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Fire PreventionWeekmarked
Fire Prevention Week is now
under way and will continue
through Oct. 11. The Plymouth
City Fire Station at city hall will
have special open house tours
and special hours for the public.
Plymouth Township Fire
Department will hold a Fire
Safety Open House from 11 a.m.
until 4 p.m. Oct. 11 at Fire Station
One, 9911HaggertyRoad.
The celebration will include a
variety of demonstrations, station
tours, fire gear-dress up stations,
handouts, hot dog and popcorn
and activities to educate and
entertain both children and
adults.
The city fire department will
be open for individual tours from
8 a.m. until 8 p.m. through
Saturday, Oct. 11. Group tours are
also available by calling (734) 453-
1234 ext. 280. Individual and
group tours are geared to both
youngsters and adults.
City of PlymouthFire Services
are provided through a shared
service agreement with the City
of Northville. Plymouth has two
fire stations, one located at
Plymouth City Hall and one
located on Spring Street in Old
Village.
Fine Arts on exhibit
The Village Theater at Cherry
Hill is hosting aFineArts Exhibit
that will continue throughNov. 1.
Some of the best artists from
southeast Michigan will have a
variety of works on display. The
public is invited to view this free
exhibit located at 50400 Cherry
Hill Road inCanton.
For more information and
hours call (734) 394-5308 or visit
cantonvillagetheater.org.
Friends plan used book sale
The Friends of the Romulus
Library have planned a used
book sale from noon until 8 p.m.
Oct. 9 and noon until 4 p.m. Oct.
10 and 11.
Adult hardcover books are
priced at $1 each or three for $2.
Large paperback book will cost
75 cents or two for $1, small
paperbacks will cost 50 cent or
five for $1 and DVDs and CDs
will cost $1 each.
Children's books will cost 50
cents eachor three for $1.
Saturday will be bag day at $3
per bag.
All proceeds from the salewill
be used to support the adult and
children's programs at the
library, located at 11121 Wayne
Road inRomulus.
For information, call (734)
942-7589
High school reunion set
Wayne Memorial High School
Class of 1984 graduates have
planned a 30th reunion to take
place from 7 p.m. until 1 a.m. Oct.
11 at the Novi Sheraton on
HaggertyRoad inLivonia.
The cost is $60 per person or
$110 for a couple and includes
food stations, appetizers and a
dessert bar.
For more information, contact
Liz Arthur Meyers at (203)423-
3728 or access reunion 84 on
Facebook.
Halloweekends at Cedar Point set
Teens can register now with
the Northville Parks and
Recreation Department for the
Oct. 11 Halloweekend trip to
Cedar Point. Participants will
travel in a luxury motor coach
leaving the Recreation Center at
Hillside at 10 a.m. and returning
atmidnight.
Registration is $80 for
Northville residents.
Students will be under adult
supervision. Registration dead-
line is Oct. 8. Registrations after
Sept. 24 will be charged a $5 late
fee.
For more information, call
(248) 449-9951.
Church craft sale planned
St. Theodore's CCW is holding
the annual Craft Show from 9
a.m. until 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct.
11, in the Parish Social Hall at
8200 N. Wayne Road, Westland.
Admission is free and 70 crafters
will be on site. There will be a
raffle, baked goods for sale and
an hourly 50/50 raffle. Food and
beverageswill be available.
St. Theodore Parish Hall is
located on Wayne Road between
Arby's and Art Van, north of
Warren and southof JoyRoad.
Library offers computer class
The Romulus Library will
offer a free computer class,
Resources on the Net:
Employment from 9-11 a.m. Oct.
11.
Students will learn about job-
hunting tools available at the
library and over the web. Basic
PC, keyboard and mouse skills
required.
The Romulus Library is locat-
ed at 11121 Wayne Road. For
information, call (734) 942-7589.
Night of poetry offered
The Oct. 14 meeting of the
Friends of the Plymouth
Historical Museum will feature
Night Gallery, a spellbinding
evening of Halloween poetry,
presented by professional poetry
performer JimRibby.
Ribby will read the poetry of
Edgar Allan Poe and other
authors to conjure up ghosts and
goblins and fairies and elves
beginning at 7:30 p.m. He has
more than 250 works committed
to memory, spanning from the
bronze age tomodern times.
The talk is free and open to
the public. The library is located
at 155 S Main St. in Plymouth.
For information, call (734) 455-
8940.
Benefit concert planned
The Village Theater at Cherry
Hill, located at 50400 Cherry Hill
Road, will be the site of two ben-
efit concerts with Your
Generation in Concert - featuring
50AmpFuse.
The event is presented by
Partnership for the Arts and
Humanities and there will be
performances at 2 and 8 p.m. Oct.
11.
Tickets for the matinee are
$40 per person while tickets for
the evening show are priced at
$75 and include a reception
beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Details and tickets are avail-
able online at www.cantonvil-
lagetheater.org. All proceeds will
benefit the regional Village Arts
Factory, coming soon to Cherry
Hill Village.
One StopOpenHouse set
To help current and new resi-
dents integrate into the commu-
nity, the Canton Newcomers &
Neighbors Club has created
Canton Resident One Stop Open
House from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday,
Oct. 15 at the Canton Public
Library.
A lineup of Canton leadership
organizations and Canton
Township direct service depart-
ments will be on hand to answer
questions and provide more
information.
The
event
sponsor,
Community Financial Credit
Union, will provide an interac-
tive experience for children to
learn money management and
representatives from the town-
ship
Leisure
Services
Department, the clerk's office
and the police department will
be on hand for questions and
services.
This free event also includes
refreshments and free door
prizes. For more information, go
to cantonwomen.com or contact
Linda
Obrec
at
Obrec@wowway.com or (734)
945.6685.
Coffeewith theCops served
A second Coffee with the Cops
has been scheduled by Westland
Police for 10-11 a.m. Wednesday,
Oct. 15, at the Our Savior Manor,
29495Annapolis,Westland.
The meeting will provide an
informal opportunity for citizens
to meet the Westland Police
Administration and to discuss
neighborhood concerns. The
event is being hosted by the
Southeast
Westland
Homeowners Association and is
open to allWestland residents
For more information, call the
Westland Police Administration
Offices at (734) 467-3226.
Bowlers aid scholarship
The Canton Community
Foundation will sponsor a
fundraiser for the Heather
Nicole
Hill
Memorial
Scholarship fund at Plaza Lanes
beginning with check in at 8 p.m.
Oct. 17. Bowling will begin at 8:30
during the event that includes
bowling, shoe rental, pizza and
pop. There will also be a prize
raffle.
Tickets are priced at $22 and
are tax deductible.
Registration is not required
and more information is avail-
able at (734) 589-4768 or (734) 495-
1200.
Inspire offers Blithe Spirit
Blithe Spirit, a ghost story in
three acts, will be presented by
Inspire Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Oct.
17, 18, 24 and 25 and at 3 p.m. Oct.
19.
When novelist Charles
Condomine invites a medium
into his house in order to learn
about the occult for his newbook,
the last thing he or his second
wife dreamis that the seancewill
bring back his first wife, Elvira,
who wants Charles all to herself.
Things are further complicated
since only Charles can seeElvira,
which results in some hilarious
exchanges and misunderstand-
ings. Elvira's plots to get him to
'the other side' do not go well and
instead of Charles dying in her
contrived 'accident' his new wife
does.
Tickets are $12 and now on
sale
online
at
http://www.inspiretheatre.com/in
dex_files/Page513.htm , by phone
at (734) 751-7057 or at the door
the night of the show.
Inspire Theatre is located at
5767 Executive Drive, off Ford
Road between Hix and
Newburgh, inWestland.
Howl-ween contest set
The City of Plymouth
Recreation Department is plan-
ning the 6th Annual Howl-ween
Pet Costume Contest at 11:45 a.m.
Oct. 19 inKelloggPark.
There is no entry fee and
prizeswill be awarded.
Sponsors this year include:
Happy Hounds Dog Day Care,
Pet Supplies Plus, Platinum Pet
Service, Qualipet, Specialty Pet
Supplies, Inc., and Three Dog
Bakery. Formore information on
the Pet Costume Contest either
visit, www.ci.plymouth.mi.
us/recreationspecialevents or
call the Recreation Department
at (734)455-6620.
Stay downtown after the Pet
Costume Contest for Pumpkin
Palooza. This Halloween activity
event for kids will take place
from noon to 3 p.m. The streets
will be closed and fun will be
had. Games, candy, contests,
candy, activities, candy, entertain-
ment, candy and much more are
planned. There will also be an
age-based costume contest. For
more information on Pumpkin
Palooza visit, www.plymouth-
mich.org.
Herbs 101 class offered
Bonnie Mulliner, a certified
medical assistant and a massage
therapist, will give a program on
the uses of herbs - running the
gamut from herbal infusions
(teas and oil), to drying and
essential oils at the Romulus
PublicLibrary at 6 p.m. Oct. 20.
Mulliner will bring samples of
tea, oils and lavender to pass
around.
To register for the event, call
the library at (734) 942-7589.
The Romulus Library is locat-
ed at 11121WayneRoad.
Civitans host tea
TheWayne Civitans will host a
Halloween Tea at 6:30 p.m. Oct.
15 at theWayneLibrary.
The guest speaker will be
Christian Belz, author of the new
Ken Knoll Architectural
Mysteries series.
Ticket cost is $20 and pro-
ceeds will be used to support lit-
eracy projects at the library.
Raffle baskets, beverages and
snacks will be available. Tickers
can be purchased from Debra
Farmer at (734) 558-5095 or Perg
Kulasat (734) 729-2579. The
library is located at 3737 S.
WayneRoad inWayne.
SalvationArmy celebrates
The
Wayne
Westland
Salvation Army will mark the
25th anniversary of the group
with a dinner at Joy Manor on
Oct. 16.
The evening will include din-
ner, entertainment, an open bar,
silent and live auctions and a
Rotary raffle
For times and ticket prices or
other information, call the
Salvation Army at (734) 722-3660
or Lynette Hobyak at (734) 595-
7727.
CornMaze is open
The famous Maybury Farm
Corn Maze is now open and will
challenge visitors with 10 acres
of thick, tall corn plants. The
maze begins with a tractor-pulled
hayride from thewelcome center
at the farm to the maze. Another
hayride will take visitors back to
the welcome center where cider,
donuts and snacks are available
for purchase.
The Maybury Farm Corn
Maze is open from 6-10 p.m.
Fridays, from noon until 10 p.m.
on Saturdays and from noon
until 7 p.m. Sundays. The last
wagon leaves for the maze one
hour prior to close.
The Corn Maze will be open
through Nov. 2. Group tours and
bonfires for 15 or more are avail-
able.
Call (248) 374-0200 to reserve a
date. Admission to the Corn
Maze is $7 per person and
includes a hayride and admis-
sion to Maybury Farm. As
always, children 2 and under are
admitted free. All proceeds from
the Corn Maze are used to pay
winter feed bills for the animals
at the farm.
Maybury Farm is located at
50165 Eight Mile Road in
Northville. It is 1-1/4mile west of
Beck Road on Eight Mile, 1/2
mile west of Maybury State Park.
Enter at the Maybury Farm sign,
do not enter the state park.
Parking is free at Maybury Farm.
For more information, visit
www.northvillecommunityfoun-
dation.org or www.facebook.com
/maybury.farm
Did she or didn't she?
"Lizzie Borden took an ax..."
Everyone knows that eerie
rhyme and its connection to
one of the greatest murder tri-
als in American history. Lizzie
Borden was acquitted of the
1892murders of her father and
stepmother in their home.
Now, nearly 120 years later,
Barefoot Productions will give
audiences the opportunity to
judge Borden when they pres-
ent The Lights Are Warm and
Coloured, a play written by
WilliamNorfolk, that re-enacts
the murder and the trial, with
some surprise twists.
"When October rolls around
we try to slate a production
that is appropriate for the
Halloween season. Last fall,
when our play selection was
meeting I noticed a script on a
table, the title caught my eye. I
was told it was the telling of the
Lizzie Borden trial," said Craig
A. Hane, artistic director and
founder
of
Barefoot
Production and the director of
this production.
The Lights Are Warm and
Coloured takes place 13 years
after Lizzie Borden's trial and
acquittal following the murder
of her father and stepmother,
she lives with her sister,
Emma, in 'Maplecroft', a house
in the same district of Fall
River, MA where the murders
took place. One evening Lizzie
invites a group of actors from a
visiting touring company for
the evening. They re-enact the
circumstances of the crime
and trial, playing various char-
acters involved. Later the
Bordens receive an unexpect-
ed visit from someone who
knows of the crime and is a
crucial witness or perhaps the
murderer.
The entire cast of The
Lights AreWarmand Coloured
have had a great time creating
the varied characters in this
play, Hane added. Beth C.
Duey of Northville returns to
the stage as Lizzie Borden.
Duey also portrayed the ax-
wielding Annie Potts in
Barefoot's production of
Misery in 2007. Joining Duey
onstage are Joy Holloway from
Garden City as Emma Borden,
Lizzie's sister, Maureen
Paraventi
of
Redford
Township, Terry Viviani of
Westland, Tim Majzlik from
Ann Arbor and Lauren
Berryman of Farmington.
Denene Pollock of Ypsilanti
returns to the stage as 'the
Visitor' and finally, new to the
Barefoot Productions stage,
Rachel Richardson from
Ypsilanti will portray Maggie,
themaid.
Performances for The
Lights AreWarmand Coloured
will be at 8 p.m. Oct. 17, 18, 24,
25 and at 2 p.m. Oct. 19 and 26.
All seats for these six perform-
ances are $15 and can be
ordered by calling theBarefoot
Productions Box Office at (734)
560-1493
or
go
to
http://www.justgobarefoot.com/
to order online. The Barefoot
Productions Theater is an inti-
mate 99-seat stage, located at
240 N. Main St., Plymouth,
48170. Tickets are on sale now.
Tim Majzlik, left, Lauren Berryman, Terry Viviani, Joy Holloway and Beth Duey, as Lizzie Borden, are
ready for The Lights Are Warm and Coloured at Barefoot Productions in Plymouth.
Lizzie Borden takes to stage