He’d been shot, stabbed, survived numerous accidents and hemorrhagic fever, and in the end lifelong Oxford resident and 25-year Oxford policeman, Stephen Gordon Burnham died peacefully in a hospital bed, Feb. 13, 2009. He was 56 years old. According to his wife of 12-years, Janet, ‘Gordy? as he was known by some, had battled non-Hodgkin […]
He’d been shot, stabbed, survived numerous accidents and the Dengue Fever, and in the end lifelong Oxford resident and 25-year Oxford policeman, Stephen Gordon Burnham died peacefully in a hospital bed, Feb. 13, 2009. He was 56-years old. According to his wife of 12-years, Janet, ‘Gordy? as he was known by some, had battled non-Hodgkin […]
As I sit at the computer and stare aimlessly into space, my throat is kinda dry. Through my mind’s eye I see a shriveled up tumbleweed rolling across a dusty street. And, although I feel like Gary Cooper at high noon, I hear the theme song from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence, playing. There’s […]
Last year I wrote the following column…. this year, more than ever I’d like to hear of the postives that are happening. I’ve driven past real estate businesses and seen plent of folks in their parking lots. Are home sales on the rise? Wha about folks, forced into bad situations and turning those situations into […]
We’ve all heard it, read it and heck, probably said it. What is ‘it?? ‘It? is the state of the economy. In a word, ‘it? sucks. For the past year I have heard from folks in our office, from our readers and from our business partners that times are hard. I’ll admit, it is hard […]
Starving Time: The Journals of Jonathon Lyle by Don Rush ‘It is said that human flesh is by far sweether than any other flesh, so when a wolf has once tasted human flesh, he disires to taste it again.? — a French priest from the 1400s Prologue Jamestown, May 8, 1610 The ruthless winter, the […]
With a little under a month to go, voters in the Oxford school district are still weighing whether or not to support a proposed a 7-mill bond extension. Oxford Township resident Ron Davis (who is also the township’s parks & recreation director), knows how he is voting: Yes. And, if any voter is still uncertain, […]
It is a parent’s job to worry about their offspring. You worry about their friends. You worry when they don’t talk or walk as soon as other kids. You worry about the size of their head. Worry, worry, worry. Well, since little Sean Rush turned seven I have at least one more reason to worry. […]
Editor’s Note: The following ‘Don’t Rush Me? classic was originally printed Jan. 29, 2003. Enjoy. Now that I’m 40 I guess I look at things differently. * * * Last week I was reading about Oakland County’s Intermediate School District in a front page article by the Oakland Press. (For those not in the know, […]
Some where, a l-o-o-o-o-o-ng time ago an old-timer said something like this (and I prefer to picture and can hear the old-timer as character actor Walter Brennan — in particular as the cantankerous, game-legged jailkeeper, Stumpy, in the John Wayne movie, Rio Bravo. You can pick your own favorite old-timer to make the quote more […]