No. 24
NEWS YOU CAN USE, NEWS YOU CAN TRUST
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June 16 – 22, 2016
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The Friends, People
Helping People program is
now accepting suggestions of
homes where owners are
unable to handle mainte-
nancework.
See page 2.
Members of the city council
approved a new $2,200 fee
for the rental of Ford Field
by unanimous vote last week.
See page 4.
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The Romulus High
School National Honor
Society raised $4,000 for the
Chad Tough Foundation, a
group dedicated to fighting
pediatric cancer.
See page 5.
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For home delivery of The Eagle call 734-467-1900.
Newly
appointed
Westland Parks and
Recreation Director John
Adams submitted his resig-
nation to Mayor William
Wild last Tuesday.
See page 4.
The
traditional
International Festival during
the Canton Liberty Fest this
year will take place from 11
a.m. until 6 p.m. Saturday,
June 18 at the Heritage Park
Amphitheater.
See page 2.
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State and county officials
have set their normally-
scheduled monthly coffee
hour event In Inkster from
noon until 1 p.m. Monday,
June 13.
See page 3.
Plymouth
Township
police officials have
responded to the reports of
12 recent thefts from cars
and garages with a warning
to residents.
See page 3.
The first concert in the
Belleville Area Art Council
Music Lakeside series is set
for 7 p.m. June 23 at Horizon
Park on High Street in
Belleville.
See page 5.
It will cost City of Plymouth
residents a littlemore to pay a lit-
tle less.
Members of the city commis-
sion last week voted to approve a
16.0048 tax rate, a 0.128 reduc-
tion, while they also approved a
1-percent administrative fee on
each tax. A homeowner paying
$5,000 in taxes will pay an extra
$50 to the city to offset the cost of
collecting the tax amount.
This is the first administrative
fee on the tax bills in the city in
30 years. The fee is allowed by
state law to pay the cost of collect-
ing taxes.
The new tax rate and new fee
were part of the adoption of the
newbudget of about $8million by
the commission last week.
Mayor Dan Dwyer voted
against the adoption of the budg-
et as he said he opposes the new
collection fee. He said that the
fee is actually a tax because it is
based on the value of the proper-
ty through the amount of tax
levied, rather than being a flat
rate collection fee. He added
that he believes that any increase
in taxes is a matter for voters to
decide.
“I support all every other facet
of the budget and all the hard
work that went into it,” Dwyer
said.
City Commissioner Oliver
Wolcott also opposed the new col-
lection fee and cast a no vote on
the budget.
The new collection fee will
generate about $216,000 annually
according to administration esti-
mates, when the fee formerly col-
lected from the Plymouth-Canton
Community School District for
collecting taxes is eliminated.
Collection fee added to city taxes
Family festivals will fill weekend
The 7th Annual Arts and
Acts Festival will return to his-
toric downtown Northville
June 17-19.
The festival, described as a
spotlight on the imagination,
art, talent and cultural diversi-
ty of artists throughout the
region. The festival includes
the 28th annual juried fine art
show Art in the Sun, featuring
more than 70 talented artists;
the Sandbox Play Festival pro-
duced by Tipping Point
Theatre; the Short on Words
Literary Contest; musical
entertainment featuring some
of metro Detroit's top musi-
cians; children's activities; the
annual Northville Art House
Chalk Festival and a large vari-
ety of food anddrink.
Arts and Acts brings togeth-
er the community to celebrate
the local arts. With the excep-
tion of tickets for the Sandbox
Play Festival, and a recom-
mended donation for the chalk
festival, Arts and Acts is a free
event. It is also a major
fundraiser for the Northville
Art House. The funds raised
allow the art house to bring
quality art exhibits and art edu-
cation to Northville and the
surrounding communities, a
spokesperson said.
Arts and Acts will be open
from 3-8 p.m. Friday, June 17,
from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m.
Saturday, June 18 and from 10
a.m. until 5 p.m. on Sunday,
Canton Liberty Fest returns
celebrating its 25th anniversary
with three action-packed fun-
filled days from today, June 16
through Saturday, June 18 in
Heritage Park, adjacent to the
Canton
Administration
Building, located at 1150 S.
CantonCenterRoad.
This year, events will take
place from 1-11 p.m. Thursday
and Friday, June 16 and 17 and
from 10 a.m. until 11 p.m. on
Saturday, June 18. Major spon-
sors for this annual community
event, include: AtchinsonFord;
Community Financial Credit
Union; DMC Children's
Hospital; The Goddard School
of
Early
Childhood
Development; Sysco; Twisted
Rooster; The Village Dentist
andComcast Xfinity.
This year will offer an
expanded lineup of carnival
rides, games and special attrac-
tions, organizers said, includ-
ing carnival rides and games in
the Family Zone. Wristbands
can be purchased for admis-
sion for an entire day to all the
rides. Discounted single-day
wristbands are now available
for $22 and can be used for any
full day if purchased at
before noon June 16. Mega
Bands are also available which
allow unlimited rides for all
three days at $60. Mega Bands
can only be purchased online
prior to the noon June 16 dead-
line. Online sales at
-
tonlibertyfest.com require a
$.99 per transaction fee. If pur-
chased at the Liberty Fest,
wristbands will be available for
$22 Thursday, $25 on Friday
and $27 on Saturday. All sales
are final. For more informa-
tion, call (734) 394-5460.
The debut of the free
Thursday Night Concert Series
will take place at the Canton
Live! Stage starting at 8 p.m. as
Country singer Alan Tuner
kicks things off. From 6:30-8
p.m., the annual Zumba Party
returns to the Heritage Park
Amphitheater. Music and
instructors will be on hand and
participants are asked to bring
a water bottle to keep hydrated
during the event. Entry fee is
just $5; cash only collected at
the event.
Throughout Liberty Fest,
the Canton Rotary Club will be
hosting an Adult Beverage
Tent, which is sponsored by
Liberty Street Brewing
Company. The tent will be open
from 4-10 p.m. Thursday: from
noon until 10 p.m. Friday and
from 10 a.m. until 11 p.m. on
Saturday. The tent will offer a
selection of craft beers and
hard ciders. Festival-goers
The sweetest celebration in
the area will take place this
weekendwhen the 40thAnnual
Belleville Strawberry Festival
takes place June 17, 18 and 19.
The event, which began four
decades ago as a celebration of
the strawberry harvest, will
bring free special events
including a parade which usu-
ally brings nearly 30,000 people
to downtownBelleville to enjoy
the more than 150 entries. The
parade will begin at 11 a.m.
Saturday and includes floats,
musical entertainment motor-
cades, marching bands, clowns
and acrobats during the two-
hour event.
The strawberry queen will
be selected from six contest-
ants during a pageant begin-
ning at 7:30 p.m. Friday at
Belleville High School in the
gymnasium. The queen and
her court will perform their
first official duties as they ride
in the parade Saturday morn-
ing greeting the crowds. The
grand marshal of the parade
this year is Sumpter Township
Chief of PoliceEricLuke.
As has become traditional,
there will be two midways
offering nearly nonstop events
from 5-10 p.m. all weekend.
One midway is located at St.
Anthony Catholic Church and
the other is in downtown
Belleville on Main Street. The
downtown midway is spon-
sored by the Belleville Area
Chamber of Commerce. The
white tigers exhibit will return
this year to the downtown
venue.
Arts and crafts will be
offered at three venues; down-
town; St. Anthony's Church and
at Trinity Episcopal Church.
Craftspeople and artisans from
throughout the state and near-
by will display and sell their
merchandise all weekend.
The traditional Cinnamon's
Car Show will take place from
9 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Sunday at
Victory Park at Five Points.
The Father's Day car show has
become an integral part of the
annual Strawberry Festival,
organizers said.
This year, there will be an
exhibition of Extreme Aqua
Sports Flyboarding from 2-5
p.m. Saturday at Horizon Park.
Flyboarding, a new sport,
sends riders into the air pow-
ered by a 60-foot hose which
feeds water onto the board.
Riders can get as high as 40-
feet in the air.
Canton Liberty Fest returns
Belleville National
Strawberry Festival begins
See
Arts,
page 4
See
Strawberry,
page 5
See
Liberty,
page 2
Arts and Acts featured throughout Northville streets
