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March 10, 2016
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Peace prize
Local student wins Lions Club Peace Poster Contest
Maybury Farm Maple Sugar Tours begin this weekend
Ever wonder how maple syrup
getsmade?
The answer can be found at
Maybury Farm beginning this
weekend during the annual
Maple SyrupTours.
"These tours are great because
they are educational and enjoyed
by people of any age," said Jessica
Striegle, executive director of the
Northville
Community
Foundation, which operates
Maybury Farm. "We've had kids as
young as pre-kindergarden enjoy
the tour andhave just asmuch fun
watching and learning as their
parents and grandparents."
The tours begin with a wagon
ride to the Sugar Bush where visi-
tors will head into the woods to
the nearby maple trees. Guests
will learn how to tap the trees and
collect the sapwhich is taken back
to the Sugar Shack to be turned
into maple syrup in front of their
eyes.
When the tour is finished,
guests are invite towarmup in the
Maybury Farm Welcome Center
where hot drinks and snacks are
available to enjoy next to the
toastywood stove.
Making Maple Syrup Tours
take place promptly at 1, 2, and 3
p.m. each Saturday and Sunday
through March 26. This event is
huge hit each year and hundreds
of families participate, Striegle
said.
Maybury Farm is located at
50165 Eight Mile Road in
Northville. The cost for the
Making Maple Syrup Tour is $6
per person and children 2 and
younger are admitted at no cost.
Parking is free atMayburyFarm.
For more information visit
tion.org or
mayburyfarm.
Hamin Park, a 12-year-old stu-
dent at Meads Mill Middle
School in Northville, has been
named a merit award winner in
the 28th annual Lions Club
National PeacePoster Contest.
“I am hoping to send a mes-
sage to those who look at my
peace poster that all of us are
alike. We are all the same people
living on the same earth,” said
Park.
Park'swinning posterwas cho-
sen for its originality, artistic
merit and portrayal of this year's
theme “Share Peace.” She is one
of 23 merit award winners cho-
sen from approximately 400,000
entries drawn by children ages
11 to 13 from65 countries.
As amerit award winner, Park
will be presented with a cash
award of $500 and a certificate of
achievement by the Northville
Lions Club, local sponsor of the
contest, as part of International
Night activities at the school
April 18.
“Hamin did a great job on her
poster. We knew her work was
special when we first saw it and
were very impressed that she
had the insight to investigate past
international winners as part of
her creative process. Our club is
very proud to have sponsored
this merit award winner,” said
BarbaraMorgan, president of the
NorthvilleLions Club.
“Lions around the world are
working to bring dignity, harmo-
ny and humanity through service
and international cooperation.
This contest, sponsored by our
clubs, provides an opportunity
for children to creatively share
their views on peace,” said Lions
Club International President Dr.
JitsuhiroYamada.
The 23 merit award winners
are from China, Colombia,
Cyprus, England, India, Italy,
Japan, Malaysia, Mexico,
Multiple District 300 Taiwan,
Romania, Spain and the United
States (California, Kansas,
Michigan, Nebraska, New Jersey
and Virginia). The grand prize
winner will be announced at
Lions Day with the United
Nations in New York this
Saturday.
Park said she enjoys using her
hands and her imagination to
create drawings, paintings and
sculptures. She is fluent in three
languages and enjoys playing
piano, basketball, volleyball, golf,
and snowboarding.
The 24 finalists' Peace Posters
will be featured prominently at
the 99th annual Lions Clubs
International Convention this
upcoming summer in Fukuoka,
Japan. TheNorthville Lions Club
is a service organization serving
the needs of the blind and hear-
ing impaired in the Northville
community. For information
about the club, email
.
Hamin Park
