Students at Bailey Lake Elementary School got creative with their Valentine’s Day baskets, decorations ranging from frilly, flowery beauty (mostly girls) to sports and Lego Star Wars (mostly boys). Along with decoration contests and games, children enjoyed chocolate fountains, cookies, cake, and other treats.
Clarkston’s Post High Special Needs students are going into business to benefit SCAMP. The 28 students, many former SCAMP campers, are making cold compress decorated into “Boo Boo Bunnies,” with help from local artist Judy Hoddinott. “It’s a very industrious group,” Hoddinott said. The students, ages 18-26, make the product by folding washclothes and decorating […]
Independence Township Supervisor Dave Wagner missed the last seven regularly scheduled meetings due to illness, and a third of all meetings in 2010. He still receives his full salary of $78,248 per year, as well as car allowance of $600 a month and other benefits. Trustee Neil Wallace, one of several candidates to advocate for […]
Independence Township Building Director Dave Belcher is back to work, after receiving a 60 day suspension with no pay for refusal to repay $3,000 in bonuses. ‘I’m happy to be back and put the other stuff behind me and move forward,? Belcher said. ‘I want to continue to make improvements to allow the building department […]
As I was tooling down M-15, from Davison last Friday night, I had my truck’s radio dialed into the ‘great voice? of the Great Lakes, WJR. It was a little after 9 and I was a little worn out from a long day and ready to plop down on the couch and fall asleep to […]
As a way of proving to myself that I’m no longer relevant, that I’m terribly uninformed in certain areas and would be lost in conversations with theater-goers, I read the entire list of Oscar nominees. I recognized none of the movie titles, though I probably should have picked up on publicity for ‘No Country for […]
Spray Masters Water Ski Show Team perform on Big Lake in Davisburg, 7 p.m., Thursday, July 28. Rescheduled from July 21 due to hot weather, the show features a ‘Three Ring Skircus.? Tickets are $3, free for children 2 and under. For more information, call Springfield Township Parks and Recreation at 248-846-6558.
Oakland County Sportsmen’s Club hosts a Desert Angel Miracle Box Packing Party, 4-7 p.m., Aug. 4. Theme is Shake, Rattle and Roll ? classic cars and hot rods invited. Suggested items include granola, dried fruit, jerky, crackers, nuts, snacks, cookies, canned or packaged tuna or meats, fruit snacks, instant foods, peanut butter, hard candy, gum, […]
SYNOPSIS VILLAGE OF ORTONVILLE VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 28, 2008 ? 7:00 P.M. Members present: Battan, Nivelt, Kassuba, Eschmann, Champion, Green, Quisenberry 1. Approved agenda. 2. Approved the minutes of the January 14, 2008 regular meeting. 3. Approved the Brandon Fire Department expenditures from December 2007. 4. Approved the DDA regular meeting minutes of January […]
hadley township board of review William Dutko, Supervisor Hadley Township Office 4293 Pratt Rd. March 11, 9am-noon, 2pm-5pm March 12, 2pm-5pm, 6pm-9pm Organizational Meeting, March 5, 3:30pm Resident Taxpayers may protest by letter Postmarked no later than March 12, 2008 Ratio 50%, Multiplier 1.00 Publish in The Citizen 2-16-08, 2-23-08, 3-1-08