Whoa-who-a Oprah! Orion resident, independent insurance agent, family man and health nut, Dennis James is singing the praises of talk-show giant Oprah Winfrey . . . and is hoping to land his own show through her website, www.oprah.com James, 55, has produced a short 2.5 minute video hawking his new show idea. In the nationwide […]
Lifelong Oxford resident, community leader, World War II veteran and past owner of Bossardet Funeral Home, Ed Bossardet passed away Tuesday night, after a long bout with cancer. He was 85. ‘I visited with him just last Thursday,? said Oxford Village resident and past village president Joe Bullen. ‘He was out on his inclosed porch. […]
So last week I went against all things safe. I broke out and tattled on a powerful secret society — the secret bread baker society, the SBBS. I ratted them out and what they wanted suppressed and kept hidden from honest, God-fearing Americans like yourselves. Fearing not for my safety, only caring that the truth […]
When I read the news that the dark-haired half of Siegfried and Roy Las Vegas show was dragged off stage by one of their white ‘friends? I thought, ‘There’s a column in there somewhere.? Roy Horn, 59, was bit in the arm, then dragged off stage by the white tiger Montecore, in front of an […]
My dad always said, ‘Son, you should learn something new everyday.? I felt that was sound advice until I had about 15 years of living under my belt. And, by the time I graduated from college, I totally rejected Dad’s obsession with learning. Do the words ‘know,? ‘it,? and ‘all? mean anything to anybody? There […]
While sitting on our brown, Italian leather sofa the other evening, I came to a startling revelation about myself: I do not like plain, single-colored socks. Nope. I don’t like ’em. It’s nothing personal against plain-colored socks. Their monochromatic tendencies are fine for other folks. Just not me. I don’t believe they’re boring or dull. […]
My dad always said, ‘Son, you should learn something new everyday.? I felt that was sound advice until I had about 15 years of living under my belt. And, by the time I graduated from college, I totally rejected Dad’s obsession with learning. Do the words ‘know,? ‘it,? and ‘all? mean anything to anybody? There […]
‘Poppies! Poppies! Poppies!? — Something the Wicked Witch of the West may have uttered in the 1939 movie classic, ‘The Wizard of Oz? I know Memorial Day is at hand. And it’s not cuz I’m a veteran, genius or anything so noble or extravagant. Nope, not me. Atlas Township resident Jill Stodola wanted me to […]
The Memorial Day weekend turned tragic for the family of Oxford Township resident, Brent Alan Ford, 25. Ford died early Sunday morning, after he was found floating in Scripter Park Lake the evening before. ‘The medical examiners have determined Mr. Ford’s death was accidental drowning,? Oxford Police Chief Mike Neymanowski said, Monday morning. Neymanowski also […]
As I write . . . It’s windy. It’s warm. It’s dry. There are only 11 days to Halloween and it’s 70-something degrees outside. It’s not right. It’s not fair. I think I’ll pull something out from the desk drawer . . . * * * When I harken back to those joy-filled days of […]