Nine Candidates running for 3 school board seats

The candidate cup overfloweth when it comes to the Oxford Board of Education.

July 26 was the deadline to file for the three, four-year seats that will appear on the Nov. 8 general election ballot.

A total of nine candidates are running – and no, that’s not a misprint.

Candidates include Stacey Beane, Dan D’Alessandro, Tom Donnelly, Katherine East, Jennifer W. Guthrie, Bruce Meyers, Kallie Roesner, Heather Shafer and Rick Vandecar.

D’Alessandro, the current school board president, is the only incumbent running. Incumbents Carol Mitchell and Jim Reis are not seeking re-election.

Originally, there were 10 candidates, but Oxford resident SaraBeth Campagiorni withdrew from the race on July 29, according to the Oakland County Elections Division webpage.

Over the next three weeks, Leader reporter Elise Shire, who covers the school beat, will be writing stories introducing three candidates at a time in alphabetical order.

Flapjacksfor veterans at Immanuel Church Aug. 6

On Saturday, Aug. 6 from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m., Immanuel Congregational United Church of Christ (1 Hovey St.) in Oxford Village will host a pancake breakfast to raise funds for the VFW National Home for Children.

Breakfast will include buttermilk, blueberry and chocolate chip pancakes, sausages and beverages.

Cost is $6 per person. Children under the age of 2 eat for free. Take-out is available by calling ahead to (248) 628-1610.

For more information, visit www.icucc.org or call (248) 628-1610. Immanuel is located at the corner of Hovey and Dennison streets, one block west of M-24.

Oxford UMC hosting Vacation Bible School

A free summer kids’ event called Surf Shack VBS will be hosted at Oxford United Methodist Church from Sunday, Aug. 7 through Thursday, Aug. 11.

At Surf Shack VBS, kids will discover how to surf through life with God and others. The adventure includes energizing music, interactive Bible fun, super science, cool crafts, hands-on mission work, great games, delicious snacks and more.

Kids at Surf Shack VBS mission project will support our local school supplies drive for the Oxford-Orion FISH Food Pantry and help kids in Haiti Methodist Schools.

Surf Shack is for kids from preschool (ages 3-5) with parents and kindergarten through 6th graders (ages 5-11 years old) and will run from 5:45 p.m.(check-in), 6 p.m. (program) to 8:30 p.m. each day.

For more information, call the OUMC church office at 248-628-1289. To register, either call the church office or go online at www.cokesburyvbs.com/Oxford2016.

Oxford United Methodist Church is located at 21 E. Burdick St. in downtown Oxford.

Dog Census starts Aug. 22

Oakland County Animal Control and Pet Adoption Center will begin conducting its annual dog census on Aug. 22.

Census workers will be going door-to-door in communities to verify compliance with the Michigan State Dog Law of 1919 that requires all dogs to have a valid license. This law was enacted to ensure all dogs have up-to-date rabies vaccinations.

Census workers will be driving marked county vehicles and wearing county uniforms with proper identification.

For more information, please call the county agency at (248) 391-0286.

Dog licenses are available at the Oxford Township office (300 Dunlap Rd.)