?’For your thoughts are not my thoughts, nor your ways my ways,? declares the Lord.? ? Isaiah 55:7 For Jesse Holt, the new executive pastor at Christ the King (CTK) Church in Oxford Township, this passage of Scripture couldn’t be truer. After spending more than 20 years living in New York, the eldest son of […]
The Wildcat Booters added two more to the win column last week, bringing their overall record to 8-2-6 and their OAA White record to 4-1-4. The Wildcats kicked off their week with a 2-0 win over the Royal Oak Ravens. ‘The boys played a fantastic game against Royal Oak and were rarely threatened.? We controlled […]
It was a tough go for the varsity girls volleyball team last week, after losing conference matches to OAA leaders Lake Orion and Stoney Creek. The ladies faced off against the Dragons Oct. 12. ‘We had a rough start against Lake Orion, and we dug ourselves in a hole quickly. LO is a great team […]
‘Leaders always choose the harder right rather than the easier wrong.? – Orrin Woodward In my eight years as a journalist, I’ve dealt with all types of government officials ? village, township, school district. In that time, I’ve also dealt with ‘the good, the bad and the ugly? when it comes to the leaders at […]
For Carol Gabris, human resource director for Independence Township, budget reductions are a matter of dollars, not people. ‘If you budget for $100,000 and you have to reduce it to $75,000, as a department head, you have to cut $25,000 out of that budget,? she said. ‘It can be through cutting programs, cutting expenses in […]
The philosophy ‘one bad kid ruins it for the whole classroom? makes a bad rule. You don’t punish all the kids because one is misbehaving. Trustee Neil Wallace seems to think you should. Wallace gave an 807-word speech at the Jan. 19 Independence Township board meeting about a newspaper and story (‘Mum’s the word,? Jan. […]
Eight Oxford High School students, four of whom are varsity football players, are being disciplined by the district after it was discovered they had allegedly consumed alcohol and marijuana prior to attending the homecoming dance on Saturday, Oct. 3. According to OHS Principal Todd Dunckley, there were two unrelated incidents at the dance. ‘Four of […]
Oxford Schools had some ups and downs in their ACT scores from last fall, according a presentation made by Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum & Instruction Ken Weaver at the Sept. Oxford Board of Education meeting. Oxford saw an increase in English scores from 19.0 to 19.2 and an increase in reading scores from 20.1 to […]
The Wildcat varsity soccer team kicked off last week by pulling off ‘one of the greatest comebacks in a long time,? according to Head Coach John Thaler, when Oxford scored in the last two seconds of the game against Birmingham Seaholm, the OAA White Division leaders, to end in a 1-1 tie. ‘It was a […]
It was a great week for the Oxford girls varsity volleyball team as it won both league matches against Troy and Rochester Adams. This brought their league record up to 2-2 and their overall record to 25-10-2. The girls kicked their week off on Tuesday by beating Troy in three matches ? 27-25, 25-21 and […]