After spending 24 years at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, registered nurse and Lake Orion resident Sandra Stewart gave up her daily commute so she could operate Visiting Angels, offering seniors help at home. ‘I had a strong desire to take care of people,? Stewart said of her initial desire to go into nursing. She […]
Orion Township voters will have an opportunity to voice their opinions on having a millage for parks and recreation when they vote in November. Trustees voted June 21, by a vote of 4-1, to place a proposal, providing .75 mill to parks and recreation if it passes, on the November general election ballot. Along with […]
Paint Creek Trailways Coordinator Kristen Myers said allowing Michigan State University to conduct a user survey on the trail this summer is a win-win situation for everyone involved. Myers was approached by Dr. Christine Vogt and her colleague Dr. Chuck Nelson from MSU with a request to conduct a user survey on the Paint Creek […]
Orion Township Parks and Recreation Director Rock Blanchard said the parks and recreation advisory committee will recommend to the township board of trustees on July 6 that spending money on additional lighting for athletic fields is not a priority at this time. The advisory board was to have discussed the request, made by the township […]
Lisa Sokol gives new meaning to the phrase ‘hometown girl.? She was born in Lake Orion, graduated from LOHS in 1971, and will retire this year from Lake Orion Schools as community education director at the Community Educational Resource Center (CERC). Sokol fondly remembers the time she spent at Blanche Sims Elementary School, and Junior […]
When Janice Conroy, a Lake Orion resident and first grade teacher at Carpenter Elementary School, registered to run in last year’s Race for the Cure for The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, she had no idea that she would soon be battling cancer herself. ‘I took up running last spring and wanted to get […]
Despite losing to the Clarkston Wolves in a close Division I quarterfinal game on June 15, the Lake Orion High School varsity softball team still had their best season in school history, finishing 30-9. The Wolves took what turned out to be the Dragons? final game by a score of 3-2, and traveled to the […]
Orion Township Trustee Richard Tomczak wants citizens in Orion Township to have the same opportunities their neighbors in Oakland Township has when it comes to getting federal flood insurance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Tomczak presented a request to fellow board members at the June 7 meeting, asking for the creation of a […]
Like any other June high school graduate, Marie Plouhar is looking forward to the future and attending college. But Plouhar is not your typical graduate. Nearly 15 years after she dropped out of her Florida high school at the age of 16, Plouhar walked in a graduation ceremony for the Lake Orion Adult Education program […]
There’s a lot more to school bus driving then picking up and dropping off children, and recently several bus drivers for Lake Orion Schools proved it—rodeo style. Drivers Tammy Brown, Mary Cottrill, Mike Gatlin and Yvonne Brown recently took home the team trophy, as well as each placing individually, in the annual Bus Rodeo competition […]