School funding remains an issue nationwide and often when something, or someone, cannot receive the proper funds, it or they simply suffer. One Lake Orion High School Teacher recently proved the same does not happen in Orion. David Whitaker, Physical Education and Health Teacher, saw a need to give the special education kids their own […]
I try not to use common adages to describe myself or my activities, but I work hard. Anyone will tell you they work hard and it’s true for some, false for others, sometimes transparently so. The point is we all do the thing we’re good at to bring home the almighty dollar to get things […]
Some high school sports teams often struggle for support in certain areas, be it enrollment, coaches, or equal varsity and JV support. Fortunately for the girls of Lake Orion High Schools Lacrosse teams, running the team is a family affair. For the fifth consecutive year, the Booth family is running the girls lacrosse teams in […]
The warm weather is back and people everywhere seem to be celebrating their ability to leave without a jacket and drive without four-wheel-drive. Not that the winter was hard – by my count there was only one day where driving was dicey and it was never cold enough to even warrant a scarf. I’m not […]
Anyone that has seen a Lake Orion senior basketball player is now looking at an MHSAA divisional champion. Traveling to Rochester to do battle against the Falcons, a team which Orion has lost to twice in the regular season, the Dragons fought tooth, nail and wing to bring about the 48-44 win. The past two […]
The economy has claimed another service provided by Lake Orion’s downtown and this one may prevent fun times at the beach. For the first time in at least 30 years, the Lake Orion Village Council decided, at a March 8 budget meeting, to proceed with their budget without accounting for lifeguards at Green’s Park, located […]
Lake Orion residents may go far and wide when they graduate from high school, but not many come back as professional athletes. And not many come back after performances that put them in league with the likes of Tiger Woods. Tom Gillis, a mid-1980’s graduate of Lake Orion High School tied with Woods for second […]
I am of the opinion that we, as Americans, tend to be a bit ethnocentric. While I don’t believe we are any more or less than other countries on the planet, one is constantly bombarded about how ‘we live in the best country on the planet? despite many having never traveled further than Canada. This […]
Lake Orion’s ski teams may not have won states, but High School Senior Marie Dohm managed to create school history by herself as the first girl skier to win an individual state title. ‘She’s a hard working athlete and when she gets to that starting gate she gets really focused,? said Head Coach Derek Delzer. […]
If all goes according to plan, Orion sports teams won’t have to travel outside the township to play indoors anymore. Jim Murphy and Robb York, two Orion residents and parents of athletes, proposed building and operating an 90,000 square foot indoor sports arena in Orion Township at the March 5 township board meeting. They predict […]