Restoring a duck decoy
Nov12

Restoring a duck decoy

Restoring a duck decoy By Grayce Scholt I touch acrylic paint to neck, to wing following my father’s curve of knife, of brush; I daub an even falser life on this that sixty years before bobbed Judas-like on a Lake Erie bay and living wings would swoop to join the silent flock– Bang! My father’s gun would spit, and dying wings would drop into that split between two worlds. When he came home, his jacket bulging with his prize,...

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Bicycle culture rolling around new spokes in Flint
Nov10

Bicycle culture rolling around new spokes in Flint

By Andrew Keast and Jan Worth-Nelson If anybody provides evidence that Flint might be transforming itself – from the wheels up — into a bicycle-friendly culture, it’s Danny Moilanen, 28, owner of Vehicle City Tacos and a self-described “social cycler.” In 2012, he and a few of his friends created the Thursday Night Party Ride, an easygoing summertime tour through Flint.  It starts at 9 p.m. and pauses every 15 minutes or so for...

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Atwood hosted decades of Thanksgiving sports dramas:  ice, snow, mud, diversity, dancing
Nov10

Atwood hosted decades of Thanksgiving sports dramas: ice, snow, mud, diversity, dancing

Atwood hosted decades of Thanksgiving sports dramas:  ice, snow, mud, diversity, dancing By Lawrence R. Gustin Editor’s note:  Gustin, a Flint native, writer and much-published historian of Flint’s automotive past, agreed to contribute this reminiscence of Atwood Stadium – including the almost 50-year-long series of Thanksgiving Day contests between Flint Central and Flint Northern high schools.  In a second piece coming in December,...

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