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February 9, 2017
Calendar of events
Historic calendars for sale
The 2017 Belleville Area Historical
Society calendar is nowavailable and has
beendiscounted to $5.
The calendars can be purchased at
several tri-community locations includ-
ing, Belleville Area Museum, Belleville
Area Chamber of Commerce, Belleville
City Hall, Garden Fantasy on Main,
Sumpter Ace Hardware, Sumpter
Township, and the Van Buren Township
Hall Treasurer's office.
The museum is located at 405 Main St.
inBelleville.
For more information, contact Katie
Dallos at (734) 697-1944.
Citizens Academy enrollment open
Canton residents who want to learn
more about how their police department
works will have that opportunity during
the upcoming Citizens Police Academy in
the township.
Individuals who attend the academy
will have the opportunity to learn the
policies and operational procedures of
the department through presentations,
demonstrations andhands-on activities
This year, the Citizens Police Academy
will take place from 6-9 p.m. on
Thursdays for eight weeks beginning
April 6 and continuing throughMay 25.
Class size is limited for this free pro-
gram. Applicants are limited to Canton
Township residents who are at least 21
years of age. Applicants must have no
felony convictions and no misdemeanor
convictions in the past three years,
Applicants will be subject to a back-
ground check.
Applications for the academy will
accepting online at
-
safety.org, through Feb. 28 or in person at
the front desk of the Canton Police
Department located at 1150 S. Canton
CenterRoad.
More information is available by con-
tacting Special Services Sgt. Ed Johnson
at (734) 394-5411.
Patriotic volunteers sought
Plymouth Township officials are seek-
ing volunteers to lead the Pledge of
Allegiance at the start of the regular
meetings on the second and fourth
Tuesdays of themonth at townshiphall.
Suggested qualifications include being
an active duty or retired military service-
man or woman, a member of a service or
Scouting organization, a retired first
responder, member of a student govern-
ment organization or a patriotic citizen.
Interested residents should contact
Sue Brams, executive assistant to the
supervisor at
or call (734)354-3204.
Congregationmeets Sunday
Redeemer Lutheran Church offers
worship services at 11 a.m. Sunday at
Tyler Elementary School, 42200 Tyler
Road inBelleville.
For more information call (734)740-
4230 or access
anchurchmi.com.
Legislator hosts coffee hours
State Rep. Kristy Pagan (D-Canton)
will host monthly coffee hours at 7 p.m.
the fourth Monday of the month at
Panera Bread, 41950 Ford Road in
CantonTownship.
Pagan has invited residents to join her
to discuss their thoughts and ideas about
how she can best represent and address
the needs of her constituents.
Raffle benefits children's foundation
The Garden City Rotary 200 Club
Raffle to benefit the Jory Children's
Foundation is nowunderway.
The grand prize is a two-year prepaid
lease on a 2017 Ford Focus SE or $4,000;
second price is round trip airfare for two
fromSpirit Airlines and third prize is din-
ner for to aboard Old Road Murder
MysteryDinner Trains.
Complete rules can be found at
Only 200 tickets at $50
each will be sold and winners need not
be present at the drawing which is
planned for from 7-11 p.m. March 4 at
Skateland West, 37550 Cherry Hill in
Westland.
Genealogy class offered
Experienced members of the
Northville Genealogical Society will host
an intermediate class featured new areas
of research from 10:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.
Feb. 11 at the Novi Public Library, 45225
West TenMileRoad inNovi.
The class is free but registration is
required on the Novi Library website or
by phone at (248) 349-0720. Attendees
should bring a lunch or plan a stop at the
library café.
Following a noon break, the class will
continue with hands-on help with indi-
vidual research using the library comput-
er lab.
For more information, call (248) 349-
0720.
Book sale planned
Friends of Westland Library will host a
two-day Bag Book Sale from 10 a.m. until
4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11 and from noon
until 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12.
Bothdays are $4 bag days.
The library is located at 6123 Central
CityPkwy. inWestland.
For information, call (734) 326-6123.
Hayden's donates toUnitedWay
Hayden's Grill & Bar of Canton and
Plymouth Community United Way are
partnering to raise funds for community
outreach programs. Hayden's will be
donating 15 percent of diners' bills to
United Way from 11 a.m. until midnight
Friday, Feb. 10.
Customers will need to present a flyer
to their servers to facilitate the donation
to Plymouth Community United Way.
Flyers can be downloaded directly from
or shown
on yourmobile device.
For more information, call Randi
Williams at (734) 453-6879, ext. 5 or e-
mail
Comedyworkshop available
Do you have that knack to be funny?
Are you that type of person that is not a
risk taker?Do you like to speak in front of
people? Would you like to break out of
your comfort zone? Then maybe you
should take an Improv ComedyWorkshop
taught by instructor John Thiede. Improv
comedy will help you in the everyday
world by teaching you to think on your
feet and how to react and adapt very
quickly to those unplanned events.
At the end of the class the ensemble
will have a small show for their friends
and family. Course #:ARTC-6005/CRN
42080. The class fee is $ 75 and the work-
shops will take place from 10 a.m. until
12:30 p.m. Feb. 11 through March 25 at
Wayne County Community College
District Western Campus, 9555 Haggerty
Road, Belleville, MI 48111
Free legal advice available
A free legal presentation and assis-
tance is planned for 12:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 15 offered by the Wayne
Senior Services Office, located in the
HYPE Recreation Center, 4635 Howe
Road, inWayne.
Experienced legal staff members will
provide free legal assistance to seniors on
most civil cases including, guardianship,
conservatorship, wills, trusts, power of
attorney, nursing homes and
Medicare/Medicaid.
Seniors must sign in by 12:30 p.m. and
attend the presentation in order to
receive additional assistance.
Register for the presentation by
Tuesday, Feb. 7 by calling (734-721-7460)
or at the Senior Services office. AllWayne
County residents 60 and older are eligible
for the free service.
The seminar will be presented by
Elder Law and Advocacy Center of
NeighborhoodLegal ServicesMichigan.
Michigan Ross School of Business
Enriching Academics and Collaborating
with High Schools Program (MREACH).
Pittman has participated in both pro-
grams and in addition to excelling aca-
demically is involved in the Alpha Kappa
Alpha Sorority, Inc., AKA Teens, mentor-
ing program and a variety of extracurricu-
lar activities at Romulus High School
including: the National Honor Society,
band, softball team, cheerleading and the
GearUpProgram.
She advised anyone interested in a
business career to apply to the LEAD pro-
gram.
“Do it! Turn in everything on time and
embrace this opportunity with open arms,
eyes, and ears. I am so grateful to Ms.
Denham for providing me with the infor-
mation to apply for LEADand pushingme
to finish the application. This is an experi-
ence I will forever be grateful for and I am
not just saying this. I mean this with my
wholeheart.
“I still have my group chat with all of
the LEAD students and RTAs and we can
just talk about anything and support each
other. We make it a mission to visit each
other and stay in communication no mat-
terwhat state anyone is in,” Pittman said.
More information about LEAD is avail-
able at
. The
application deadline for summer 2017 is
Feb. 15.
Student
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Each year the Plymouth Rotary
Club awards scholarships to students
who reside in the Plymouth Canton
school district. This year, Rotary will
award two scholarships valued at
$10,000 over a four-year period as well
as a number of additional scholar-
ships valued at approximately $8,000.
These scholarships are unique
because they are based upon well-
rounded individuals who have
demonstrated academic success as
well as leadership qualities and
exhibit the characteristics of "Service
aboveSelf."
Applications are available in the
high school counseling office or on
line at
The deadline for applications is
March 3.
Scholarship applications available
