Over 600 adults and children attended the 7th Annual Tons of Truck event presented by Independence Township Parks and Recreation. Children sat in the driver’s seat of a life-size version of their favorite “Hot Wheels” vehicles. Yesteryear’s Tractor Club provided hayrides for only 50 cents. Each child went home with a miniature garbage truck from […]
Braden Langeloh watched the rocket get fired into the air and began counting the seconds until it came back down. ‘Ten seconds,? he estimated. The rocket came back down to the ground 18 seconds after lift-off, Langeloh was only eight seconds off. He joined 16 other campers from grades first through fifth at last week’s […]
For Teresa Mershman, sponsor of the Creator’s Image Photography youth baseball team, one moment in the season stands out for her. ‘There was a time when an opposing team’s player was injured and was unable to return to the game in the final inning,? Mershman said. ‘After their loss to the Creator’s Image Team, the […]
The Clarkston Cubs ended their season with a treat from the Detroit Tigers and an improved record from last year. The team was selected as the ‘Aquafina Detroit Tigers Team of the Day? on May 23. The players and their families arrived at Comerica Park and watched the Tigers get ready for their game against […]
On the soccer field Breanne Timm and Katie Viazanko are used to defending the goal, but last Thursday they had to defend themselves from their campers. The fourth and fifth graders wanted to thank their coaches for a great week of soccer, but a hug wouldn’t do it. Instead, the girls chased their coaches with […]
The girls from the 13U Shock team fired up the courts with a successful, 28-4 AAU travel basketball season. ‘We had a really great season with quite a bit of success,? said head coach Stu Hastings. Hastings has been getting the girls ready to play basketball on the high school level. As a coach and […]
The fall season is fast approaching. But then, you probably already know if you have been out getting groceries or shopping for clothes. School supplies are out and have been since the Fourth of July. Does anyone else see something wrong with that? Don’t get me wrong. I am a fan of new pens, highlighters, […]
Camp Invention sparked students imagination and math and science skills for the third summer in a row. Campers, from first to sixth grade, participated in five different modules during the week. They created art out of recycled materials in “Art Park.” They tackled a polluted city and figured out ways to clean it up and […]
Waterford Hills Road Racing Inc. is going vintage this weekend. As part of their season-long, 50th anniversary celebration, organizers will host a full weekend of vintage vehicle displays and era-specific racing, and reunite past and present members and racers. The course was originally created in 1958 as a short one lane dirt track for time […]
Tommy Ronk has spent his summer playing to the top of the Meijer’s G.O.L.F Adams golf tour, currently placed second for Player of the Year. His most recent tournament was last week in Tullymore. Ronk was one hole away from winning the two day tournament. On the last hole he hit a quadruple bogey on […]