Stefany Banda Parents: Kim and Nik Banda Grade: Senior GPA: 3.4 Favorite subject: English Extracurricular activities: President of Student Leadership (Student Council), active student at LOHS, 3-year Varsity Dance Team member, and Freshman Mentor Hobbies and interests: Competitive dance, running, reading, camping, going up north, being with friends and family Plans after graduation: attend either […]
First graders in Jaime Lovely’s class at Blanche Sims Elementary visited with students in Texas through a TV screen, Feb. 17. During a video conference, the little Orionites shared their experiences in Michigan weather and demonstrated how to put on snow gear. The ‘friends from Texas? said most kids in their area don’t have winter […]
Saturday was a busy day for Oxford Elementary teacher Barbara Johnston. Not only did she help shatter a Guinness World Record, she also discovered a bit local history. And she did it all dressed as the 1940s cultural icon known as Rosie the Riveter. Johnston was one of 2,096 women and girls from 16 states […]
When Lora Baker, Debbie Hickmott and Amy Swanson showed up at the Ludington home of their former Oxford music teacher, Lewis Wilson, on Oct. 18, they came with a surprise. A college music scholarship bearing his name has been established. ‘It’s awesome,? Wilson told this reporter in a phone interview. ‘I’m very appreciative, (not only […]
15 years ago February 22, 1995 ~ An 11-year old student had two teeth broken and needed twelve stitches after an altercation at Pine Tree Elementary. ~ The Orion Township Library made plans to connect to the Internet by the summer of 1995. ~ The get-away vehicle used in an attempted break-in at a storage […]
Dear editor, I have subscribed to the Lake Orion Review for as long as I have lived in Lake Orion – 29 years. I have always enjoyed getting the hometown news and knowing what is going on in my community. Unfortunately, I am forced to complain about your Public Safety page. First, in the past […]
October is national bullying prevention month, a time to draw attention to an issue that has become prevalent in today’s society. Statistics show 35 percent of kids have been threatened online, and nearly one in five have experienced bullying more than once, according to the national anti-bullying organization Stomp Out Bullying. There are long term […]
When you entered the race for the state Legislature you promised the voters that you would work for the hard working and over taxed taxpayers. Since being elected you have worked hard to reduce taxes on just one group of taxpayers at the expense of all others. The group you worked hardest for was of […]
Dear editor, The Lake Orion High School Key Club, along with the National Honor Society would like to thank the many businesses of Lake Orion who donated prizes for our ‘Helping Haiti? fund raiser. Students at LOHS raised over $1,200.00 in donations for the Red Cross Haiti Relief effort. Donations were collected at all lunches, […]
Dear editor, A wholehearted thanks to all who made our recent January, Friends of the Orion Township Library, Used Book Sale a great success. Thanks go to the library staff, the donators, and the purchasers. Also appreciated is the bags donated by the Baldwin Road Kroger Store for our Saturday ‘Bag Day.? Thanks to all […]