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Time to actI attended a funeral last week that was unusually sad. When you attend such an event, you typically are both mourning and celebrating the life of someone who has lived a long time....more >> |
Letter to the editorDear Editor, I look at the current situation in Orion Township, and I feel very responsible. I voted for and knocked on doors as a precinct delegate for the Township Supervisor who is now mucking up things at the county level and all but one of the elected Orion Township board members....more >> |
Letter to the editorDear Editor, The Friends of the Orion Township Library held a fantastic successful book sale in September. Thank you to all the workers, customers, library staff, donators and the Baldwin Road Kroger Store, for we realized over $7,000....more >> |
Dear Editor, One of our members read the following at a recent Lake Orion Women's Club meeting. It really spoke to me and I thought that your readers might find it thought-provoking, as well, at this Thanksgiving / holiday time: "Are you blessed" (author unknown, source unknown) "If you woke up this morning with more health than illness....more >> |
OpinionsDear Editor, If I know anything about the mainstream media I know they sure can polish an issue. The media's latest pile of dung: the Occupy Wall Street movement. What is Occupy Wall Street? Protestors of OWS claim the movement is "a peaceful protest in response to the economic and democratic crises"....more >> |
Don't Rush MeA little something brought upon by ThanksgivingEvery night I tend to reflect on the hours I was awake that day. Did I fail, hurt or belittle any person, situation or entity. If I answer to myself, "yes" I figure out what needs to happen the next day to make things right....more >> |
Jim's JottingsI've been writing Jottings for over 50 years. That means 50 Thanksgivings I could have written about. But as I looked back to see if there was one I could repeat for this Thanksgiving, I found none....more >> |
Bad decisonMouth dropping, shocked, confused, and anger are just a few words to describe the emotions in the room upon the announcement of Mike Clark as deputy supervisor at the Nov. 15 Independence Township Board meeting....more >> |
Resident upset by appointmentDear Editor, I found the appointment of Mike Clark as deputy supervisor by our ailing and absent supervisor, Dave Wagner, a near criminal act. If Dave wanted to find a way to ensure constant turmoil and frustration in our township government, he couldn't have done a better job....more >> |
My WayShop local – unless the schools can get something out of it, then shop on-lineMy publisher, Jim Sherman, Jr., found something on the Oxford Community Schools website that bothered him. Frankly, it bothered me, too. There was a section encouraging folks to shop on-line at Amazon....more >> |
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| 1886: Al Jolson, jazz singer and film actor. |
| 1895: Dorothea Lange, documentary photographer. |
| 1903: Estes Kefauver, Tennessee senator. |
| 1907: John Wayne [Marion Michael Morrison], American actor and film icon. |
| 1919: Jay Silverheels, actor (The Lone Ranger). |
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| 1328: William of Ockham forced to flee from Avignon by Pope John XXII. |
| 1647: A new law bans Catholic priests from the colony of Massachusetts. The penalty is banishment or death for a second offense. |
| 1670: Charles II and Louis XIV sign a secret treaty in Dover, England, ending hostilities between England and France. |
| 1691: Jacob Leiser, leader of the popular uprising in support of William and Mary's succession to the throne, is executed for treason. |
| 1736: British and Chickasaw forces defeat the French at the Battle of Ackia. |
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