Familiar faces
GRAND BLANC TWP. — The township board made reappointments to the library board and the zoning board of appeals last Thursday.
Debbie Rolf, treasurer of the McFarlan Library Board, and J. Robert Jones, a trustee on the board, were both reappointed to their positions. Rolf’s term expires in 2008 and Jones’s is up in 2009. “We would like to thank them for all they have done on the board,” Supervisor Jeff Zittel said.
Paul Wagner also was reappointed to his seat on the ZBA. His term will expire in 2009. “He (Wagner) has been very effective over his two terms on the ZBA,” said Trustee Micki Hoffman, who also serves on the ZBA. — P.H.

Lighting winners
GRAND BLANC TWP. — Winners in the Concord Green and Ottawa Hills subdivisions Christmas decorating contest were announced last week. The contests were open to dues paying members of the homeowners’ associations.
Winners in Concord Green were: First place, Harold and Jeri Blakley; second place, Rick and Gretchen Walat; honorable mentions were Jim and Julie King, Bill and Margo Schabel, and Mel and Virginia Townsend.
Winners in Ottawa Hills were: First place, Alex and Barbara Armstrong; second place, Steven Myers; third place, Don and Carrie Kita. — P.H.

Comcast changes
GRAND BLANC — Comcast Cable Communications, Inc. has added, deleted and repositioned channels in the Grand Blanc area, effective Dec. 15.
Grand Blanc subscribers will now get Fox Reality-digital classic lineup (channel 108), National Geographic (199), A&E HD (200), Universal HD (208) and The Tube (254), while the Sundance West channel has been deleted.
FearNet has moved to channel 166 and Encore East (150) and Encore West (151) are now Digital Classic, not Digital Plus channels. Call 1-800-COMCAST for customer service. — J.N.

Grant to help Bishop Airport
FLINT — The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation announced Tuesday that it will provide up to $10 million over the next several years to help construct an intermodal hub at Bishop International Airport.
The hub is used to move cargo and goods from one form of transportation to another. The project is expected to cost about $34 million and is scheduled for completion in 2009.
The intermodal facility will help the region’s economic development strategy by creating jobs and economic diversification, according to the Mott Foundation.
Improvements expected to be part of the project include expansion to existing aircraft-to-truck intermodal transfer facility, an intermodal cargo storage facility, additional truck docks and new accesses to Bristol Road. — P.H.

Holiday hours
STATEWIDE — Secretary of State Offices will be closed for the holidays. All offices will shut down Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 25-26, and Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 1-2, for Christmas and New Year’s. Super Centers also will be closed Saturday, Dec. 23, and Saturday, Dec. 30.
Licenses or plates that expire on days the office will be closed can renew the next open day with no penalty. For information, visit www.michigan.gov/sos. — P.H.

Village parking, snow restrictions
GOODRICH — The Village of Goodrich reminds residents that parking on or along any public street, road or highway within village limits is prohibited between 2-7 a.m. and during a snow emergency.
During a snow emergency, the DPW vehicles and snow plows (and vehicles in general) need an unobstructed roadway.
Residents also are reminded that the motor vehicle code prohibits disposing of ice or snow into the road right-of-way by individual homeowners or contracted snow removal companies. Call the village office at 810-636-2570 for more information.
The village has three classification levels for snow and ice removal:
Priority I streets are plowed and salted first. These streets include Hegel east, Erie, Seneca, Pontiac, Clarence and Cemetery.
Priority II streets are cleared after Priority I streets and include Clarence south of Hegel, Huron, Seneca south of Hegel, Ridge and Hegel west.
Priority III streets are maintained last and can be done on employee overtime, based on the discretion of the Village Administrator and/or DPW Supervisor. These streets include Grove, Hawes, Putnam, Shuman, Hufsteader and Dutch.
The DPW determines the schedule for snow plowing based on classification and the amount of snowfall covering the ground or predicted. Street salting/sanding is done following priority classification and as needed by the discretion of the Administrator and DPW Supervisor. — J.N.

Parks hearing
GRAND BLANC — Grand Blanc Parks & Rec is hosting a public hearing to get community input on its five-year Master Plan draft at 6 p.m. Jan. 18 at its administrative offices.
“The plan evaluates existing recreation opportunities, reviews public opinion regarding recreation and proposes a five-year schedule of improvements and other related items that the (Parks & Rec) Commission wishes to pursue,” said Parks & Rec Executive Director Kae Eidson.
Copies of the draft plan are available for review at the Parks & Rec Commission office, McFarlen Library, the Grand Blanc schools administration building and the City of Grand Blanc and Grand Blanc Township administrative offices.
The public can comment during the meeting or mail comments on the plan by Jan. 18 to Kae Eidson, Executive Director, Grand Blanc Parks & Recreation Commission, 360 E. Grand Blanc Rd., Grand Blanc, MI 48439. For more information, call the Parks & Rec at 810-694-0101. — J.N.

Holiday hours
GRAND BLANC — The Grand Blanc View office, 110 E. Grand Blanc Rd., will be closed on Dec. 25 and Jan. 1. Call the GB View at 1-866-348-8439 for information or questions.

Offices closed
GOODRICH — The Goodrich Administration offices will be closed Dec. 25 and 26, and Jan. 1 and 2 in observance of the holidays.
Regular hours are 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Mondays, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesdays and 8 a.m.-noon Fridays. Contact 810-636-2570 for more information. — J.N.

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