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Michigan festival thisweekend
The Buy Michigan Now Festival will
return to downtown Northville for the sixth
year thisweekend.
The event features street vendors, live
music and children's activities all highlight-
ing Michigan-based businesses and
Michigan-made products.
Admission and parking for the event are
free. Main and Center streets will be closed
in downtown Northville to accommodate
the vendors' booths anddisplays.
This year, entertainment inTownSquare
will include a Michigan Wine and Beer
Garden hosted by the Northville Chamber
of Commerce.
The event is open from noon until 9 p.m.
tomorrow, Aug. 1, from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m.
on Saturday and from11 a.m. until 5 p.m. on
Sunday, Aug. 3.
Cabaret under way inCanton
Young actors from Forever After
Productions are turning the 502 Grill in
south west Canton into a Broadway style
cabaret dinner theater.
Continuing through Aug. 3, At the 502: A
Dinner Cabaret is an evening of music from
pop to Broadway performed by a group of
young musicians, singers and actors in solo,
duet and groupperformances
At The 502: A Dinner Cabaret will take
place at the 502 Grill, 50296 Cherry Hill
Road in Canton, Sunday performances
begin at 6 p.m..
Tickets are $35 and include a buffet din-
ner
Purchase
tickets
at
www.ShowTix4U.com or www.foreverafter-
productions.com Seating is limited and
reservations are encouraged. For more
information call Forever After Productions
at (734) 547-5156.
Basketball Camp offered
Grace Center for Life is offering a bas-
ketball skills camp for boys and girls in
grades 1-9 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Aug 4, 5
and 6.
Day camp cost is $75 per child and there
is a discount for siblings from the same fam-
ily.
The camp will take place at Tyler
Elementary School, 42200 Tyler Road in
Belleville.
Included each day is a snack, a camp t-
shirt, guest speakers and a participation
certificated.
To register, call (734) 740-4230.
Camp 911 inBelleville
HuronValley Ambulance is hosting a
free two-day Camp 9-1-1 for children ages 8
- 12. Campers will be guided by paramedics
and EMTs through a variety of experiences
including touring an ambulance, learning
CPR, and visiting a local emergency room.
The Belleville Camp will take place
Aug. 6 and 7 at the U-M Boathouse at
BellevilleLake - 50745VanBurenPark
Registration is available online at
www.hva.org
or
by
emailing
camp911@emergenthealth.org or by calling
(734) 477-6781
Carboard boat races launch
As much creativity as engineering skill
will be required for entries in the very first
Cardboard Boat Race planned for 3:30-5:30
Aug. 9 at the Summit on the Park Aquatic
Center inCantonTownship.
Participants are encouraged to use cre-
ative teamwork to build a boat composed of
cardboard and duct tape prior to the event.
Races will be done by heat with five boats
per heat. Awards will be given to the slow-
est, fastest and most creative boats, he
added.
Assistance in finding cardboardmaterial
is available at (734) 394-5467.The entry fee
for this first-time event is $10 for Summit
members, $15 for Canton residents, and $20
for non-residents.
Registration for the boat race is avail-
able in person at the Summit or online at
cantonfun.org.
The Summit is located at 46000 Summit
Parkway, Canton. For more information
about this and other upcoming events at the
Summit, visit www.cantonfun.org.
City hosts golf outing
The City of Plymouth Recreation
Department will host a golf outing at the
Inn at St. John's Aug. 14. Therewill be a 9:30
a.m. shotgun start.
The cost is $125 per person or $500 for a
foursome. The fee includes a cart (two per
foursome), golf, door prize, awards, on-
course beverages, lunch, dinner, 50/50 raf-
fle, prize raffles andmemories.
All proceeds go to recreation programs,
supplies, equipment, and facility improve-
ments.
The department is still accepting raffle
prizes. To register for golf or donate contact
Lauren at (734) 455-6620 or visit www.ci.ply-
mouth.mi.us/RecreationSpecialEvents
[ h t t p : / / www. c i . p l ymo u t h . m i . u s
/index.aspx?nid=1111]for the forms.
Senior healthcare is topic
The Senior Brigade will visit the Leanna
Hicks Public Library of Inkster to discuss
Residential Care Choices during a meeting
set to begin at 6 p.m. Aug. 18.
Topics discussed will include how to
choose a nursing home, how to choose
home healthcare, how to recognize and
report abuse or neglect and ways to keep
loved ones save.
Themeeting is free and open to the pub-
lic.
The library is located at 2005 Inkster
Road in Inkster.
RomulusNight at Comerica Park
The Greater Romulus Chamber of
Commerce and the City of Romulus are
sponsoring Romulus Night at Comerica P
onAug. 27.
Check in will begin at city hall at 4:30
p.m. at the bus will leave at 5 p.m. from the
parking lot for the 7:08 p.m. game.
The $65 price includes the bus ride, a
buffet including hot dogs, hamburgers, cole
slaw, pasta salad, baked beans, chips and
soft drinks, and the seat at the game.
Tickets can be purchased by mail with
check or money order sent to: Romulus
Chamber of Commerce, 11189 Shook Road,
Suite 200, RomulusMI 48174.
For information, call (734) 893-0694 or
email info@romuluschamber.com
Golf classic planned
The 2014 Northville Community
Foundation Golf Classic to Help Kids is
planned for Sept. 11 at the Inn at St. John's
inPlymouth.
The event includes golf, course contests,
lunch, goody bags, prizes and a buffet din-
ner immediately following golf.
Volunteers are needed for the planning
committee and on the day of the event.
For more information or to register, call
(248)374-0200.
Senior scams explained
The Senior Brigade, a Michigan Seniors
Initiative, will visit the LeannaHicks Public
Library of Inkster to explain phone and
mail scams used against senior citizens at a
6 p.m. meeting Sept. 15.
Topics discussed will include charitable
scams, phone, mail and email scams and
how to reduce unwanted phone calls and
junk mail. Wayne to report a problem will
also be discussed.
Themeeting is free and open to the pub-
lic.
The library is located at 2005 Inkster
Road in Inkster.
The State Bar of Michigan will be
offering a free living trust initiative,
"Who Should You Trust?" at 6:30 p.m.
Aug. 6 at theWayneCommunityCenter.
The 60-minute presentation will help
seniors learn how to identify and avoid
'trust mill' scams and discuss the sales
tactics used to gain access to seniors
and their hard-earned savings.
The seminar is designed to help sen-
iors learn how to avoid becoming an
unsuspecting victim.
Participants will receive a specially-
designed folder containing essential
estate planning information, with easy
to remember reminders of the warning
signs. Thosewith estate plans already in
place are alsowelcome at the event
The Wayne Community Center is
located at 4635 Howe Road. For more
information, call Wayne Senior
Services, (734) 721-7460.
Who should you trust?
State offers seminars for seniors