During the last several school board meetings, school officials were often met with ‘No’s? and snickering from the audience while the board discussed next year’s budget. Not last week. At the March 24 meeting, the audience burst into applause and even cheers while boardmembers discussed putting all the budget puzzle pieces back in the box, […]
Tracy Hobbs has worked in Lake Orion Community Schools for 30 years. The school psychologist said this was his first and last job out of grad school. ‘It’s been 30 wonderful years here,? he said. ‘I love what I do. I love coming to school every day.? But now, Hobbs joins 46 other veteran employees […]
Call a doctor. I’m sick. I wake up in the morning these days writing and re-writing school district budget stories in my head. I told School Boardmember Jim Weidman this and he said he’s worried about me. I promised myself ? in the way of a cure ? that I wasn’t going to write a […]
Repo wreck A man on Jackson Street called police to report a repo truck had hit his mailbox while repossessing the resident’s 2005 Saab, Monday, March 22. Police say they’re classifying the incident as accidental property damage. Read the label Lake Orion police were called to a Jackson Street residence around 12:35 a.m., Tuesday, March […]
Tuesday, March 23, station #2 responded to a personal injury accident around 5 a.m. involving a vehicle that ran off M-24 near Waldron Road. Station #1 investigated an oven that wouldn’t shut off on Ridgeview Circle around 5:45 p.m. The electric oven was sparking and smoking. Friday, March 26, station #1 responded to a fire […]
Last year was good and this year will be even better. That’s what girls? lacrosse Coaches Bill and Debbie Booth are predicting for the upcoming season. This will be the third year for Lake Orion High School’s lacrosse program, and the second that it’s under the athletic program. In the first year, 39 girls tried […]
Have fun and win. Those are the goals for this year’s season, say girls? varsity soccer seniors and Captains Julianne Boyle and Hailey Redd. ‘We want to make it just as far as last year’s undefeated season. We were district champions and we did pretty well until regionals. This year, we have a lot of […]
Baseball fever is mounting all over the country with Major League Baseball’s opening day looming on Friday. It’s no different in Lake Orion, but residents are rooting for green and white alongside blue and orange. This year’s Dragon team is the hardest-working team baseball Head Coach Andy Schramek says he’s ever coached. ‘I think we […]
Fishermen Matt Chen, 7, of Rochester, tried his luck Monday evening in Lake Sixteen before “April showers” arrived later that night. Photo by Megan Collier
‘Crystal ball? predictions can be inaccurate and frustrating when looking into the school district’s financial future, says Assistant Superintendent Jillynn Keppler. But some in the community want to know if privatizing support staff ? and potential cost savings ? is coming through the mist and into reality. Only time will tell, says Superintendent Ken Gutman, […]