The proposed $20 million bond vote this May is about children and learning, school officials say. “It’s $100 for children, to get the technology they need,” said Superintendent Dr. Rod Rock. “The community has the option to agree ? it’s up to them.” Henry Woloson of Independence Township sees it differently. “This is about a […]
Retired automotive engineer Joe Rohovsky of Independence Township enjoyed mentoring fifth-graders so much, he re-upped for fourth-graders, too. He joins about a dozen other volunteers in A World In Motion at Clarkston Community Schools. “I read a piece in The Clarkston News that they were looking for volunteers, so I called them up,” said Rohovsky, […]
Clarkston Area Optimists honored two students with their Optimist Student of the Month awards ? Isabela Holloway, fifth grader at Andersonville Elementary, and Camryn Dahlerup, fifth grader at Pine Knob Elementary. “It was a pretty easy selection ? she’s the student I immediately thought of,” said Holloway’s principal, Bruce Martin. She is active in athletics, […]
To deliver the message that disability is only in the mind, Brett Eastburn only has to take a drink of soda. ‘When your next speaker comes up, ask them to take a drink of soda, then cheer wildly when they do,? said Eastburn, who can open and drink the canned beverage despite no arms or […]
In a letter to the editor this week, Independence Township resident Michael Powell is concerned the proposed non-qualified school bond would provide a blank check to Clarkston schools. Superintendent Dr. Rod Rock said it won’t. “At the Feb. 13 meeting, administration will ask the board to adopt a resolution stating the 2012 bond will not […]
Clarkston native Elizabeth Stalker is receiving lots of press recently due to her successful audition on American Idol, broadcast Jan. 15 on Fox. Readers of The Clarkston News have known about her talent for years. Stalker was our Millstream feature story on April 7, 2004. She was also featured in 2005 for winning six Detroit […]
Melissa Pavlik is Sashabaw Plains Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution’s pick for this year’s Good Citizen award. “Wow, I couldn’t be more honored or grateful,? said Pavlik, Clarkston High School student. ‘DAR is such a wonderful organization, and I am ecstatic that they’re recognizing me in this way.? Pavlik is interested in government and […]
Flora E. Curtis of Independence Township, born Jan. 27, 1908, celebrates her 100th birthday with family and friends Saturday, Jan. 26, at Waterford Oaks Activity Center. Family members, many of whom visit her every day, neighbors, who shovel her driveway when it snows, and friends from near and far are invited to her birthday party. […]
A couple’s arrest may bring some relief to one area of Independence Township hit by numerous break-in burglaries. Altheria Rendon, 35, of Independence Township and George Glime, 31, Brandon Township resident, were arrested, Jan. 20, and face charges in up to a dozen home invasions in southeast Independence Township over the past few months. ‘There […]
Hitting regular rotation on TV lately is the movie ?2012,? depicting the end of the world due to mutating death rays from the sun. I went to see it in the theater in 2009. In a stroke of divine comedy, the end-of-the-world movie ended early due to a power outage caused by the weather. It […]