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MichiganAvenueCruise is topic

A meeting to discuss the viability of a

Michigan Avenue Cruise in Wayne is

planned for 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 8 at the

US 12AmericanBar andGrill inWayne.

The previous organizer of the event has

no plans for a downtown Wayne cruise this

year as he has indicated there is not enough

sponsorship to fund the event. He will be

organizing a cruise in Westland rather than

Wayne on theusual July date.

This meeting will explore the possibility

of organizing a downtown Wayne as a non-

profit venture organized entirely by commu-

nity groups and local businesses. US 12 is

located at 34824 Michigan Ave, West in

Wayne. For more information, call (734) 722-

7639.

Bug hunters needed

Friends of the Rouge needs volunteers to

help look for stoneflies, mayflies and other

aquatic insects at the annual Spring Bug

Hunt on April 20. Interested volunteers must

pre-register byApril 5.

Children are welcome when accompa-

niedby a participating adult.

The event begins at 9 a.m. at the

University

of

Michigan-Dearborn

Environmental Interpretive Center.

Volunteers are assigned to teams of

Four to eight people who travel to two

sites where they look for living things in sam-

ples collected from the river under the direc-

tion of a trained team leader. The number

and type of bugs found is used to assess each

site and data are submitted to the state and

Rouge communities.

For more information or to sign up, visit

www.therouge.org

Maple Syrup tours offered

Maple Syrup tours have been extended

for another two weeks at Maybury Farm in

Northville.

The tours take place on the hour at 1, 2

and 3 p.m. April 6 and 7 and 14. Tours begin

with a hayride to the Sugar Bush where the

maple trees are tapped. The sap is then

transported to the evaporator in the new

sugar shack so visitors can see how the syrup

is actually made. Visitors can take part in all

phases of the process. Visitors should dress

warmly and boots are recommended for the

tours. Admission is $6 per person, children 2

and younger are admitted at no cost.

Maybury Farm is located at 50165 8 Mile

Road in Northville, 11/4 mile west of Beck

Road onEight Mile, 1/2milewest of Maybury

State Park. Enter at the Maybury Farm sign,

do not enter the state park. Parking is free.

For more information, call (248) 374-0200

Monday throughThursday.

Tax assistance available for seniors

Tax assistance is available by appoint-

ment only every Wednesday through April 3

at the Wayne Community Center, 4635 Howe

Road inWayne.

No age or residency restriction applies.

Clientsmust file basic/simple forms only

to have preparations done at this site. All

taxeswill be e-filed (electronically filed).

For appointments, call (734) 721-7460.

The Romulus Senior Center provides free

tax services through AARP from 9 a.m. until

noon everyThursday throughApril 11.

Tax services will also be available at the

Romulus Senior Towers.

Ass services are by appointment only and

no walk-ins will be accepted. To make an

appointment for Romulus services, call (734)

955-4120

Higher RockCafé opens

The Wayne Westland Salvation Army

hosts Higher Rock Café, an evening of

Christian music, fellowship, games and con-

cessions at 7:30 p.m. the fourth Friday of the

month at the corps headquarters, 2300 Venoy,

southof Palmer.

There is no cover charge. For more infor-

mation, call (734) 722-3660.

Bomber buffing party planned

The Yankee Air Museum is hosting the

18th Annual Bomber Buffing and Polishing

Party from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. April 6 at

WillowRunAirportHangar 1, BayB.

Volunteers will be buffing and polishing

the aluminum skins of the World War II

Boeing B-17 Flying fortress and North

American B-25 Mitchell plane. Volunteers

are urged to bring a can of Megular's

Aluminum Polish and plenty of clean, soft

rags.

Pizzawill be served for lunchat noon.

Volunteers should enter through the door

under the blue awning of M2 aircraft man-

agement.

Formore information, call (734) 546-8003.

MarchMadness hits trails

Another long, coldMichigan is coming to a

close, and the Friends of the I-275 Metro

Trail are busy getting the trail ready for the

upcoming, biking, running and blading sea-

son. A series of cleanups on the Wayne

County section of the trail is planned from

5:30 to 7p.m. April 9 at the Cherry Hill rest

area off northbound I-275, north of Michigan

Avenue inCantonTownship.

Volunteers will be focused on picking up a

winter's worth of accumulated trash, so work

gloves are suggested.

For more information call Dave Duffield

at (248) 982-8776, visit http://i-275.michi-

gantrails.org, or visit the Friends of the I-275

MetroTrail onFacebook.

The Voice contestant on stage

Tony Lucca, one of the most popular con-

testants on the NBC series The Voice will

appear in concert live on stage at The Village

Theater at Cherry Hill at 8 p.m. Saturday,

April 6.

Tickets to see this popular performer are

$20 and are now on sale online at

Cantonvillagetheater.org or at (734) 394-5460.

To learn more about this talented artist, visit

www.tonylucca.com.

The Village Theater at Cherry Hill is

located at 50400CherryHill Road.

Student muscians to perform

The Plymouth-Canton Winter Percussion

Ensemble will perform one night only in a

free concerts at 8 p.m. April 6 at the gymnasi-

um of Plymouth High School, 8400 Beck

Road inCantonTownship.

The Winter Drumline will perform at the

special performance. The drumline com-

prises students from the Plymouth-Canton

Educational Park and the bandprogram.

The Plymouth-Canton Winter Drumline

is active in the 2013 competition season and

have received numerous accolades for their

show, entitled Rituals. The Winter

Percussion Ensemble is under the direction

of Sean McElroy. On April 18, the Drumline

will travel to Dayton, Ohio to compete in the

world championship finals.

Square Foot Gardening is topic

A simplified system of gardening that

eliminates 80 percent of the pace, work,

weeds, watering and waste will be the topic

at a 1 p.m. class April 6 at the Romulus

PublicLibrary.

The class will include building, planting

and maintaining a raised garden bed and

natural and organic gardening. The event is