Give us your best shot! For the second year in a row we’re looking for a color photograph to grace our annual Info Book. The photo should be local and with one to three people. Have the photo to us by July 15, 2004. The winning photo will represent the best part of living in […]
Ten Years Ago July 6, 1994 ~~~Lake Orion’s Tom Gillis won the Michigan Golf Open last week and picked up $13,000. ~~~Forty boats participated in the Lake Orion Venetian Parade. It was estimated that more than 200 people lined the shore at the two public viewing sites. ~~~Walt Disney’s The Lion King is currently showing […]
The Oxford Schools Board of Education elected officers for the 2004-2005 school year: President Patti Smith, Vice-President Lee Barclay, Secretary Judy Kubina and Treasurer Colleen Schultz. The Oxford Board of Education meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month either at the board administrative offices or at host schools. School meeting locations and […]
The Oxford Wildcat Basketball camp is scheduled for July 12-23, Monday through Friday. The camp is for boys grades 3-8 and will be instructed by Oxford Varsity Basketball Coach Steve Laidlaw with assistance from his players. Youths attending the camp will learn basketball fundamentals and will be able to try out their new skills in […]
Monday, June 28, a person on Broadway was arrested for driving with a suspended license. Larceny on East Flint. *** Tuesday, June 29, a female on North Lapeer Street reported her neighbor stole her winter gloves and scarf. An accident took place at M-24/Atwater. An old refrigerator was found outside a residence on North Shore […]
Monday, June 28, confiscated property at the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department Orion Substation on Joslyn Road. A planner was missing on Silver Bell Road. *** Tuesday, June 29, family trouble and warrant arrests on Hummingbird. Lost cell phone on Millcrest Drive. Suspicious circumstances at a home on Golden Point. Several windows and a door were […]
10 years ago July 6, 1994 Oxford Township supervisor Cliff Popkey resigned his position half way through his term. He cited personal and health reasons. It’s effective August 1. Sloan Rolando, who was born and raised in Leonard, has given up his mechanical engineering career to study to become a Franciscan Priest. Tim Kalohn of […]
Eric and Julie Stalnaker of Lake Havasu City, Arizona (formally of Oxford) are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Ashley Marie to Ryan G. Michaels, son of Robert and Pamela Michaels of Lake Havasu City. Ashley is a 2003 graduate of Lake Havasu High School and is attending the Fashion Institute of Design […]
Picture finding the perfect antique plush chair at an auction and all you need is a gorgeous dark wood reading table to match – and maybe an elegant new lamp or modern picture to set off the scene. Where can you find an original selection scattered with both new and old items in one place? […]
This past weekend with fireworks and much merriment, we celebrated the declaration of our country’s independence. Not, as some get confused, our being independent from the old world’s superpower, England. On July 4, 1776 we merely announced to the world that we were free and were prepared to back up our words with action. ‘When […]