband.
But believe me, this was road rage on my street. I was out walking on a late August morning when I witnessed this recklessness. And once past the hump in the road, the woman’s car sped up to 17 mph and, dare I say, she might have pushed past 17½, and that black car stayed on her bumper.
I have seen joy
riders do 18 or 19 mph on my street of quiet condos populated by senior citizens. But never have I seen the bumper-to-bumper rage exhibited by these two. They turned onto the main street and disappeared, along with my outrage.
Your Dateline News Will Return On Your Cyber - Porch In
November
Send your news articles and photos to me at
mccartymetro@gmail.com
for inclusion in the issue!
Brad, Valerie, Olivia, and Gray took a road trip to
Washington, DC
2-1/2 cups All Purpose Flour
