CORRECTION: In the May 17 edition of The Leader, we incorrectly reported that Dennis Jasinski, of Oxford, was found deceased behind the Kmart in Orion on May 13.
The homeless man who passed away was actually 52-year-old Douglas Walden, who also lived part-time with his sister in Oxford, as Jasinski lives part-time with his mother in Oxford.
We apologize for this case of mistaken identity and misscommunication and offer our regrets to the families of both men.

In the Aug. 2 editorial headlined ‘Support renewals, not increases,? township board should have read library board in reference to the Springfield Township library millage. In addition, the original 0.4181 mills was not up for renewal during the primary election. Only the 0.5 mills was voted on by residents. The Clarkston News apologizes for these errors.

The story ‘One step left for McLaren project,? Feb. 28 edition, incorrectly reported the vote of the Independence Township Board.
The correct vote was 4-1. Supervisor David Wagner, Clerk Shelagh VanderVeen, Treasurer Jim Wenger, and Trustee Larry Rosso voted in favor.
Trustee Daniel Travis voted against.

The story ‘Salaries increase for township workers,? July 25 edition, incorrectly stated Independence Township trustees contribute 1 percent of their pay towards healthcare.
Trustees do not receive health care benefits through the township, therefore are not required to contribute any money towards those benefits.

In the January 18 edition of The Lake Orion Review, we misidentified sophomore high school varsity basketball player John McCarty in a picture. We apologize for the mistake and are making it up to him this week on page 12.

In an Oct. 26 article in The Review regarding potential cuts to sheriff staffing in the township, it should have indicated that, under the current millage rate, a home with a ‘state-equalized? value of $200,000 would be subject to a tax of approximately $400 for police services.

The photo caption for ‘Pulled up by the roots,? page B3, Feb. 6 edition, should not have stated Department of Public Works cleared away the fallen tree.
The homeowner contracted and paid for the tree removal on Main Street.

The story ‘Dad steals while son wrestles,? Feb. 13 edition, said suspect Todd Lloyd Griffin was at Clarkston High School while his son competed as a Lake Orion wrestler in a 10-team tournament Feb. 2.
That was not the case, said Doug Kline, Lake Orion wrestling coach.
‘His son practiced for a few days at the beginning of this season and quit,? Kline said. ‘He never wrestled a match for us all year.?
According to Sgt. Matt Baldes, Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, police were initially told the boy was a Lake Orion wrestler.
Griffin, 38, is being held in connection with a $15,000 theft of audio visual equipment Feb. 2 at Clarkston High School.

A story that ran in last week’s edition of The Oxford Leader contained some incorrect information about Todd Lloyd Griffin, 38, of Oxford.
The story ‘Dad allegedly steals while son wrestles,? provided by our sister paper The Clarkston News, pertained to the larceny of about $15,000 from Clarkston High School on Feb. 2, during a wrestling tournament.
While Griffin does have a son at Lake Orion High School, that son is not a member of the LOHS wrestling team.
‘His son practiced for a few days at the beginning of this season and quit,? said Coach Doug Kline. ‘He never wrestled a match for us all year.?
The story stated Griffin was at CHS to watch his son compete, but that was not the case. While Griffin’s motivations for the alleged theft remain unclear, he has no affiliation to the LOHS wrestling team, as the story indicated.
The Leader regrets the error.

In the Nov. 17 edition of The Citizen, page 19, the photos were from the Second Annual Brandon Boutique and Craft show.

Correction:
On page 5 of the Dec. 1 issue of The Citizen the new paid, on-call Brandon Firefighters should include:Mark Bowen, Adam Junker, Richard Fischer, Richard Lindahl, Jose Carza, Michael Seling and Daniel Johnson.

A photo caption on page 9 of the Dec. 10 Winter Sports Tab should have listed one of the Goodrich hockey players as Steve Tangney. On page 34 of the Dec. 29 edition of The Citizen the boy in the winter hat should have been identified as Ara Sakalian.

In the article, ‘Chinese New Year celebrated locally? in the Jan. 19 edition of The Citizen, Andrew Kue should have been listed as the owner of Peking Inn Restaurant in Ortonville.

In last week’s edition of the Leader, it was incorrectly reported in the article ‘Second Wildcat Hall of Fame class announced? that Bud Laidlaw was the founder of little league baseball in Oxford. This inaccurate information was provided by Oxford Schools in a press release. Fact is, Oxford resident Charles Curtis founded the ‘Oxford Midget League? ? the predecessor to today’s Oxford Recreational Baseball Association ? in 1953 and asked Laidlaw to coach.

Last week we identified Lake Orion Community School Board candidate as Birgit McQuiston as Melissa Miller and vice-verse. Mary Jo Burchart’s name was spelled Buchard and Kelly Weaver’s name, Weever.
What’s up with that?

The story “Teacher strike unlikely, union chief says,” April 6 edition, should have said Clarkston teachers hope things don’t go as far as a work stoppage, but voted to authorize Michigan Education Association to start crisis activities.
“Clarkston teachers do not want to go out on strike,” said Brooke Davis, Clarkston Education Association president. “Clarkston teachers think a work stoppage is the last thing public employees should or would do to stop the attacks on them.”
Also, “Kids not college-ready, study says,” March 23, should have said the 24.7 percent of this year’s Clarkston High School graduates ready for college places the school 18th out of Oakland Intermediate School District’s 65 high schools.

The story “Parents urge caution in teacher cut plan,” March 2, should have listed the cut to the International Baccalaureate at Clarkston High School as $120,000, including $11,500 in software and technology purchases, $18,500 teaching supplies and field trips, $35,000 in textbooks, and $5,000 in training.

The hockey player circling around the net in ‘Sweet defeat adds to Dragon rivalry,? Jan. 26 was misidentified. It is senior Chad Wotton.

In ‘State steps in on hall plan,? Jan. 12, the payment to township auditors Plant & Moran should have been listed as $6,500.

CORRECTIONS: Last week’s story regarding officials’ solicitation of funds for a new traffic signal should have stated the proposed location is East Burdick and Glaspie.
The person advising the Oxford Village Council on bonding for the southeast parking quadrant was Peter Eucland from John R. Axe’s office.
The story regarding the proposed child abandonment ordinance before the Oxford Township Board should have stated officials tabled discussion (not the first reading) of the proposed ordinance until the March 12 meeting.
New Oxford Village Police Officer Duane Niedzwiecki’s last name was spelled incorrectly.

In ‘Exception Closer for 90 N. Main,? Dec. 8, Eric Haven should have been quoted as saying he was glad the Catallos bought the former United Methodist Church and ‘turned it into their personal family residence.?
Also, the vote to release non-confidential documents was 5-1-1 Councilwoman Peggy Roth abstained from voting and discussion due to ‘conflict of Interest.?

The Oxford Area Chamber of Commerce’s newsletter inside last week’s issue contained the wrong date for the annual chamber golf outing. The correct date is Friday, May 30.
In last week’s article about Exploravision, Andrew Klimbal’s last name was spelled incorrectly.

In the June 11 edition of The Clarkston News, an article about the death of Robert Olsen stated he was survived by three children. In fact, Olsen was survived by four children including Robert II, Rebecca, Paige and Dana.

Last week’s Letter to the Editor “Township Millages,” should have included Independence Township Trustee Mark Petterson amongst the signers. The entire Township Board signed the letter in support of township millages.

The signature page congratulating the Goodrich football team on their playoff win (The Citizen, Nov. 10, p. 26) should have listed one of the Goodrich football players as William McNeice.

In the Jan. 13 story ‘Henning resigns from teaching job,? The Oxford Leader said Julian Tyler had been fired from his position as a former assistant coach basketball coach. Oxford Schools issued a statement that ‘Julian Tyler was never hired by the district as an assistant coach and at no point in time was he ever a district employee or an approved volunteer coach.? We apologize for this mistake.

In the March 24 story ‘People want vote on police consolidation,? Cory Johnston should have been quoted ‘You will have close to $500,000 administration cost in fees…?

The story ‘Community wants to know what happened with school budget,? March 10, should have attributed “On Jan. 22, 2009, I ran a budget for 2010-2011 ? I don’t know if it’s necessarily shared with all the board members” to Bruce Beamer, executive director for business services.
We regret the error.

The Feb. 17 story “Petitioners hard at work” should have said “the next step will be putting flyers between the flag and the mailbox or in newspaper boxes in targeted neighborhoods.” We regret the error.
The box office number, for Clarkston High School’s production of ‘Grease,? set for this week, is 248-623-4042.

The story “Townships work out park deal,” Jan. 20, misidentified Springfield Township Parks and Recreations’ basketball program. Its correct name is Holly Hoops.

“Trini’s continues family tradition,” Dec. 30, should have stated the restaurant’s 10063 Dixie Highway location is in Springfield Township, not Independence Township.

The Veterans? Day Sponsor Page, Nov. 11, should have included Al Deeby Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram.
Unlisted from Athlete of the Week, Nov. 11 was Danielle Hart.
We regret these omissions.

Clarkston City Council candidate Stephen Hargis’s responses in ?6 candidates campaign for 4 city council seats,? Oct. 28, inadvertently included part of another candidate’s response. His plans included lower tax rates, stop commercial use of the old Independence Township Hall, promote positive aspects of town to attract home buyers, support downtown business and reduce traffic noise, especially unmuffled motorcycle exhaust.

The story ‘Developers to pay village to finish Atwater? in the July 22 edition of The Review should have said Gulf Atwater LLC’s $150,000 letter of credit drawn upon by the village will fund completion of the remaining planned unit development (PUD) deficiencies such as landscaping and roadwork. The money will not fund repair work or maintenance. ~JTC

The article ‘Best Day Care: Planet Kids? should have said the childcare center’s 10th birthday final celebration, with free child care for the Clarkston community, is Aug. 15.

The photo story “American Pride,” July 8, misidentified the church site of several photos.
The photos were taken at a free Fourth of July celebration hosted by Clarkston Community Church, not Clarkston United Methodist Church. We sincerely regret the error.

“Hand-dipped ice cream at Pete’s” should have listed Pete’s Coney Island II’s phone number as 248-623-4300.

The start time for Oxford’s Concerts in Centennial Park series is 7 p.m. every Thursday evening.
The DDA published the wrong time on both the flyers it distributed and the advertisements it placed in other publications.

There were a few errors in ‘Fourth of July events to break with tradition? in last week’s (March 11) edition.
Mid-America Shows was never involved with the clean up of downtown and along M-24 after the fireworks. That clean up has been done by the Lake Orion Lions Club.
Also, the Lake Orion Lions Club did not offer the $4,000 to the Lake Orion Fireworks Association. Mid-America Show offered to make the donation to the fireworks association, if they were willing to use the June 27 date.
Jack Patton’s quote in regards to meeting with the Lake Orion Fireworks Association, ‘We offered money to the association to change the date,? said Patton. ‘They said ‘absolutely not,?? was misleading.
Instead, he stated the Lions had met with representatives from the fireworks association, and while the association was doubtful the date would be changed, they said the association would respond to the Lions.
The meeting was held in early October, and the Lions took the lack of response by the association to the offer of money and change of date to be a ‘No.?
Finally, the representative of the fireworks association is named Carl Cyrowski, not ‘Carl Sorowski.?
Our humble apologies.
~~JTC

In the print edition of The Lake Orion Review on Feb. 11, it was reported “The Orion Township Board of Trustees didn’t heed the planning commission’s recommendation when the board voted 5-2 in favor of rezoning property on the corner of Baldwin and Maybee roads from residential to commercial.”
This may be misleading.
It insinuates the board approved the rezoning of the property, which it did not. Instead, the board voted “against the motion to confirm the denial” of the rezoning recommended by the planning commission.
In a related motion, the board voted 5-2 to send the matter back to the planning commission for review.

–J. Counts

CORRECTION: In the Jan. 7 edition, MYLead first alternate and OHS student Samantha Murphy’s last name was incorrectly reported. Also, the article failed to mention that the Oxford Lions Club paid for one of the MYLead students to attend the May 2009 conference.

The Clarkston Junior High School Honor Roll ad banner, Dec. 17 edition, incorrectly identified the honored students? school. We regret the error.

Lake Orion fireworks fundraiser
The Lake Orion Fireworks fundraiser scheduled for Jan. 10 has been pushed back until later in the spring.
Keep eye an on the Review for the new date and time.

The story “Keeping the Light Shining” should have listed the residence at which Light the Night took place as Chris and Danette Meny’s home.
Amy Peterson helped organize the event, along with Children’s Ministry, Mom Squad, Outreach Ministry, and others.

On page 26 in this week’s print edition of the Review, the two candidates for Orion Township Supervisor were misidentified. David Hodges name was under Matthew Gibb’s picture, and vice versa. To your right, Hodges is correctly identified. Gibb is correctly identified below in the article “Voters to decide in supervisor race.”

Due to miscommunication, Sherri Salk’s name was misspelled in the story “National City Bank hosts annual breakfast,” Oct. 1.

The article “New auto shop on Dixie Highway” incorrectly reported the shop’s discount offer through the end of September. The shop offers 50 percent off labor. We regret the error.

Bryan Kolano’s name was misspelled in the story “Clarkston parents proud of son’s service in Iraq,” Aug. 27 edition.
The story “Floating to victory” should have reported Team Rush hoped to raise $5,000 and instead raised $6,000.
The address listed in the story “Clarkston Hair Studio is a family affair,” Aug. 20, should have been 8080 B Ortonville Road.

The company profiled in the story “Producers come to town,” Aug. 13, was incorrectly named ? the correct name is LeahPar Productions, or LP Productions.
We regret the error.

In the The Citizen, Aug. 16, page 11, the Village of Goodrich Council, information for Patricia Wartella should have been, age 53 – Union President for the Vocational Technical Association/MEA from 1996-Present, Vice-President of T.A.P. Association for Holy Family Catholic School 1995-1996.

The Aug. 9 front page story, ‘Public to get first look at bond project at high school open house,? should have stated the first day of school in the Brandon district will be Sept. 3.

Oxford High School senior Patrick Streit signed a letter of intent to play football for Michigan Technological University.
Seniors Josh Hamlin, Nick Rock, and Kyle Oliver are hoping to ‘walk on? the team at Saginaw Valley State University, according to OHS Head Football Coach Bud Rowley.
‘Jake Kraus is thinking about Northern Michigan or Northwood University, if possible as a walk on and Hugo Gomez is looking to be a walk on at Wayne State (University),? Rowley said.
Rowley said Streit is the only OHS senior football player to actually sign a letter of intent.
We apologize for the mix-up last week. ? TS

The headline on page 4 of the May 31 edition of The Citizen should have read, ‘Atlas, Groveland join for shared road repair.?

The story ‘Ideas wanted for playground,? May 7, should have said the playground train at Depot Park needs renovation, not replacement.
The train was donated in memory of a village child, said Friends of Depot Park volunteer Gini Schultz.

The story “Beating the odds,” page 1A, April 30 edition, included an incorrect photo. The photo should have included Devere Enoch and his mother, Dahl Enoch.
The story should also have listed Coach Adam Kern and Assistant Principal Billie Pambid, Devere’s grandmother Margaret Sue, Tyrone Wilson, Maxine Wilson-Murphy, Estella Moore, Dr. Dan Maxwell, Dr. Mark Stuart, and his closest friends, Ryan, now in the army, Chip, Ryan, Sharp twins, Mark, also in the military, Phil, Brent, and Casey.
“The point of the story is I had a support system,” Enoch said. “Yes, I was there, but there were times when I was exhausted and just needed someone to talk, when I needed help. His sister also made sure he would get to school if I was not feeling well. The late Rev. Harold Gates, my dad, told Devere, you are going to be a very successful young man.”

The trick-or-treating times published in the Oct. 27 edition of The Clarkston News were incorrect. For the city of Clarkston and Independence Township the correct times are 6-7 p.m. Springfield Township does not have an official time period for trick-or-treating.

Due to a miscalculation Jan. 30, edition numbers have been incorrectly listed. This is the 27th edition of The Clarkston News? 79th volume.