With all the action slated to go on at this year’s 4-H fair, the reason why organizers dubbed this year’s version ‘Spins and Grins? is easy to see. With over 6,000 exhibits, three new barns and a wide array of demonstrations, the fair promises to keep people’s heads on a constant smiling swivel. The 4-H […]
Rather than being one voice in a crowd over 100,00 at University of Michigan football games, recent Clarkston graduate Sarah will help lead the chants this fall as a member of the cheerleading team. ‘I’m excited for the first football game. I just want to run out into the big house,? said Jennett. To make […]
While he is still looking for a position that takes advantage of his unique skill set, a former Independence Township supervisor is not exactly cooling his jets since losing his reelection bid last year. Stuart, with a team of volunteers, organized the North Oakland Headwaters Land Conservancy’s first golf outing: the Great Blue Heron Open […]
With two weeks to spare before the start of football conditioning, the new synthetic turf field at Clarkston High School was completed on July 15. Prograss LLC completed the project on time and on budget. ‘We are really happy; (Prograss) did a great job. There weren’t any changes as far as the turf they installed […]
Some people in life become successful by taking an idea and molding it into something better. Others find their niche in life helping at the development stage. Very few people do their best work starting at the bottom. Larry Malace is one of those types? he creates, he innovates and succeeds. ‘You have to have […]
I am starting to wonder these days if I am old enough to hanker for yesteryear. Is 26 years long enough to pine for the good old days? Maybe kids do grow up too fast, maybe I have to face facts that the United States I grew up in was a different place in a […]
They know they are past their primes but the members of the 17-team North Oakland Senior Softball League still thirst for the competition, comradery and plain fun of sport. ‘It gives us an opportunity to experience and still participate in an activity that we’ve had success with in the past,? said LeRoy Decker, Decker started […]
Staying cool in the Clarkston area is easier than ever thanks to two new pools at Deer Lake Athletic Club. ‘I wanted to make it a country club atmosphere. (The new pools) were very expensive to (build), but it was money well spent,? said Forest Milzow, owner of the Deer Lake Athletic Club. On the […]
With less than two weeks before the opening of the Oakland County 4-H Fair on July 26, some are ready for the festivities to begin while others are starting to feel deadline pressure. ‘It’s getting very stressful, but no matter what the fair always comes together,? said Cathy Grain, chairperson of the Companion Animals Committee […]
Like peanut butter and jelly, Ducks Unlimited and the North Oakland Livingston Headwaters Land Conservancy are a natural combination. The two groups are coming together on July 16 at the Waterworks Wetlands in Holly to install eightof the 34 wood duck houses. Children made the water fowl’s new homes at a Ducks Unlimited event on […]