Wednesday May 9, Henry Ford Hospital West Bloomfield Indoor Market 6777 W. Maple Road West Bloomfield, Mi. 48322 10:00-3:00

Wednesday May 16, Durand Union Station Farmers Market Corner of Hagle & Main Street Durand, MI 48429 10:00 – 3:00

Saturday May 19, Frankenmuth Farmers Market 618 South Main Street Frankenmuth, MI 48734 8:00-3:00

Saturday May 19, Owosso Farmers Market 191 North Water st Owosso, Mi.48867 10:00-3:00

Saturday May 19, White Lake Farmers Market 1500 Bogie Lake Rd White Lake Mi. 48383 9:00 – 1:00

Sunday May 20, Grand Blanc Farmers Market Grand Ave, Grand Blanc, Mi. 48439 10:00-3:00

Wednesday May 9, Henry Ford Hospital West Bloomfield Indoor Market 6777 W. Maple Road West Bloomfield, Mi. 48322 10:00-3:00

Saturday May 12, White Lake Farmers Market 1500 Bogie Lake Rd White Lake Mi. 48383 9:00-2:00

Saturday May 12, Farmington Farmers & Artisan Market 33113 Grand River Ave Farmington, Mi. 48336 9:00-2:00

Saturday May 12, Owosso Farmers Market 191 North Water st Owosso, Mi.48867 10:00-3:00

Sunday May 13, Grand Blanc Farmers Market Grand Ave, Grand Blanc, Mi. 48439 10:00-3:00

Wednesday May 2, Henry Ford Hospital West Bloomfield Indoor Market 6777 W. Maple Road West Bloomfield, Mi. 48322 10:00-3:00

Wednesday May 2, Lapeer Farmers Market 287 W. Nepessing Lapeer, Mi. 48446 9:00-3:00

Saturday May 5, Farmington Farmers & Artisan  Market 33113 Grand River Ave Farmington, Mi. 48336 10:00-3:00

Saturday May 5, Owosso Farmers Market 191 North Water st Owosso, Mi.48867 10:00-3:00

Sunday May 6, Birmingham Farmers Market 660 N. Old Woodward Birmingham, Mi. 48009 9:00-2:00

Hometown Hero: Jar Head Salsa!

More than 200 Grand Blanc Chamber and community members gathered Thursday March
29th 2012 to honor citizens and professional at
the chamber’s annual awards ceremonies.

Gunnery Sgt. David Smith, USMC retired, a Flint native and founder of Jar Head Salsa and Post Commander of The VFW Post 822 was Honored as The Hometown Hero for his outstanding work in
The Community, The VFW Post, and Jar Head Salsa!
Stop by the VFW Post 822 and congratulate David..

GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP  (10/08/2011) -  Since retiring from the marines and General Motors, Dave Smith and his dad Tom have been pumping out gallons and gallons of “Jarhead Salsa”. Saturday, the VFW post 822 teamed up with Oliver T’s in Grand Blanc Township and Jarhead salsa to raise money to make care packages for troops overseas.

Oliver T’s matched every dollar donation made to the salsa brand.

By ABC12 News Team

Oliver T’s Market asks you to Help Support Our Troops.
Saturday, October 8th, 2011 here at Oliver T’s, at 1553 E. Hill Road, Grand Blanc Twp., MI. Oliver T’s will donate one dollar for every 16 ounce container of
Jar Head Salsa from 10AM to 3PM.
Oliver T’s Market and Thomas J. Smith, Chief Operating Officer, and his son, Gunnery Sgt. David Smith UMC Retired, will be on hand with several soldiers in full gear, military vehicles, and several weapon displays. Parents and children will be able to see and touch the equipment, talk to the soldiers and wish them well before they deploy in October.
Oliver T’s and Jar Head Salsa are teaming up to give $1.00 of each sale to the VFW 822 and $1.00 to the National Guard HHC 1-125 out of Flint. This fund helps pay for the care packages as well as assists their families while they are deployed.

GRAND BLANC, Michigan — The last time Sgt. Scott Tuggle was deployed overseas, he returned from Iraq with shrapnel wounds to his arm and leg.

Members of the Flint-based 125th National Guard Infantry Regiment stand before friends and family during a departure ceremony at Grand Blanc High School on Monday night. The battalion is readying for deployment to Afghanistan

SendOff4.JPGView full size(Dorothy Edwards | The Flint Journal)Members of the Flint-based 125th National Guard Infantry Regiment stand before friends and family during a departure ceremony at Grand Blanc High School on Monday night. The battalion is readying for deployment to Afghanistan
But he’s ready to go again, this time to Afghanistan.

Hundreds filled Grand Blanc High School’s gym Monday in a send-off for Tuggle and the rest of the National Guard’s Flint-based 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment as it readied for deployment.

Holding his 5-month-old son Austin in his arms, Tuggle, 31, said he has one thing on his mind:

“Get it done with, and get back safe and sound,” he said. “Every day will be a day closer to getting home.

“It’s difficult to say good-bye. This is my third time going, but I’m ready,” said Tuggle of Novi.

Over 800 members of the Flint-based battalion are preparing for a tour of Afghanistan in October.

The soldiers, who come from all over the state, will leave later this week for Camp Shelby, Miss. before heading to Afghanistan’s Kunduz province.

Anne Comer of Midland didn’t allow toy guns in her home when her son Sgt. Stephen Robel, 24, was growing up.

But she knew she had a little soldier on her hands when he built one out of Legos when he was four.

SendOff3.JPGView full size(Dorothy Edwards | The Flint Journal)Sgt. Scott Tuggle of Novi kisses his son Austin Tuggle, 5 months, after a departure ceremony for the National Guard’s Flint-based 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment at Grand Blanc High School on Monday night. “I don’t like to think about him leaving, but I am proud of him,” said Tuggle’s fiance, Sue Persall.

Sgt. Scott Tuggle of Novi kisses his son Austin Tuggle, 5 months, after a departure ceremony for the National Guard’s Flint-based 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment at Grand Blanc High School on Monday night. “I don’t like to think about him leaving, but I am proud of him,” said Tuggle’s fiance, Sue Persall.

“I am so proud,” said Comer, tearing up outside the school after the departure ceremony.

“You teach them all their lives to love their country. And now when he’s needed, he stands up.

“I’m in awe of his courage and his strength of character. And I’m going to miss him.”

Battalion Commander Ryan Connelly told the standing-room-only crowd the battalion is well-prepared for Afghanistan.

“While I cannot predict the future, I can tell you that the soldiers standing before you are highly motivated and well prepared,” he said.

And Comer sees the readiness in her son.

“He’s ready to go,” said Comer, 47. “He’s been training for this. I know he’s prepared. He knows what he’s doing.”

National Guard departure ceremony National Guard departure ceremony Watch video
Staff Sgt. Gilbert Bonilla of Lansing has had to say good-bye to his family twice before for past deployments to Iraq.

Holding his 10-year-old daughter’s hand Monday night, he said his children motivate him to head overseas again.

“Every time I look at my kids — when I get deployed and I see the kids there, they don’t have what my daughter has,” said Bonilla, 30. “When I look at my kids, it motivates me to help those kids get a chance at freedom.”

The 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment last year received the Deployment Excellence Award for its work in training, logistics and administration during a 12-month, deployment to Iraq in 2008.

The unit had deployed more than 600 soldiers to Iraq’s al-Anbar province, during which more than 2,100 combat missions were completed.

“The experience that I had before will help me gear toward Afghanistan,” said Bonilla, “but the scene will be different.”

Fish Fry every Friday 4:30 to 7:30

Flint VFW Post 822

G5065 S Saginaw St.

Flint, MI. 48507

Post (810) 742-1995

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1431 Duffield Rd. Flushing, MI 48433
Now Sells Jar Head Salsa!
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10 % of all proceeds are donated to The Veterans of Foreign Wars!
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Bueche’s Food World Ortonville
400 N. Ortonville Rd. Ortonville, MI 48462
Now Sells Jar Head Salsa!
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10 % of all proceeds are donated to The Veterans of Foreign Wars!
Stop by and pick up a pint today!
Phone (248) 627-4961