From The Clarkston News archives

15 years ago – 2004
“Spraypark opens with Kid Rock appearance” Kid Rock’s words “Let’s turn it on,” signified the grand opening of the Renee Przybylski Memorial Spraypark before an audience of more than 3,500 people at Clintonwood Park.
“To Hollywood from Clarkston, via New York” During the spring, friends and family of 1986 Clarkston High School graduate Karen Barna received messages Barna landed a job as a staff writer for the Warner Brother Studio. The show she worked on was called The Mountain and first aired on Sept. 22.
“CMS student achieves singing dream as opener for pop star” Brittani Bridger, a 13-year-old eighth grader at Clarkston Middle School, opened for JoJo as part of the Radio Disney 910 AM birthday concert at the Birch Run Expo Center after winning a talent contest.

25 years ago – 1994
“Life is sew challenging” Debbie Marshall, of Clarkston, won a blue ribbon at the Michigan State Fair for a cross-stitched baby quilt featuring a rabbit, a bear, a cat and a duck. It was no surprise she chose the project as she worked in the Independence Township Parks and Recreation department and at the Gingellville Early Childhood Center.
“The $40,000 book for teens” Putting together the Clarkston High School yearbook was no small undertaking. Just one yearly edition took all the efforts of five editors for an entire school years and a budget of $40,000. Some students attended summer workshops to sharpen their skills.
“Cider Fest” The Clarkston Historical Society’s annual Cider Festival in Depot Park experienced good and the bad of fall in Michigan but rain or shine people came.

50 years ago – 1969
“Cigarette causes fire” Six grass fires and a fire ignited by a cigarette kept the Independence Township Fire Department busy during the week.
“Clarkston – 9,170 miles north” The children in the kindergarten room of Mrs. Grady Steele at the Bailey Lake School could tell, if asked, it is exactly 9,170 miles from Clarkston to South Pole.
“Around the town” The West Church Street home of Mrs. Mel Vaara was one of the first in the community to offer its hospitality to new teachers in the school district which included 39 teachers, mostly new to the area.

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