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NEWS YOU CAN USE, NEWS YOU CAN TRUST 75¢ July 21 - 27, 2011

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This year, for their "almost 10th Annual Golf Outing" the members of the police union in Wayne will play at the TaylorMeadowsGolf Course.

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City officials, Friends of the Library members, staff and residents celebrated the grand re-opening of the library Monday.

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Officials from the Miracle League of Plymouth, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing children from all areas with physical and men-tal disabilities an opportunity to play baseball, have set fall registration.

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Steven Bill, 13, of Northville, scored the winning run when the Michigan Ambush AAA baseball team captured the Battle of the Branch tournament.

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Runners and walkers from across western Wayne County will gather to race and raise money for the Community Assistance Foundation (CAF5) inVanBurennextmonth.

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A 22-year veteran of the Inkster Police Department was seriously injured while chasing two breaking and entering suspects on foot Monday. His condition is reported as fair.

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The official opening cere-mony marking the display of the The Vietnam Moving Wall will take place at 6 tonight on the grounds of Westland City Hall.

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Their names make true car enthusiasts swoon: Duesenberg, Maserati, Tucker, Lotus and Lamborghini.

More than 300 of the rarest and most valuable cars in the world will be parked on the links and the lawn at The Inn at St. John in Plymouth, just waiting for crowds of admirers to appear and appre-ciate them.

When that coveted invitation arrives by mail, collectors of these rare, high-end vintage cars know their vehicles have been judged worthy of joining the most presti-gious and rarified circle of classic vehicles in the country.

Local exhibitors invited this year include Glen Miller of Plymouth who will show his American Simplex Indy Car and Steve Timoszyk of Belleville who will shoe his 1968 Carmaro drag-ster.

After three decades at Meadow Brook Hall, the event will take place at The Inn at St. John's in Plymouth this year where organiz-ers expect to be able to offer an increased venue and more con-venience to the exhibitors and spectators who come from across the country and around the world to exhibit their vehicles or view the spectacular examples of engi-neering anddesign ondisplay. Three classic Dusenbergs, a

chronological line-up of Lincolns from 1921 until 1969 and a display of 33 pre- and post-World War II Indianapolis 500 race cars will be on exhibit this year along with vin-tage Mercedes-Benz models. A special exhibit will also honor the 100th anniversary of Chevrolet, the work of General Motors designer Chuck Jordan, the first 125 years of Mercedes-Benz and the Autorama Ridler Award win-ners.

Jim McCarter, executive direc-tor of the event, said that the dis-play simply outgrew the Meadow Brook venue, and Plymouth had a great deal to offer and a strong appeal to exhibitors and specta-tors.

“We loved Meadow Brook,” he said. “But we simply outgrew it and needed to offer more ameni-ties.”

The Concours d'Elegance will open to the public only on July 31, while exhibitor events will contin-ue during the entireweekend, July 29-31. Admission to the public show is $25 per person.

An attraction of St. John's, McCarter noted, were the hotel and meeting facilities which will allow the owners and exhibitors to remain close to their cars and ongoing events during the week-end.

He was lounging against a 1931

Cadillac V12 Cadillac Phaeton parked not far from a Bugatti Veyron. Vintage Indianapolis 500 race cars were also already parked on the lawn at St. John's last week, including a 1958 Kurtis and a 1927 Barber -Warnock, cars many out of the collecting circle haven't really heard of.

McCarter said an added attrac-tion to the new venue was one the committee hadn't anticipated: the involvement of the community. Volunteers from the Rotary

Club will be parking cars during the public event and the Plymouth Downtown Development Authority, along with sponsors Ironwood Grill, Dearborn Jewelers and Station 885, will pro-vide a shuttle to take exhibitors and visitors through Old Village and into downtownPlymouth. “The community involvement here has been amazing,” McCarter said.

As temperatures soared into the 90s and beyond, local com-munities opened cooling centers to help senior citizens and those without air conditioning survive the scorching temperatures. In Westland, the Bailey Recreation Center, theWilliamP. Faust Public Library, the Dorsey Center and the Friendship Center were open as cooling cen-ters from 9 a.m. Monday until tomorrow.

Westland Mayor William R. Wild said hours at the centers could be continued through next week if the anticipated high tem-peratures continue.

Information about the

Westland centers is available at the city website, www.cityofwest-land.com, he said. Wild also sug-gested that anyone with heat related health issues immediate-ly phone the Westland Fire Department at (734) 467-3201. In Canton Township, Kathy Rich, the emergency manage-

ment planner, also announced the opening of the Summit on the Park as a cooling center from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. She suggested that residents sign in at the front desk where they would receive directions.

In Romulus, the Senior Center at 36525 is available as a

cooling center from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. daily, Monday through Friday.

Rich said that during temper-atures like the ones this week, and those predicted to continue through next Monday, residents should slow down and avoid strenuous activity. Undertake any strenuous activity during the coolest part of the say, which is usually between 4 and 7 a.m. She also suggested that peo-ple stay indoors as much as pos-sible. If air conditioning is not available, stay on the lowest floor, out of the sunshine, she

Westland Mayor William R. Wild said hours at the centers could be continued through next week if the anticipated high temperatures continue.

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The Canton Farmer's Market has joined the Double Up Food Bucks program encouraging healthier eating and better access to fresh foods for low-income families.

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Local cooling centers help fight heat

Blue Angels will take to the skies over Belleville

In high gear

Concours d’Elegance has moved to Plymouth

The Blue Angels will star in the Thunder Over Michigan Air Show at Willow Run Airport this Saturday andSunday.

The Navy Flying Teamhas won worldwide acclaim for the daring precision flight skills and demon-strations.

Proceeds from the show will benefit the Yankee Air Museum and tickets are priced at $25 for adults until noon July 24. Children 15 and younger are admitted at no cost. Tickets at the gate will be $30 and the parking price will increase to $10 from $5 after July 24.

This year the event will show-case more than two dozen F/A-18 Hornets from across the country. TheBoeingF/A-18 is a twin-engine

carrier-based fighter aircraft cur-rently flownbyU.s. Navy pilots. The show this year will include an air and ground reenactment of a World War II Pacific-theatre bat-tle featuring a live flamethrower. Spectators will see three LVTs transporting U.S. Marines to the front lines of battle in order to maneuver a ground assault on the Japanese emplacement.

Simultaneously, two Japanese Zeros will be flying cover for the Japanese troops while six U.S. Navy Corsairs enter the theater and engage the two enemy aircraft inmultiple aerial dogfights. Other highlights include an aer-ial dogfight between two leg-endary Vietnam War military air-crafts and a display of a MV-22

Osprey, part airplane and part hel-icopter.

Tickets are available at www.yankeeairmuseum.org/air-

show or charge by phone at (886) 695-0888.

Gates will open at 9 a.m. both Saturday andSunday.

The Blue Angels will star in the Thunder Over Michigan Air Show.