Twelve members of Clarkston Community Church spent two days in a Findley, Ohio, prison this past July, hoping to help inmates jumpstart their lives. ‘With Clarkston Community Church we’re trying to be relevant in our community and get outside our four walls and contribute to the community by having an external focus,? said Bob Bjurman, […]
With the rising cost of energy, food prices have been rising too. One solution: harvest your own. About 40 gardeners took advantage of Clarkston Community Garden’s offer of free vegetables in exchange for help harvesting this summer’s crop. ‘Part of Community Day is to really get a sense of who in the community is really […]
BY TREVOR KEISER Clarkston News Staff Writer When Kaz Mamon’s motorcycle broke down during Daytona bike week in Florida, he was towed by a guy called ‘The Motorcycle Rescue.? ‘I looked at his rig and said, ‘my next business venture,?? said Mamon. When he arrived home, he bought another four-wheel-drive truck, and got the loader […]
Roxana’s Dance Expressions Elite Competition Team recently returned from the ‘Hall of Fame National Dance competition? in St. Charles Ill, where they received 11 Platinum awards. ‘They had a really good year, all their regional competitions they did great. They worked really hard, they put in great team effort, very focused, dedicated and it showed […]
Clarkston News phones were ringing off the hook last week as candidates reported election signs missing in action. Sandy Dubre, running for Independence Township treasurer, said she received a call at 10 a.m. last Thursday morning about a witness who saw someone steal her signs. ‘These are people who gave me permission to have my […]
Faced with rising prices of just about everything, some Clarkston residents might catch a break ? a new federal floodplain map may mean they no longer have to buy flood insurance. ‘The new revision reduced areas that were originally in the flood zone in what I think pretty significant fashion,? said City Manager Dennis Ritter. […]
It took a little good-natured deception to get Steve Ronk to accept his “Fire Chief of the Year” award publicly. ‘I’m not a limelight guy,” Ronk said. “Anything I do is not for the point of accolades or awards or anything else, but this was nice because it came from other fire chiefs in the […]
With election season for president every four year comes not only voting for township leaders, but millages as well. Independence Township Fire Chief Steve Ronk asks voters to renew the township’s Fire and Emergency Services Millage, collecting $5.4 million each year. ‘It is our complete operational budget,? said Ronk. ‘There is no other funding for […]
A couple weeks ago Steve Ronk was named ‘Fire Chief of the Year? by the Michigan Association of Fire Chiefs. Over the past year I have had the honor of getting to know Steve a little bit and I can tell you he is one of the most genuine men I know. President Dwight Eisenhower […]
Women of the Optimist Club were seen in Depot Park last Saturday scraping paint, sanding off rust, and putting fresh primer on train and caboose’s monkey bars. Meanwhile the Optimist men where seen with drill guns, washers, and screwdrivers trying to put together what started out looking like a spaceship and ended as a Merry-Go-Round, […]