On March 19, Scripps Middle School will host a 90-minute workshop, Talk Early & Talk Often. The school has been selected as one of the pilot sites to host the free workshop that will help parents of middle school youth talk with their child about abstinence and sexuality. It is aimed at helping parents recognize […]
Lake Orion touts itself as ‘where living is a vacation,? but, more importantly, it’s a community that cares. When Karen Vickers and her two teenage daughters, Brittney and Brandi, escaped their fire and smoke-filled condo out of a second floor bedroom window and awaited rescue, they were lucky to make it out not only alive, […]
In a packed Dragon Fieldhouse, the Lake Orion Special Olympics basketball team readily defeated Jardon last Thursday, 30-18. The Dragons got to a slow start, trailing Jardon 6-4 by the end of the first quarter. Good defense prevented a lot of scoring in the second quarter, and a bucket by Orion’s Emily Absher at the […]
Students at Scripps Middle School will take center stage on March 12, 13 and 14, as the school presents The Veggie Villain, written by Craig Sodaro and produced in association with Pioneer Drama Service. The show begins at 7 p.m. The students in the production have been rehearsing four days a week since auditions in […]
History came alive on Feb. 27 when Abraham Lincoln visited Good Shepherd Lutheran School. Actor Fred Priebe, from Mobile Ed Productions, brought the former president to life when he presented ‘The Living Abe Lincoln,? which featured talks about Lincoln’s life and his family. The students learned about his early life and the moves he made […]
It might not quite be a gold mine, but someone is sitting on a large chunk of change and doesn’t know it. Indianwood Junction Party Store sold a $250,000 winning lottery ticket for the drawing on Feb. 19, and, at of press time, no one has come forward to claim the prize. According to owner […]
When first grade Pine Tree teacher Denise Skiba walked into an assembly last Friday she thought it was for the kick-off of March is Reading Month and they were having an author visitor. She thought everybody was applauding because her class was so late to the assembly and they had finally arrived. Little did she […]
It’s not uncommon to hear Allie Hock’s name attached to a cross country race or track meet, but the Lake Orion High School senior will now have her name connected with something else ? being Lake Orion’s first ever MHSAA Scholar Athlete. Hock, daughter of Chris and Lisa Hock, was selected as one of 32 […]
The singing and dancing phenomenon known as the Young Americans will once again be in Lake Orion and working with students in fourth through 12th grade. Due to a cancellation in their touring schedule, the group has decided to use their newly available free time to offer a special two-day workshop and performance for Lake […]
It was all for the sake of research that members of a University of Cincinnati team cored through ice at Lake Sixteen on Feb. 21 to look for evidence of massive wildfires some 12,900 years ago. ‘Specifically, they are looking at lake sediment cores for charcoal evidence from fires that may have been started by […]