Lake Orion’s Oakview Middle School is the first middle school in Michigan to be recognized as a ‘National School to Watch? three times beginning in 2006, again in 2010 and now in 2014. The distinction came from the National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform (middlegradesforum.org), which started the Schools to Watch program in 1999. […]
In state playoff competition there can be only one team left standing in each division. The Lake Orion Dragons will not be one of those teams in basketball and hockey. The hockey team was knocked out in a state quarterfinal game by Detroit Jesuit, 5-3. Jesuit, who Lake Orion Coach Nick Field, said was the […]
Dear Editor, I want to thank the Orion Township Board of Trustees for effectively hiring Lisa Sokol as the Director of Parks and Recreation. Congratulations Lisa! If anyone deserved this position, it is Lisa. She’s the most honest, caring individual I have ever met in my entire life. She has the dedication, knowledge, and leadership […]
Dear Editor, Amazing! Just three months ago, the Lake Orion School Board unanimously approved All Day Every Day Kindergarten with an annual price tag of over $1 million dollars while totally ignoring the fact that they were currently operating with a deficit budget. Now they are suddenly concerned about finances! The decision to eliminate the […]
Freedom of association ? it is a strongly held view by many people, in fact even grafted into our Constitution. It is so engrained that we are often told we should not engage in guilt by association. While that is true generally, a jury recently found a defendant guilty by his participation in a crime […]
Enough is enough. Enough cold weather, snow and potholes. We’ve seen more than our share of record cold weather and snow. These have led to icy roads, countless potholes, challenging gravel roads and all manner of unpleasant conditions. Frankly, enough is enough: Enough of Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) equipment taking a beating; enough […]
Skateboarders are a nuisance. They destroy public and private property. They howl at young girls and deliberately terrify the elderly. They skip school and have an anti-authoritarian bent. The racket of the wheels rumbling along the pavement is enough to send you reaching for cotton balls. I know, because my best friends growing up were […]
Regular readers of my columns in The Lake Orion Review know that I like to interject a bit of humor, some tongue in cheek comments and some tweaking of politicians or those in authority in my rantings. Being retired allows me the privilege of no longer having to be politically correct, which is one of […]
Last week, hundreds of Lakeville Elementary students participated in the annual Jump Rope for Heart event, a fund-raiser for the American Heart Association. The kids did all sorts of things to get their heart rates up including jumping rope and hula-hooping. Each participant collected pledges, which will be used to help fund heart and stroke […]
Brakes are designed to stop cars and trucks, but they don’t even slow down Oxford High School’s agile auto students. Thirty-two future mechanics participated in the automotive program’s annual brake competition held March 11. ‘It’s the largest brake competition that I’ve run so far,? said OHS Auto Instructor Dan Balsley. ‘It was also one of […]