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Linemen Tyler Brevard (60), Aaron Bigler (50), and Carlos Sanchez (76) do a drill Wednesday at practice for the UM-Flint club football team the Kodiaks.

Davison goalie Brandon Gonzalez punches the ball away from Grand Blanc forward Brennan Smith (23) during Friday's Division 1 district soccer final between Grand Blanc and Davison in Grand Blanc.

Jamestown Ironmen forward Matt Moore is hip-checked by Michigan Warriors defenseman David Johnson during the first period of Thursday night's game at Perani Arena in Flint.

The Bendle High School football team cheers to the crowd after a 36-28 victory at Byron High School in Burton Friday night.

Mortar Hay Protest Run

Genesee area firefighters work to contain a blaze at the former location of the Broad Street restaurant on West Pierson road in Flushing Saturday night.

Stevan Malone, 54, of Flint, Mich., sits outside of a building he purchased at the corner of Stevens and Court Street in Flint hammering mortar out of old bricks Tuesday afternoon. Malone plans to use the bricks on the front of the building, which he hopes to turn into Stevan's on Stevens market by the end of the year. Malone has always wanted a downtown business, but was not planning on opening a market before he bought the building two years ago.
"When I saw this place I said 'man, that'd be a great store.'" Said Malone, "That's part of why this is so hard, I didn't plan any of this."

Lucas Godfrey (far left), 5, of Davison, Mich., and Audrey Johnston, 6, of Genesee, Mich., climb on a trailer while members of Richfield Township Parks and Recreation Committee and 4-H Country Clovers Club prepare the trailer for a hayride in Richfield Park on Saturday.

Jorge Horcasitas, 20, of El Paso, Texas, films the Occupy Flint protesters outside Bank of America on his phone in downtown Flint Friday.

New Lothrop High School junior Julia Johnson, 17, is comforted by her mother, Lynette Johnson, after not placing in the top 20 runners in the Genesee Area Conference cross country meet at Goodrich Middle School Tuesday afternoon. Lynette gives her daughter a good luck kiss on the cheek before every race she runs.

Leaves Candles Tackles Dogs

Josh John (left), 4, and Zach Stiemer, 5, throw leaves at Stephanie Giannini, 16, while Arinna Smith, 3 and her sister Genieve, 4, watch Wednesday afternoon in Flint.

Chrissy Osborne (middle), 17, of Flint, Mich., places a candle at a vigil on Saginaw Street for her cousin, Misty Kurmas, 13, who died after being hit by a van fleeing Michigan State Police Wednesday Sept. 28, 2011 in Flint.

Carman-Ainsworth senior quarterback Shane Barron is brought down by Powers Catholic defenders Nick Sullivan (left) and Idris Hobdy during Friday night's 14-0 Powers Catholic homecoming victory.

Michael Soper, of Davison, Mich., pets Lorie Laboy's (right) Rat Terrier, which she kept in a stroller wearing a bumblebee costume for the opening of the Davison Dog Park.
"They're not really leash dogs." said Loboy about the use of the stroller.