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APRIL 23, 2025 candgnews.com
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Motor City Comic Con to spring back this May with iconic nostalgia BY CHARITY MEIER cmeier@candgnews.com
Photo provided by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources Hunters Feeding Michigan program allows hunters to donate their harvest to those in need. In this photo, packages of frozen venison await distribution.
DNR ‘Hunters Feeding Michigan’ program assists those in need STERLING HEIGHTS BUSINESS LENDS HAND BY NICK POWERS npowers@candgnews.com
METRO DETROIT — A Department of Natural Resources program is aiming to expand and provide more for those in need. The DNR’s Hunters Feeding Michigan program allows hunters to donate their harvest at select processing locations throughout the state. The DNR is contracting the Food Bank Council of Michigan to facilitate the program. The council links up donors, wild game processors and charities. “It’s a privilege to work side by side with the Food Bank Council of Michigan to grow the Hunters Feeding
Michigan program and to help channel venison donated by hunters to local food agencies throughout the state,” Joe Presgrove, DNR Hunters Feeding Michigan program specialist, said in a press release. “Together we will help many Michiganders in need!” Hunters Feeding Michigan was established in 2005 by legislation and really got off the ground in 2007, according to Presgrove. He said the program’s numbers have been increasing each year. Since Oct. 1, 2024, Presgrove said over 75,000 pounds of meat have been donated, working out to about 300,000 servings for the fiscal year so far. Presgrove estimates over 2.8 million servings have been provided since the program started. See HUNTERS on page 9A
NOVI — The 2025 Motor City Comic Con is set to take over the Suburban Collection Showplace May 16-18. This year, the show will be flying in with all the superpower aspects it’s known for, but with an additional nostalgic punch. The biannual convention, which caters to everything pop culture, has become synonymous with special celebrity and comic guests, events, attractions, and a welcoming atmosphere for all. “I wouldn’t say that we ever really go for a theme. Pop culture is so encompassing that it’s hard to really nail it down to just one theme,” said Samantha Yankee, show manager. “But there is definitely a lot of nostalgia for this show.” The show this year will feature many celebrities, some of whom are known for iconic roles, such as Bill Nye and the “Blue’s Clues” team. “All these people who you watched when you were a kid, now they’re coming in and you can meet them,” said Beth Burland, show manager. “I would agree nostalgia’s definitely there.” Yankee said that show guests are not chosen necessarily at random, because they try to get people who are not filming or working anymore as well as actors who are currently working. She said the latter definitely makes scheduling more of a challenge. It’s all about the timing, she said. “So, a lot of the guests are people we have maybe been trying to get for a few shows now, but the schedules finally lined up,” Yankee said. Jeremy Renner, known for his roles in “Mission Impossible” and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, where he plays Hawkeye, was among them. The timing of the con worked out well with the release of his memoir, “My Next Breath,” on April 29. The show will provide an opportunity for Renner to meet fans and promote his book, Yankee said. See COMIC CON on page 4A