2010-10-28

Truly a numbers game

Fat Guy’s Corner

The 2010 college football season has one theme to it! Please don’t vote my team number one! Oklahoma is the third straight victim losing its number-one status by losing to Missouri. The new number one team is the Auburn Tigers, which bypassed the Oregon Ducks. Oregon should thank the BCS for keeping number two. I stated last week not to […]

Carman-Ainsworth/Flushing girls’ varsity swim and dive team,



Michigan Warriors



Junior Generals struggle in showcase



BURTON — The Flint Junior Generals played four games in four days in the CSHL Showcase last weekend at Ice Mountain Arena, losing, 5- 4, to St. Louis in a shootout Friday, 7- 4, to Chicago on Saturday, 5-2, to St. Louis on Sunday and, 7-3, to Chicago on Monday. Flint led Friday’s game, 4-1, after two periods on two […]

18-point buck taken by North Branch hunter



NORTH BRANCH — Kyle Bonner, 21, of North Branch will have quite the “tail” to tell for some time after bagging this beauty on October 23 at 6:20 p.m. in North Branch. Bonner says the buck has been known in the area for the last two years with many locals videotaping the deer last year. This time around Bonner made […]

OUTDOOR CALENDAR



SEPT. 10-OCT. 26 Bear hunting season in Upper Peninsula and North Baldwin BMU. Consult DNRE guide for specifics. SEPT. 15-NOV. 14 Fall wild turkey hunting season for permit holders. OCT. 9-31 Pheasant hunting season in Zone 1. OCT. 20-NOV. 14 Phesant hunting season in Zones 2 and 3. NOV. 15-30 Firearm deer hunting season. DEC. 1-JAN. 1 Archery deer hunting […]

No matter what your views are get out and vote

The VIEW from here

With the November general election less than a week away, I’m offering a gentle reminder to everyone to please get out there and vote. It doesn’t matter what your political views are. It doesn’t matter who you want to cast your vote for. The right to vote is there and all to often we don’t exercise it. People have given […]

Sports Update

Harriers fall just shy of state meet

The Carman-Ainsworth cross country team fell just shy of sending Lauren Foote to the state meet, while the small boys’ squad did not field a full team, placing its runners out of the top 15 qualifying spots. The state meet takes place Saturday, Nov. 6 at Michigan International Speedway.  

Genesys to realign emergency care services



GENESEE COUNTY — As part of its ongoing commitment to provide appropriate levels of medical care and services in the most effective and needed settings, Genesys plans to realign emergency care services and establish a patient care facility in downtown Flint as part of the city’s revitalization initiatives. After a comprehensive assessment of the community’s current and future health care […]

Business Briefs



Weight loss contest GRAND BLANC — FitZone for Women is rewarding hard work, even in tough economic times. Laurie and Mark Alli, owners of three FitZone for Women clubs in Grand Blanc, Livonia and Waterford, are running a weight loss challenge between the gyms. The biggest weight loss loser will win $5,000. It has been a six-week challenge and the […]