Ruth Ann Shields blew out three candles on June 5 at the Independence Township Senior Center for her 101th birthday. Behind her smile are years of experience and joy. One of her biggest joys was taking children to the Shrine Circus whenever it was in town. “My second husband was an official with the Shriners,” […]
Girls filled the Clarkston High School gym last week perfecting their volleyball skills and learning new techniques. The Volleyball Clinic was held by Kelly Avenall, head coach of the Clarkston Girls Varsity Volleyball team and her staff. Players from the varsity team also helped with showing the campers techniques to use. “All summer keep it […]
Construction has begun on the Clarkston High School fieldhouse after their groundbreaking last Friday. “We had a lot of hurdles to jump over and knock down,” said Kurt Richardson, head coach of the Clarkston Wolves Varsity Football team. “Sometimes we were wondering if it was going to happen. It is a good example of what […]
The Lady Wolves were prepping for their MHSAA Tennis State Finals and practicing hitting tennis balls back and forth to their teammates Then they stopped, they spun around going to the ground and jumped back up. They started singing and dancing to Carly Rae’s song “Call Me Maybe.” “They practiced for a couple of weeks,” […]
Construction has begun on the Clarkston High School fieldhouse after their groundbreaking last Friday. “We had a lot of hurdles to jump over and knock down,” said Kurt Richardson, head coach of the Clarkston Wolves Varsity Football team. “Sometimes we were wondering if it was going to happen. It is a good example of what […]
Grappler Nick Vandermeer is training and prepping after earning a spot on the Michigan USA Junior National Wrestling team. He is heading to the junior duals in Oklahoma City next week – a huge national team tournament. “It is freestyle and Greco,” he said. “Not exactly my favorite type of wrestling but I think it […]
Megan Hastings and Matt Dellinger finished their high school career honored as Senior Athletes of the Year. Dellinger opened the year in the fall season filling in for multiple positions for the Clarkston Wolves Varsity Football team. Hastings ended the year playing softball during the spring season for the Lady Wolves. Both spent the winter […]
Two geometry classes at Renaissance High School put their knowledge to work as they created eight wooded benches. It started with Kathy Yeloushan, the school’s grant writer, asking geometry teacher Sara Mastie what she would like to do. “She searches the entire internet for anybody willing to sponsor any project,” said Mastie. “I said I […]
Matt Wright was honored as he was recognized for being Youth of the Year on May 17 at the 27th Annual Clarkston Community Awards. “It was more of an honor to be up there and share it with people like Charles Griffin and those different people,” he said. “It didn’t feel like I belonged.” Wright […]
A few girls stood up and showed off their talents from gymnastics to telling jokes during their break at Dare to Dream Fundamental Basketball Camp last Thursday. After they went back to business and hit the basketball court for the last day of the annual camp. “It was really fun,” said Kayla Russell, a freshman […]