Dear Editor, (In response to: ‘Brandon Middle School keeps ‘Eyes on Africa,? The Citizen, March 14, page 3).Brandon Middle School thanks The Citizen for their support in promoting our charity, ‘Eyes On Africa.? We have exceeded our goal of collecting 200 glasses. Because of your article, the local optometrist office of Baldwin Eye Care donated […]
Dear Editor: I’m writing to the BHS parents with children participating in the off-season conditioning program for football. Are you aware of the goals and expectations your child is required to meet? It’s being strongly promoted that they are to lift amounts of weight that risk their health. My son started complaining of pain in […]
Dear Editor: (In response to: ‘Debate over schools of choice: Boom or bust?? The Citizen, March 7, page 1). The amount of school of choice kids coming into the Brandon District has mainly to do with those who voted yes for the $74 million bond extension. That extension led to more classrooms and a new […]
Dear Editor, Thank you, Ortonville, for being the giving community I remember. The Ortonville Masonic Lodge Swiss steak dinner was a huge success, thanks to you. The BHS scholarship fund and OCEF will both benefit from this dinner. We as Masons have already given out three scholarships, one of them going to a senior who […]
Brandon Twp.- Library cardholders here will have the option of checking out materials from more than 170 libraries across the state beginning May 1. The library board voted to join the MichiCard program during their March 23 meeting. ‘I think it’s a wonderful step the board has taken to give Brandon residents access to materials […]
Craig’s List loser On March 24, Michigan State Troopers from Groveland Township responded to the 8000 block of Buckell Road after a report of fraud regarding the internet. A 49-year-old township man reported he intended to purchase a $10,500 Harley Davison motorcycle on Craig’s List. The seller, a Jason Savage living in Washington, agreed to […]
Gavin Wynn Sutton was born at 12:34 p.m., Nov. 28, at William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak. He weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces and was 20 inches long. Parents are Steve and Shannon Sutton of Oxford. Grandparents are William and Debora Sutton of Clarkston and Gale and Patricia Mosier of Ortonville. Great-grandparents are Louise Pesola of […]
Arnold and Barbara Kottmann of Ortonville announce the engagement of their daughter, Alicia, to Lance Corporal Nickolas Bailey of the United States Marine Corps. The bride-to-be, a 2008 Brandon High School graduate, is a freshman at Central Michigan University studying special education. The groom-to-be is currently stationed at Camp Lejeune, N.C. and is the son […]
Grand Valley State University The following Grand Valley State University students were named to the dean’s list for the fall 2008 semester: Christian Goetz, Stefan Goetz and Mary Haiderer, all of Goodrich, and Alexander Atkin, Michael Lowis, Megen Miller and Daniel Rickabus, all of Ortonville. To be named to the dean’s list at GVSU, students […]
Senior Eric Leichtnam rallied the fans as Cagers took a timeout with a minute left in the game. Despite being at a different gymnasium, the blue and gold colors were dominate at Troy-Athens as one side of the bleachers shouted out ‘Go? and the other side echoed with ‘Wolves.? Clarkston and Pontiac Northern broke away […]