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JULY 19, 2023 candgnews.com
Grosse Pointe and Macomb County papers
Red-tailed hawk becomes Burgess-Shadbush Nature Center ambassador
Getting the band back together for a good cause
BY KARA SZYMANSKI
BY K. MICHELLE MORAN
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SHELBY TOWNSHIP — The Burgess-Shadbush Nature Center has announced the arrival of its newest animal ambassador, a red-tailed hawk named Artemis. The bird began living at the nature center May 23 in a home that a local Boy Scout constructed for her as an Eagle Scout service project. Joe Youngblood, the Shelby Township parks, recreation, maintenance, nature center and senior center director, said the township is excited to have this addition to the nature center.
METRO DETROIT — They’ve played to crowds across the globe, appeared on national television and recorded several albums, but the one thing the band PBM can’t do is categorize their music. Lead singer and guitarist Nate Castle, of Grosse Pointe Park, took a stab at it: “Just probably alternative rock,” he said after some thought. Trumpet player and vocalist Tom Torrento, of Grosse Pointe Woods, said the band’s new CD, “Do It Again” — which will be celebrated with a record release party and live video shoot July 27 at the Crofoot Ballroom in downtown Pontiac — is tough to define because of the band’s eclectic mix of instrumentation and blend of vocal harmonies. “Every song (on the new al-
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RIGHT: Artemis, a red-tailed hawk, is the Burgess-Shadbush Nature Center’s newest animal ambassador. The bird has resided at the nature center since late May.
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Photo provided by Brad D. Bates
Selfridge celebrates 100 years of aerial refueling BY DEAN VAGLIA dvaglia@candgnews.com
HARRISON TOWNSHIP — When military planes roar by for a flyover, onlookers usually spot some of the U.S. Air Force’s fastest and flashiest jets. But on June 27, two unsung heroes of military aviation took off from Selfridge
Air National Guard Base for a statewide tour in their honor. The two KC-135 Stratotankers took off on a foggy and smoke-filled morning in late June for a nearly threehour flight, buzzing by Michigan landmarks and communities in recognition of 100 years of in-flight refueling. Joined by two A-10 Thunderbolt II “Warthog” attack jets, See SELFRIDGE on page 12A Photo by Dean Vaglia
LEFT: A KC-135 Stratotanker takes off from Selfridge Air National Guard Base on a foggy and rainy morning June 27. Two KC-135s were joined by two A-10 Warthog attack jets from SANGB for a statewide flyover as part of a nationwide celebration of 100 years of in-flight refueling.