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Calendar of events
Tax preparation available
Tax return preparation will be available
from 9 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. on Tuesdays
throughApril 14 at theSummit on thePark.
The service is provided in cooperation
with the American Association of Retired
Persons (AARP).
Complicated and/or joint return appoint-
ments must be scheduled for morning
appointments. Schedule your appointment
by phone at (734) 394-5485.
Cruise raffle tickets on sale
Tickets for the 6th annual Michigan
Philharmonic Cruise Raffle are now on
sale. This year, the raffle prize is a Viking
River Boat cruise - "The Danube Waltz" -
sailing through European cities of Passau,
Vienna, and Budapest Aug. 16-23 with an
optional three-day pre-tour in the city of
Prague. The raffle winner wins the Viking
River Cruise for two in addition to round-
trip airfare for two.
Tickets for the Cruise Raffle are $50 and
only 400 will be sold. The drawing will take
place April 11 at the Michigan
Philharmonic Springtime Swan Song con-
cert at the Village Theater. For cruise and
raffle information, contact the Michigan
Philharmonic at (734) 451-2112 or
or Kate Rosevear
and ask for MicPhil Cruise at Travel
Leaders, 44427-B W. Ann Arbor Road in
Plymouth, (734) 455-5810 or 1 800 874-6470.
Tax preparation offered
AARP tax preparation will be offered
free toWestland residents at the Friendship
Center. This is a E-file service only and
appointments are necessary.
Generally, the tax return service offered
through AARP is for simple returns. Those
individuals with lengthy returns, many
rental properties or investments are
encouraged to have a CPA or professional
firmcomplete their returns. There is no age
or income requirement. The site manager
has discretion over what returns they are
willing and able to complete.
Taxes this year will be done on Monday,
Wednesday andFriday.
Call (734) 722-7628 for an appointment.
Preparers are only on site during the day
the center offers the service so any tax ques-
tion regarding a return must be taken by a
staff person, and returned by a preparer at
their convenience.
PicturingMusic to be topic
The Romulus Public Library will host a
speaker from the Detroit Institute of Arts
who will discuss the presence of music in
visual arts. The event is planned for 6:30
p.m. April 6 and will explore the way music
heightens awareness across cultures.
Registration for the free talk is available
at the library circulation desk or by calling
the library at (734) 942-7589. Space is limit-
ed.
The event is sponsored by the Friends of
theLibrary
The Romulus Public Library is located
at 11121WayneRoad inRomulus.
Arts club hosts speaker
The Three Cities Art Club will host artist
Tracy Gallup, a book illustrator, doll maker
and author for a discussion from 7-9 p.m.
April 6 at CantonTownshipHall.
Gallup works in two and three dimen-
sions creating doll-like figures and paint-
ings which come to life in her stories. Her
books include A Roomful of Questions,
Stone Crazy, Shell Crazy, Tree Crazy, Snow
Crazy andKingCat.
Her talkwill include a slide presentation
of the progression of her dolls, paintings,
and illustrations over the past 25 years, and
her thoughts on creative expression, finding
a personal voice and one's place in the arts.
The public is welcome to attend this free
event at Canton Township Hall in a lower
level meeting room, located at 1150 Canton
Center Road, south of Cherry Hill. Light
refreshmentswill be served.
For more information, contact Marilyn
Meredith at (313) 231-3939. To learn more
about the art club visit
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club.org.
Senator hosts office hour
Sen. Patrick Colbeck, R-Canton will host
office hours from 607 p.m. Monday, April 6,
at the Plymouth District Library, 223 South
MainSt. Plymouth.
Colbeckwill be available to answer ques-
tions and respond to concerns any residents
of his districtmay have.
This is an opportunity for local residents
to meet with Colbeck to address issues
related to state government. No appoint-
ment is necessary.
For more information or to contact
Colbeck,
visit
or call
(517) 373-5713.
Church serves chicken supper
Willow United Methodist Church will
serve a family style Chicken Supper from 5
p.m. until sold out April 8 at the church,
36925WillowRoad inNewBoston.
The menu includes fried chicken,
mashed potatoes, green beans, biscuits and
gravy, cole slaw, dinner rolls, dessert, coffee,
hot tea andmilk.
Cost for the dinner is $10 for adults and
$5 for children younger than 12.
For more information, contact the
churchat (734) 654-9020.
Meet Your Leaders planned
The Wayne Chamber of Commerce is
planning a Meet Your Leaders Luncheon
set to begin at 11:30 a.m. April 9 at Wayne
Tree Manor, 35100 Van Born Road in
Wayne.
Specials guests will include Wayne
Mayor James Hawley, City Manager David
M. Murphy and Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors President Pastor Dave
Furno.
Tickets are $25 for chamber members
and $30 for non-members and due at the
door. Reservations should be made in
advance at (734) 721-0100 or by contacting
DonNicholson.net.
Benefit for school set
Grace Community Church will present
Variations, a benefit to help support Grace
Community School at 4 p.m. April 11.
The church is a multicultural, multira-
cial faith community, according to Pastor
Bill Hales. The fundraiser will include
music, poetry reading and other entertain-
ment at a location to be determined, he
said.
For more information visit gracecommu-
nitychurch4u.com.
Autism fundraiser planned
A fundraising event to benefit theAutism
programs at the Van Buren Public Schools,
Burger School for Students with Autism
and Webster Elementary School will take
place beginning at 4 p.m. April 11 at the Van
Buren Eagles Hall, 9961 Beck Road in
Belleville.
Tickets are $20 if purchased in advance
and $25 at the door. The evening will
include 50/50 raffles, a social hour, presenta-
tions, dinner, a live auction and a DJ and
karaoke.
For more information, contact (734) 629-
7122.
Photography club tomeet
The only 3D photography club in
Michigan will meet from 7 until 9:30 p.m.
April 8, at the Livonia Civic Park Senior
Center, 15218 Farmington Road, just south
of FiveMileRoad.
Meetings include a 3D program, refresh-
ment break, and a competition amongmem-
bers. Stereo cameras, 3D movies and edu-
cational videos are available for members
to rent.
The program for the meeting will be a
presentation of the winning entries from
the annual stereo sequence competition. A
club competition with the theme
"Reflections" will conclude themeeting.
All meetings are free to attend, and visi-
tors are alwayswelcome.
For more information, visit http://
, or
call DennisGreen at (248) 398-3591.
Philharmonic concert set
The Michigan Philharmonic Orchestra
will present the Springtime Swan Song con-
cert beginning at 7:30 p.m. April 11 at The
VillageTheater at CherryHill inCanton.
The concert will feature Norman
Fischer on cello and the music of
Tchaikovsky's SwanLake.
For ticketing prices, purchase or infor-
mation, call (734) 451-2112 or visit
QEDpresented in Plymouth
Barefoot Productions will present QED
for one weekend only at 240 N. Main St. in
Plymouth.
Curtain time will be 8 p.m. April 10 and
11 and 2 p.m. April 12.
Gerneral admission is $15 or $13 for stu-
dentswith identification.
To order tickets, call the box office at
(734)560-1493 or purchase them online at
The play is a nearly one-man show about
physicist Richard Feymans, life theories
and experiences.
T-Ball registration under way
Registration is now under way for the
City of Plymouth 5 and 6 year-olds co-ed T-
Ball league.
Registration will continue until April 10
andwill be accepted at the recreation office
during front counter hours, noon -4:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday or online
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First time users of the electronic regis-
tration
system
should
email
to set up a
user name and password or call(734) 455-
6620.
Players must be born July-December
2008, January-December 2009, or January-
July 2010.
The recreation office is located at 525
Farmer inPlymouth.
Volunteer coaches are also needed and
head coaches' children play for free. The
fee for City of Plymouth residents is $65 and
for non residents the fee is $85.
Chamber plans night at races
The horses may be about two weeks late
crossing the finishing line, but odds are no
one will be complaining during the
Kentucky Derby: A Night at the Races
planned for 6:30 p.m. April 18.
The event is the 28th annual dinner and
auction organized by the Canton Chamber
of Commerce. Tickets to the event, planned
at Burton Manor, are priced at $75 per per-
son and feature an open bar, a strolling din-
ner, live auctions and raffles, along with
entertainment for the expected crowd.
Organizers said that there will be video
footage every half hour of past horse races
fromvarious tracks and those in attendance
can "bet" on their favorites to win, place and
showandwinprizes during the evening.
Auction items this year include jewelry,
condominium time shares and tickets to
sporting events along with a pair of airline
tickets any destination in the continental
United States. The event is sponsored this
year by Jack Demmer Ford, Inc. and
OakwoodHealthcareSystems.
For tickets or information, call (734) 453-
4040.
