Sarah Franklin had no idea she was about to be named Lake Orion High School’s Teacher of the Year, until she heard LOHS Principal Todd Dunckley describing some ‘childhood memories? from this year’s winner. Franklin, an English and expository writing teacher at LOHS for the past five years, and co-chair of the English Department, is […]
I started actively trying to get healthy, eat better and lose some weight long before the New Year, starting back in October of last year. Between October and early December, I managed to lose 20 pounds by exercising about 20 minutes a day, and good, old-fashioned just-eating-less. Then the holidays came. I actually didn’t do […]
The Lake Orion Education Foundation recently awarded nearly $6,600 in mini-grants for projects in Lake Orion Schools, and plans to award the next round in May. LOEF president Michael Palmer said the foundation received 13 grant applications, awarding 11. These are the first grant awards since the LOEF was ‘reinvigorated? last spring. The grants were […]
Natalie Nance, a 2003 Lake Orion High School graduate and Oxford resident, was killed in a car accident on Jan. 14 while traveling near Cadillac. Nance, 21, was riding in a vehicle with her boyfriend, Mike Pisha, of Wixom, and his cousin Phillip, on their way to Boyne Mountain. As Pisha was driving, the vehicle […]
Residents living in the Village of Lake Orion will soon see Waste Away trucks replaced with those from Richfield Equities, the village’s new waste removal service. The Lake Orion Village Council voted on Jan. 23 to contract with Richfield, which currently supplies services to a number of Genesee County municipalities, including Davison Township, Genesee Township, […]
Due to state funding cuts and a desire to provide a more consistent program for students, Lake Orion Schools plans to remodel their pre-kindergarten program for the next school year. The district currently operates a Young 5’s program for those students not quite ready for kindergarten, and KinderPlus, a tuition-based program that combines childcare. The […]
The Michigan Food and Beverage Association recently released the results of Parade’s 2005 What America Eats survey, asking Americans what their favorite snacks are, as well as the most popular place to consume those snacks. I myself am an evening snacker. I grew up in a house where no TV or movie-viewing experience was complete […]
Work began last week to remove mold from pipes located in tunnels underneath Webber Elementary School on Clarkston Road. Webber Principal Sarah Manzo said the school hired Michigan Envinronmental Auditors, Inc. to test the air quality after noticing an odor in the upper elementary area. The good news is tests showed normal air quality in […]
And I didn’t leave town once. I’m not big on crowds, and I knew Super Bowl weekend would draw plenty of them out to downtown Detroit. I went to Motown Winter Blast last year, BEFORE it was a big deal. It was a lot of fun, except it lived up to its name by being […]
Oakview Middle School students will soon be drinking water treated for arsenic. The Lake Orion School Board approved a bid to place an arsenic treatment system at the school, located on Lake George Road, at the Feb. 8 meeting. Assistant Superintendent of Instruction and Curriculum Dave Beiter said the school is currently operating ‘on bottled […]