With a cheerful heart
Cheerleaders Shantel Uballe, Megan Best, Janelle Zirwes, Ashleigh Henderson, Kelsey Miller, and Lisa Quantz stop for a smile before the game. Photo by Trevor Keiser
Youth Sports Forum set Nov. 6
Independence Township Parks and Recreation hosts the Youth Sports Forum Tuesday, Nov. 6. Dan Dickerson, radio voice of the Detroit Tigers, will be the featured speaker. The forum, the department’s first, will be at Everest Academy, 5935 Clarkston Road. Light refreshments will be served at 6:30 p.m., speakers and discussion at 7 p.m. The forum […]
Art-i-Fact
Scripps Middle School students were the main attraction at the Orion Art Center from March 24 through April 8. An exhibit which featured almost 400 pieces were on display, along with paper mache? dragons, clay animals, self portraits and much more. The center was covered with art; even the ceiling had many perspective drawings. SMS […]
No moratorium
Six Lake Orion Village Council members on April 12 decided they didn’t want to pursue any further a temporary moratorium on development in the village. Only Tom Albert said he wanted to continue on. Some areas in the village are currently zoned differently than what the village’s new Master Plan future land use calls for. […]
Church expansion to serve needs of youth, community
More than 100 members of First Congregational Church of Clarkston gathered to celebrate ground breaking of a 5,300-square-foot addition. ‘These are truly challenging times not only for our friends within our local community, but also for our nearby neighbors in Lake Orion, Oxford, Waterford, and more,? said Dr. Marty Hall, reverend, First Congregational Church. ‘Many […]
Mike Quinn Golf Classic coming May 8
The 15th annual Mike Quinn Golf Classic will take place on May 8 at Copper Hills Golf Course on Lakeville Road in Oxford, with a 1 p.m. shot gun start. The tournament is a four person scramble or a four person team with a 50 or more handicap. A party will be held at the […]
Flu Shot Clinic set Oct. 18
Independence Township Senior Center and First Congregational Church hosts a Flu Shot Clinic, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 18, at the church, 5449 Clarkston Road, just east of Sashabaw Road. Shots are administered by Visiting Nurses Association of Southeast Michigan. If covered by Medicare Part B, HAP, or Care Choices, bring picture ID with current […]
Fire Call
Monday, April 12 10:32 a.m.-Station #2 responded to an unresponsive woman on Waldon. 11:38 a.m.-A woman at Royal Oak Boring on South Lapeer Road was feeling faint. Station #2 responded. 4:47 p.m.-A person on Bridge had an allergic reaction. Station #1 responded. 6:33 p.m.-A child on Judah had a dog bite. Station #3 responded. Tuesday, […]
Deputy Reports
Monday, April 12, two satellite receivers were stolen from a truck parked at the Modetz Funeral Home on Silverbell Road. A book folder was taken from a vehicle on Eaton Gate Road. A snowmobile was damaged on Fisherman’s Cove. Violation of personal protection order on Lapeer Road. Lost cell phone on Bald Mountain Road. *** […]
Five generations
The Tarvestad family of Clarkston recently gathered for a photo commemorating five generations: great-great-grandmother Barbara Dawley, great-grandmother Kathy Berry, grandmother Kim Tarvestad, mother Heather Tarvestad, and baby daughter Chloe Ann Lohr, born Sept. 12.