On a recent visit to the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, we were confronted with a swan nesting area near the main walkway. SMARTLY…signs were posted warning… ‘Swan Nesting Area? ‘Swans may be aggressive? ‘Use caution in area.? Seems like the Lake Orion area could use such an approach since PEOPLE are trying to take […]
I guess I hit a sore spot for reader Nancy Vona after phoning in my response to the Lake Orion swan issue. Nancy, obviously you didn’t read the entire article regarding my comments on euthanizing the swans on the lake because of their aggressive behavior against jet skiers. Obviously, you didn’t read my comment that […]
Ten Years Ago July 13, 1994 ~~~Arlene Nichols of Park Island was appointed Lake Orion’s clerk by village council members. ~~~Baldwin Cafe and Speedy Pizza were damaged by a fire that started when a pizza oven in Speedy Pizza was left on and started the ceiling on fire. ~~~Tony Rothschild was elected school board president. […]
Monday, July 5, operating a vehicle while intoxicated and driving with an expired license arrest, and driving at night with no headlights on Brown Road. *** Tuesday, July 6, narcotics possession and possession of marijuana arrest, and possession of narcotics paraphernalia on Clarkston Road. Home invasion on Hemingway Road. A window of a home was […]
Monday, July 5, suspicious circumstances on Park Island. A sign on Atwater was damaged. A cell phone was found at Algene/Heights. Suspicious circumstances on Central. Larceny took place in an apartment on Lapeer Street. A basketball hoop was stolen on North Axford. An accident occurred at Detroit/Bellevue. *** Tuesday, July 6, fireworks caused property damage […]
Varsity Cheerleaders get the crowd excited for the holidays and for the Wolves win over Pontiac Northern.
Jim’s Jottings and his grandchildren wish you all a very merry Christmas. Twins Trevor and Haley Speed, 8, are on the outside edge of the picture; Savannah Speed, 12, is between Trevor and I; Dan Offer, 22, is in the back and his sister, Karen Offer, 19, has her hand on Shayna, 4.
The 12U Lake Orion Dragons went 3-0 in the CJO Fourth of July baseball tournament in Charlotte, Michigan. The Dragons won their first game, 10-9, over the Capitol City Marlins. In their second game, the team was tied, 3-3, after three innings with the Kalamazoo A’s. The Dragons scored 15 runs in the top of […]
A fourth-grader at Pine Tree Elementary this fall, Jacob Miller won the boys 9-10-year-old 50-meter dash and 100-meter dash championships at the State Hershey Track and Field Meet in Holt, Michigan on July 9. Miller won the 50-meter dash for the second straight year, and had a winning time of 14.86 in the 100-meter dash, […]
“On November 12 2007, the Groveland Township Board adopted the ‘Pension Plan Ordinance? to codify and ratify the available pension benefits already created and approved in the Groveland Township Employee Policy and Procedure Manual for certain eligible Groveland Township employees and their eligible dependents. The ordinance creates no new benefits. A complete copy of the […]