Cross country Sept. 14, at the Oakland Activities Association first Red Jamboree, the boys’ cross country team ran to a first place finish with 43. Birmingham Seaholm came in second with 50, and Clarkston took third with 78. Individually, LO’s T.J. Carey finished with a first place time of 16:24.3, Jake Lauka came in fourth […]
Last June, the Lake Orion Board of Education thought it had Superintendent Ken Gutman for three more years when it passed his current three-year contract, 4-2. Now, just three months later, Gutman could be leaving the district for good. He’s been a finalist in the last two rounds of interviews for the vacant superintendent position […]
At first, getting shot felt like being punched really hard, said Mike Zach, 22, US Marine and 2006 Lake Orion grad. Then it hurt like hell. While deployed in southern Afghanistan this year, Zach was shot in his right hip by Taliban. The bullet traveled through his intestines and out his left buttocks. Afterward came […]
Lake Orion students? test scores topped county and state scores again this year, reports Director of Instructional Technology Linda Glowaz. But what’s new is every school in the district met the state’s Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) requirements, including the high school, which missed AYP last year. ‘This year, there weren’t sanctions or anything for them, […]
Bright lights, filled stadium, tailgaters, fanfare and a town decked in green and white. It’s really nothing new to the Dragon football team. And this Friday, they’ll do it all again for homecoming where the Troy Colts, 3-2, will face an undefeated Lake Orion on home turf. ‘Troy is very well-coached,? said Dragon Head Coach […]
Even though there’s seven games left in the regular season, it’s time to gear up for the post-season, says boys? soccer Coach Matt Paukovits. He says the team is finally starting to ‘find our rhythm, find our feet,? and the boys should perform well over the next several weeks and beyond. ‘I think that we […]
Cross country The Dragons continued showing their depth, from grade level to grade level, said Coach Stan Ford, after the team won the Old Skool Classic, Saturday, Sept. 25. This meet is scored differently then a normal meet: Lake Orion freshman Ted Ryquist, sophomore T.J. Carey, junior Ryan Singles and senior Jake Lauka were the […]
Lake Orion is certainly not shy when it comes to flaunting the color green, especially after Friday’s homecoming festivities. But the village is celebrating green in different way ? with recycling. ‘We’re trying to get people to recycle more and more,? said Village Manager Paul Zelenak. ‘We’re trying to make it more available and be […]
Lake Orion Superintendent Ken Gutman is among the top three finalists in Walled Lake’s search for a new superintendent of schools. Paul DeAngelis, current deputy superintendent for Birmingham Public Schools, and Craig Fiegel, current superintendent for Plymouth-Canton Community Schools, are also in the running, according to Walled Lake’s district Web site. A timeline for the […]
K2 is also known as legal weed, Spice, Demon and Genie ? and now it’s illegal, thanks in no small part to Lake Orion law enforcement and community coalition efforts. Until Friday, Oct. 1, when Michigan’s new law banning the drug went into effect, K2 was sold in Lake Orion and Orion Township stores as […]