Softball returns eight starters, has new talent

Having graduated only one starter, Leigh Hopkins, since last season, things are looking good for the 2004 Lake Orion High School varsity softball team. Head coach Denny Davis returns pitcher Robin Roe, a junior; and sophomore catcher Eileen Frezza, who could share the spot with Milford Lakeland transfer Sarah Ziem, a junior, after Frezza returns […]

Tennis team hopes to move up the ranks in OAA II

The goal for the Lake Orion High School boys varsity tennis team this season is to finish higher in their league then they did last year, when they brought up the bottom of OAA Division II. ‘I want us to challenge, but be realistic at the same time,? said head coach Jody Winkelman. The Dragons […]

New plan for restoration of Union Church

Members of the Union Church Governing Board hope to have a certificate of occupancy soon for the building after they follow through with a new plan for the remainder of the restoration process. After reviewing the initial restoration plan, the governing board decided some of the steps were premature. So trustee Michael Gingell, who represents […]

Give our township funds to Youth Assistance

After there recent disbandment, members of the Orion/Oxford Community Coalition knew they wouldn’t be needing funds allocated to them for 2004 by Orion Township for community services; so they have asked the board of trustees to give their money to Orion Area Youth Assistance. The board had voted to allocate $3,600 to the coalition under […]

Varsity baseball team returns strong for new season

The Lake Orion High School varsity baseball team returns eight seasoned starters this year, along with one who played a few varsity games last season. Head coach Andy Schramek said his team is returning strong and ready to play. ‘We have Nate Recknagle back for his fourth year on varsity, he’s been given competition clearance […]

LO boys track team will try to defend championship

With a strong core of returning competitors, the Lake Orion High School varsity boys track and field team hope to take home the OAA Division I championship again this year. Returning for the Dragons are senior captain Erik Wallace in the hurdles, senior captain Keith Magic in the 800, and senior captain Matt Englebrecht in […]

Imaging Center in Orion first of its kind in northeast Oakland County

Lake Orion area residents now have an option instead of traveling to remote, hospital-like settings to have their mammography, ultrasounds, CAT scans and other imaging procedures done. The Bald Mountain Diagnostic Imaging Center in the Bald Mountain Regional Medical Complex on Lapeer Road is already open to patients of HealthFirst, also in the complex, and […]

HealthFirst to offer 24-hour care in new facility

Twenty-four hour care, seven days a week is coming at HealthFirst, an ambulatory care center that moved into the new Bald Mountain Regional Medical Complex and Surgical Center on May 5. Dr. Kevin Robertson, founder of HealthFirst, said the center will double from its former size, when it was located at 1251 S. Lapeer near […]

Boys track team takes West Bloomfield, girls fall behind

The Lake Orion High School Boys Track Team pulled out another win on May 6, taking a 68-60 victory over West Bloomfield. Running at LOHS, the Dragons were on top of their game, with senior Tony Heck taking first place finishes in both the long jump (19-8 1/2) and the high jump (5-10). Junior Erik […]

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