Although they lost four racers from last year’s varsity, the Lake Orion girls ski team should be stronger this year, according to new head coach Tom Vurginac. Vurginac replaces Norm McKee, who decided to make the 2004-05 season his last after eight years with the Lake Orion program. Vurginac is a 1998 Lake Orion High […]
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department needs a facility to work on its vehicles, while the Orion Township Fire Department is getting ready to open a new station. OCSD Oakland County Sheriff’s Department Lieutenant Bruce Naile, commander of the Orion Substation, has worked in Orion since 1992. Although growth in the area has increased some of […]
By day he is a freshman student at Lake Orion High School, but by night Charlie Fournier is an accomplished dancer who has the nationally-televised Showstopper Nationals to once again add to his resume. Fournier, 14, is a member of Deborah’s Stage Door Center for Performing Arts in Rochester Hills, where his mother Linda is […]
After splitting games with Farmington Hills Harrison last week, the Dragons were victorious in four games over Royal Oak Kimball on Dec. 19, in varsity volleyball action at Lake Orion High School. Against Harrison on Dec. 12, The Dragons lost the first game, 25-23, and won the second, 25-19. They lost the third, 25-23, and […]
The Lake Orion boys swimming and diving team were defeated by Troy on Dec. 20, 104-79. Winning events for Lake Orion was Ricky Forrest in the 200 freestyle, with a time of 1:49.18; and the 100 butterfly, with a time of 55.56. Garrett Ruhland took the 200 IM, with a time of 2:05.96; and the […]
By day Nick Heuter looks like an average guy, but when he comes to sweep your chimney, you might mistake him for Dick Van Dyke in ‘Mary Poppins.? ‘You have to have the top hat on,? he said. ‘You kind of try to play the part.? Heuter started sweeping chimneys as a young boy when […]
It’s a new year here at The Lake Orion Review in more ways than just the date on the calendar. After nearly seven years as a reporter here, I was recently named the new editor after Elaine Stieb decided it was time for her to move on. When I started at The Review in 1999, […]
Cell phones are a pet peeve of mine. I broke down and finally bought one several years ago, when I was in college. At the time I was doing a lot of driving back and forth between my small hometown of Morenci, Michigan and school at Oakland University in Rochester Hills. However, I make a […]
After starting his career with the Road Commission for Oakland County 20 years ago as a mechanic, Neal Farner has worked his way up the ladder to his latest position as manager of the District 3 garage in Orion. Farner took the job in November, replacing Loren Yaros who retired at the end of October, […]
Author Christine Burk got the idea for her first book ‘Prudence Parker and A Sign of Friendship? five years ago. She was watching her daughter try to talk to a hearing impaired girl while on a family vacation. Burk, an Oxford resident, said she knew she wanted to save the memory at the time, so […]