Temperatures have spring plants sprouting, birds singing and locals eating icecream — just like Autumn Bugg, a Brandon Township was last week at The Frosty Boy.

Maddy Scarsella makes a run to first base during the Clarkston Varsity Softball’s first game against Brandon last Wednesday. Photo by Wendi Reardon

It’s a shame that some people don’t think it’s newsworthy when an elementary school holds its annual fun-filled Spring Fair just as Lakeville Elementary did on Saturday.
But fortunately, we at the Oxford Leader know that it’s events like these that are the bread-and-butter of community journalism.
Proud parents and grandparents want to clip these adorable photos out of the newspaper and place them in their scrapbooks or on their refrigerator doors.
Kids absolutely love seeing themselves and bragging to all their friends about how they were in the local newspaper.
We’re in our 115th year of doing this and we’re going to keep on, no matter what.

Lady Kickers play their first game of the season on Thursday. JV will play at Brandon High School at 5 p.m., varsity follows.
They will play their first home game on Tuesday against Waterford Kettering. JV begins at 5:30 p.m., varsity follows.
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The boys lacrosse teams will start their first games this week. They host Birmingham Consolidated on Thursday and Orchard Lake St. Mary’s on Monday.
For both nights, the JV team begins at 5:30 p.m., varsity follows.