Good turnout at the American Legion Post 63’s Memorial Day ceremony at Lakeview Cemetery ? it was nice and sunny for a change. Excellent work by organizers and participants. I liked the flyover by two A-10 jet fighters. I suppose they had a route, to ‘hit? as many Memorial Day ceremonies as possible. They probably […]
For Chloe Smiley of Clarkston, accepting this year’s Community Award for Youth of the Year was a family affair. She was joined at the 26th Annual Community Awards Breakfast, May 19 at Clarkston Community Church, by her parents Jean and Jim Smiley, her sister Calleja, and grandparents Clifford and Dolores Smart. ‘I’m very proud of […]
Costumed re-enactors brought Clarkston history to life, May 21, at the Clarkston Community Historical Society’s fifth Cemetery Walk at Lakeview Cemetery.
Crowds of visitors enjoyed a pleasant Saturday evening at Lakeview Cemetery to learn about Clarkston’s earliest residents. Volunteers with Clarkston Community Historical Society guided them on the Cemetery Walk, with stops at gravesites, the occupants of which were portrayed by costumed re-enactors, May 21. Julie Meredith portrayed Clarkston socialite Eva Esther Walter; Kay Robertson played […]
Clarkston State Bank honored Senior Scholars from Clarkston High School and Renaissance High School at the 2011 Clarkston Student Awards Breakfast, May 13 at Deer Lake Athletic Club. “This is one of my favorite events,” said J. Grant Smith, president and CEO of Clarkston State Bank. “There are a lot of great young people doing […]
Clarkston Rotary Club celebrated a new season for Michigan wineries with A Taste of Spring Wine Tasting Gala at Oakhurst Golf and Country Club, May 11. The fund raiser, featuring Michigan wines, supports Clarkston Rotary’s local community projects.
Almost every group and organization big and small has meetings ? the Birmingham Louise Saks Parliamentary Unit is there to help. Linda Meadors of Independence Township leads the group this year as incoming president. ‘I am very honored,? Meadors said. ‘This is a group of frighteningly accomplished people.? For the past two years, Meadors’has been […]
This year’s Angels’ Place Race has a new event, a 10-kilometer race named in honor of Bruce Clifton. “We’re dedicating one of the races this year to his memory,” said Paul Maxwell, race director with his wife, Maggie. “He was a super guy ? very enthusiastic about the race and what it stood for.” Clifton, […]
Growing up amid the ruins of post-World War II Italy taught Maria Rotondo Mark of Springfield Township the value of community. ‘The saying, ‘it takes a village to raise a child? ? it was like that,? said Mark, who was born in a farming village near Monte Cassino, the site of intense Allied bombing and […]
Clarkston Elementary second-grade students are learning about how to spread the beauty of flowers in their three-part Academic Service Learning project. The first part was a presentation by Bordine’s plant expert Kim Hric, April 21, explaining the science behind seeds and flowers. The second part is a presentation by DB Trees. The students put what […]