With half of the varsity squad returning from last season, the Lake Orion volleyball team hopes to dominate in OAA II this year. The team moves down from Division I, and returns senior captains Kristin Larsen and Christine Janello. Juniors Rachel Bemman, Sarah Brown, Kaitlin Denton and Kaitlin Motley also return. New to the team […]
Orion Township will not have a skateboard ordinance, at least for now. The township board of trustees voted Dec. 5 to receive and file a first reading on a proposed ordinance regarding skateboarding and rollerblading on public property. The ordinance was first proposed last month by clerk Jill Bastian. She said the township had been […]
Lake Orion Schools is working to get a federally-mandated, district-wide wellness policy in place by next July, and took the first step by taking pop machines out of the high school in 2004. ‘We discontinued carbonated beverages which were only sold at the high school,? said Lake Orion Schools Food Services Director Marla Ernst. ‘We […]
When Terry Nalian was a child, he was told that he would never amount to anything. Nalian, a Lake Orion resident and founder of STAND Ministries and the STAND strength team, never accepted the labels placed on him, and said he has succeeded in life because of that. Now, Nalian uses his life experience to […]
When Terry Nalian was a child, he was told that he would never amount to anything. Nalian, a Lake Orion resident and founder of STAND Ministries and the STAND strength team, never accepted the labels placed on him, and said he has succeeded in life because of that. Now, Nalian uses his life experience to […]
After finishing last season just two points away from a qualifying spot for the state finals, the Lake Orion varsity competitive cheerleading squad is back this year more experienced and well-conditioned. There are 31 girls on the varsity team this year, including 21 who return from last year. Returning seniors are captains Didi Chamielewski, Annie […]
First-graders in Jaime Lovely’s class at Blanche Sims Elementary School explored their creative sides with artist Phyllis Hamilton, when she visited and painted with them on Dec. 1. Hamilton, a Richmond resident, is the Utica Schools Resident Artist. She teaches painting to children through the ‘Utica Saturday Scholars? program. Hamilton paints local historical sites, as […]
Joan Eberle, 52, wife of Karl Eberle, owners of Karl’s Place Cafe on Baldwin Road, died on Dec. 15 after she was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer this past January. Joan had Glioblastoma Multiforme, and began receiving radiation treatments and chemotherapy shortly after surgery to remove a tumor in January. Neighbors helped […]
If you shop at Barnes and Noble this holiday season, you might run across a familiar name. John Thomas, whose mother Rena Thomas is a retired Lake Orion teacher, recently had his music book ‘Music in Minutes: Recorder? published by Sterling, now owned by Barnes & Noble. Thomas has lived in New York City for […]
It’s one class at Scripps Middle School where there isn’t a lot of homework, and students don’t need pencils in class, just needles and thread. Sew Cool Production Company, a Life Skills in Action class taught by Arlene Formolo, teaches seventh and eighth-graders stitching skills while they help the community at the same time. Students […]