Brighton: Moms get attention with suggestive liquor ad
BRIGHTON, Mich. (AP) -- A pair of 30-something Livingston County moms are encouraging area tequila drinkers to "Be Abducted."
Adrienne Graves-Mensack and Lisa Spitler are busy enough raising their eight combined kids, coaching youth sports and other responsibilities.
But the best friends have taken on a new gig, launching Alien Tequila in Michigan.
That includes posing for an ad that depicts the women in seductive poses. The poster is up at area businesses and on an Interstate 96 billboard near Wixom.
The spot's tagline reads: "Be Abducted."
Spitler tells the Livingston County Daily Press & Argus of Howell she doesn't consider the poster racy, but acknowledges the tagline could be considered suggestive.
They've been meeting with party store owners, asking them to carry the high-end tequila with an alien's face on the bottle.
Flushing: Police: Mich. man borrows car, goes on crime spree
FLUSHING, Mich. (AP) -- Police say a Flint-area man borrowed a neighbor's car and drove into a nearby community where he stole two other vehicles and broke into at least two homes.
Flushing police Chief Mark Hoornstra tells The Flint Journal the unnamed 22-year-old Flushing Township man's crime spree already was under way on Feb. 10 when the borrowed car broke down.
Hoornstra says the man then swiped a Jeep and later a Crown Victoria.
Summing up the night's activity, the chief says the man was "pretty busy."
Hoornstra says the suspect had been told that if he stayed in Flushing, he wouldn't get caught, because there wasn't 24/7 police coverage.
He's being held in the Genesee County jail.
Blanchard: DNR officer hears fish story, nets pike poacher
BLANCHARD, Mich. (AP) -- A Michigan conservation officer's best weapon turned out to be his ear.
Jeremy Payne of the Department of Natural Resources was recently patrolling Halls Lake, west of Mount Pleasant, when he heard an ice fisherman boast about a 22-inch pike. The fish was too small to keep, but a buddy loudly encouraged the fisherman to take it away immediately.
Payne says he heard the exchange, ran and caught the man just as the offender was about to enter a house with the pike. He wrote tickets for illegal pike, too many fishing lines and riding off-road vehicles without a helmet.
Ferndale: Annual gay pride festival plans move to Detroit
FERNDALE, Mich. (AP) -- An annual gay pride festival is moving to downtown Detroit after a 10-year run in an adjacent northern suburb.
Organizers say the move from Ferndale to Hart Plaza will allow the June 4-5 Motor City Pride festival to draw a larger crowd and expand to two days.
The Daily Tribune of Royal Oak and The Detroit News say the festival that turns 25 this year drew about 45,000 people last year. The event has featured marches and commitment ceremonies.
Dave Waite, chairman of the festival board, said plans were completed last week. He tells the Daily Tribune that "Ferndale has been great to work with and it was a really hard decision to leave such a supportive city."
Ferndale officials expressed disappointment, saying they could have accommodated festival expansion.
Published: Wed, Feb 16, 2011
