All Orion Township residents (long-timers and newcomers) should be concerned about preserving a small piece of Americana located in the southwest corner of the township on Baldwin Road. It’s called Gingellville and all the original buildings may some day be gone and never replaced. The original community center was torn down and relocated three miles […]
My nine year old son, Andrew, attends the CI classroom at Stadium Drive Elementary and I am in full support of the move to Webber Elementary. I will admit Andrew loves dance and drama and it was a bonus for him to be able to attend a ‘focus? school that offers ‘performing arts.? However, that […]
For Clarkston native Charles ‘Bud? Murray, and those like him in the Air Force and other branches of military service, knowing that those back home are thinking of them while they are serving overseas can make all the difference. Murray, step-son of Lake Orion Postal worker Hank Turzanski and wife Norma ‘Jeanie? of Clarkston, presented […]
The Oxford Rotary is once again encouraging a new generation of leadership. The service organization sent four Oxford High School students ? Rob Cerato, Tom Peter, Ellen Martin and Jacqueline Magdaleno ? to the 19th Annual Rotary Youth Leadership Awards Conference on May 7-9 at Ridgetown College in Ridgetown, Ontario. ‘It’s just a good thing […]
The Great Lakes ThunderCats baseball team recently participated in the May Day Classic, the biggest baseball tournament starting each season, hosted by Wayne County Wolves baseball and sanctioned by the USSSA (United States Specialty Sports Association) as a national qualifier. Highly skilled teams from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois and Michigan travel to attend this event. Multiple […]
Members of the Lakeville Student Council have been busy-little-bees this school year reaching out to their teachers, their fellow students and their community. ‘We were a very active Student Council,? said Kim Kreilach, student council sponsor. ‘My goal as student council sponsor was to make the children accountable to be active in their school, their […]
The Lake Orion High School varsity baseball team was almost unbeaten last week, except for dropping the first game of a doubleheader with Novi over the weekend. On May 17, the team defeated Rochester Adams, 4-3, with Nate Recknagel having a two-run homer and Brian Hewitt a one-run homer. On May 19, Lake Orion took […]
The Lake Orion boys track team pulled out a first place finish in the Division I Regional competition, held in Holly on May 21 and completed on May 24 due to rain on Friday. The team finished with 105, before second-place Grand Blanc with 98. Ryan Lewandowski finished first in the high jump, 6-3 on […]
The Lake Orion High School junior varsity softball team won its first tournament of the season in Howell recently, rolling to a 4-0 record with wins over Fowlerville, Lakeland and Howell (twice). The bats were rocking with a team average of .581, while outscoring opponents 62-11. The offense was led by the following: Rose Romanchak, […]
On May 19 the Lake Orion High School varsity softball team defeated North Farmington 10-0 and 3-2 to sweep the doubleheader. In the first game, Bristel Brumitt had a bases-loaded double to start the Dragon scoring. Kelsey Stout had three hits for the team, and Robin Roe tossed a two-hitter for the win. In the […]