Food donations

Especially with Thanksgiving approaching, our thoughts turn to those less fortunate. The Clarkston News will collect food donations for Lighthouse Clarkston, on Sashabaw Road.
Drop off donations at the News office at 5 S. Main Street through Nov. 18. 0

Road work

Big Lake Road construction work east of Andersonville Road to east of Ridgewood Road will continue through mid November.
The paving of the gravel road intersection is a joint project of Springfield Township and Road Commission for Oakland County.

Goodfellow sale

Clarkston Rotary Club’s annual Goodfellow newspaper sales will be on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 2-3, on Clarkston-area streets and Neiman’s Family Market.
Donations will go to the Rotary’s Shoes for Kids program at Oakland Woods Baptist Church on Maybee Road the next weekend. Clarkston area children in need receive boots, shoes, hats and gloves for the winter.
For more information or to volunteer, call Rotarian Joel DeLong at 248-561-8523.

Veterans Day honors

Clarkston Junior High School hosts a Veterans Day Ceremony at 12:45 p.m. on Veterans Day, Friday, Nov. 11, in the school’s Jenna Beno Memorial Courtyard, 6595 Middle Lake Road.
Each year, English teacher Erin Shaw and junior high students honor veterans by placing an Honor Stone in the courtyard garden. This year’s Distinguished Honorees include Takao Kojima, veteran of World War 2 Italian Campaign, European Theater, with the 442nd Infantry; and Master Sergeant Lyle B. Black II, Clarkston High School graduate, Class of 1997, 127th Wing of the Michigan National Guard with one tour in Iraq, currently 127th Medical Group at Selfridge Air National Guard Base.
The public is welcome to attend.