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DON’T GET BORED: Absolute Michigan’s July Event Calendar.

No shortage of fun in Michigan this July!

RAMPAGE WIN AGAIN:Rampage upset Chicago in AFL playoffs

The Grand Rapids Rampage are one win away from playing in their second ArenaBowl.

The Rampage, the sixth seed in the AFL’s American Conference, upset the top seeded Chicago Rush 58-41 Sunday at Allstate Arena.

I was at the ArenaBowl when the Rampage won its first championship. They’ve been a pretty mediocre team this season, but they’ve peaked at the right time.

Next up is San Jose.

MEDIA GETS “ASSAULT RIFLE” WRONG AGAIN: Teen with assault rifle shot by Battle Creek police

Technically speaking, even the civilian semi-automatic versions of the AK-47 and M16 aren’t “assault rifles.” The whole “assault _weapon_” term was cooked up in response to this inconvenient fact. The weapon this Battle Creek 15-year-old carried was identified as a “9mm assault rifle.” There is no such thing as a 9mm assault rifle, even in the military. My guess is that it was a Hi-Point carbine.

See GunPundit for more info.

GREAT PICTURE of Michigan’s Common Snapping Turtle.

WARNING: No body contact advisory issued for areas along Grand River

Health Departments officials are asking people to avoid body contact with the Grand River from the Wealthy Street Bridge, through Ottawa County, all the way to Lake Michigan after sewage overflow spilled into the river.

Approximately 70 million gallons of sewage made it into the river in several locations, including the Market Avenue retention basin.

They will be testing the water on Monday, July 7th.

GOT THE LEAD OUT: 5,000 pounds of lead bricks stolen from the University of Michigan

They are painted blue, weigh about 25 pounds each and are collectively worth about $2,000. The bricks are used as barriers to contain radiation for scientific experiments, Neumann said.

Police believe the thieves may have stole the bricks to sell as scrap metal.

Hopefully, the bricks weren’t currently being used to contain radiation.

FREE TICKETS: Rothbury Ticket Giveaway from GM Next & Absolute Michigan

For the entire month of July, Absolute Michigan will be focusing of Michigan festivals celebrating music, art, food and the other things that make Michigan fun.

To kick it off, we’re having a spur of the moment Rothbury Ticket Giveaway courtesy of the folks at GM Next Plug In!

See Absolute Michigan at the link above for details.

WILDCARD WIN: Rampage proving they can compete with big boys

Grand Rapids 48, Arizona Rattlers 41:

The Rampage won a grinder game, played at Arizona’s pace, with the reduced number of possessions and limited scoring typical of a playoff game. For anyone who thought the Rampage had to score in the 60s to 90s to win a game, their playoff opener offered a tangible response.

They got an interception on the Rattlers’ first possession and spent the entire game milking it.

A defensive stand late in the game against Arizona’s quarterback Jeff Smoker (formerly of MSU) iced the victory.