When Mick Steiner and his wife Mary moved to Oxford last summer, he sensed there was a problem in their neighborhood. It wasn’t the neighbors, they were friendly. The houses were beautiful and well kept. Something just didn’t smell right. It just so happened the problem was that four days out of the week there […]
Troy Wolfe of Oxford was one of 28 lucky people to match five of six numbers in theWinFall drawing on May 14. Wolfe’s portion of the prize was $22,817. If the jackpot reaches $5 million and no one matches all six numbers to win the jackpot, the $5 million in the jackpot then rolls down […]
We were happy to get word that Alice Nicholson, aka ‘Flashlight Alice? is alive and well. For anybody who grew up in the area from the late 1940s through the late 1990s, Alice was the gal who kept everybody in line during the movies. Her daughters, Barb Raymond of Leonard and Darlene Rider of Oxford […]
Mike and Darlene Hendrix are not just partners in marriage, they’re partners in their occupation as well. The Hendrix’s, who’ve been married 40 years and lived in Oxford since 1971, have been sales associates for Coldwell Banker Shooltz Realty in Oxford for the past decade. Mike worked for GM for 34 years and said he […]
On Thursday, June 30, the Veteran’s Memorial Statue in Centennial Park was dedicated by the Oxford American Legion. Hundreds of veterans old and young gathered to honor the 44 men from Oxford who were killed in action and are named on the statue. James Parkhurst, of the American Legion Post 108 read about the various […]
In a matter of weeks, the nation’s golf fans will view the picturesque course at Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club in Grand Blanc. However, as they watch coverage of the Buick Open on their televisions, fans may not realize how much work it takes to get the course in shape for Professional Golf Association […]
About a year ago, Martha Tooley saw a need for Brandon Township seniors to take part in outdoor activities. With that in mind, Tooley, the director of the Brandon Township Senior Center, 345 Ball Street, Ortonville, planned a couple weekly sports ? bocce ball and tennis ? to get Brandon seniors out of the Senior […]
It seems like yesterday that high school sports in Brandon and Goodrich were in full swing. However, a few weeks have passed since Brandon’s varsity softball team, the last team from either district still standing, was eliminated from the Division 2 state playoffs in the regional finals. Thus, the 2004-05 sports season in Brandon and […]
Brandon’s Ryan Bilkos will have some good summer stories to tell his classmates when school resumes. Bilkos, 15, who will be a sophomore next year at Brandon High School, finished in second place at the state Optimist Golf Tournament June 27 at Elks Highland Country Club in Grand Rapids, shooting a round of 74. By […]
The Buick Open may not have been affiliated with the Professional Golfers Association at the time. Nonetheless, Jim Naugler had the chance to compete against some of the top pro golfers in that tournament 35 years ago. Today, Naugler is the golf superintendent at Goodrich Country Club, 10080 Hegel Road, Goodrich. Back in 1970, though, […]