My trip to Israel earlier this month was excellent, a nearly perfect expedition with a superb tour guide, an Arab Palestinian Christian Israeli with encyclopedic knowledge and experience of the area, history, and culture. It was a pilgrimage trip with a group from my church, St. John’s up in Davison. We visited as many of […]
Keep light shining on local issues Dear Editor, Last week was Sunshine Week, a time “to enlighten and empower people to play an active role in their government at all levels, and to give them access to information that makes their lives better and their communities stronger.” March 16 was Freedom of Information Day and […]
Folks love the pizza at Gregg’s Gourmet. For Julia Whitley, however, it can be too much of a good thing. So she wrote them a letter. “Dear Gregg’s Gourmet,” she wrote. “My family and I always go to Gregg’s. I love your pizza and especially your breadsticks. But sometimes I get sick of pizza. I […]
Therrien Keippala of Clarkston, 8, has the chance to represent Michigan in Dance Masters of America, a 10-day dance competition and convention in Anaheim, Calif., this June. But he needs help to get there. “We have to fundraise almost all of the expenses, which are estimated to cost over $6,000 if just Therrien and I […]
Well-read students from all over Clarkston Community Schools have teamed up and are ready to rumble, academically speaking, at the first-ever District Battle of the Books, 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 27, at Independence Elementary. Two teams from each of Clarkston’s seven elementary schools will compete, including Andersonville Elementary’s The Hazardous Readers and Otherwise Known as […]
From left, Sandra Deering, Eileen White, Verne Vackaro, Gina Joy Roemer, Katie Hendrikson, and Sean Harbert react to a puzzling piece of evidence. Photos provided by Emily Dowd, ejphotos.com Clarkston Village Players presents “The Swan Song, A Study in Terror,” by Mike Johnson, March 23-25 and 29-31 at Depot Theater. Katie Hendrikson stars as Olivia […]
My wife and I are privileged to be grandparents now. Both of our grandsons appear to be healthy, but we know that every parent nowadays worries about the health of their children. As a pastor I have several friends who have autistic children. In fact, two families on my staff have autistic children. I know […]
From left are the Clarkston Optimist Club Essay Contest winners Sara Houstina, Catherine Laube, and Parker Szachta. Photo by Phil Custodio BY PHIL CUSTODIO Clarkston News Editor Clarkston Area Optimists’ 2018 Essay Contest, March 14, asked students “Can society function without respect?” “We received 15 excellent entries this year. They were wonderful,” said Optimist Kelly […]
Clarkston Area Optimist Club’s annual Oratorical Contest is open to students residing in the Clarkston Community Schools boundaries and in middle school through high school, as long as they had not yet turned 18 years old by Oct. 1, 2017. Filled out applications with copy of proof of age must be mailed to the address […]
Clarkston Community Schools is hosting a district job fair to hire for transportation and nutrition department positions on March 26 from 9 a.m.-noon at the Central Administration Office Board Room, 6389 Clarkston Road. Candidates may also call John Lucido, executive director of Human Resources, at 248-623-5419 or visit the HR page at www.clarkston.k12.mi.us/hr.