While walking through the hallways at Grosse Pointe North High School last April, Oxford High School senior Sarah Tomaka got an idea. Her idea was to create a patriotic showcase honoring OHS alumni who are serving, or have served, in the armed forces in the halls of her very own school. Tomaka plans to decorate […]
In my first by-line in this newspaper, my name was misspelled ? of my own doing. In my first few months as editor, our masthead informed readers that we were, in fact: ‘Orion’s oldest, must trusted business.? Did you see my previous mugshot? Or this one? The point is, I’ve been far from perfect as […]
Almost every day Michael Kamm sits at the end of his driveway on Granger Rd. behind the quaint little vegetable stand he and his dad made. Every so often, someone in a car stops and peruses through the various fresh vegetables the nine-year-old has grown. But lately, business has been booming. Because of the Seymour […]
The Lake Orion boys? cross country squad won the first OAA Red Jamboree with relative ease. Winning the second, held last Tuesday at Stoney Creek Metropark, was even easier. Ryan Ziolko (16:24) took first place for the second time in two league races. Teammates Sean Bone (3-16:30), Jeremiah Hargett (7-16:46), Nathan Ziolko (8-16:48) and Doug […]
Rarely can two teams earn praise for their comeback efforts in the same game, but that was the case last Tuesday when Seaholm traveled to Lake Orion in an OAA Red volleyball tilt. The end result was a five-game victory for the visitors and left Dragons Coach Bob Howey feeling largely unfulfilled. ‘We didn’t give […]
Offensive football has been the way of the Dragon in recent memory, with Lake Orion squads routinely putting up 30, 40, or sometimes even 50 points, in a given night. Coach Chris Bell expects his offense to be solid this year, but for once, his ‘O? might be getting overshadowed by an even more powerful […]
And the streak goes on? Lake Orion won their 21st consecutive homecoming game Friday, dominating Troy Athens from start to finish in a 35-0 victory. The win was the second straight shutout for the Dragons, who saw 20 different players record at least one tackle on the night, along with two interceptions from senior Charles […]
Amanda Quan has been on a dozen mission trips, including four to Guatemala. But her latest Guatemala mission trip, through Oxford-based Hope for Tomorrow, was a first in its own right. It was the first trip to Guatemala for Quan since 2003, and the first with her husband Alex. The couple met while Amanda was […]
In a span of 10 seconds in football time, but nearly 20 minutes in actual time, Lake Orion took full control of the OAA Red Friday night. Leading Troy, 6-3, and looking for more with just over two minutes left in the first half, Sean Charette hit Jeff Heath on an in-route at the goal-line […]
Perhaps you’ve noticed the increase in web-like ‘tents? at the end of tree branches throughout the area in the past few weeks. Though the ‘tents? do not look too appealing, they are not as bad for the trees as tents created by other seasonal insects. ‘When people see something as obvious as these webs growing […]