The Oxford and Orion fire departments were presented with 500 Vials of Life (250 for each community) by the Oxford Kiwanis Club at their regular meeting Tuesday. The Vial of Life is a small plastic container which contains printed vital medical information, and assists medical personnel in case of an emergency. Information on the form […]
When Noreen (Pollard) Liddy was a little girl, she used to walk by the Lakeville Cemetery on the way to school every day. ‘As she was walking by, she thought it was peaceful,? recalled her son-in-law Wayne Daniels, of Bethlehem, Georgia. Many years later, Liddy and her daughter, Laurie, would frequent the Lakeville Cemetery Auxiliary’s […]
By Casey Curtis Leader Staff Writer When Shawn Raya steps into the wicker basket, pulls the blast valve and lifts off into the sky, all the cares of the world seem to vanish. ‘You can have the worst day in the world and then you step into the balloon and you’re away from the world’s […]
Two men were sent to the hospital last Tuesday afternoon after an accident on Lapeer Rd. and Oakwood Rd. A 67-year-old man from Loudon, Tennessee failed to yield as he turned west onto Oakwood Rd. His 2006 GMC Envoy crossed in front of a 42-year-old man from Metamora in his 1998 Chevy Silverado pick up […]
Michael Brophy, of R.E.P.T.I.L.E Inc., visited kids at the Oxford Public Library last Thursday as a part of the library’s Paws, Claws, Scales and Tales Summer Reading Program. Brophy brought some of his pet reptiles, like milk snakes, a leopard gecko, and corn snake and taught the kids, and parents, about their origins, characteristics and […]
This fall, parents will need to think twice before packing their kids? lunches at one local elementary school. In a letter to parents dated June 22, Clear Lake principal Sue Hannant announced the school enrolled a student with a ‘life threatening airborne allergy to peanuts and peanut by-products? for the 2006-07 school year and that […]
To help keep kids in Oxford busy and not bored over the summer, Parks and Rec. put together their Fun ‘N Sun Summer Camp, held weekly at Oxford Elementary until August 18. Last Wednesday, dubbed Wacky Water Wednesday, featured a Slip-N-Slide and other water activities to help keep the kids cool on the hot day. […]
Leonard writer Catherine Brakefield has finally fulfilled her destiny. Her inspirational romance novel ‘The Wind of Destiny,? was accepted to be published by PublishAmerica in March and hit the shelves of bookstores, like Borders and Barnes & Noble, in May. Set during the Civil War, ‘The Wind of Destiny? follows the lives of the McFarland […]
By Casey Curtis Leader Staff Writer To maintain the current staffing level at the Addison Oakland County Sheriff’s substation, township officials will ask voters to renew a 3.5-mill property tax in the August 8 election. The township’s two police millages ‘both of which expired Dec. 31, 2005 ‘will be combined into one proposal ‘for convenience,? […]
The Leonard Garden Walk is right around the corner, and to tempt your taste buds (no pun intended) here’s a peek at some featured gardens. Seven gardens total will be highlighted on the July 22 tour, including the gardens of Tobi and Gary Britsch and Angela and Ron Profant. Britsch’s 150-ft. long fairy garden just […]