He was only four years old when he was thrust into a situation that even most adults would find difficult. Joshua Klein, now 6 years old and a kindergartner at Paint Creek Elementary School, was diagnosed with Wilms? Tumor, a cancer of the kidney, two years ago. Mom Sharon had just taken him to the […]
BMX riding seems to run in the Masters family. Cameron Masters of Lake Orion, a fifth-grader at Paint Creek Elementary School, along with his cousins Grant and Kyle Masters, is a BMX champion, recently winning first place at the National Grands in Kentucky and first place in the national competition for BMX rookie. Cameron, 10, […]
Their motto is ‘fun?-raising, not fundraising. The Red Hat Society, a ‘play group? for women, now has a group meeting at the Orion Senior Center the second Wednesday of every month. The Red Hat Society was started in 1997 by the ‘Exalted Queen Mother? Sue Ellen Cooper of California, who presented her friend with a […]
Real grass is becoming a thing of the past.at some atheltic fields at Lake Orion High School. Members of the Lake Orion School Board approved on Nov. 10 having design work prepared for artificial turf fields for varsity football and soccer. Funds are to come out of the 2000 bond issue. LOHS Athletic Director Bill […]
Repairs and drainage improvements are in store for the safety path on Miller Road, but residents on Indianwood Road who are waiting for a path of their own might have to wait a while longer. The Orion Township Board of Trustees voted Nov. 15 to authorize township engineers Orchard, Hiltz and McCliment to prepare a […]
Orion Township Supervisor Jerry Dywasuk announced on Nov. 22 that he had recently learned from U.S. Representative Mike Rogers, who represents part of Orion Township in District 8, that Orion Township will receive $500,000 in federal funds for preliminary engineering for the widening of Baldwin Road. ‘It’s great news,? Dywasuk said. Dywasuk said the Road […]
Most people probably don’t think much about the Goodfellows until they hold their annual newspaper sales drive at Christmas time, but the group at Orion Township Fire Station #3 is busy serving the Gingellville area year-round. The Goodfellows from Station #3 will sell the Dec. 1st Goodfellows edition of The Lake Orion Review in Ginglleville […]
Lake Orion varsity basketball head coach Jim Manzo said the fact that his team is moving from OAA II to Division III this year doesn’t come with guaranteed victories, but he hopes using a ‘we before me? approach to the season will help his team on the court. ‘There’s been lots of movement (in the […]
It’s a new year, and the start of a new era for the Lake Orion High School varsity wrestling team. Head coach Doug Kline said that largely due to the efforts of a more involved parents group, the team is feeling a new energy going into this season, despite being very young. ‘This year is […]
The kids at St. Joseph School found an unusual place to hold class recently: An authentic Plains Indian tee pee. The tee pee, belonging to Jerry Lerche of Lennon, was set up behind the school on Nov. 19 so the kids could learn about Native Americans prior to the Thanksgiving holiday. Lerche is the grandfather […]