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Don't Rush MeSupply and Demand Economics?Once upon a time I was content to merely moan and groan about the ever-increasing cost of gasoline. "Oh woe is me!" "Dang those evil profiteers!" It is easy to write about the rising costs of anything....more >> |
Don't Rush MeOh My! The saga continues with more opinionHoly I-Got-A-Blister-On-Me-Bum, Batman! Letters and emails keep coming in about bicyclists and their rights . . . I should have known better than to try and buck the Spandex Revolution, yet something had to be said....more >> |
Back
to workThis year's vacation went fast. My family gets together every couple years for a week, renting a big house or cabins on the shores of some lake. We've been to the Upper Peninsula, foothills of the Smoky Mountains, and the plains of Colorado....more >> |
City millage vote neededDear Editor, "Hey officer, does your police car have a hemi?" If the officers on Clarkston Police Department could receive a dollar for every time we answered that question, there would be no need for a millage increase! No, our police car is not equipped with a Hemi V-8 engine....more >> |
Clarkston millage's complicatedDear Editor, I would like to clarify your article, "City police millage important, chief says," June 30. It is not a "police millage." While Clarkston City Council unanimously passed a resolution requesting language for a police millage, and made several other requests for this, the ballot language accepted by the council is for increasing the 15 mill charter tax limit, currently 13....more >> |
Parks millage for Springfield TownshipDear Editor, When Springfield Township voters go to the polls for the Aug. 3 Primary Election, they will decide a proposal concerning dedicated funding for Springfield Township Parks....more >> |
Relationships and love
While most relationships are chosen and cultivated; on the other hand, relatives are inherited. To relate to relatives is a relatable choice. To be inherited is often taking things for granted, not to be misunderstood as free of attachment! Often we seem to mistake love as the relationship....more >> |
Make a plan for no Social SecuritySocial Security is a long-standing American program, but recently it has begun to show signs of strain; it was recently announced that 2010 is the first year Social Security will run at a deficit because it will pay out nearly $30 billion more than it takes in through taxes....more >> |
Unmasking, emerging from our depressionSeveral months ago I did a series called Survivor. We looked at a handful of things that make life tough. One of those things was depression. I think we all deal with some form of depression – even if it's just discouragement....more >> |
Dear editor, The firebreathing dragon has returned to Lake Orion. He rests in the bay near Orion Marine, waiting for Dragon on the Lake celebration August 28-29 - especially the dragon boat races....more >> |
Dear editor, Love INC of North Oakland County would like to thank Italia Gardens Restaurant for hosting the very successful fundraiser for us on June 24. We would also like to thank all those who participated in this event....more >> |
Dear editor, Love INC and Lake Orion United Methodist Church would like to thank the local businesses and individuals who supported our free meal last Monday. Because of these businesses, we are able to serve free meals to people who are financially stretched during this downturn in the economy....more >> |
Dear editor, I sincerely hope voters will do the right thing on August 3 by voting to approve the renewal of the small millage needed to operate, maintain and improve the Oakland County Parks....more >> |
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| 1897: Moe Howard, comic actor, one of the Three Stooges. |
| 1900: Laura Hobson, novelist (Gentleman's Agreement). |
| 1903: Henry Louis Gehrig, professional baseball player. |
| 1919: Pauline Kael, American film critic, author. |
| 1945: Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar human rights activist, Nobel Peace Prize recipient (1991). |
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| 1951: President Harry S. Truman signs the Universal Military Training and Service Act, which extends Selective Service until July 1, 1955 and lowers the draft age to 18. |
| 1958: Nine entertainers refuse to answer a congressional committee's questions on communism. |
| 1961: Kuwait regains complete independence from Britain. |
| 1963: Soviet cosmonaut, Valentia Tereshkova, becomes the first woman in space. |
| 1965: Air Marshall Nguyen Cao Ky becomes South Vietnam's youngest premier at age 34. |
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