BY ELAINE STIEB Lake Orion Review Editor With not much information coming out of Lansing, Lake Orion Finance Director Jillynn Keppler put together another very conservative budget for the upcoming school year. ‘We are estimating; we don’t have a glass ball,? Keppler told school board members on June 8. ‘We’re not seeing much change coming […]
Daniel Smith, 54, of Lake Orion could give classes on what not to do if you want to commit a crime. Don’t leave a trail to allow police to follow you to your residence. Don’t have an illegal substance clearly visible when you invite police into your place. Smith’s troubles started in the late evening […]
According to Fireworks Committee members about 500 people attended this year’s breakfast benefit that took place at the Lake Orion Boat Club. That’s pretty good considering the only way to get to the island is by a water vehicle. My daughter-in-law Kelly and son Jason have worked on the committee for a few years and […]
In a 12 hour period last week, Lake Orion’s Police Department experienced more crime in Children’s Park than they have in 12 years. ‘Both incidents were separate and in no way connected, but oddly they were extremely similar,? LO Police Chief Jerry Narsh said. The first incident took place on a nice afternoon, June 2, […]
Three men believe so much in the future of Lake Orion that they’re committing time and money to build a quality development in the village. Newton Meadows is the dream of Bill Siver, Tim Daigle and Jim Cummins. The development consists of 27-single family unit condominiums on the west side of Newman Road. Nine are […]
Kids aren’t easy. Since I haven’t been around them for more than eight or nine hours at a time, I’ve forgotten that important fact. I had a chance to catch up though when for the first time I baby-sat for grandkids Cole and Brock on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Their parents took a quick trip […]
Impressive qualifications or lots of hometown experience — that’s the problem Lake Orion Village Council members have been struggling with for two months. They remain undecided after another attempt to hire a new department of public works superintendent at the council meeting on May 23. The position has been vacant for almost a year. Council […]
Bits and pieces of traveling… Took a couple of days off to head up north. It still boggles my mind that gas prices can vary so much from one place to another. When we left on Thursday, local gas stations were selling gas for $2.13/$2.15. Up at Oscoda, one station was selling gas for $1.97 […]
It’s 1977 and I’m reading The Detroit Free Press. In it is a story about an relatively unknown movie called Star Wars directed by an unknown man named George Lucus. The article tells me this movie is attracting a lot of fans because of its spectacular special effects. Star Wars interests me because I’m a […]
The snow’s gone; the sun’s out and so are skateboarders, bikers and rollerbladers. ‘It seems like every kid under 18 has a skateboard and they’re pretty good at it,? Lake Orion Police Chief Jerry Narsh said. And one of the big allures for skateboarders is using an inanimate object that allows them to jump up […]