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Man’s best friend?
Disaster Animal Response
is topic of Canton workshop
Sixty-three percent of homes in
American have a family pet. Almost half
of those have more than one animal in
thehouse.
Those pets are almost always consid-
ered a part of the family and if a natural
disaster or emergency strikes, taking
care of those animals requires knowl-
edge, planning and often, training.
Emergency animal relief workers
reported in a post Hurricane Katrina
survey that when asked why evacuees
refused to leave their homes, 47 percent
responded they did not leave because of
their animals
To help ensure the safety of pets,
Canton Township will host the Disaster
Animal Response Team Training
(DART), Feb. 17-19, at the Summit on the
Park, located at 46000 Summit Parkway.
The Disaster Animal Response Team
Training (DART) is the premier basic
training for building community pre-
paredness for animals in disaster and
for preparing animal disaster respon-
ders nationwide, according to a release
fromthe township.
This three-day workshop is designed
to familiarize participants with the nec-
essary elements of team-building and
provide the background necessary to
become effective responders.
Participants will learn how to pre-
pare for and respond to animal needs
when a fire, hurricane, tornado or other
disaster threatens. This three-day class
includes classroom and hands-on
instruction. The cost is $195 and atten-
dance is required for all three sessions.
For additional information or to reg-
ister, visit the Humane Society
University
website
at:
http://tinyurl.com/6qrk24b or call
Frances Gaeta with the Human Society
University at (301) 548-7731.
Registrationdeadline isFeb. 3.
For more information, call (734) 394-
5191.
Annual Butterfly Ball set
Fathers and daughters can put on their
dancing shoes and step out together for a
Valentine's event at the Butterfly Ball:
Annual Daddy/Daughter Dance at the
Summit on the Park, located at 46000
Summit Parkway. The event will feature
dancing, refreshments, a special butterfly
souvenir, and the balloon drop that caps off
the festivities.
Dads and their special dates have three
chances to attend the event. Dances will
take place from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Feb. 10, in the
Summit's elegant Grand Ballroom and in the
gymnasium from 6:60-8:30 Feb. 11. A special
2-4 p.m. Saturday matinee dance has also
been scheduled on Feb. 11 in the
Gymnasium, as an option for the early-to-bed
crowd.
Ticket sales end Feb. 6. Ticket prices are
$9 for residents and $12 for non-residents.
For more information, call (734) 394-5460
or visit Cantonfun.org.
Northville Township has been recog-
nized for its work to foster entrepreneurial
growth and economic development in a
study by researchers at the University of
Michigan-Dearborn's Center for Innovation
Research (iLabs). Northville Township was
honored as a four star community, along
with 44 other four and five star communi-
ties across the state.
Jennifer Frey, director of Community
Development for Northville Township, was
pleased tohear of the recognition.
"Northville Township continually moni-
tors its planning policies and ordinances to
ensure we are promoting an attractive envi-
ronment for business opportunities and
works with other agencies to promote
Northville Township as an ideal location to
live, work andplay," she said.
The eCities research surveyedmore than
100 communities in the State of Michigan
who are home to 36 percent of Michigan
residents and 44 percent of state college
graduates. These communities also had
more than $1 billion in commercial con-
struction last year and more than half of
them share services with other communi-
ties, Frey said.
The communities were honored at a cer-
emony at UM-Dearborn, withMartin Dober,
senior vice president of entrepreneurship
and innovation, Michigan Economic
Development Corporation, providing the
keynote address at the event.
The annual eCities research project,
which began in 2007, uses data supplied by
the participants as well as other public
records to assemble a six-factor, 32-item
index of entrepreneurial activity, looking at
such factors as clustering, incentives,
growth, policies, community and education.
The study focuses on entrepreneurship
because of its importance to expansion and
diversification of Michigan's regional
economies and the impact small businesses
have on job creation. To date, 138 communi-
ties have participated in the study.
For additional information, contact Frey
at (248) 662-0487 or jfrey@twp.northville.
mi.us.
Northville development honored
Good deeds
Girls from Northville Girl Scout Troops 40010 and 40844 who participated in 100 Acts of
Community Service include (first row) Connie Carswell, Maggie O'Meara, Jennifer
Kowalczyk and Hannah Graff; (second row) Olivia Collins, Valyn Schleicher, Beatrice Nyah
and Sarah Ptashnik; (third row) Claire O'Meara, Kaity Graham and Brittany Nyah; and
(fourth row) Karrigan Niemi, Maggie Ritchie, Shannon Stapp, Rileigh Freeman, Olivia
McCutcheon, Brianna Nyah, Shannon Hayes and Katherin Stanley. Each month the
Northville Girl Scouts complete a different community service project. In January, they spent
the night at Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan Camp Wacousta near Lansing and made
Valentine cards for all the residents of the Northville nursing homes. The girls also toured
Michigan State University, their seventh trip to a college campus. They have been visiting
Michigan colleges and universities since June, 2011.