raise a family.

There have been many

changes in the Village this

past year, and we have

pulled all our resources

together to bring you this

issue of “The County Line.”

We would like to congratu-

late the Village Hall on win-

ning the Christmas decora-

tion contest for the first

time. Great job to the new

Village Hall officers ! Enjoy

your plaque for the next

year, Baker’s, the Café, and

LTC/TVC will be stepping

up our game in 2015 !!

The good news about wait-

ing to deliver the Newslet-

ter is that I got to talk to

many people that generous-

ly help me gather infor-

mation. These “town gos-

sipers” are very helpful.

Thank you.

(And by town gossipers I

mean Don Austin & Pappy.)

We hope you enjoy it and

again I personally apologize

to everyone reading this for

not bringing the Newsletter

to you sooner. We will

prevail in 2015 !

By: Sharon, Hated Non-

Newsletter-Writing-Citizen

Many inquiring minds around

Lennon have asked me,

“Where is my Newsletter?”

The answer is simple. We

have been busy here at the

Office, and there hasn’t been

any extra time to write the

newsletter.

I’ve even had relatives in

Florida yell at me. :(

Do I feel bad? Yes.

Will we try harder to make

time for the Newsletter?

Yes.

Will the citizens of Lennon

and its surrounding areas

forgive me? I’m not sure,

but I sincerely hope so.

If it makes you feel better,

go to www.lentel.com,

print out my picture, cut

it out and make a target

with it. I wouldn’t blame

you if you did. Maybe my

relatives in Florida already have.

I think you get our point,

we really do feel bad. We

will try harder this year !

Now that the question of

the Newsletter has been

answered, can we now

concentrate on the cur-

rent events of Lennon and

start this New Year out

right?

Definitely.

Happy 2015 ! This will be

a great year for the Len-

non area. Things are

starting to look up both

economically & socially. I

believe we will see a few

new businesses open in

this area, and a few more

families move here too.

Why not? The Lennon

area is a wonderful place

to put down roots and

Where is my Newsletter?

The County Line

A Newsletter published by Lennon Telephone Company

H A P P Y N E W Y E A R 2 0 1 5 T H E C O U N T Y L I N E

This newslet-

ter is available at

www.lentel.com

Page 1:

We’re back

Page 2:

Village/DDA

VOLV

Page 3:

Police/Lions

Page 4:

Healthier

Eats

Page 5:

Goodbye/

Routers

Page 6:

Digital is

coming !

Happy 2015

P A G E 2

Lennon DDA / VOLV update

Lennon Village Council, Perkins Library Update The Lennon Village Council

meets every 2nd Monday of the

month @ 7:30 pm at the Village

Hall located at 11904 Lennon

Rd. You can contact Village Hall

at 621-4896.

New Council Officers Are:

President: Rebecca Smith

Treasurer: Kyanne Rodabaugh

Clerk: Sherry Lynn Breece

Councilmen: Ross Jokinen & Scott

Breece

The Village welcomes

questions and com-

ments from the resi-

dents of Lennon and

surrounding areas.

Clerk’s hours are Monday

- Thursday, 7-9 pm.

Venice Township Branch

- Perkins Library of

Lennon is also located at

11904 Lennon Rd. The

Phone number is 621-

3202. Library Hours:

Monday & Tues…...11 - 5

Wed………..Noon - 6

Thurs………Noon - 7

Upcoming Events: Chinese

Cooking with Ming Louie Janu-

ary 22nd, 5:30 pm. Call to

register. Valentine Movie &

Craft, kids can watch a movie,

make a craft, have a snack.

February 11th, 4:30 - 6:00

pm. Galactic Goo ! (With

Longway Planetarium. )Kids 4

-12 will make goo to take

home. Feb. 12th, 5:30pm.

festivities in the Vil-

lage. The Lions,

VOLV and Lennon

Firemen also work to-

gether to make the

Christmas Santa party

a great success every

year.

The Council, DDA and

VOLV are teaming up

with the Lennon Police

to acquire some emer-

gency lighting, and al-

ternative power trans-

portation for the Vil-

lage. Working with the

Council’s authoriza-

tion, the Police Dept.

was able to get 4 emer-

gency light sets and an

ATV by utilizing the

LESO 1033 program.

The DDA working

with funds provided by

VOLV voted to prov-

ide a grant to the Village

General Fund covering the

project’s current costs,

therefore providing this

equipment to the Village at

no expense to the resident

taxpayers ! VOLV granted

the DDA two separate

amounts of $2000 to help

offset the cost of the pro-

gram. Those costs included

the transportation fee and

the repairs needed to the

ATV. Thanks to the efforts

of the DPW’s Jerry McMil-

lin and Byron Vowell, the

ATV is fully operational

and “on the job.”

The Village of Lennon

Council is making

strides working with the

DDA and Village of

Lennon Volunteers. The

newly renovated DPW

East building is nearing

completion and compli-

ments the recent M-13/

Lennon Rd. intersection

brick and sidewalk

work, as do the summer

flowers on the corners.

The DDA and VOLV

worked with the Lennon

Lions by funding a

bounce house for the

kids on Homecoming

Day along with active

child monitoring help

from the Lennon Wes-

leyan Church. These

groups are looking for-

ward to working togeth-

er again for any future

T H E C O U N T Y L I N E

Lennon Police Dept. News

P A G E 3 T H E C O U N T Y L I N E

By: Lennon Police Chief Ian

Zoll

During the year we had the

good fortune to sell our older

backup cruiser that was

equipped with less efficient

bulb flashing-light bar system

and purchase a used, but new-

er cruiser with the new safer/

brighter LED flasher system

installed. Thus getting a safer

vehicle for the department

and actually saving the Village

over over $1000.00 in the

process. This was made possi-

ble with the help and coopera-

tion of our own Sgt. Carlson

and Genesee County Park

Rangers Chief Shanlian.

Thanks to a grant acquired by

response equipment with the

Shiawassee Emergency Manage-

ment Team. For the safety of the

public and our officers, funding is

being sought for new body cam-

eras.

The Lennon Police Dept. is

working closely with area De-

partments and the State Police

due to the reduction of the Shia.

County Sheriff’s Dept. road pa-

trol to ensure the public’s safety.

As the Lennon Chief I would like

to say it has been a pleasure serv-

ing with the Lennon Police Dept.

for over 6 years, and I hope many

more to come. If anyone has any

questions or concerns please feel

free to stop by the office or one

of our officers on patrol.

Raffle will be in the late Fall, and the Christmas Tree Sales usually start the day after Thanksgiving. These 3 Fund-raisers make it possible for us to help many different people throughout the year. The Lennon Lions Club along with many different groups were able to help 70 families with food baskets at Christ-mas. We collected around 6,000 cans and boxes of food. We handed out turkeys, chick-ens, apples, potatoes and many other items. Due to the food baskets, many families were able to have a nicer Christmas. We thank all that helped with this project. The Lions would also like to thank those businesses that sold tickets for our Fall Raffle &

On behalf of the Lennon Li-ons Club, I would like to thank all the people and businesses who supported our Club, during the entire 2014 year. The Lennon Li-ons have been in existence for over 40 years and during that time we have collected and spent close to $500,000.00. Most of it was spent in the Lennon area. If it was not for the support of the local community, people and businesses, we would not be able to help all the people and causes that we support. We have 3 major fundraisers during the year, the Lennon Lions Homecoming will be on Saturday, July 18th, 2015. The Fall Sportsmen

Lennon Lions News

T H E C O U N T Y L I N E

the Shiawassee County

Sheriff’s Department, we

were also able to install a

new computer and soft-

ware into the recently pur-

chased cruiser with the

Village only having to pay

for the modem installation

cost.

With the efforts of our

DPW Street Superinten-

dent Jerry McMIllin, a re-

cently acquired 7Kw gener-

ator/floodlight system is up

and running, ready for any

maintenance need or use in

time of an emergency re-

sponse. The unit is also

being listed along with our

other emergency

The Lions

meet the 1st &

3rd Thursdays

of the month,

at the Lennon

Café. 6:30

eat, 7:30

meeting. :)

Cub Cadet Raffle at Homecom-ing: Baker Insurance, Bowden Body Shop, LTC/TVC, Hodge’s Hardware, VKT Barbershop, Midway Market, Fringe Salon, Alderman’s, Steiner’s and the Lennon Café. The Café is a ma-jor reason our Sportsmen Raffle has been so successful by al-lowing us to display the prizes. They sold over 800 tickets! With all this said the Club is in need of new members. The Len-non Lions currently have few members, and many of them are senior citizens. We need some younger residents to continue to pull the load and carry on the traditions that have been set for over 40 years. Please consider joining and helping your Com-munity. Sincerely, Don Austin, proud Lennon Lions member.

Go to:

www.foodnetwork.com

for more recipes

or

watch Food Network on

Channel 58 or 123 with

TVC Cable !!

Also check out the

Cooking Channel on 160

P A G E 4

Healthy Slow Cooker Chili

“P4” Pumpkin Pie Pudding Parfait

Lean & Mean for 2015

~Quickie Quinoa Salad~

Ingredients:

1 cup quinoa

1/2 English cucumber, seeded

& chopped

2 tbs. roughly chopped fresh

cilantro leaves

1/2 c pine nuts, toasted

2 tbs. lemon infused olive oil

Uncover the quinoa and fluff gently with a fork. Set aside to cool. Meanwhile, put the chopped cucum-ber, cilantro, toasted pine nuts and the olive oil in a serving bowl. Season with salt and pepper to taste, then add the quinoa and toss. Enjoy ! Recipe courtesy of Claire Robinson Prep time: 40 min Makes: 4 servings

containers for mixing.

Add dashes of the cinnamon,

pumpkin pie spice and all

spice to taste.

Use a truffle bowl or individ-

ual parfait glasses, as long as

they are see-through.

After all ingredients are well

incorporated and you have

used the spices to taste,

start layering the mixture

with the second container of

Cool Whip. Make sure you

save some Cool Whip for

the top layer of the bowl/

Ingredients: 2 cans pumpkin filling

1 scoop vanilla protein powder

1 1/2 cups Silk Almond Protein & Fiber milk 2 Cool Whip Lite

containers: Cinnamon, Pumpkin Pie

Spice and All Spice

Directions: Mix all ingredients in a large bowl, remember to only use one of the Cool Whip

glasses. Make the layers about

2 inches apart and it should

work out fine. Top with a

cookie or chocolate shavings.

Makes: 12 servings

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: Zero !

Nutritional Information:

Per Serving:

195 Calories, 13 grams of

Protein, 24 Carbs, 4.5 Fats

and 4.5 Fiber grams.

Recipe By: The Hated-Non-

Newsletter-Writing-Chic

Ingredients:

8 oz cage-free boneless chicken breasts, cubed

8 oz ground lean turkey

3/4 c canned small black beans, strained & rinsed

3/4 c canned great Northern white beans

4 c no-sodium/MSG chicken or vegetable broth

2 c canned organic low-

Directions: Soak the quinoa in water for 15 minutes, then drain. In a saucepan over medium heat, combine quinoa and about 1 1/2 cups of water. Bring to a full boil. Cover the pot, and let the quinoa cook for another minute. Turn the heat down to very low and cook for 15 minutes. Remove the pot from the heat and let it sit for 5 minutes with the lid on.

sodium tomato sauce 1 c canned no-sodium stewed

tomatoes 1/4 c lime juice

3/4 c chopped celery 3/4 c corn

1/2 green, red & orange bell peppers, chopped

1/2 fresh jalepeno, minced 1/2 c chopped yellow onion

1/4 c fresh cilantro 2 cloves garlic, chopped

2 tbs. chili powder 2 tbs. ground cumin

Directions: Place the chicken & turkey in a

large saucepan over medium heat and cook until slightly browned. Add to a 4-Quart slow cooker along with

the beans, broth, tomato sauce, stewed tomatoes, lime juice, celery,

corn, peppers, jalapeno, onions,

cilantro, garlic, chili powder & cum-in. Cook on high to be ready in 3 hours, or cook on low for 6 hours. Set the dial, enjoy your day and a healthy meal ! Recipe courtesy of

Food Network Kitchens

Goodbye Chief

P A G E 5

several nieces and nephews. He was preceded

in death by his parents; brother, Wayne; and

sisters, Carol & Phyllis. Dexter did so many

things for the Lennon Community, it is hard to

list them all. To honor him, pall-bearers

placed his casket

on the back of the

Lennon Antique

Fire Truck which

drove him to Yer-

ian Cemetary in

style. Several area

Fire Trucks escort-

ed him one last

time, it was a

touching tribute to

a wonderful man.

T H E C O U N T Y L I N E

Sadly, Lennon lost one of it’s

most beloved citizens last No-

vember 13, 2014.

Dexter

Bowden

was born

November

5, 1928 in

Lennon,

the son of

Harold

and Virgie

(Perry)

Bowden. He was a veteran of the

U.S. Army. Mr. Bowden had

been a mail carrier earlier in his

life, but was best known for own-

ing & operating Bowden Body

Shop for many years.

Why do Routers need to be reset so often? Many customers ask us routinely why

they need to reset their routers so of-

ten. Even people with different Inter-

net providers have been asking us this

same question.

Here are some answers according to

asklifehacker.com or whitson-

gordon.kinja.com:

This is a common ailment with no one

universal cause. It could be that your

Internet provider changes your IP

address often, and your router doesn’t

catch on. Maybe it’s overheating, or

maybe it’s getting bogged down by

too many connections at once. This

can happen if you download a lot.

There are a few solutions that can help

you fix the problem and help prevent

it in the future.

First, verify that your router is the

source of the problem. This is also

what we recommend here at LTC/

TVC. Plug your computer or device

directly into your modem and see if

you get any dropped connections. If

not, the problem is more likely related

to your router. If you have a modem/

router combo, you won’t be able to

perform this step, you will have to call

tech support. If you are a LTC/TVC

customer, that number is 1-866-426-

6967. They are available 24 hours a

day, 7 days a week, and they all speak

English. :) If you have a different pro-

vider, you will have to call them. If

your router is the problem, you will

have to contact your router manufac-

turer to get support. Another thing to

check for is the heat coming from

your router. Get your router out of

hot, enclosed spaces, raise it up on

wood blocks or stick it in front of a

fan. A lot of times, a router that keeps

dying can be fixed with just a bit of

extra airflow. If your Internet works

when you are directly plugged into

your modem, another thing to try is to

update your router’s firmware. Head

to your router’s config page (usually available by

typing http://192.168.0.1 into your browser, but

you’ll have to check your manual.) Check the firm-

ware version and write it down. Next, go to your

router’s manufacturer’s web site

(e.g.www.linksys.com) and head to their support

page. Find your router and go to its download page.

If the latest firmware doesn’t match, you should

download the latest firmware and update your rout-

er. If you still can’t fix the problem with your rout-

er, you may have to buy a new one. LTC/TVC has

modem/router combos for sale, but if you need just

a router, you may want to check out the prices at

Best Buy, Meijer, Walmart, etc.

We hope you find these tips helpful, remember that

we are always here to help you both with our 24-

hour tech support, and our technicians that are al-

ways on-call if you have an outage. Hopefully you

will have success and be able to do the happy

dance.

Dex was the Lennon Fire Dept.

Chief for 31 years, and served on

that Department for a total of 50

years. Dexter was also a member

of the Lennon Lions Club. He

married Bernita Marble on June

9, 1951. He is survived by his

wife of 63 years, and their three

children, Richard and wife Kelly

Bowden of Lennon, Diane and

husband Terry Kindell of Car-

bondale, CO, and Julie and hus-

band John Bohan of Snowmass,

CO; 5 grandchildren and several

great grandchildren; brothers,

Jerry and wife Judy Bowden of

Swartz Creek, Jack and wife Ruth

Bowden of Florida, and Milo

Bowden of Tennessee; and

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customers that have older-style “bubble

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