Every Thursday morning, you can find Annie Van Leuven hopping onto a golf cart at Fenton Farms Golf Club in Fenton with her daughter Karen, and granddaughter, Camille. Annie, who celebrates her 100th birthday on June 8, has golfed on Fenton Farms Ladies Day for 49 years. It’s a little tougher for her to swing
Marcus Sakey remembers his dream vividly. The Grand Blanc native, whose nine novels have sold well over a million copies with one (Good People) being made into a 2014 film, possesses an active imagination, to say the least. One night in 2016, Sakey drifted off to sleep in the Chicago home he shares with his
After 25 years on the job at ABC12, News Reporter Randy Conat has retired. His colleagues through the years all agree: Conat was not only a respected professional, but a genuinely nice guy, too. Born in Hillsdale, MI, he grew up on a farm in the little town of Reading. “I always had an interest
The Honorable Judith A. Fullerton has been a judge in the Seventh Judicial Circuit Court of Genesee County since January 1, 1983. She was initially elected to serve as a Flint District Judge in 1980. At the time, she was the only woman on the bench in the County, and paved the way for other
Julie Lopez, Director of Crime Stoppers Flint & Genesee County, knows firsthand what it is like to lose a loved one to violent crime. Her father-in-law, Pablo Lopez, was murdered in his home on Flint’s east side on July 9, 2011. “He was supposed to be at a family function on the Fourth of July,”
Very few people know about an organization that has remained active in Genesee County for around 130 years. An essay commemorating the centennial, … And Fellow Members: A History of The Garland Street Literary Club of Flint, Michigan 1888-1988, was written by Alice Lethbridge in 1988 and published by the University of Michigan-Flint Archives. Since
Serving his country during the Vietnam War was a life-altering experience for Joe Mishler of Holly. Drafted in October 1966, he served in the U.S. Army until his discharge in August 1968. He completed basic training at Fort Knox and Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana. He was with B Company, 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry
Flint native, Connor Coyne, is a literary enthusiast. “Promoting literacy and literature in the Flint community is a dream of mine,” says Coyne, 38, who returned to Flint after earning his bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago and his master of fine arts in creative writing from the New School, in New York City.
For nearly 50 years, Bill Harris has been a familiar face in the field of broadcast news and has been a news producer/reporter/anchor in Flint since September, 1977. Now anchoring the 10pm news with WSMH FOX66, he has not only gained the respect and admiration of his co-workers over the years, but also a large
When Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line was first published in 1991, it emerged fully saturated and seething with Ben Hamper’s Flint; four generations of local shoprats, underground music, poetry, and one man’s story pulled from the anonymity of shop life. Rivethead began as a column called “Revenge of the Riveter” in Michael Moore’s underground
Lynne Marko’s family, girls rule! One of two daughters of Mary and Allen Dillon, Lynne and her husband, Andy, have two daughters, Peggy and Pam – and Peggy and her husband, Paul Grosso, have two daughters, Millie and Sylvia. And, they all share a love of family and the joy of motherhood. The story begins
Joel Bye of Swartz Creek is what some would call a “war buff.” His father, George Bye, was a pilot with the Mighty Eighth Air Force of Rattlesden, England during World War II from November 1943 until May 1944. When Joel was 15 years old, he found a medal his father had received during the
