By Richard Zowie Ni hao! Wo shi Zuo Ruicha. Wo gongzuo zai bao zhi gongzuo de zuo jia. Suiran wo hen xi huan ya, ke shi wo bu chi ya. Wo you tai tai he san ge er zi. Wo xue Zhong Wen wo zhu le zai Jia Zhou de shi hou. Sounds confusing? Here’s […]
Despite Oxford High School’s high marks when it comes to graduation rates, school board officials urged caution when examining the data which shows a decline. For the 2006-2007 school year, Oxford ranked seventh out of the county’s 28 school districts with an 89.49 percent graduation rate. That’s down 4.87 percent from the 2005-2006 school year. […]
A silent auction to benefit an organization that financially supports women going through breast cancer treatments will take place at a mid-September arts and crafts show. The Shades of Pink auction will be held at the 5th Annual Home Gallery Fine Art and Craft Show, September 19-20 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 5620 […]
A 61-year-old Addison Township man running for public office faces two charges–one a felony and the other a misdemeanor–for threats he allegedly made Aug. 12 to the Lake Orion branch of TCF Bank. Sereal Leonard Gravlin, an independent candidate for Addison Township supervisor in the Nov. 4 election, was arraigned Aug. 27 in Rochester Hills […]
A longtime Oxford resident has been recognized for her efforts to grow her family-run business into a global corporation. Lori Blaker, president and chief operating officer of Technical Training, Inc., has been named a 2008 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in the services category. The award was recently announced at a ceremony in […]
‘The more I spend time in Oxford, the more it’s starting to remind me of my home town of Beeville, Texas.* For those of you unaware of the Lone Star State, Beeville’s located in South Texas? Coastal Bend, about 90 miles southeast of San Antonio. About 13,000 people live in Beeville. When you drive through […]
The decision of where to make your final resting place has just become a little easier at Ridgelawn Memorial Cemetery in Oxford. That’s because a columbarium was installed Aug. 26 on the cemetery’s east side. The eight-ton, hexagonal granite structure contains 72 niches designed to hold the cremated remains (in urns) of people. Further plans […]
Last year’s Oxford High School varsity volleyball squad had a great season, going 34-10-2 and winning the Flint Metro League before losing in the district finals to Clarkston. How easily they can repeat that success depends on how quickly the new players to this year’s team can get into a rhythm and work together. Only […]
Oxford High School head soccer coach John Thaler hopes this team can improve on last year’s 8-8-3 record, and the improvement may hinge on how quickly the team can adjust to change. Gone are 11 seniors from last year’s squad, including a foreign exchange student from Germany. Two of the players who’ve graduated were Greg […]
Entering its third year as a team, the Oxford High School swimming and diving squad hopes to continue to making a splash in the Flint Metro League. Their record in dual meets last year was 3-2-1 Overall, they took fourth place in the league. This year’s aquatic Wildcat team, captained by seniors Brianna Pastewski and […]