meets the first and third Friday of each
            
            
              month at the Plymouth Historical Museum,
            
            
              located and Main and Church streets in
            
            
              Plymouth.
            
            
              The doors open at 7 p.m. and meetings
            
            
              include a social time, a program and 25 lot
            
            
              stamp auction.
            
            
              Additional information about club activi-
            
            
              ties and future show is available at
            
            
              http.www.//thewssc.com.
            
            
              Romulus FarmersMarket open
            
            
              The Romulus Farmers Market is now
            
            
              open at the downtown Romulus Historical
            
            
              Park pavilion from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. every
            
            
              Saturday, except Sept. 15.
            
            
              The market features farm fresh eggs, pro-
            
            
              duce, crafts and artisanwares.
            
            
              The pavilion is located at 11147 Hunt St.,
            
            
              inRomulus.
            
            
              For more information, or vendor require-
            
            
              ments, contact James Lee, (734) 377-8720.
            
            
              Worship in the Park Sunday
            
            
              The public is invited to Worship in the Park
            
            
              at Old Cherry Hill Schoolhouse located at
            
            
              Cherry Hill and Ridge Roads in Canton
            
            
              Township.
            
            
              Bring lawn chairs and friends for an 11 a .m.
            
            
              worship service on Sunday, July 22 and 29.
            
            
              Services will be hosted by St. Michael
            
            
              Lutheran Church and additional information
            
            
              canbe obtainedby calling (734) 459-3333.
            
            
              Sidewalk sales planned
            
            
              The Downtown Plymouth Sidewalk Sales
            
            
              will take place from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m.  on
            
            
              Friday, July 20 and from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.
            
            
              Saturday, July 21.
            
            
              Participating merchants who will offer
            
            
              special discounts and bargains include:
            
            
              Bella Mia, Candy Trail, Creatopia, Gigi's
            
            
              Mode, Hands on Leather, Home Sweet
            
            
              Home, Isabella's Copper Pot, Kiwins, Maggie
            
            
              & Me, Magnolia, Merle Norman, Old World
            
            
              Olive Press, R.S.V.P., Razzamatazz, Simply the
            
            
              Best, Sun&SnowandTranquiliTea.
            
            
              Please contact the contact the Plymouth
            
            
              Community Chamber of Commerce at (734)
            
            
              453-1540 formore information.
            
            
              Hunter SafetyClass set
            
            
              A Michigan Hunter Safety Class will take
            
            
              place from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday July
            
            
              28 and Sunday July 29 at VFW Post 9568 in
            
            
              Romulus.
            
            
              Pre-registration for the two-day class is
            
            
              required and will take place from 5-8 p.m.
            
            
              July 19 or noon-3 p.m. July 21 at the VFW
            
            
              Post. Class materials will be distributed at
            
            
              the time of registration. If registration is
            
            
              impossible during one of these two sessions,
            
            
              students are urged to phone Kris Matthew
            
            
              (734) 662-7852 or (734) 646-3763 the Romulus
            
            
              VFW Post (734) 941-3030) or email:
            
            
              HVCA2010@aol.com
            
            
              The VFW Post is located at 39270 Huron
            
            
              River Dr., between Hannan and Northline
            
            
              roads inRomulus.
            
            
              There is no charge for the class and stu-
            
            
              dents can earn a Michigan Hunter Safety
            
            
              Certificate, which is required for those born
            
            
              after Jan. 1, 1960 to purchase a Michigan
            
            
              hunting license or are planning an out-of-
            
            
              statehunting trip.
            
            
              Refreshments and lunch will be served
            
            
              bothdays of the class.
            
            
              Sign-up sheets are now available at the
            
            
              VFW post and the Wayne County Raccoon
            
            
              Hunters Association.
            
            
              Concours d'Elegance visitsMill Race
            
            
              Vehicles from the Concours d'Elegance
            
            
              will be visiting Mill Race Village in
            
            
              Northville at noon July 27.
            
            
              The Concours d'Elegance is an exhibit of
            
            
              prestigious collector cars as well as an auto-
            
            
              motive art exhibition, a vintage car auction
            
            
              and other events which can be seen it its
            
            
              entirety at The Inn of St. John's in Plymouth
            
            
              beginning July 29.
            
            
              Mill Race Historical Village is located at
            
            
              215Griswold inNorthville.
            
            
              The event is free and open to the public
            
            
              and will be sponsored by the Northville
            
            
              Historical Society. Formore information, call
            
            
              (248) 348-1845.
            
            
              Circus tickets nowon sale
            
            
              KellyMiller Circus tickets are nowon sale
            
            
              at the Wayne Community Center. The circus
            
            
              will be in at Attwood Park for one-day only
            
            
              with shows at 2 and 5:50 p.m.  Aug. 11.
            
            
              Pre-sale tickets are $6 for children, 12 and
            
            
              younger, and $10 for adults.
            
            
              The community center is located at 4635
            
            
              HoweRoad inWayne.
            
            
              Friends to clean I-275
            
            
              The Friends of the I-275 Metro Trail will
            
            
              host a trail work day from 6:30-9 p.m.
            
            
              Thursday, July 26.
            
            
              "Despite the hot, dry weather, the vegeta-
            
            
              tion is growing out of control, sowe'll be beat-
            
            
              ing back the brush on the section of trail near
            
            
              Five Mile Road," said Dave Duffield. The
            
            
              group will meet on the trail or in the parking
            
            
              lot of Oasis Golf Center on the north side of
            
            
              Five Mile east of Haggerty, 39500 Five Mile
            
            
              Road. Volunteers are asked to bring clippers,
            
            
              pruners, loppers, scythes/sickles, rakes,
            
            
              brooms and any other brush trimming tools
            
            
              and towear protective eye wear, work gloves,
            
            
              long pants and a long-sleeved shirt to protect
            
            
              against poison ivy.  Water and light snacks
            
            
              will be provided.
            
            
              Formore information call Duffield at (248)
            
            
              994-3074, or visit http://www.I-275.michi-
            
            
              gantrails.org. orFacebook.
            
            
              Christian concert set
            
            
              St. Michael Lutheran Church and School
            
            
              in Wayne will host Spoke Folk, a Christian
            
            
              musical concert at 7 tonight, July 19.
            
            
              The church is located at 3003 Hannan
            
            
              Road inWayne.
            
            
              Victorian applications available
            
            
              The Northville Victorian Festival will
            
            
              return for the 24th year Sept. 21-23 through-
            
            
              out the downtown area.
            
            
              Registration for non-profit groups and
            
            
              crafters who want to the part of the festival
            
            
              are now being accepted. The festival is spon-
            
            
              sored by the Northville Chamber of
            
            
              Commerce and includes a parade, entertain-
            
            
              ment, food, history and a craftmarket.
            
            
              Non-profit groups including school clubs,
            
            
              scouts, churches, service organizations and
            
            
              others can now apply for booths to sell food
            
            
              and merchandise as fundraisers or host
            
            
              games.
            
            
              Booth rental is $100 for the entire week-
            
            
              end. Hours will be 5-8 p.m. Sept. 21, 111 a.m.
            
            
              until 8 p.m. Sept. 22 and noon until 4 p.m.
            
            
              Sept. 23.
            
            
              Crafters can join the craft market on
            
            
              Saturday and Sunday. Craft booth rental is
            
            
              $130withan additional $10 jury fee.
            
            
              Applications are available at the chamber
            
            
              website, www.northville.org.
            
            
              For more information, call (248) 349-7640
            
            
              of chamber@northville.org.
            
            
              Grief seminar scheduled
            
            
              Ward Presbyterian Church is sponsoring a
            
            
              one day grief seminar, From Grief to New
            
            
              Hope from 9 a.m. until noon on Saturday,
            
            
              July 28 inRoomC-319 atWardChurch.
            
            
              This workshop will be presented by Cathy
            
            
              Clough, founder/executive director of New
            
            
              HopeCenter for Grief Support and co-author
            
            
              of Grieving Forward: DeathHappened, Now
            
            
              What? All adults who are learning to cope
            
            
              after the death of a loved one are encour-
            
            
              aged to attend.  There is no charge for the
            
            
              seminar.
            
            
              Ward Church is located at 40000 Six Mile
            
            
              Road in Northville.  Registration is not nec-
            
            
              essary.   More information about the seminar
            
            
              and other age and loss specific groups is
            
            
              available at (248)348-0115.
            
            
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              And the champ is…
            
            
              There is always a great deal of excitement surrounding the Olympics, and there have
            
            
              been some unique approaches to celebrating the event. This year, to mark the opening
            
            
              of the games in London, RealBarBQ of Canton will host an Olympic Eatin' Competition
            
            
              beginning at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 28 at the 42452 Ford Road location. The adult who
            
            
              consumes the most pulled pork sandwiches in 8 minutes will win a $200 RealBarBQ gift
            
            
              card and all other contestants selected to participate will receive $25 gift cards.   In all,
            
            
              eight contestants will be selected to participate, and they will have 8  minutes to finish
            
            
              off as many pulled pork sliders as they can.   Eight children between the ages of 6 - 12
            
            
              will compete to see who can eat a RealBarBQ Deep Fried Twinkie the fastest. The first
            
            
              place winner will receive a $50 iTunes gift card, and each of the participants will receive
            
            
              a $10 book store gift card.  Anyone interested in competing is encouraged to enter at
            
            
              the RealBarBQ restaurant or on-line at realbarbq.com to fill out an entry form by July 20.
            
            
              Eight people for each contest will be randomly selected by RealBarBQ staff and all con-
            
            
              testants will be notified if they were chosen by July 23.  For more information, call (734)
            
            
              667-3996 or visit our web site for a complete menu at realbarbq.com