I recently spent some time on the Lake Orion Community Schools? website researching the proposed changes to the student transportation plan for 2004-2005. I disagree with the statement made in this plan that a ‘superior level of transportation service to all of our students? will be provided by this plan. Your plan states that by […]
Ten Years Ago June 1, 1994 ~~~LOHS? yearbook staff took 13 first place votes for the 1993 Dragon yearbook. They won their eighth straight Spartan Award for best book in the state, Class A. ~~~The median sale price for a home in Lake Orion/Orion Township in 1993 was $113,682. In 1994, it’s $132,386. ~~~Voters in […]
Monday, May 24, numerous items were stolen from a vehicle on Indian Pipe Court. *** Tuesday, May 25, check fraud at Burger King on Lapeer Road. Fraud at Kroger on Lapeer. Retail fraud at Kmart on Lapeer. Probation violation on Highlander. *** Wednesday, May 26, operating a vehicle while intoxicated arrest on Baldwin Road. A […]
Wednesday, May 26, an accident took place on South Broadway. A lakefront resident said insulation being installed at her neighbor’s house on Barron was collecting in the lake. Someone complained about loud music on South Broadway. *** Thursday, May 27, police responded to a family fight in an apartment on West Flint. A wallet was […]
In response to the letter by Vicki Flood regarding Biblical support for the condemnation of same sex marriages, I felt it was necessary to shed light on this controversial issue. While I share your political views, Ms. Flood, I do not agree with your methods for engendering support from the particular passages you choose to […]
Clarkston’s Deer Lake is rapidly changing from a pristine first class Michigan jewel lake to a runoff ravaged cesspool. This spring snow melt and normal seasonal rainfall has tainted the regular deep, clear water with silt laden stormwater discharge. Residents on Deer Lake Road, Sagamore Drive, Simler and Phelan particularly have seen roadside ditches and […]
I haven’t “looked askance” in many years, but I really looked askance at the statement that “school officials” (unnamed) thought that there could be a future elementary school near the proposed new Senior Center adjacent to the Clarkston School Board building Property. Several issues come to mind: ? It is only about 2 miles from […]
A reported ‘stranger danger? incident appears to be a misunderstanding at best, according to those who investigated a Wednesday, May 26 call to North Sashabaw Elementary School. One or more Clarkston High School students celebrating their ‘Senior Walk? yelled offers of candy to kindergarten students while driving by the Maybee Road school, according to Lt. […]
Ms. Houck’s guest column in the May 26 edition of The Clarkston News was so blatantly incorrect it was an insult to the 3,000 senior citizens living in our township. Let me ask her these questions before I make additional comments: ? Have you gone to the weekly board meetings that dealt with this subject? […]
Lake Orion High School senior Nicole Collette signed her letter of commitment to swim at Asbury College in Wimore, Kentucky; has been a varsity swimmer at LOHS for three of her four years there. She took her senior year off for knee surgery. Collette has been a scholar athlete, maintaining a 3.65 GPA. She will […]