The tranquility of our peaceful domicile was shattered recently when a torrent of exasperations erupted like a volcano from somewhere within our home. “Seanny! Get out of here!” Ah, young master Shamus, five years old, is in the bathroom and can’t take care of business with his kid brother looking on. Still sitting in the […]
Not long ago our 14-year-old granddaughter asked, “Grandpa, are you rich?” Before answering I asked myself, ‘What is rich to a high school freshman?’ A few hundred bucks, I concluded, so I avoided a dollars answer and gave her a philosophical one. ‘In many ways we are all rich,’ I said. Off she went to […]
15 YEARS AGO (1988) nUsing $1.8 million as the target, Clarkston school district administrators recommended massive cutbacks for the 1988-89 school year to the board of education Monday night. The proposal came in the wake of rejections of tax increase requests by voters in June and October. The board of education has opted to plan […]
· The Independence Township Board of Trustees dropped the ball by giving Supervisor Dale Stuart, Clerk Joan McCrary and Treasurer Jim Wenger a five percent raise instead of the normal three percent increase. The measure passed by a 4-2 margin with McCrary and Wenger voting against it, while Stuart was not at the meeting due […]
By Dr. Al Roberts Superintendent of Clarkston Schools This past Monday, it was my privilege to address the Clarkston Rotary Club. I was asked to discuss the “state of the schools.” Knowing how much this group cares about the young people of the community, it was a pleasure to prepare this particular presentation. My first […]
The Academic Boosters of Clarkston, in partnership with Clarkston Community Schools, invite you to attend a special Town Hall Meeting with school administration Tuesday, Jan. 28 in the Clarkston Middle School Media Center from 7-8:45 p.m. This informative evening will include three short sessions and will be held in small group format with school administrators […]
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Van Houten of Grand Blanc and Mr. and Mrs. Ken Wolven of Clarkston are pleased to announce the engagement of their children, Aimee Lynn Van Houten and Paul Mathew Wolven. Van Houten is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schneiderhan of Grand Blanc and the late Frank and Katherine Van […]
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Gehrke of Clarkston announce the engagement of their daughter, Gina Marie Gehrke, to Duane Alan Leinninger II, son of Mr. and Mrs. Duane Leinninger of Grosse Pointe Farms. Gehrke, a 1994 Clarkston High School graduate, earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan-Flint and a master’s degree from University of […]
David J. and Christine A. (Starn) Wampfler of Clarkston announce the birth of Ashley Rose Wampfler, born December 5, 2002 at St. Joseph Mercy in Pontiac. She weighed 8 lbs. 3 oz. and measured 20 1/2 inches long. Grandparents are Larry and Rose Starn of Clarkston and Bill and the late Edith Wampfler of Clarkston.
One of the things Clarkston basketball coach Dan Fife stresses to his team is there are no off-nights in Oakland Activities Association Division I. The Wolves proved that point Friday night, upsetting the previously undefeated Pontiac Northern Huskies 60-55. The win improved Clarkston’s record to 5-5 overall and 2-0 in OAA I. Clarkston came back […]