Support was in full force for Lighthouse Emergency Services on Feb. 9 as figureheads and pillars of the Clarkston Community joined together for the third annual ‘Open Your Heart to Lighthouse? event. The festivities took place in the home of Jerry and Carolyn Hemphill, who co-chaired the event with Tom and Tami Lowrie. ‘I figured […]
Imagining life outside school can be hard for people who have never expereienced it. How much does your career path direct your life? What kind of family do you want to have and how will that effect your other choices? Approximately 600 seventh-graders at Sashabaw Middle School found the answers to these questions and more […]
Two applicants, one open school board seat and voters will decide the newest Clarkston School Board member on May 2. Just before the deadline to apply expired on Feb. 7, both Joseph Armstrong and Renata Erickson filed applications to be on the ballot as candidates for school board membership during the upcoming election. Secretary Shelia […]
When there’s a new school project or a team wins a major competition, I can’t do enough to publicize their success. No surprises there, people like to celebrate their successes and I certainly don’t mind helping them. But covering Clarkston Schools means more than Fun Runs and LEGO competitions. The business side to districts is […]
Elementary students have a chance to have fun and learn some valuable lessons this summer now that the national Camp Invention program established a local chapter and director. Kara Lomazov, third grade teacher at Independence Elementary, was recently named director for the 2006 program, which will take place daily July 24-28, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at […]
Visitors to the Independence Township Public Library will see two new faces. Rhett Grant and Andrea Spano were recently appointed as department heads, and took up their new positions starting Jan. 3. Grant, 34, took over as head of Adult Services, a position that was left open since October when Patience Beer was appointed as […]
With all the possible new parent concerns, diapers seems like a no-brainer. However, parents and child-care providers no longer have to settle for whatever box is on the shelf. Julie Imirowicz of Clarkston discovered this out after unexpectedly becoming pregnant with her daughter, Morgan. The pregnancy came as surprise for Imirowicz and her husband Konrad, […]
Anyone who sees ‘The New World,? the historical drama about the founding of Jamestown, may catch a glimpse of a former Clarkston resident on the big screen. Margaret Mabe, the daughter of Mary Carol Ridgeway and the late Wayne A. Ridgeway, grew up in the Clarkston area. A 1971 gradute of Clarkston High School and […]
While many junior high students keep busy just by juggling school work with a social life, Amy Cannons decided to do even more by adopting and training a leader dog for PAWS with a Cause. Cannons, 15, is the daughter of Dave and Janet Cannons of Clarkston and has two brothers, David and Matt. She […]
They traveled halfway around the world to be here ? and for the next two weeks, 11 Japanese exchange students will be learning about American life here in Clarkston. As part of a cultural exchange program between CHS and Chiba Higashi High School in Chiba, Japan, the Japanese students flew into Michigan early on Feb. […]