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It really is "the little things in life" that you never notice until they're gone. This may go without saying, but on the morning of Monday Feb. 20, I found out what it might have been like to live before a pressurized plumbing system was invented....more >> |
By Michael Hicks and Kevin Kuhlman Two of the nation's leading manufacturing states, Indiana and Michigan, have and still continue to feel the pain of this recession. Yet Michigan, which is less dependent on manufacturing, has had a much deeper and longer downturn than Indiana....more >> |
Dear Editor, On behalf of our Lake Orion Special Olympians, I want to thank everyone for your continued support of our athletes! We had a very successful night at Chili's in Auburn Hills....more >> |
Support for school teachers, bondDear Editor, Over the past two and a half years, I have been a proud parent of a Bailey Lake Elementary Bulldog. My son is a child who has special needs and the staff at Bailey Lake exceeds my expectations each and every day....more >> |
Don't Rush MeAs a parent, I think it's incumbent upon me to make sure the lads, Shamus and Sean, get a well-rounded education. Their public school district takes care of the reading, writing, 'rymetic, social reprogramming and brainwashing....more >> |
Jim's JottingsMy two-years older sister, Barbara, taught me to dance when I was about 15. We lived in Morrice, a town of about 450 people, 14 miles south of Owosso -- the biggest town in Shiawassee County, with 14,000 residents....more >> |
Don't Rush MeBut, is being cheap a good thing for media?Once in a while being the cheapest dad in town (and the meanest) has benefits. Aside from not spoiling the lads Shamus and Sean with tons of electronic crap they'll forget as soon as the newest and coolest electronic crap hits the streets, it sometimes saves us from broadcast media feeding frenzies....more >> |
MEAP mayhemMEAP scores are in – check them out on page 5A. Putting them together for the paper was a chore. This is not a back-to-basics endeavor. With all the different scales and percentages all over the place, you need a high score in the MEAP math test to figure out the results of the MEAP math test, along with all the others....more >> |
SCAMP calls for school memories for tourDear Editor, This year Clarkston SCAMP will host the 30th Annual Home Tour on June 2-3. We are incredibly lucky this year to include the Renaissance High School/Community Education Building on the tour....more >> |
Ballot language idea to dissolve cityhoodDear Editor, I am glad to see Mayor Joe Luginski has finally taken the time to publically address the financial issues of being a city ("Officials still see need for cityhood," Feb....more >> |
Forty days of Lent is imitating JesusToday is Ash Wednesday and Christians from all over the world begin a forty day spiritual journey known as Lent. The destination is Easter and I'd like to offer a few words that might help you walk the path more successfully....more >> |
My WayVoting my conscience, voting for Ron Paul"You're so concerned with squabbling for the scraps from Longshanks' table that you've missed your God-given right to something better." – Mel Gibson, portraying Scottish rebel William Wallace in the 1995 movie "Braveheart" Next week, when I trek to the Oxford Veterans Memorial Civic Center to vote in the Republican presidential primary, I'll be casting my secret ballot for Ron Paul – the only candidate who has principles that mirror our Founding Fathers....more >> |
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| 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). |
| 1945: Tobias Wolff, American writer (This Boy's Life: A Memoir, The Night in Question). |
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| 1536: Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife, is beheaded. |
| 1778: General George Washington's troops finally leave Valley Forge after a winter of training. |
| 1821: The Ottomans defeat the Greeks at the Battle of Dragasani. |
| 1846: The New York Knickerbocker Club plays the New York Club in the first baseball game at Elysian Field, Hoboken, New Jersey. |
| 1848: The first Women's Rights Convention convenes in Seneca Falls, New York. |
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