Silent auction
GRAND BLANC — Boy Scout Troop 176 of Grand Blanc hosts a celebrity and silent auction from 2-5 p.m. Aug. 11 on the hill at Grand Blanc High School.
More than 150 items will be auctioned, with all proceeds benefiting scout camp, scholarships and camping equipment for Troop 176. For more information, call Judy Gratsch at 810-694-0045. — N.B.

Join the Crim
Spirit Squad
FLINT — Anyone looking for a good seat to cheer on relatives in the Crim can join the Flint Children’s Museum’s Crim Spirit Squad from 7 a.m.-5 p.m. Aug. 25 at the museum, 1602 W. Third Ave.
Participants will enjoy a continental breakfast, guaranteed parking, prime seats for watching runners at mile marker #3 and museum admission for $5 per person. Call 810-767-5437 for pre-registration. Tickets also will be available at the door. — N.B.

No burning permits
GRAND BLANC TWP. — The fire department is no longer issuing burning permits for Grand Blanc Twp. 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.

Lock-up fundraiser benefits the MDA
GRAND BLANC TWP. — Several local people are “locked up” and need help from the community to be set free.
Brick Street Bar & Grille, 1223 E. Grand Blanc Rd., is the site for the Grand Blanc Executive Telethon Lock-Up, beginning at noon Aug. 14. The fundraiser benefits the Mid-Eastern, MI Chapter of the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA).
Individuals will be “incarcerated” and a deputy will take prisoners to the MDA’s “Maximum-Appreciation Facility” at Brick Street where they will be sentenced and held for one hour.
To be released, prisoners need to raise bail set at $3,000 and can ask their friends to donate money to make bail. The four “bail-out” options are by cash, check, credit card or pledge. All donations are 100 percent tax deductible.
For more information, call the MDA chapter at 810-866-9004. — N.B.

GB Class Reunion
GRAND BLANC — The Grand Blanc High School Class of 1962 is planning a 45th class reunion on Oct. 13 at the Coyote Preserve Golf Club, 9218 Preserve Dr., in Fenton.
Cost is $35 per person. For more information contact Marjorie Lengyel Burke at 810-695-5537 or e-mail lengyel@netzero.net. — J.N.

Goodrich still has openings for out-of-county students
GOODRICH — Goodrich Area Schools still has four openings available for students who live outside Genesee County but in intermediate school districts contiguous to the Genesee Intermediate School District.
This includes students in Livingston, Shiawassee, Saginaw, Tuscola, Lapeer or Oakland counties.
The Board of Education voted for the first time at its April 23 meeting to allow applications under the schools of choice program from outside Genesee County for the 2007-08 school year.
Applications are available in the superintendent’s office, 8029 S. Gale Rd., for students in grades K-12 and must be returned to the administrative offices no later than 4 p.m. Aug. 10.
If more than four applications are submitted, the district will hold a lottery on Aug. 13. Parents will be notified whether their student was accepted or not by the end of the day Aug. 13.
Contact Joy Moll at 810-591-2201 or e-mail jmoll@goodrich.k12.mi.us with questions. — J.N.

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