Dear Editor, If I told you to pick up a ball in front of you and place it on a box 10 feet away, you wouldn’t think too much about it. What if you had to ask someone else to do the same thing? You would probably say something to the effect of, “Go put […]
Dear Editor, Thank you, Clarkston News, for the very humbling article about our 60th wedding anniversary and living in Clarkston. (“Celebrating 60 with faith, family,” March 16, 2022) We have enjoyed our life in Clarkston so much, raising our four beautiful daughters here and still having them and their families all close by in the […]
Dear Editor, I almost missed it this year but last week was Sunshine Week, where those who work for open and transparent government are celebrated, or at least considered. In the City of the Village of Clarkston, there continues to be a city website with old information, or no information at all. Charter provisions for […]
Dear Editor, I see from the clarkstonsunshine.com summary of the February 28, 2022 city council meeting that the council is salivating at the opportunity to allow a movie producer to use Clarkston as a backdrop for a movie about someone who didn’t live or work in Clarkston and had only a distant relationship with one […]
Dear Editor, Everything you have ever needed is right here in your community. We seek answers from people all around the world, but rarely do we turn to our neighbors who may be some of the best people to help us or are most in need of our help. By reaching out to our community […]
Dear Editor, I appreciate the school safety update from Superintendent Shawn Ryan in the March 9, 2022 Clarkston News (“CCS continuing with safety a No. 1 priority for staff, students”). Although this addressed safety during school hours, the schools should also address safety for other activities. Last Saturday we attended the Michigan School Band and […]
Dear Editor, With a lot going on in the world, I wanted to write of the importance of not letting politicians close the Line 5 Pipeline. Governor Whitmer ordered Enbridge to close the 68-year-old line, revoking a 1953 state easement. At least our neighbors in Canada are helping when they invoked a 1977 treaty with […]
Dear Editor, With the most recent invasion of Ukraine by the Russian dictator Putin, unfortunately, history is repeating itself. As a Ukrainian-American, I am appalled at how Putin is acting like another infamous dictator, Adolf Hitler. Before Hitler invaded Poland in 1939, he bullied and threatened his way into the occupation of the Rhineland (1936), […]
If the building we’ve known as Rudy’s Market could talk, what tales it would tell! It’s had varied uses and unique owners over the years. Built in 1915 using native stone, it first housed a Ford dealership and service center, owned by Lewis Voorheis. He sold the building and the dealership to Frank Leonard and […]
Dear Editor, I’m very glad to read that the city manager will take the time to respond to The Clarkston News, if not the public. (The Clarkston News, Feb. 16, 2022) It does show the power of a local newspaper. Let’s take a look at what he has said, keeping in mind that the Clarkston […]