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Guest column by LOCS Interim Superintendent Marion GinopolisA recent letter to the editor appeared in The Lake Orion Review with questions addressed to the Lake Orion School District specific to financial responsibility and inquiries related to the upcoming February 22 bond election....more >> |
Guest column by LOCS Interim Superintendent Marion GinopolisA recent letter to the editor appeared in The Lake Orion Review with questions addressed to the Lake Orion School District specific to financial responsibility and inquiries related to the upcoming February 22 bond election....more >> |
Ginopolis responds to bond questionsA recent letter to the editor appeared in The Lake Orion Review with questions addressed to the Lake Orion School District specific to financial responsibility and inquiries related to the upcoming February 22 bond election....more >> |
Ginopolis responds to bond questionsA recent letter to the editor appeared in The Lake Orion Review with questions addressed to the Lake Orion School District specific to financial responsibility and inquiries related to the upcoming February 22 bond election....more >> |
Outstanding, OrionDear editor, As we head into the new year, I would like to take this opportunity to say how proud I am to live in the wonderful community and be surrounded with so many outstanding individuals and businesses....more >> |
Bond issue 'out of the question'Dear editor, It's time Orion educators provided the funds "for the kids." Administrators and teachers can chip in with a 10 percent pay cut and a 25 percent of their healthcare premiums immediately....more >> |
Goodfellows gratefulDear editor, The Orion Township Fire Fighters Goodfellows would like to thank all those who made our 2010 Christmas Food Baskets a success. Local Orion and Oxford businesses donated everything from cash to turkeys and Barbie dolls to smoke detectors....more >> |
OpinionsDear Editor, The latest movement in Goodrich seems to be one-sided. The newly elected council members claimed when they were running that they wanted things to be more open and transparent and that they wanted to be for all the people....more >> |
OpinionsDear Editor, (In response to 'Scarves for a cause:Local creates garb for Special Olympics,' The Citizen, Jan. 8, page 14): Thank you for all the wonderful knit and or crochet scarves donated to this year's Special Olympians....more >> |
OpinionsDear Editor: Good Ol Boys? I have heard this term many times in the local papers, from a couple of citizens of the Goodrich community, in reference to our (former) village council members....more >> |
District lacks leadership; vote 'no' on bondDear editor, Well said Denise Mitchell. I too believe that this district has not demonstrated fiscal responsibility in the past couple of years. Additionally, I think they have also failed in looking at the district as a whole when making their financial decisions....more >> |
Outstanding, OrionDear editor, As we head into the new year, I would like to take this opportunity to say how proud I am to live in the wonderful community and be surrounded with so many outstanding individuals and businesses....more >> |
My WayWhy all the secrecy? |
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Don't Rush MeLocal author uses past to help others' future" . . . But grief is even more. It's a teacher if we let it be, and a good one. We can actually learn a lot from the sadness that we feel sometimes, not when we're in the middle of grief, but later with time when we feel a little less sad....more >> |
Jim's JottingsOn stories past; Everlast
Brain's dry; Have to rely; On stories past; Everlast (This is a repeat of a Jottings from 1956 - You may have missed it.) During my tour of duty in the Navy we were in an amphibian group....more >> |
OpinionsDear Editor: The month of January marks the annual observance of School Board Recognition Month—a time to salute the work of school board members and celebrate public education. The theme, "School Boards Lead Strong," reflects our combined commitment to leadership and accountability assuring that ALL children succeed....more >> |
OpinionsDear Editor, On behalf of the Old Newsboys, thank you to everyone who stopped and donated to this great cause again this year. We realize that everyone is in a hurry right before Christmas, but by taking the time to stop, Goodrich alone raised just over $3,500....more >> |
OpinionsDear Editor, The Feb. 22 school bond proposal has brought to light a couple misconceptions. The first is that it will raise taxes. It will "not." It will also "not" lower taxes. The proposal is for an extension of the current bond which remains in effect until 2034; the proposal will extend this out until 2041....more >> |
Team up for financial futureMany investors rely upon financial advisors to help them manage their investment portfolio. Ideally, the financial advisor and investor should work together, as a team, to find the right investments and make informed decisions to help meet investment objectives....more >> |
Make change happen for nonviolenceWhen major events happen we tend to look for someone to blame. Once we've found someone to blame, we think our work is done and then we can get back to normal. We see this at work around the recent shootings in Tucson....more >> |
Past beckonsI was getting nostaglic for the past leading up to the Clarkston Strolling Retro Cocktail party held on Saturday. As the mind wandered from hats to dresses to shoes leading to sounds of typewriters pounding out letters fiercely as rolled by, I became swept away, finding myself in one of the comic strips from when I was a kid – Brenda Starr....more >> |
Line long for Obamacare waiverBy U.S. REP. MIKE ROGERS Here is one of the secrets that Washington hopes that you don't notice about the new $2.6 trillion health care law. If you don't like the law's slew of new mandates and taxes on families, doctors and employers, you can get an exemption....more >> |
PTA appreciation for school boardDear Editor, January marks the annual observance of School Board Recognition Month, a time to salute the work of school board members and celebrate public education. On behalf of the 2,700 PTA members in Clarkston, we wish to convey our appreciation to the Clarkston Community School Board of Education for its leadership and stewardship of our school district....more >> |
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| 1890: Ho Chi Minh (Nguyen That Thanh), Vietnamese nationalist and political leader. |
| 1895: Johns Hopkins, merchant and philanthropist. |
| 1925: Malcolm X (Malcolm Little), African-American activist. |
| 1934: James Lehrer, broadcast journalist. |
| 1941: Jane Brody, food and health writer. |
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| 1780: Near total darkness descends on New England at noon. No explanation is found. |
| 1856: Senator Charles Sumner speaks out against slavery. |
| 1858: A pro-slavery band led by Charles Hameton executes unarmed Free State men near Marais des Cygnes on the Kansas-Missouri border. |
| 1863: Union General Ulysses S. Grant's first attack on Vicksburg is repulsed. |
| 1864: The Union and Confederate armies launch their last attacks against each other at Spotsylvania, Virginia. |
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