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In just a few days, our Lake Orion families will wake up to the familiar sounds of early morning alarm clocks, school buses, and the eager voices of our students as they begin a new school year....more >> |
After thirty years with a bank and ten years as director of a state quality award program, I retired from the work force in 2003 and have never looked back. As I approach being a septuagenarian in March of next year, I look back on my work history with fondness, satisfaction, accomplishment, excitement, and maybe a bit of frustration....more >> |
Don't Rush MeSo, I reminded Young Master Sean Rush on Monday, that next week school starts. He was taken back. "What?" the 12-year-old asked. "Yep, come Tuesday it's back to the books for you," I replied, probably with a snarky chuckle attached....more >> |
Jim's JottingsThat's what Detroit Free Press columnist Terry Foster wrote after the Sunday, August 6 game in Comerica Park. His "best game ever" conclusion had more to do with a father-son thing than the Tigers come from behind win in extra innings to defeat the Indians....more >> |
Farewell, Clarkston!This is my last column, as I am heading back to the great white north! I have greatly enjoyed my time working for The Clarkston News and have a lot of new stories and experiences to take back to school with me....more >> |
Aliaga thanks primary voters for supportDear Editor, Thank you, to everyone from the bottom of my heart for supporting me in the primary election. It was a great journey these past seven months, getting to know everyone when I came knocking on your door, you listened to my focus to restore Independence Twp....more >> |
Parent frustrated with parking behind schoolDear Editor, I am a teacher at Pine Knob Elementary and a resident of Hidden Lakes Apartments, both located on Sashabaw Road. More importantly, I am a parent to three young elementary students....more >> |
Schools ready for new yearThe members of the Clarkston Community Schools' family are anxious for a new school year. You'll soon see a new fleet of buses on the road, attend back-to-school functions, and gather for fall sporting events....more >> |
Now is time for new beginning in peace and harmonyThere is a new energy and excitement in the air. It's not politics or religion, it's not in church or in state; but in consciousness. A New Birth is preparing to emerge, not only individually or locally but universally, in all of humanity....more >> |
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| 1908: John Bardeen, physicist, co-inventor of the transistor. |
| 1910: Artie Shaw, bandleader and clarinetist. |
| 1920: Helen O'Connell, big band vocalist. |
| 1928: Rosemary Clooney, singer. |
| 1934: Robert A. Moog, electrical engineer, creator of the Moog synthesizer. |
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| 1915: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary. |
| 1934: Gangsters Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are killed by Texas Rangers. |
| 1945: Heinrich Himmler, the head of the Nazi Gestapo, commits suicide after being captured by Allied forces. |
| 1949: The Federal Republic of West Germany is proclaimed. |
| 1960: Israel announces the capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina. |
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