The last time Drew Fries took a day off from school, he was a fourth-grader at Springfield Plains Elementary School. Now a graduate in Clarkston High School’s Class of 2008, he attended more than 1,400 days of school without missing any, despite occasionally being under the weather and a broken collarbone at high school football […]
Katherine Lamay, this year’s Clarkston Teacher of the Year, joined the district after a summer helping out with SCAMP. “I saw great things in Clarkston and wanted to be a part of them,” said Lamay, Clarkston Junior High School special education teacher. “I couldn’t ask for a better place to work.” The Clarkston Foundation sponsors […]
When Shaina Seng of Independence Township signed a contract with Ford Models in Chicago two years ago, her career prospects were looking up. She had a few challenges to overcome ? one was high school. She still had a couple years left to finish. “I’ve been back and forth, commuting,” said Seng, 17, Clarkston High […]
U.S. Marine Pvt. Nickolas Johnson celebrated his graduation from Boot Camp last month with a sizable contingent of family from Clarkston. Assigned to Marine Echo Company Second Recruit Training Battalion Platoon 2034 at Parris Island, Johnson graduated May 6. His father Brent Johnson, grandparents Douglas and Brenda Alexander and Ed and Gloria Johnson, his mother […]
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 their Bronze Award project, Junior Girl Scout Troop 13372 had to come up with a new way to help people in need. Their idea: pillows. “Pillows are comforting,” said scout Corinne Graunstadt. “If you’re in trouble, you want something comfortable, something nice.” Graunstadt and fellow scouts Marianna Angelosanto, Heather Burrum, Kelly Cousino, Chandler Deering, […]
BY PHIL CUSTODIO Clarkston News Editor Class of 2008 graduates, who had the honor of being the youngest students at Clarkston High School two years in a row, got some of the respect they deserve at their Commencement, June 4. ‘A new legacy was born with us,? said student Molly Goss to her fellow graduates, […]
Leon Sawyer, who lives on about an acre on Clarkston Road, had an unusual visitor May 29 “A turkey was pacing back and forth, trying to get through my fence,” Sawyer said. “I opened the gate for him and after he came in, I shut it. I got him some feed and I called to […]
The American Red Cross is hosting its first Clarkston Community Blood Drive, Thursday June 19, Friday, June 20, and Sunday, June 22. ‘The community has lots of smaller blood drives, through businesses and churches,? said organizer Christie Kojima. ‘We want to pull everyone together into one big blood drive ? it’s a way to build […]
When a group of local businessmen heard one of the community’s longest-run golf courses might be closed and turned into a subdivision, they took action: they bought it. Keith Patten, Chris Loridas, Bill Wint, Jim Schmidt, Tom Brown, and Rick Brown are now the proud owners of the old Liberty Golf and Banquet Club on […]