October 7
Counting up A headcount showed 7,892 students in Lake Orion classrooms on official count day, Sept. 30, exceeding administration’s projected count by one student, school officials said.
Orion slicing township staff Hit the bricks. That, essentially, was the message Orion Township sent ten employees? including one with a 32-year tenure’in an effort to balance next year’s budget without dipping into the township’s hefty fund balance.

October 14
Larry Mullins is Citizen of the Year Larry Mullins, owner of Environmental Wood Solutions in Orion Township and Newark Aggregate in Lapeer, was named ‘Citizen of the Year? by the Orion Area Parade Group.
Ex-coach accused of ‘sexting? high schoolers Lake Orion resident and former Oxford High School Assistant Coach Brandon Joseph Figurski, 20, was charged with child sexual abusive activity, using a computer to commit a crime after he allegedly propositioned two underage female OHS students via text messages.

October 21
Three H1N1 cases reported in Lake Orion schools Officials reported three confirmed cases of H1N1, or Swine Flu, in Lake Orion schools.
New ‘supervisor’s assistant? to make $42K Orion Township Supervisor Matt Gibb asked the board for approval to create a job description and hire a ‘supervisor’s assistant? at an annual $42,663.46, plus benefits. The board’s agreement was unanimous.

October 28
Historic school has new home in Friendship Park Workers hoisted the historic Howarth School onto beams in preparation to move the 150-year-old building from Silverbell Road to its new home in Friendship Park, where a newly-laid concrete slab awaited it.
High school aims at ‘modified block? schedule Parents and students came to a meeting at Lake Orion High School armed with questions about the new modified block schedule set to begin next year. Administrators said they’re implementing changes in an effort to cut costs; approximately 13 teachers would be sliced from the payroll, administrators said, saving the district about $800,000 annually.