By C.J. Carnacchio Leader Editor Long before preachers like Pat Robertson and groups like the Christian Coalition melded religion, politics and mass media into an evangelical juggernaut powerful enough to elect presidents, there was a woman named Aimee Semple McPherson. Don’t feel bad if you just muttered, ‘Who?? ‘Folks in their 70s and 80s, almost […]
As part of their Train Club activities, Eagle Creek Academy students recently made simple steam-powered boats using a plastic water bottle, approximately 12 inches of 1/8″ copper tube, and a tea light candle. The students cut water bottles in half lengthwise to create the boat hull, then bent the copper tubing around a pencil to […]
I believe that it’s time for Joe Ferrari to resign his position as the township treasurer. This is the second time he has been involved in a harassment suit and the residents are sick of it. Who could have any confidence in such a person to allow him to be the treasurer of our township? […]
This is an e-mail I just received: ‘Louise, I believe my brother-in-law is either en route to the US from Iraq, or will be shortly. Thank God! A few months ago, he sent a letter to a relative thanking them for the boxes of food. If he had not received the boxes that day, the […]
Bernard and Edith Boisvert, formerly of Addison Township, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary Saturday at Kalloway’s Restaurant and Pub surrounded by a room full of family and friends. The couple was married in 1937 at St. James Catholic Church in Ferndale. Bernard, 95, and Edith, 93, have led long and productive lives, touching many people […]
The Lake Orion Dragons fifth grade basketball team finished the 2006-07 season with a perfect 18-0 record. The Dragons finished in first place during the regular season and won the year end tournament at the Joe Dumars Fieldhouse in the fifth/sixth grade east division. In 2005/06, the team won the same championship in the third/fourth […]
So much of life involves being in the right place at the right time. One cold and rainy night in November 2006, I was in the right place at the right time on Dennison St. and ended up rescuing a tiny kitten. I heard her crying in the darkness and when I approached, she practically […]
The Michigan Shock AAU 16U-Brydges girls basketball team, based out of Lake Orion, placed third recently in the Michigan Division II State Tournament and will go on to Orlando, to compete in Division II Nationals in July. Lake Orion High School juniors Cara Booker, Trisha Dalrymple, Cortney Kimmel and Alex Leas all play for the […]
Lake Orion could muster just two hits against Adams? Katherine Alderson, falling 5-0 in the season opener for both teams last week. Danielle Dunn struck out three in six innings of work, surrendering all five runs (only four were earned). The Dragons are off for spring break until April 18, when they will travel to […]
For the third year in a row, the folks at Sweet & Savory Bake Shop in downtown Oxford held a free cookie decorating event for kids, complete with an opportunity to meet the Easter Bunny.