Notes

If you want a glimpse of real life, turn on your TV. Reality series have captured the attention of the nation whether we wanted them to or not. This past year we’ve been bombarded with shows about a famous chef opening a restaurant, a TV star’s wedding preparations, getting up close and personal with the […]

Briefs

Coffee hour There will be a coffee hour at The Citizen, 12 South St., Ortonville at 9 a.m., Friday, June 25. The public is welcome to attend and check out the new Ortonville 411 website. Details: 248-627-4332. Nuccio meet-and-greet At 8 a.m., June 15, District One Oakland County Commissioner candidate Beth Nuccio will host a […]

View Points

School district:Get out of transportation business (In response to: ?16 teachers nixed, wage cuts OK’d,? The Citizen, page 1, May 22.) Dear Editor, The Goodrich School District administration has announced that it needs to lay off more than 1/10th of its teaching staff, 16 teachers. It is just too hard to believe that with all […]

Up go the walls

The Orion Veterans Memorial is becoming more and more of a reality with every passing day as construction continues to move swiftly along at the site on Lapeer and Odanah. Sidewalks and utilities have been completed on the site, and recently work advanced with the start of above ground construction, including the walls and entrance […]

Letter to the editor

We here at the Orion Senior Center will miss Debra Caverly. Many of us feel she was the LIFE of the center. If we had known she was hired in by a grant and that the grant needed to be renewed, we would have done all in our power to get it renewed. We want […]

A few comments, then a zinger; stay tuned

Talking head, after talking head teases listeners by hinting at a colossal story, then saying, ‘You don’t want to miss this!? Often the story is a dud, but I stay tuned. I hope my lead-in headline doesn’t disappoint. But first, before the professional basketball teams take a break, I’d like to tell you what impression […]

Question:From under which rock did I emerge?

My dad always said, ‘Son, you should learn something new everyday.? I felt that was sound advice until I had about 15 years of living under my belt. And, by the time I graduated from college, I totally rejected Dad’s obsession with learning. Do the words ‘know,? ‘it,? and ‘all? mean anything to anybody? There […]

Letter to the editor

The year 2004 will be greeting us in just 2 1/2 months. It should be an interesting year, especially in Orion Township. I just wonder if enough citizens, like more than 10 percent, are going to get out and vote? Maybe it’s just the idea that no one gives a “rats pittoo” who gets in […]

Oktoberfest benefits Dianna Gering

The Lake Orion Lions Club, with the help of OPA Restaurant, is hosting an Oktoberfest Family Fun fundraiser for Dianna Gering on Oct. 25. Gering, a kidney dialysis patient, requires a kidney transplant. Daytime activities from 3-6 p.m. for the children include clown, magicians, pumpkin painting, face painting and trick or treating. Food includes hotdog, […]

Coffee Club growing in Ortonville

Networking’a key element in a challenging business climate? is one of several reasons Roy Langolf, director of Coats Village Funeral Home, 135 South St, Ortonville, attended the Coffee Club on Wednesday morning. ‘Each week there’s plenty of new businesses at the Coffee Club to share ideas,? said Langolf. ‘For about an hour each week it’s […]