The annual Plymouth Historical
Museum event, “A Night FOR the
Museum,” is planned for Saturday, March
12, at theFoxHillsGoldenFox.
The event this year will celebrate
Margaret Dunning, the major benefactor
of the museum, who died last year at the
age of 104.
“Margaret lived here on Penniman
Avenue in the same house since shewas a
teenager,” said Museum Director Liz
Kerstens. Dunning paid for the original
museum building in the early 1970s and
then donated the funding for the addition
that was built in early 2000.
“She was devoted to preserving the
history of this community and she
charged the Friends of the Plymouth
Historical Museum to maintain the muse-
um as a vibrant and welcoming place for
visitors,” Kerstens said. “We do not
receive government funding of any kind,
so we work very hard with the gala and
other events to ensure that we are able to
continue theworkMargaret started.”
More than 100 volunteers give their
time and talents at the museum for every-
thing from maintenance, exhibits,
archives, education, and as guides.
“We even receive donations from for-
mer Plymouth residents who now live in
other parts of the country,” Kerstens said.
“They still feel a connection to the com-
munity and its history. Plymouth is just
that kind of place.”
Community businesses have donated a
generous number of items for the raffle
and live auction that will take place at the
gala. Some of the most unique and excit-
ing live auction items include a personal
visit from Santa Claus, a princess party,
Carrie Underwood tickets, “really good”
Detroit Tigers tickets, a ride on a fire
truck in the Plymouth 4th of July Parade,
and a private tea at the Markham/Wilcox
House.
Tickets to “A Night FOR the Museum”
are still available by calling (734) 455-8940
or online at
history.org/events/A-Night-FOR-the
Museum_ET118.html?SortBox=201603
The evening will also include raffles, a
spirited live auction, socializing, hors
d'oeuvres, libations, music anddancing.
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Library now offers range of digital rentals
Tuned in
Fife & Drum Corps to perform at festival
Annual museum event to honor donor Margaret Dunning
The PlymouthDistrict Library
is now offering free access to
thousands of movies, television
shows, music, eBooks, audio-
books and comics, all available
for mobile and online access
through a new partnership with
hoopla digital.
At
hoopladigital.com,
Plymouth card holders will be
able to select up to four offerings
per month from thousands of
titles for instant streaming or
temporary downloading to their
smartphones, tablets or comput-
ers. Users cannowdownload the
free hoopla digital mobile app on
their Android or iOS device.
Plymouth library cards are avail-
able free to residents of the City
of Plymouth and Plymouth
Township.
"Our customers will be
thrilled at the selection of
movies, TV shows, music and
more with hoopla," explained
Carol Souchock, library director.
"We encourage our library card-
holders to stop in and learnmore
about this great new service."
For assistance on how to down-
load hoopla digital to a specific
device, the library encourages
users to stop in for help or to call
the library at (734) 453-0750, ext.
4.
The Plymouth library is the
34th library system in the State of
Michigan to partner with hoopla
digital. Current partners include
Jackson District Library, Kent
District Library, Kalamazoo
Public Library, East Lansing
PublicLibrary andmany others.
Libraries across North
America have been working with
hoopla digital, a category-creat-
ing service to provide online and
mobile access to this vast collec-
tion of popular entertainment.
This service is one among many
of Midwest Tape - a trusted part-
ner to public libraries for 25
years.
"With this amazing product, it
is our mission to empower the
evolution of public libraries
while helping them to meet the
needs of the mobile generation.
We've worked for years to create
a service that is fun, fast and reli-
able. We will continue to secure
content deals to expand our
offering of popular and niche
movies, TV shows, music,
eBooks, audiobooks, and comics,"
said Jeff Jankowski, founder and
owner of hoopla digital.
The library is located at 223
SouthMainSt. inPlymouth.
Members of the Plymouth Fife and
Drum Corps will perform at the annual
music conference, Freezer Jam, this
Saturday, March 5.
In the 21st year, Freezer Jam brings
together fife and drum corps from across
the Midwest for a day of learning, sharing,
and community. This year, the event is
hosted by musicians of Great Lakes
Ancient Field Musick at Siena Heights
University in Adrian. A free concert open
to the publicwill begin at 6:30 p.m. andwill
be the first performance of The Plymouth
Fife andDrumCorps 2016 season.
For more information about the
Plymouth Fife and Drum Corps perform-
ance season, or to book a performance,
visit
or contact the public
relations chair, Robin Hawman at (734)
983-8804 or at pfdcpublicrelations
@gmail.com.
Plymouth Fife & Drum Corps is made
up of students age 12 - 18 from Plymouth
and surrounding communities. Practicing
year round, the members are dedicated to
preserving the ancient arts of color guard,
fifing, and drumming, according to the
group'swebsite.
They average 40-50 live performances
annually that include parades, patriotic
celebrations and civic events throughout
Michigan, Ohio, and Canada, and a week-
long, summer tour to perform at historical
landmarks inNewEngland.
