I swore after last year’s summer drought, I would buy very little flowers or none at all this year. So where was I on Sunday? Buying flowers. Maybe my problem with flowers is I’ve committed to planting most of them in pots. It seemed like a good idea at the time since I have very […]
Currently, monuments in East Lawn Cemetery can be no higher than 30 inches. Anthony DeBoer and his family would like to place a monument at the gravesite of his wife that is 34 inches high. Monument restrictions were adopted by the Lake Orion Village Council in 1996. Paula Sims and Ann Marie Schlusler, Anthony’s daughters, […]
Read in another paper last week that a new product is soon to come in to the market place — movies the consumer can buy for only $6.99. The catch here is it self destructs in 48 hours. Now it wasn’t clear to me whether the movies would be on VHS or DVD. The writer […]
Still worried about future state funding reductions, Lake Orion School Board members approved on June 11 a 2003-04 budget that includes $3.8 million in cuts. LO School District Superintendent Dr. Craig Younkman said state revenue ‘is not real secure? and more reductions are highly likely.? ‘Even if foundation funding stays the same we will probably […]
Several years ago, I printed some helpful hints from a book called ‘Uncommon Uses for Household Products. Here’s a few more, just in time for summer. Ease insect stings: If you get stung or bitten by an insect, you probably have just the thing in your kitchen. Make a paste using baking soda and rubbing […]
One appointment to the Lake Orion Planning Commission didn’t go smoothly at a recent village council meeting. The village council president appoints planning commission members, but fellow council members have to approve his suggestion. Current president Bill Siver on June 9 had no problem getting an OK to his appointment of Ed Roberts to fill […]
The Lake Orion School District has entered into a four-year partnership agreement with Dell Computers that will bring over $1 million in benefits and perks to the school system. On the school district’s end, it has to commit to buying Dell products and the company’s services. It already has been replacing old computers with Dell […]
The grand finale of fundraising takes place on June 29, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday. The Lake Orion Fireworks Association is hosting a brunch at the Lake Orion Boat Club, located on an island near Heights Road. The cost is $10/person. Other events include a silent auction, face painting and a boat wash for $10. People […]
Did you know bowling’s become trendy again? And so has enrolling kids in dance school. Granddaughter Ryan, 3 1/2, performed in her first dance recital last Saturday, along with a couple of other hundred area children — for the most part girls. Ryan did have one little boy in her class and that’s the only […]
A long investigation as to why there was a major power outage in this country last week isn’t necessary. I know why. The companies who bottle water did it. Can you imagine how much bottled spring, purified, mountain — you name it — water must have been sold. Not only did the companies knock out […]