It's Thursday and here are five tidbits of news and information that we hope you'll find useful or entertaining.
Please also check out our video greeting (at right) from a classroom at Hartland's LEGACY High School as they wish everyone "good morning" in part of a message to our community.
LEGACY — which stands for Lets Educate, Graduate and Care for our Youth! — was founded in 1982 as an alternative high school and has a current enrollment of more than 100 students. It holds its classes and programs at the , which once was the main high school.
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1. The weather
Be careful driving in the fog this morning, but once it burns off expect sunny skies and a high of near 75 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. Tonight, temperatures will drop to about 49 degrees with dense fog once again rolling in after 4 a.m.
2. Fuel prices
Here's a quick daily survey of the regular per-gallon price, according to gasbuddy.com —
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- : $3.39
- : $3.41 (cash is 10 cents lower)
- Shell: $3.49
- Lowest price in the Fenton area: $3.26 at three stations: Clark at N LeRoy and Third, Marathon at N LeRoy and Glenwood and Marathon at Silver Lake and Lincoln.
- Lowest price in the Brighton area: $3.33 at Costco at 6700 Whitmore Lake Rd and Citgo at E Grand River Ave and O'Doherty Rd.
3. Community reacts to death of Apple's Steve Jobs
With the death of Apple's Steve Jobs on Wednesday, there were several reactions on our Facebook and Twitter last night from Hartland area residents. Here are some:
- @MHutchess … "May your innovation live on. apple.com" and "RIP Steve Jobs. Your genius will be missed."
- @ljrbowen … "I mourn #stevejobs not only because of what he accomplished, but because I will always wonder what else he could have come up with." and "Still bummed about Steve Jobs this morning..."
- Michael A Rosinski "My homage to Steve Jobs. I took this self-portrait in Fall 1984 with my 1st computer, Apple Mac 128k, the original! RIP Steve, I've NEVER owned a WinTel computer. https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-cM1VpB7whu4/SuQsb7rR4fI/AAAAAAAAN2E/B_7R9ZpX-Ew/MikeMac128k.jpg"
4. Help the Hartland Lions Club
Bennigan's in Genoa Township, 3950 E Grand River Ave, is hosting on Thursday. Print out the attached PDF and 20 percent of the bill goes to the club. (You'll need the coupon and present it when you order). For more information, contact Hartland Lions President Kurt Stromlund at stromlund@sbcglobal.net or 810-923-4252.
5. Hartland trivia
Congrats to Stefanie Furge who answered Wednesday's question: What noted architect designed the original section of main branch of the ? Answer: Emil Lorch.
Thursday's question: In what decade in Hartland could you buy a dozen eggs for 15 cents, a broom for 31 cents and a hank of thread for 6 cents? Hint: This one is way back. Please answer in comments.
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