Gridiron golf outing around the corner
The 2005 Clarkston Football Friends, Family and Alumni Golf Outing is on Sunday, August 14, at Pine Knob Golf Course. Registration begins at noon followed by a shotgun start at 1 p.m.
OCC driving for scholarships
Pine Knob Golf Course will host Oakland Community College’s 14th annual Dorene Hope Shank Golf for Scholarships Outing on Aug. 12. The golf outing is designed to provide OCC students with scholarships. Last year $40,500 was raised at the event. For more information, call Candy Geeter at the OCC Foundation at 248-341-2138 or by email […]
Golf lessons available
Independence Township Parks and Recreation is offering adults a chance to sharpen their golf game this summer. Classes begin on Aug. 9 and run Tuesday and Thursday evenings, featuring small group instruction from the Jim Norgart Golf Academy. Lessons are held at Sherpherd’s Hollow Golf Course with beginner and intermediate classes available. For more information, […]
Stars and Stripes? free gala to benefit charity
In each of the last three years, Stars and Stripes Gymnastics academy celebrated their runaway success by throwing an open house gala on National Gymnastics Day. This year their fourth celebration will provide the same free food and entertainment as in the past and also benefit the Children’s Miracle Network of Beaumont hospitals. The festivities […]
Around Town
The Widowed Supprt Group meets on Aug. 4 at 7 p.m. to discuss ‘Caring and Sharing Support.? The session is facilitated by Alicia Brown, bereavement counselor, at the Independence Township Senior Center. The free meeting is open to all men and women of all ages recently widowed. All area residents are welcome. There is no […]
Boy Scouts active in Davisburg park
Two members of Troop 192 recently completed their Eagle Scout Service Projects at the rededication of Rotary Park in Davisburg on June 15. Cory Marth, 17, painted the wooden structures at the park, including the pavilion, picnic tables and a bridge. He also cleaned debris and trash from the creek that flows through the park. […]
Campbell-Ray to wed
Meagan Corrin Campbell and Shaun Michael Ray are pleased to announce their engagement. The bride-to-be is a Clarkston graduate currently studying to be a special education teacher. The prospective groom, of Indianapolis, Indiana is a corporal in the U.S. Army who recently returned home from a year in Iraq. The couple’s wedding was this past […]
Youth attends seminar
Marie Timm, daughter of Barb and Mike Timm, an upcoming senior at Clarkston High School, was one of 800 high school students invited to participate in the 2005 Summer Leaders Seminar held annually in June at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. Attendees are invited based on a competitive basis using the […]
Family from Jerusalem visits Calvary Evangelical Lutheran
Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church of Clarkston received some special guests last week. Pastor Ibrahim Azar and his family, of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem, spent part of their four week vacation in the United States sharing faith with their companion congregation here in Clarkston. In addition to the Azar family’s trip […]
Congrats Evald Jorgensen
People like Evald S. Jorgensen are the lifeblood of volunteer-driven organizations. They keep everything running smoothly. They never ask for any credit. And they always put others? needs ahead of their own. Jorgensen’s tireless efforts and selfless devotion have kept the Oxford Senior Citizens going strong for the last 15 years. As a reward for […]