🌱 How Lake Orion is helping a 4-year-old after a devastating accident

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In today's newsletter:

• How Lake Orion is helping a 4-year-old after a devastating accident

Also on today's calendar: Wine & Cheese Open House and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Sunday: A couple of t-showers; humid, with a high of 80 and low of 66 degrees.
• Monday: Partly sunny and humid, temps: high: 86, low: 70. 🌶 Hot!
• Tuesday: A stray t-storm; very warm, with a high of 86 and low of 71 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 4-year-old Lake Orion girl loses part of her leg in lawn mower accident during family vacation (wxyz.com) — A Lake Orion family is rallying around 4-year-old Brielle Thompson, who lost part of her leg in a lawn mower accident while on vacation in Minnesota and now faces a long recovery. Relatives say the community's support and a GoFundMe are helping with medical and travel costs as doctors work to preserve her knee and determine long-term treatment.
   

📸 Around Lake Orion

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lake Orion

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday September 9
• Wine & Cheese Open House →
  Guardian Angel Cemetery, 4701 N Rochester Rd,
  1:00 pm
Monday September 21
• Healing for Anxiety →
  Online,
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday September 5
• 21st Annual Corvette Fest →
  Canterbury Village, 2359 Joslyn Ct, Orion Township
  10:00 am
Wednesday September 9
• LOCS Board of Education Workshop
  Pine Tree Center LOCS Administration Building
  3:00 pm
Friday September 11
• RedCross Blood Drive →
  1730 W Auburn Rd, Rochester Hills
  11:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday August 31
• Oxford Knitting Club →
  Oxford Public Library, 530 Pontiac St, Oxford
  10:30 am
Tuesday September 1
• Board of Education - Policy Committee
  Oxford Bridges High School 10 N Washington St, Oxford, MI 48371, USA
  12:00 pm
• OMS Curriculum Night
  Oxford Middle School Oxford, MI 48371
  6:30 pm
Wednesday September 2
• Athens JV Football @ Oxford →
  Oxford High School, 745 N Oxford Rd, Oxford
  4:30 pm
Thursday September 3
• Board of Education - Governance Committee
  Oxford Middle School 10 N Washington St, Oxford, MI 48371, USA
  12:00 pm
Friday September 4
• Alex Mendenall →
  HomeGrown Brewing Company, 28 N Washington St, Oxford
  6:30 pm
Tuesday September 8
• Board of Education Meeting
  Oxford Middle School Clear Lake Elementary School, 2085 W Drahner Rd, Oxford, MI 483
  6:30 pm
Thursday September 10
• West Bloomfield Boys JV Soccer @ Oxford →
  Oxford High School, 745 N Oxford Rd, Oxford
  5:30 pm
Friday September 11
• Lake Orion Varsity Football @ Oxford →
  Oxford High School, 745 N Oxford Rd, Oxford
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I'm not sure how to explain this fully, but I need to talk with someone and get advice concerning very important, time-sensitive financial information, and I don't have a clue who to go to.
  It involves a friend's inheritance and probate in the UK. I think some kind of international financial lawyer or expert would be needed, but I'm not… (Nextdoor Lake Orion)

• Aspen Dental Management, Inc. posted a job opening for Assistant Dental Office Manager in Lake Orion. Apply here.
• Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. posted a job opening for Inventory Control Associate (Seasonal) in Lake Orion. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lake Orion here.

🗞 Nearby News

Oxford

• Southeastern Falls to LMU in Second Match of Ole Miss Invitational (ground.news)
• This lawyer is stepping up as legal star Fieger continues stroke rehab (bluewaterhealthyliving.com)

Auburn Hills

• IKEA Pop Up Opens in Great Lakes Crossing in Auburn Hills (oaklandcounty115.com)
• Football Roundup: Orchard Lake St. Mary's overcomes deficit, pulls out late win against Mona Shores (theoaklandpress.com)
• 2026 Candidate Interview: Sarah Pounds for State Representative District 54 (oaklandcounty115.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A hole (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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