Shiawassee Weekly - March 11, 2007 (It’s been so long since I’ve written a weekly that I ought to call it a quarterly) Beauty and the Beast I’m going to kick off the weekly with big props to the Owosso Players for their production of Beauty and the Beast. If you’re a BB fan and you haven’t seen it on stage, you are really missing out on an awesome show. This is t...

Shiawassee Weekly - November 19, 2006 Opinions On November 17, Wayne Bruinekool of Perry responded to Mary E Lupu’s letter to the Argus. I don’t understand half of what he said, but I thoroughly enjoyed the conclusion: Children need to know that Biblically they owe a great debt of gratitude to the immortal Lucifer for giving up his place for all eternity at the side of the Designer ju...

Walden Wins Primary Congratulations to Commissioner Jerry Walden, who won his primary race against challenger Shannon Steffes by approximately 160 votes. My only question: Why are the Walden signs still up on Geeck & Juddville Roads? Isn’t there a rule against that? (It’s not snark, I’m asking) Because if we don’t have any ordinances banning that, I’ll be ...

It’s all politics as we head into the August 8 primary … Steffes V Walden is really heating up. Shiawassee District 3 voters will decide on Tuesday which one of them will face Democrat Jack Johnson in November. Steffes has rallied support among the people who are sick of Walden’s do-nothing attitude and willingness to go along with executive handouts. Walden, a pastor, has supp...

Storm Sirens After a storm hit Owosso somewhat unexpectedly, we have dueling opinions in the Argus open forum regarding the storm sirens: Gary Martenis (July 8th): “On Monday, June 26, Owosso experienced a severe weather storm. The storm damaged trees and took down power lines around the city. The severe weather siren did not go off. The citizens of Owosso had no warning of ...

TGIF!!! I haven’t been this anxious for a weekend in a long time. All day long I was thinking ‘just a few more hours just a few more hours just a few more hours …” aaaaahhhh … so here we are, kicking back, waiting for our ‘za. It’s been a long couple of weeks … lots of time in Detroit, lots of time in Holly, lots of time in Flint. Not much time...