A fawn was lying on the porch when Oxford resident George Navarre got home on June 21. The next day the fawn returned and laid down in the same spot next to the porch railing. She was enjoying the view of the woods surrounding the house. Later in the afternoon, Navarre spotted the fawn underneath […]
Oxford resident Martha VanBlerk is becoming an internationally-known mother. She’s already taken care of a German boy and now she’s awaiting the arrival of a girl from Thailand. VanBlerk and her kin serve as host family in Youth for Understanding (YFU), a foreign exchange student program. YFU is an educational experience that includes learning how […]
Addison Township Supervisor Bruce Pearson had the fire chief job description on his desk Monday, waiting for the next step in the hiring process. Both the fire board and township board must now approve the document before it’s posted and position’s advertised. The job description was sent to the fire board this week for them […]
It might be hard to believe but it is time – time for fall sports. Despite the low temperatures and rainy days August has arrived and this week marks tryouts for athletes participating in fall sports and football players going back to the field with two practices a day. Many gridiron heroes are returning from […]
Jodi Witherspoon is proud to say she is a survivor and to celebrate it she bicycled 60 miles in Susan G. Komen’s Ride for a Cure, Aug. 2 in Lansing. “It was a wonderful journey,” she said. “It was just wow – it is the only way I can say it. It was amazing.” Witherspoon […]
Kids rounded the northwest corner of Clarkston Elementary last Thursday and kept their pace as they finished their 1-mile run. “They are fast,” said Sandi Larkins, as some of the kids finished within seven minutes. Every Thursday since June 26, kids from ages 5- to 11-years-old have met at the Clarkston Junior High School track […]
Seven ‘ayes? from Oxford school board members unanimously approved the $39.8 million budget for the 2009-10 academic year at their June 22 meeting. The downside is Timothy Loock, Assistant Superintendent of Business and Operations, has already figured, the district will begin the year in a deficit of $363,682. Last year began the same way with […]
Cadet Ross M. Skilling accepted the George C. Marshall surrounded by his peers at the Marshall Center, Virginia Military Institute. ‘I was quite honored to be recognized as one of the top in the nation,? said Skilling. The award is presented annually to the most outstanding senior Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) cadets in […]
Oxford resident KC Orr was in Waterford June 15 when she lent her services to a female mallard duck in distress. She was at her son’s baseball game at Waterford Kettering High School and needed to run into town. Kettering didn’t have any restroom facilities available, so Orr and her daughter, Kennedy, got into their […]
Let the bids begin as Addison Township moves forward in the next step of their plans for the Arnold School. The Addison Township Board passed two motions during their monthly meeting June 15. The first was to purchase the building from the Addison Township Community Church at the cost of $1. Addison Attorney Robert Davis […]