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63rd Chicken Sunday will have international flavor this year

The 63rd Annual Rotary Chicken ty, said that he is hoping the event this
Barbeque in Plymouth this year will If purchased on Sunday, year runs as smoothly as it has in the
have an international flavor. past.
As has become a tradition, the the dinner tickets are $14. “We will serve about 10,500 din-
exchange students sponsored by the They can be purchased ners,” he said. “Nobody but the
Rotary clubs in the district will be in Plymouth Rotary Club could do it.”
attendance, getting a taste of real in front of The Gathering Muma and his committee will be
American barbeque during the Sunday or at West Middle School helped by about 100 Rotarians and
event. Barbeque Chairman Mike another 700 volunteers in the effort
Muma explained that for several years, at Sheldon Road which actually begins Saturday
the club has hosted the 15 or 20 and Ann Arbor Trail, evening behind The Gathering when a
exchange students, their host families military-like operation begins building
and a club representative during the where carryout service is the long, narrow barbeque pits which
traditional Sunday event. handled. Dinners are available produce the unique flavor of “Rotary
“These are students from around Chicken.” The pit walls are cinder
the world,” Muma said. “They usually from 11 a.m. until sold out. blocks, some of which are still in use
attend an orientation at the community from the very first chicken barbeque
center and then come to the barbeque which took place in a city park. About
for lunch. They will sit in a special area District Governor this year, adding 500 people attended that barbeque,
by the fountain near Union Street and even more importance to the visit of designed as a fundraiser to buy play-
we put up flags from the various coun- the exchange students. ground equipment for a local park.
tries represented.” Muma, who joined the Noon Rotary The ground between the cinder
Muma explained that Plymouth City Club in Plymouth in 1985 shortly after
Manager Paul Sincock was the Rotary he and his wife moved to the communi- See Rotary, page 2