By day he is a freshman student at Lake Orion High School, but by night Charlie Fournier is an accomplished dancer who has the nationally-televised Showstopper Nationals to once again add to his resume. Fournier, 14, is a member of Deborah’s Stage Door Center for Performing Arts in Rochester Hills, where his mother Linda is […]
After splitting games with Farmington Hills Harrison last week, the Dragons were victorious in four games over Royal Oak Kimball on Dec. 19, in varsity volleyball action at Lake Orion High School. Against Harrison on Dec. 12, The Dragons lost the first game, 25-23, and won the second, 25-19. They lost the third, 25-23, and […]
The Lake Orion boys swimming and diving team were defeated by Troy on Dec. 20, 104-79. Winning events for Lake Orion was Ricky Forrest in the 200 freestyle, with a time of 1:49.18; and the 100 butterfly, with a time of 55.56. Garrett Ruhland took the 200 IM, with a time of 2:05.96; and the […]
Joan Eberle, 52, wife of Karl Eberle, owners of Karl’s Place Cafe on Baldwin Road, died on Dec. 15 after she was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer this past January. Joan had Glioblastoma Multiforme, and began receiving radiation treatments and chemotherapy shortly after surgery to remove a tumor in January. Neighbors helped […]
If you shop at Barnes and Noble this holiday season, you might run across a familiar name. John Thomas, whose mother Rena Thomas is a retired Lake Orion teacher, recently had his music book ‘Music in Minutes: Recorder? published by Sterling, now owned by Barnes & Noble. Thomas has lived in New York City for […]
It’s one class at Scripps Middle School where there isn’t a lot of homework, and students don’t need pencils in class, just needles and thread. Sew Cool Production Company, a Life Skills in Action class taught by Arlene Formolo, teaches seventh and eighth-graders stitching skills while they help the community at the same time. Students […]
Although they lost four racers from last year’s varsity, the Lake Orion girls ski team should be stronger this year, according to new head coach Tom Vurginac. Vurginac replaces Norm McKee, who decided to make the 2004-05 season his last after eight years with the Lake Orion program. Vurginac is a 1998 Lake Orion High […]
Orion Township will not have a skateboard ordinance, at least for now. The township board of trustees voted Dec. 5 to receive and file a first reading on a proposed ordinance regarding skateboarding and rollerblading on public property. The ordinance was first proposed last month by clerk Jill Bastian. She said the township had been […]
Lake Orion Schools is working to get a federally-mandated, district-wide wellness policy in place by next July, and took the first step by taking pop machines out of the high school in 2004. ‘We discontinued carbonated beverages which were only sold at the high school,? said Lake Orion Schools Food Services Director Marla Ernst. ‘We […]
When Terry Nalian was a child, he was told that he would never amount to anything. Nalian, a Lake Orion resident and founder of STAND Ministries and the STAND strength team, never accepted the labels placed on him, and said he has succeeded in life because of that. Now, Nalian uses his life experience to […]