Mason enjoys local community service

It’s an irony common among those involved in service organizations. Who get’s the most benefit? Those who are served or those doing the serving. ‘You get back what you put into it,? according to Tom Braun, chaplain and a past master of Cedar Lodge #60, Free and Accepted Masons in Clarkston. ‘Masonry makes men better […]

Clarkston resident catches the ‘Big One? at Deer Lake

Clarkston resident Chip Carlisle has only been living in Clarkston a few years. He’s been fishing all of his life though, and since his move from North Carolina, his fishing has never been better. Carlisle moved to Michigan in 1993 and then relocated to Clarkston in 2001 due to a job transfer and said the […]

Local residents take time to train for 300-mile fund-raiser

What would you do to make a wish come true for someone you cared about? For Anne Evans and Lu and Mo Kuhta, they ride their bikes from Cheboygan to Milford. On July 31, the Clarkston residents will participate in the Make-A-Wish Foundation’s ‘Wish-A-Mile 300 Bicycle Tour,? a 300-mile trek, over three days, that raises […]

Sunrise Assisted Living walking to stop deadly disease

With the June 5 death of former president Ronald Reagan from Alzheimer’s disease, Americans? awareness of the debilitating disease of the brain continues to grow. Here in Clarkston, one group is trying to make a difference and put an end to Alzheimer’s once and for all. For the second year in a row, Sunrise Assisted […]

See candidates on TV

Be sure to watch Orion Neighborhood TeleVision, ONTV Channel 10 for election related information. Several programs begin this week with a focus on the candidates. Look not only for ONTV’s Election 2004, Township of Orion Candidates, but also the League of Women Voters 46 District State Candidate Forum 2004 and the North Area Citizens Conference […]

The Wonderful World of DEET

Just like the weather in Michigan, clothes styles and the way folks wear their hair, I have come to believe all things change. Nothing of this earth is stoic, static or simply stuck in one place. What threw me over the edge and to my revelation was a recent trip to the store. One of […]

Just Jotting

Under my government advertisements that promote ‘absorbency? would not be allowed to be aired. – – – 0 – – – It amazes me and disgusts me how often commercials are being played at the same time on all tv channels as I try to avoid them by switching from sports to drama to specials […]

LOHS class needs to go

A class at Lake Orion High School was openly criticized by several long-time teachers at the July 14 school board meeting. Mike Bendle and Greg Cole asked board members to eliminate the ‘seminar.? Their visit to the meeting was in response to the board’s rejection in June of a decision by staff and administration to […]

Lock him up

Some local residents volunteered July 14 to be thrown in jail for a good cause: The Muscular Dystrophy Association. The MDA holds one Lock Up a year in Lake Orion, to raise money to directly benefit Orion/Oxford families affected by Muscular Dystrophy. This year’s event was held at Castello di Bologna, and owner Joe Bologna […]

Agreement prevents annexation of property to Auburn Hills

Orion Township trustees have found a way to stop property on Dutton Road from being annexed into Auburn Hills. At the July 19 meeting, the board approved the settlement of pending litigation with developer James Faycurry of Dutton Properties, all subject to the submission and satisfactory review of a site plan addressing issues laid out […]