Orion Art Center board member, Lisa Cummins and her husband Jim welcomed 60 wine and beer enthusiasts to their home on Jan. 5, as a benefit for the OAC. Eric Adams of Bommarito’s Bakery and Wine of St. Clair Shores was on hand with wines ranging in price from $3.50 to $80 per bottle. The […]
Last year, Lake Orion boys swim Coach Paul Fairman sent two athletes on to the collegiate level (Dave Brown at Miami (OH) and Garrett Ruhland at Michigan State). The trend will continue in 2007, as senior captain Ricky Forrest is headed to State as well. Forrest, who Fairman said is one of the most dedicated […]
Devin Hamilton scored a game-high 22 points and Drew Maynard added 11 for Lake Orion in a 59-49 win over visitng Birmingham Groves on Tuesday night. The game was the first of seven in a row that the Dragons will play at home, including six league contests. Lake Orion is 7-3 overall and 4-0 in […]
Stadium Drive Elementary held its 11th Annual Arts Reflections Ceremony this past December. The school’s PTA believes all children deserve a quality arts education and encourages students to pursue artistic expression through participation in its Annual Arts Reflections Program. The program offers students the opportunity to create works of art for fun and recognition. This […]
Barbara Greenstone made a difference in the lives of students where others could not. For several years, Greenstone worked with students and young adults with autism as a special education teacher in the Clarkston Community Education Center. Those who worked with her said her devotion showed at all times, even when her own illness began […]
Norman Pardo does not shy away from controversy, which can be a great asset in the world of film production. ‘I don’t know what’s in his head,? joked Jill Pardo, Norman’s wife. ‘Some of those things, I don’t want to know.? One of Pardo’s recent projects has generated a lot of controversy and gotten him […]
Independence Television has new management, employees, and home at Clarkston High School. Independence Township hired Matt Bleau and Matt Herron to work at ITV. Bleau and Herron are working on over 20 public service announcements with students, along with new shows featuring township events and activities not covered in years, said township Supervisor Pat Kittle. […]
A pedestrian crosswalk on Sashabaw Road at Bow Pointe is cause for concern for Independence Township residents Michael and Linda Powell. ‘A death here will be 100 percent their fault,? said Powell about the responsibility of the Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) for the light. The Powells told The Clarkston News they had complained […]
Artwork created by Oxford and Lake Orion high school students will be exhibited at the Orion Art Center between Jan. 16 and February 16 Art lovers will be able to enjoy the unique self-portraits, charcoal drawings, even 3-Dimensional work created by students of all ages and expressed through various mediums. Helping make the student artwork […]
Corrinne Sanger spends a lot of time in the slums of Uganda. At 23, Sanger traveled to Uganda, a country located in East Africa bordering Kenya and South Sudan. In the poor country the citizens are poverty stricken, uneducated and often afflicted with diseases like HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis. Sanger first visited Uganda through and […]