Category Archives: Adventures on the Rouge

Bum’s rush for Matty

Posted on September 25, 2008 by admin

WANTED: True stories about Matty Moroun Please post them on my Comments section or send to joelthurtell(at)gmail.com. [donation] By Joel Thurtell I lost Round One of my bout with Matty Moroun. The billionaire bridge and trucking magnate had me escaping … Continue reading →

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Please don’t look at these pictures!

Posted on September 24, 2008 by admin

      WANTED: True stories about Matty Moroun Were you kicked out of a city park by Ambassador Bridge owner Matty Moroun’s goons? Please post your fond memories of Matty in my comment section. By Joel Thurtell Matty Moroun … Continue reading →

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Spyin’ on da Russkies

Posted on September 23, 2008 by admin

  By Joel Thurtell   He had on a blue uniform and was driving a pickup truck, honking his horn like crazy. He strode down to the edge of the dock at the SeverStal steel mill in Dearborn and yelled, … Continue reading →

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Cover’s here: UP THE ROUGE!

Posted on August 21, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Here it is! Wayne State University Press has sent us images of the cover they’ve designed for the book I co-authored with Patricia Beck about our June 2005 canoe trip up the Rouge River through Metro Detroit. … Continue reading →

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Trash is trash if junk’s in the Rouge

Posted on August 19, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Knowing of my interest in the Rouge River, my friend John W. Smith told me about what he thought might be the remains of a 19th century mill lying in the Rouge not far from his home … Continue reading →

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Blame it on the geese!

Posted on August 11, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Don’t you hate it when politicians blame their wives for things they should take responsibility for? Once I had to listen to a certain bigwig Wayne County politician telling me he didn’t dare accept President Bill Clinton’s … Continue reading →

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Kwamegate + Sludgegate = elitism, entitlement

Posted on July 31, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell A few minutes after six this morning, having brought the day’s issues of The Detroit Free Press and The New York Times in and while I measured coffee into the java machine, it occurred to me that … Continue reading →

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Sagging pants bumps UP THE ROUGE!

Posted on July 28, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Leonard Slatkin got squeezed, but we got bumped. WDET-FM 101.9 found time for the new Detroit Symphony Orchestra director before the station’s 10-12 a.m. “Detroit Today” program ended at noon Monday. Porbably made a difference that we … Continue reading →

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UP THE ROUGE! on WDET-FM 101.9

Posted on July 28, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell I’m told that WDET-FM at 101.9 megahertz will feature the book co-authored by me and Patricia Beck sometime between 10-12 a.m. today, Monday, July 28, 2008. The feature was created by Chris Mccarus, producer of Michigan Now … Continue reading →

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Brooks barges in

Posted on July 9, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Where were Bob and Kwame? The scene couldn’t have been more Detroit, more Wayne County: I’m standing on a barge docked at the mouth of the Rouge River opposite Zug Island. The huge black blast furnaces of … Continue reading →

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