The Pine Knob Elementary Alpha Club is once again in full swing for its third straight year. The elementary branch of the Optimists is made up of 24 members, who kicked off their season Sept. 18 with a pizza party. Plans for the year include providing help and service to Lighthouse North via canned food […]
Goodrich High School freshman Julia Kerwin’s role model has always been her Aunt Katy. On May 20, Kerwin will get to tell her and her classmates why at 12:30 p.m. when Goodrich High School hosts a role model day in the cafeteria. The class assignment requires students to select a role model and send that […]
Goodrich High School senior Kristen Schmiedeknecht and sophomore Candace Smith lifted their way to the top on May 1 in Flushing’s YMCA for the Iron Man national qualifier powerlifting competition. The girls had to have a total of 430 pounds and 479 pounds, respectively in the bench, squat, and dead lift competitions to qualify for […]
It was hailed by many as a creative way to save jail costs and provide food for the hungry. It was bashed by a standing-room-only crowd as a blatant threat to public safety. It is now history. The community service garden on the old McCord farm will cease to exist, with the 52nd District Court […]
Clarkston school officials give Michigan’s ‘Education YES? system a failing grade, and will ask parents to lobby legislators for change. That strategy will accompany appeals of ‘preliminary? failing grades given to five Clarkston school buildings. ‘We’re going to place very little credibility in the Education YES grade,? according to Geri Moore, executive director of elementary […]
Final list of approved budget amendments/cuts, savings Early retirement incentive for instructional support, $970,000; Teacher reductions, $360,000; English as a Second Language teacher, $70,000 Reduction of hours for a literacy coach, $30,000; Reconfigure 5-12 band program, $26,600; Reduce kindergarten and special education paraprofessionals, $84,000; Employ paraprofessionals through PESG, $41,000; No busing for in-district transfers, $12,000; […]
A long, long time ago, in a yard not far enough away, the grass grew green and lush; worms and grubs lived in peace. Life was good for many a moon. Then I bought the property. And, the forces of darkness marshalled their forces. And Mole Wars began. Worms and grubs were murdered unmercifully. The […]
CBS gave in to public pressure last week and decided not to air a four hour miniseries on former President Ronald Reagan. It was a strike against freedom of speech and quite a disappointment. Conservatives had been flooding the air waves for the past few weeks screaming the series was in poor taste and should […]
I, too, feel Tony Miller is getting a bad rap. Anyone who knows Tony is aware of his deep commitment to all of the kids in our district, not just the Clarkston High School football team. He is the most genuine man I have met and the Clarkston students are lucky to have such a […]
? It really spoils the image when I hear this country’s leaders publicly use the worst curse words. An uncle once told me, ‘People swear when they aren’t smart enough to think of clean words.? That includes me, but it shouldn’t allow our Vice President Biden and senior Senator Carl Levin to be so blatant. […]