A motorist who could have drowned in a pond on M-24 last Wednesday was saved by the quick actions of two men driving by. Police credit Tom Brown of Lake Orion and Wayne Bombardo II of Ortonville for saving Bruce Tanyi of Oxford. According to Lake Orion Police Chief Jerry Narsh, Brown was leaving Walgreen’s […]
I know July and September are the big birthday months, but for some reason a lot of people I’m acquainted with or related to celebrate their birthdays in November. The 11th month isn’t one of my favorites. Fall has ended and I’m starting to dread the long cold dark days of winter. Thanksgiving, although a […]
If the state OK’s an agreement recently approved by both the Village of Lake Orion and Orion Township, township building inspectors will again be serving the village. The contract is being forwarded to Henry Green of the Michigan Bureau of Construction Codes. For several years, his department has worked in the village doing building inspections. […]
As anticipated by local school district administrators, Governor Jennifer Granholm is asking for another cut in per pupil allowances sent to school districts in the state. At the Lake Orion School Board meeting on Nov. 12, administrators submitted a proposal to reduce the 2003-04 budget by $383,022. Board members will take action on the proposal […]
One change occurred after a Nov. 10 public hearing on ways to spend the Village of Lake Orion’s Community Block Development Block Grant Funds. Council members agreed to take $1,500 from an allotted $3,000 for street trees from 2002-03 CDBG monies and give it to the Women’s Survival Center. The council told Mary Grace McCarter, […]
How can you not love those oddball catalogs that show up in the mail every so often. Harriet Carter, since 1958, has been selling those interesting gifts that you don’t find anywhere else. Here’s some samples: Holiday Dress-Up Dog — This 11 inch high poly/resin dog has a hat for all seasons. He can wear […]
You won’t see lunchboxes at Blanche Sims Elementary School filled with peanut butter sandwiches, M & Ms and Ritz Bits with Cheese. It has become a peanut-free zone. School officials have asked parents not to let their children bring any food items that contain peanut products into the school. A first-grader was recently diagnosed as […]
I can’t imagine what my childhood would have been like if I couldn’t have taken a peanut butter sandwich to school every day. The sandwich, combined with a banana, gave me a lunch that was far superior to any unknown food floating around in liquid in the hot lunch line. Currently, three elementary schools in […]
For over 35 years, Lake Orion’s DPW Director John Ranville has been performing side jobs in the village. Now village council members are telling him to curtail some of his construction work. LO Village Manager JoAnn Van Tassel told the council on Nov. 24, it’s a conflict of interest for Ranville to personally contract to […]
In these days of declining revenues for school districts, LO School District Athletic Director Bill Reiss thinks he has found a way to earn some extra money. He told school board members in November he would like to start charging elementary students a $2 admission fee to high school sporting events. “Through the winter this […]