Expanded
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certification
FLINT — The Secretary of State’s office recently announced it’s expanding its certification services for documents with a new SUPER!Center, G-5512 Fenton Rd.
The center provides customers with certification of documents for completing business with foreign governments, such as adoptions.
The types of documents eligible for verification by the Secretary of State include notarized documents or certified copies of records such as birth, marriage, divorce and death certificates, that are issued by the Michigan state registrar, a county clerk or deputy clerk. The cost is $1 per document requiring certification.
SUPER!Center hours are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Wednesday from 9 a.m.-7 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m.-noon. On the Web: www.Michigan.gov/sos. — N.B.

Meningitis clinics
GENESEE COUNTY — Visiting Nurse Services of Michigan offers meningitis clinics for students 11 and older July 12, 18, 19 and 26.
On July 12, the clinic is at Visiting Nurse Services of Michigan-Davison, 1515 Cal Dr., from 9-11 a.m. On July 18, the clinic is at Bordens Pharmacy, 415 W. Vienna Rd. in Clio, from 1-4 p.m. On July 19 and 26, the clinic is at Visiting Nurse Services of Michigan-Davison, 1515 Cal Dr., from 2-4 p.m. and 9-11 a.m.
Cost for each clinic is $115. No appointment is necessary. For more information or additional dates, call 800-862-3132 or visit www.vnsm.org/immunizations. — N.B.

Free days at FCM
FLINT — The Flint Children’s Museum, 1602 W. Third Ave., announces Free Access Days every Tuesday in July.
On July 10, insect expert Darren Bradley will give a presentation from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Also scheduled for the day is a Betsy Ross re-enactment from noon-2 p.m. On July 17, Terry Rozyla from the Genesee County Humane Society visits from noon-4 p.m. to talk about pet ownership.
On July 24, some of Flint’s mayoral candidates will visit for a lunch and learn session with children from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. The last free day, July 31, focuses on the month’s stars and stripes theme.
Museum hours are Tuesday-Friday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. For more information, call 810-767-5437 or visit www.flintchildrensmuseum.org. — N.B.

Garden tour and luncheon
GOODRICH — Tickets for the third annual Salads Galore Luncheon in conjunction with the Goodrich Garden Tour are now available at Brown’s Hardware, 7281 S. State Rd. in Goodrich.
The July 14 tour includes visits to a few gardens then lunch at the Goodrich United Methodist Church, 8071 S. State (M-15), anytime between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. A $6 lunch donation includes unlimited salads, breads, beverages and desserts. Tickets also are available at the door. For more information, call 810-797-5126. — E.M.

Genesee County Reverse 911
FLINT — Genesee County has devised a way to alert large amounts of people at a relatively fast pace in the event of an emergency. The Genesee County Reverse 911 is a system, currently in place for all listed phone numbers, which can call 100 phone lines a minute to deliver a pre-recorded emergency-related message.
Genesee County is now requesting that anyone with unlisted phone numbers, which includes cell phones and voice over internet users, register their phone number as well. Messages will be brief and will occur when important information needs to be passed along immediately to members of a particular neighborhood or geographic area.
The Genesee County 911 Communications Center asks that those who do not have a phone number listed with the center fill out an application and submit it to Genesee County 911 Communications Center, Attention: Reverse 911, 4481 Corunna Rd., Flint, MI 48532 or e-mail reverse911@geneseecounty911.org.
Applications are available at abc12.com or www.co.genesee.mi.us/emergency/lepc.htm. — K.S.

No burning permits
GRAND BLANC TWP. — The fire department is no longer issuing burning permits for Grand Blanc Township residents. The department resumes issuing burning permits on Oct. 15 this year through April 30, 2008.
The fire department does not issue burning permits to City of Grand Blanc residents at any time of the year. — J.N.

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