Hazel and I joined a couples golf league at Oxford Hills Golf and Country Club as soon as possible after it opened in 1965. After Hazel passed, daughter Luan filled out our two-some. Couples leagues are more of a social affair than a competive contest. At least it has always been in my case. Get […]
When I came home from golfing at Oxford Hills Golf and Liars Club last Thursday night, ma’dog Shayna was limping. ‘Her right foot seemed to be giving her trouble. But, heck, dogs are tough. We never gave a limping dog any concern when I was a lad on a farm in Shiawassee County. ‘Give ’em […]
Back in 2006 I was excited about the prospects of Detroit Tiger baseball. Not so much about broadcasting commentary. The same is true to day, I believe. See what you think with the ‘beatu? of a column from August 16, 2006. * * * Baseball was my game in my growing-up years. As a freshman […]
That’s what Detroit Free Press columnist Terry Foster wrote after the Sunday, August 6 game in Comerica Park. His ‘best game ever? conclusion had more to do with a father-son thing than the Tigers come from behind win in extra innings to defeat the Indians. Foster was there with his son, Brandon, 10, and Bart […]
So this basketball referee for the pro teams admitted trying to influence the outcome. I’ve always thought that was universally accepted. I know when my team is at bat or got the ball the ref or ump make calls that lead me to believe they have a very important dinner date, wanna get to the […]
From cradle to grave most of us are asked, encouraged and threatened to exercise. Stretch, run, do push-ups, work off the flab. And we spend at least half of the next eight decades questioning that ‘need.? With those early thoughts still prevalent, I signed up for some professional training. I stretched and pulled for a […]
Naturally, when mentioning changes of taste, we first think of foods. But, of course, we change clothes styles, figures of speech, even politics as we age. Well, some do. These thoughts started as I watched my first tomato fulfill its redness daily for a week. Going too slowly from a faint hue, to yellow, to […]
I was quite new on the Board of Directors of Oxford Savings Bank when Randy Fox’s name was first heard in a Board meeting. The then president and CEO, Bob Dick, was looking to retire. He told the Board, ‘A nice young man, who lives in Lake Orion, came in and I think we should […]
It was a slow news night, and I decided to watch the evening news on something besides Fox. I switched to ABC and David Muir. Financial news has been rather depressing, but I waited for some hope for change. Muir’s first interview was with a gal who appeared to have been designer dressed to emphasize […]
For several years The Oxford Leader was on The Old Farmer’s Almanac mailing list. We didn’t ask for it, but we loved receiving it, and reporting its weather predictions, among other things. All those years they claimed 80 percent accuracy in their weather predictions. However, 2011 got ’em. They refer to last year as ‘the […]