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LOCS is one of 539 of the schools districts across 44 of the 50 states in the U.S. and Canada being honored by the College Board with placement on the 3rd Annual AP District Honor Roll for simultaneously increasing access to Advanced Placement course work while maintaining the percentage of students earning scores of 3 or higher on AP Exams....more >> |
As Thanksgiving approaches, we can all recall things to be thankful for. This year, one of the things I am grateful for is my accidental football fandom, because it allowed me to appreciate the truly wonderful thing that is the Lake Orion football program....more >> |
Lake Orion Thespians want to thank the community. The Lake Orion Thespian Troupe 2898 put on a successful play of On My Boyfriends' Bicycles this past weekend, and we realize that this would not have been possible without community support....more >> |
Don't Rush MeI was asked to re-run (and I quote), "That column you wrote for Thanksgiving a few years ago." I am not sure what column the reader referred to (I've penned a lot of Thanksgiving columns in 25-plus years), but I think it might be this one....more >> |
Jim's JottingsI've often quoted my friend Dick Milliman's Almanac column. Besides writing the Almanac for his own newspapers, he allows me to quote him. We've been friends for several decades. He's lived much of his life in the Lansing area, was on Gov....more >> |
Seasons greetingsI've noticed the fallen leaves have taken on a sparkling fringe of frost, but it isn't just along the ground where winter's décor has started to appear. Against the backdrop of evergreens, blue jays and red cardinals perch like ornaments come alive just for the season....more >> |
...for first responders Dear Editor, Special thanks to our own Independence Township Fire Department members (Ron Bray, Tom McDonald) , Oakland County Sheriff Deputy (McCann) STAR EMS paramedics (Long and Rachal); as well as Clarkston Urgent Care Staff (Sharon Larson, John Chenet, and Jeannie Ahlers) for their superb performance treating a critically ill child at our Urgent Care Center....more >> |
Shooting StarsEverest Academy students Amanda Beer, Annelise James, Jane Nedwick, and Sophie Quirk are learning about money and banking by working with real money and a real bank. The fifth graders are working with Clarkston State Bank on the Money Making Mountaineer Bank....more >> |
Give thanks for blessings in everyday lifeA few days ago I bundled my family up and drove to the Haehnle Sanctuary, west of Ann Arbor, to observe the Sandhill Cranes who are gathering in large numbers in preparation for their migration south for the winter....more >> |
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| 1926: Miles Davis, American jazz trumpeter. |
| 1929: Beverly Sills, opera singer. |
| 1932: John Gregory Dunne, novelist and journalist. |
| 1938: Raymond Carver, American writer. |
| 1949: Jamaica Kincaid, author (Annie John, Lucy). |
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| 1914: The British House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule. |
| 1925: John Scopes is indicted for teaching Darwinian theory in school. |
| 1935: Jesse Owens sets six world records in less than an hour in Ann Arbor, Michigan. |
| 1946: Jordan gains independence from Britain. |
| 1953: The first atomic cannon is fired in Nevada. |
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