(Longtime friend Dick Milliman writes a weekly column, ‘Almanac,? from his Lansing office. I particularly liked this one. — JAS) * * * The answer to most of the world’s ills could be too simple for politicians and diplomats to grasp. Maybe it’s soccer. Soccer brought peace and harmony for a day or so in […]
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 […]
2 Topics: Ballot props and Phyllis Diller Now that I have my absentee voters ballot in hand I can assume a whole bunch of others do, too. Of course I have an opinion on the six constitutional proposals. Only Prop One could veto a present law. The other five all would amend the State Constitution. […]
Nearly all the major daily newspapers have gone to a smaller sheet size for their product. The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, to name two, and the largest group of dailies in Michigan are printing on smaller pages to lower newsprint costs. So too have a great many weekly newspapers, including the four published […]
There’s a wide variety of stuff in The Old Farmer’s Almanac for we Leos. Like: Upon her throne queen August lies With languor in her dreamful eyes -Samuel Minturn Peck Leo is, of course, a northern constellation east of Cancer: the fifth star in the zodiac. Here’s what The Almanac predicts for weather: For the […]
Back in the 1960s, F. Ray Forman owned the Oxford Theater. I guess that gave him the right to censor films. My source is Dick Buechler, who I don’t question on his Oxford Village history. Anyway, Ingrid Bergman was featured in a movie, and was pregnant when the film hit Oxford. Because Ms. Bergman wasn’t […]
A Frank Cerabino column from the Palm Beach, Fla. Post. * * * News item . . . When announcing the phone number for Florida Fungal Meningitis hotline this week, Gov Rick Scott inadvertently gave out the wrong phone number, directing Floridians to call a phone sex hotline to answer their questions. The meningitis outbreak […]
In the late 1950s our brother, Don, was selling investments for Investors Diversified Services. His pitch to us was, ‘If you saved just 50 cents a day you’d have $182 each year and be well on the way to early retirement.? He did something right, retirin at about 50. I told him I couldn’t put […]
After that Tuesday we can heave a sigh of relief, and refocus on the important things on television like commercials for Viagra. I’ve had it up to here with all these commercials for adult activities! I suggest the makers of memory pills replace Viagra on the tube. And I don’t want a Ram or Silverado […]
Chic (pronounced Chick) and Charlie (pronounced Chuck) Drumheller are among the great couples of the world. They are just plain fun to be around. They laugh easily, are refreshing, hospitable and blend with everyone. We’ve known them from the time they bought the IGA store in Oxford over a quarter century ago, so I think […]