General Motors and UAW are willing to invest $250,000 into the Lake Orion and Pontiac School Districts. This first of its kind proposed partnership in the country was unveiled at the Sept. 10 school board meeting. “We’ll be exposing people to technology,” UAW-GM Skilled Trades Apprentice Chairman Andy Copland said. According to Copland, the two […]
Every year about this time members of Lost Lake Woods Club in Lincoln hit the road for a mini fall trip. Two years ago friend Carolyn and I went with them to see the Soo Locks. This year we joined 92 other people to view the Pictured Rocks in Munising. Although checking out a tourist […]
A woman flew back to the Lake Orion area from Texas last week to face charges of embezzlement and fraud at the Lakes Community Credit Union on North Park Blvd. Norma Davila, 29, waived her preliminary exam during her arraignment Rochester 3rd/2nd District Court. Her case now moves on to circuit court. Davila is free […]
Even when she’s in bed, Jan Adams might be thinking about accounting “I wake up in the middle of the night and I’ll do the family budget,” the new financial director/treasurer of the Village of Lake Orion said. Adams, an Orion Township resident, was named to the position in July to replace Cathy Thorlakson who […]
We have to love government once in a while or we would all start popping Prozac. The latest case in point is a village council discussion about the bottom draw down tube that was constructed in Green’s Park back in 1991. You have to understand I’ve been editor of this paper since 1989 and have […]
Educators and school administrators have always used results from the Michigan Education Assessment Program test as a benchmark for how well students in this state are being taught. Now as part of the federal government’s No Child Left Behind mandate, MEAP scores are being used for the Adequate Yearly Progress and Ed YES! programs. According […]
I consider myself a pretty good tipper, mainly due to having two relatives (daughter and daughter-in-law) who work in the restaurant business. If I didn’t tip appropriately, I would hear about it. It’s been a few years since I’ve frequented any type of “fast serve” anything. So I admit I was rather dismayed to find […]
It’s good news and bad news coming from the school district’s administration office. The good news first. The Lake Orion School district received $600,000 from Oakland Schools for special education funding. That money will cover a possible three fourths of a million dollar shortfall this school year. (Local school administrators anticipate a $75 to $150 […]
If you want a glimpse of real life, turn on your TV. Reality series have captured the attention of the nation whether we wanted them to or not. This past year we’ve been bombarded with shows about a famous chef opening a restaurant, a TV star’s wedding preparations, getting up close and personal with the […]
Less federal funds will be spent in the Village of Lake Orion as a result of the 2000 census. Council members learned Oct. 14 that their 2004 Community Development Block Grant allocation will be $9,709, a reduction of $4,233 from previous years. An area of the village that was previously eligible for funding (south of […]