Commercial vehicle safety inspections
Atlas Twp.-Inspections for trucks and other commercial vehicles will be from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug.10 at the township hall, 7386 Gale Road. The inspections will be available on each second and fourth Saturday of the month until November. Vehicles passing will receive the required annual safety inspection sticker. No appointment is necessary. Details: 810-636-2120.

Friday coffee
The Citizen newspaper will host a monthly coffee hour starting at 9 a.m., the last Friday of each month at our office 12 South St., Ortonville. The meeting will be Aug. 29 The public is invited to stop by and visit with our staff. Details: 248-627-4332

Hockey fundraiser
Hosting their sixth annual golf outing to raise money for the Goodrich High School hockey team will be at 9 a.m. on today at the Goodrich Country Club, 10080 Hegel Road. $70 per play/280 per team. Price includes 18 holes of golf, a luncheon, door prizes and a 50/50 drawing. Limited to 36 teams – taking sign-ups now. Details: 810-636-3833.

Hockey fundraiser
A sixth annual golf outing to raise money for the Goodrich High School hockey team will be at 9 a.m. on Aug. 9 at the Goodrich Country Club, 10080 Hegel Road. $70 per play/280 per team. Price includes 18 holes of golf, a luncheon, door prizes and a 50/50 drawing. Limited to 36 teams – taking sign-ups now. Details: 810-636-3833.

‘Good Times in Goodrich? meeting
An organization meeting concerning the annual ‘Good Times in Goodrich? festival will be at 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 5 at Cranberries Cafe?, 10250 Hegel Road.

Golf outing scramble
The ninth annual golf outing scramble sponsored by the Brandon Township Parks and Recreation and the Ortonville Chamber of Commerce will be on Aug. 23 – registration will start at 8 a.m., shotgun start at 9 a.m. at the Goodrich Country Club, 10080 Hegel Road. $75 per person or $300 per team. Prize money, Las Vegas holes, door prizes, closest to the pin, longest drive and 50/50. Details: 248-627-4640.

Retirement party
From 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Aug. 6, the public is invited to attend a retirement gathering for Mary Curtin from Chase Bank, 761 S. Ortonville Road, Ortonville. Curtin has worked at the branch for 22 years.

Hockey fundraiser
A sixth annual golf outing to raise money for the Goodrich High School hockey team will be at 9 a.m. on Aug. 9 at the Goodrich Country Club, 10080 Hegel Road. $70 per play/280 per team. Price includes 18 holes of golf, a luncheon, door prizes and a 50/50 drawing. Limited to 36 teams – taking sign-ups now. Details: 810-636-3833.

Business Associate
of the Year named
Patty Plant, owner of Cranberries Cafe? in Goodrich, has been named the ?2008 Business Associate of the Year? by the The American Business Women’s Association.
The Crossroads Connection Chapter of Grand Blanc honored Plant on June 18 at the Flint Golf & Country Club.

Paper retriever
Beginning July 25, a paper retriever will be located in the parking lot of the Groveland Township offices, 4695 Grange Hall Road. The paper retriever bin will take newspapers, magazines, catalogs, office and school papers as a step in the environmental stewardship program. Funds raised from recycling the paper will be sent to the Ortonville Community Emergency Fund program. There will be a paper drive for the week of Sept. 8 -12. Details: 248-634-4152.

Detroit Tigers
The Brandon Township Parks and Recreation is taking registration for the Detroit Tigers versus the Oakland A’s on Aug. 9. The tickets are $56 per person and include the game ticket, luxury motor coach transportation, an upper lounge pizza party and a fireworks display. The bus leaves Brandon Middle School at 5 p.m., the game starts at 7:05 p.m.
Register at Brandon Township Parks and Recreation. Details: 248-627-4640.

Hockey fundraiser
Hosting their 6th annual golf outing to raise money for the Goodrich High School hockey team will be at 9 a.m. on Aug. 9 at the Goodrich Country Club, 10080 Hegel Road. $70 per play/280 per team. Price includes 18 holes of golf, a luncheon, door prizes and a 50/50 drawing. Limited to 36 teams – taking sign-ups now. Details: 810-636-3833.

Blood drive
An American Red Cross blood drive will be from 1 to 7 p.m. on Aug. 4 at the Ortonville United Methodist Church, 93 Church St., Ortonville. Sign up online – www.givelife.org – sponsor code is Brandon High. Details: 248-802-1994.

Voters guide
Check out The Citizen’s Voters? Guide in the July 26 edition. The section will include candidate profiles for Atlas, Brandon and Groveland Townships.

Hockey fundraiser
The Goodrich High School hockey team hosts their sixth annual golf outing to raise money for the team. The event will start at 9 a.m. on Aug. 9 at the Goodrich Country Club, 10080 Hegel Road. Cost will be $70 per play/$280 per team. Price includes 18 holes of golf, a luncheon, door prizes and a 50/50 drawing. Limited to 36 teams – taking sign-ups now. Details: 810-636-3833.

Detroit Tigers
The Brandon Township Parks and Recreation is taking registration for the Detroit Tigers versus the Oakland A’s on Aug. 9. The tickets are $56 per person and include the game ticket, luxury motor coach transportation, an upper lounge pizza party and a fireworks display. The bus leaves Brandon Middle School at 5 p.m. The game starts at 7:05 p.m.
Register at Brandon Township Parks and Recreation. Details: 248-627-4640.

Friday Coffee
The Citizen newspaper will host a monthly coffee hour starting at 9 a.m. the last Friday of each month at our office, 12 South St., Ortonville. The first meeting will be July 25. The public is invited to stop by and visit with our staff.
Details: 248-627-4332.

Postage increase
In just two weeks, a postage rate increase will hike the cost of a first-class letter by a penny, to 42 cents, according to the United States Post Office. Other May 12 price increases affect standard mail, periodicals, package services, and special services, say United States Post Office officials.
‘The ‘forever? stamps are currently selling for 41 cents,? said Danete VanLandeghem, Goodrich Post Office sales associate. ‘The stamp will remain valid for full postage after the increase. The price of the forever stamp does not have a denomination.?
The U.S. Postal Service estimates Americans are buying 30 million ‘forever? stamps a day. More than 6 billion ‘forever? stamps have been sold since they were introduced last year. The USPS sold $267.7 million worth of them in March, up from $207.9 million in February and $115.3 million in January.

Supervisor candidate
Atlas Twp. – A Goodrich resident since 1980, Shirley Kautman-Jones has filed her petition to run for Atlas Township supervisor. She was a Goodrich school board trustee from 1994 to 2003 and is the owner of Country Home Creations.

Domestic violence ordinance
Brandon Twp.- The township board had the first reading of an ordinance prohibiting domestic violence during their April 21 meeting.
Township Clerk Jeannie McCreery said that while punishment for domestic violence is already a state law, an ordinance will allow township deputies to issue tickets at the scene ordering offenders to appear in court. Currently, deputies have to first obtain warrants through the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office.