Utility accounts that have been delinquent for 30 days as of June 1 will be placed on the Village of Lake Orion July 1 tax bill. Several weeks ago there were 58 overdue amounts totalling $12,592. According to Marlene Briggs, village deputy clerk, that amount has now dropped to $6,507. Amounts owed ranged from $2,453 […]
Three people recently resigned from various Village of Lake Orion boards. Dia Zarga, owner of the Sagebrush Restaurant, said he couldn’t be a member of the LO Board of Zoning Appeals anymore because the meetings are on Thursday nights, one of his busiest business nights. Lauri Bussell resigned from the LO Parks & Recreation Committee. […]
The DeBoer family will have to follow the rules pertaining to heights of monuments in East Lawn Cemetery. Council members voted 5-2 on June 9 to deny the family’s request for a monument four inches higher than the maximum allowed. Family members claimed they knew nothing about the restrictions even though the plot had been […]
Parents of elementary age children will be paying more money for lunch next fall. Lake Orion School Board members OK’d an increase of 15 cents ($1.85-$2). The increase will generate approximately $36,369 to total lunch sales. This amount offsets the rising cost of food and supplies and the $30,000 overhead costs the food service department […]
Members of the Lake Orion Lions Club and Lake Orion Boat Club will be in their boats on Lake Orion selling flares for several weekends. Flare night is scheduled for July 3 on Lake Orion. Traditionally, lakefront owners light their flares about dusk. Each flare costs $2, a case $65.
Several years ago, I printed some helpful hints from a book called ‘Uncommon Uses for Household Products. Here’s a few more, just in time for summer. Ease insect stings: If you get stung or bitten by an insect, you probably have just the thing in your kitchen. Make a paste using baking soda and rubbing […]
Anne Burrows, a teacher at Pine Tree Elementary School since it opened 30 years ago, retired this year. She said she ‘laid the first brick? at the school. Her students brought in some special gifts for her last Thursday.
Ten Years Ago June 16, 1993 ~~~Two Methodist ministers are moving. Lake Orion UMC’s Rev. Richard Peacock is going to Nardine Park UMC in Farmington Hills. Rev. Bruce Billing is leaving Howarth and Paint Creek United Methodist Churchs to serve at Atherton UMC in Burton. ~~~After sifting through 30 applications, LOHS Athletic Director Dick Valentine […]
Next year’s seniors might not be happy with the parking lot rule change at Lake Orion High School. In the past senior students were given first priority in purchasing a parking pass for an assigned space. Second priority was given to juniors through a lottery process after school began. This fall individual passes will not […]
One appointment to the Lake Orion Planning Commission didn’t go smoothly at a recent village council meeting. The village council president appoints planning commission members, but fellow council members have to approve his suggestion. Current president Bill Siver on June 9 had no problem getting an OK to his appointment of Ed Roberts to fill […]