Goodrich-Steve Mitchell is at it again. In eight years as director of the high school’s drama/theatre department Mitchell has directed 16 plays, not-to-mention a daytime coffee house and the yearly ‘improv show.? Yet, his latest theatrical endeavor, ‘Noises Off,? which a cast of nine began rehearsing for in late September, may be his most intriguing. […]
It took five games on Saturday to decide the Class B district title. Macomb Lutheran North survived a ferocious attack by Goodrich, 12-25, 25-22, 25-17, 19-25, 15-13. Goodrich, was eyeing its first Class B district title since 2002, and finished the season 39-10-4. Chynna Blaker led the Martians with 24-for-24 serving, including eight kills, while […]
A perfect season ended for the No. 3 Martians (10-0) on Nov.8 when the unranked Marshall Redhawks (6-3) rallied from a 14-0 deficit to add a blemish to a great season. With a game time temperature of 39 degrees Saturday afternoon and a strong Redhawks crowd who purchased 1,000 tickets, the Martians opened the game […]
What looked like certain defeat turned into stunning victory with one kick, as Jeff Heath’s leg sent Lake Orion to the state’s final four in football for the first time since 1998. Heath hit a 49-yarder, as time expired, to beat host Sterling Heights Stevenson Friday night in a thrilling Division 1 regional final, 38-36. […]
In 1969, a time Joe Sanders jokingly refers to as ‘the dark ages,? he was 29 years old, six feet tall, weighed 140 pounds, had a heart condition and was living in Akron, Ohio. ‘At that time, no one had really heard of karate or Tae Kwan Do. It was sort of a mystical type […]
Despite the recent approval of an 18-mill non-homestead millage and approximately $2 million in expenditure cuts, Clarkston School officials expect to run an additional $5.5 million deficit for 2006-07. The Clarkston School Board voted 6-0 to approve the budget for fiscal year 2006-07 on June 26 after holding a public hearing. Treasurer Ron Sullivan was […]
This is one report card you shouldn’t be scared of showing your parents. The Michigan Department of Education recently released report cards to Oxford’s elementary and middle schools, along with the annual report on each school’s Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) as required by the federal No Child Left Behind Law. Jim Schwarz, director of curriculum […]
It’s summer time, and for residents of Leonard and Addison Township, that can mean only one thin’it’s time for the 54th Annual Strawberry Festival, sponsored by the Addison Twp. Firefighters Association on July 15. All the fun begins with a Friday night kick-off dinner in downtown Leonard on July 14 at 5 p.m. with food […]
When Doug McMunn was 17-years-old he found his calling. After attending a high school football banquet put on by a small church, he decided to personally thank the congregation for their hospitality one Sunday morning. ‘I said my appreciation to them for putting on that banquet and I felt in my heart then that God […]
After a three to six-week span of various home invasions in the township and village, three Oxford residents and two Orion residents have been arrested. Last Monday, an Oakland County Sheriff’s deputy from the Oxford substation stopped a suspicious 20-year-old village man on his bike in the Lake Villa Mobile Home Park on Lakeville Rd. […]