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              to attend for free. The target age
            
            
              for children is 6 to 12 years old;
            
            
              however, children under 6 will
            
            
              need to be accompanied by an
            
            
              adult.
            
            
              Visit
            
            
              www.plymouthhistory.org for more
            
            
              information. Tickets can be pur-
            
            
              chased at the museum or using
            
            
              Paypal at http://www.plymouthhis-
            
            
              tory.org/events/civil-war-kids-
            
            
              kamp.html.
            
            
              VacationBible Schools begin
            
            
              St. Michael Lutheran Church
            
            
              and School in Wayne will host
            
            
              Vacation Bible School from 5-8:30
            
            
              p.m. Aug. 6 through Aug. 9 at the
            
            
              church, 3003 Hannan Road in
            
            
              Wayne.
            
            
              For information, call (313) 575-
            
            
              9922.
            
            
              The River Of Life Church at 870
            
            
              Savage Road in Belleville will also
            
            
              have a Vacation Bible School from
            
            
              6:30-8:30 p.m. Aug. 6 through 10.
            
            
              The class topic will be Babylon:
            
            
              Daniel's Courage inCaptivity
            
            
              For more information, call the
            
            
              church at (734) 699-6700.
            
            
              Senator sets hours
            
            
              State Senate Democratic Floor
            
            
              Leader Tupac A. Hunter (D-
            
            
              Detroit) announced his Talk Time
            
            
              with Tupac schedule for themonth
            
            
              of July.  He will be available to dis-
            
            
              cuss the issues he is currently
            
            
              working on in Lansing with local
            
            
              residents in Inkster from noon
            
            
              until 1 p.m. at Friday, Aug. 10 at
            
            
              McDonald's, 27125 Cherry Hill
            
            
              Road.
            
            
              Area residents are invited to
            
            
              attend. Hunter requests that inter-
            
            
              ested parties call his office toll-free
            
            
              at (866) 262-7305 in order to con-
            
            
              firm their attendance.  Please be
            
            
              sure to leave a voicemail message
            
            
              if necessary.
            
            
              Community Art Showplanned
            
            
              The Belleville Area Council for
            
            
              the Arts is presenting the third
            
            
              annual Community Art Show from
            
            
              noon until 8 p.m. Aug. 10 and from
            
            
              10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Aug. 11 at St.
            
            
              Anthony's Catholic Church, 409
            
            
              West Columbia inBelleville.
            
            
              There is no admission charge
            
            
              for the show and artists from any
            
            
              medium and of any age are wel-
            
            
              come to submit works. There is a
            
            
              $10 entry fee and the top three
            
            
              winners in all three age categories
            
            
              (6-12 13-17 and 18 and older) will
            
            
              receive prizes of $300, $200 and
            
            
              $100 respectively. The work will be
            
            
              judged professionally and artists
            
            
              can sell the entries during the
            
            
              exhibit. There will also be a view-
            
            
              ers' choice award presented to one
            
            
              of the artists.
            
            
              A food court will also be avail-
            
            
              able all day, both days of the event.
            
            
              Entry forms and information are
            
            
              available at www.bellevil-
            
            
              leartscouncil.org. For more infor-
            
            
              mation, contact Kay Atkins, (734)
            
            
              697-9376.
            
            
              Longest Garage Sale coming to
            
            
              Wayne
            
            
              The longest garage sale in the
            
            
              state will come to downtown
            
            
              Wayne from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Aug.
            
            
              11.
            
            
              The event will take place from
            
            
              Second Street to Elizabeth and
            
            
              table rentals are still available.
            
            
              Table rentals are $25 until Aug.
            
            
              5 and $30 fromAug. 6 through 10.
            
            
              The event is sponsored by the
            
            
              Wayne Chamber of Commerce and
            
            
              participants are expected to bring
            
            
              all their own set up need like
            
            
              tables, chairs, hanging racks, boxes,
            
            
              bags etc.
            
            
              More information is available at
            
            
              (734) 721-0100.
            
            
              Chamber hosts golfers
            
            
              The Greater Romulus Chamber
            
            
              of Commerce will host the Annual
            
            
              Golf Outing on Thursday, Aug. 16 at
            
            
              Gateway Golf Course, located in
            
            
              Romulus.
            
            
              Registration is $120 per golfer.
            
            
              After that date, the cost is $120 per
            
            
              person.
            
            
              The fee includes a continental
            
            
              breakfast, lunch at the turn and a
            
            
              banquet dinner with awards.
            
            
              Sponsorships are available.  For
            
            
              more information or to register for
            
            
              the outing call (734) 893-0694 or
            
            
              email
            
            
              at
            
            
              info@romuluschamber.com.
            
            
              Ripple Effect tomeet
            
            
              The Wayne Ripple Effect gener-
            
            
              al meetings take place at 6:30 p.m.
            
            
              the third Thursday of every month
            
            
              at the Wayne Chamber of
            
            
              Commerce office.
            
            
              For more information, call (734)
            
            
              721-0100
            
            
              Event to benefit NAMI
            
            
              A golf outing is planned begin-
            
            
              ning at 7:30 a.m. Aug. 12 at Fox
            
            
              Hills Golf Club in Plymouth to ben-
            
            
              efit for NAMI, the National
            
            
              Alliance onMental Illness.
            
            
              The event includes a scramble
            
            
              on The Golden Fox course for $100
            
            
              per player or a Par 3 shootout on
            
            
              The StrategicFox for $85 a player.
            
            
              The day also includes a brunch
            
            
              which can be purchased separate-
            
            
              ly for $25 per person, children ages
            
            
              3-12 can eat for $10.
            
            
              The events include special con-
            
            
              tests and prizes including a 2-years
            
            
              lease on a newcar.
            
            
              For more information, contact
            
            
              Tony Mitchell, (313) 550-2117, Vince
            
            
              Toia, (734) 455-2630 or Nami Metro,
            
            
              (248) 348-7197.
            
            
              Mom2MomSale planned
            
            
              The first Moraine Mom 2 Mom
            
            
              Sale will take place Saturday, Sept.
            
            
              15, at the Northville school. There
            
            
              will be book tables and more than
            
            
              120 sellers are expected with gen-
            
            
              tly used infant, child, and materni-
            
            
              ty clothing, toys, games, videos,
            
            
              books, and other mom-related
            
            
              goods. Tables for gently-used items
            
            
              can be rented for $20 and retail
            
            
              mom-related vendors can rent a
            
            
              table for $40.
            
            
              All proceeds benefit the
            
            
              Moraine PTA and help provide
            
            
              extra support for students and
            
            
              teachers.
            
            
              To learn more and to register to
            
            
              sell, visit http://www.morainemom
            
            
              2mom.com or email info@moraine
            
            
              mom2mom.com for more informa-
            
            
              tion. Space is limited.
            
            
              Victorian clothing sale set
            
            
              The Northville Historical
            
            
              Society will sponsor the annual
            
            
              Victorian Festival Clothing Sale
            
            
              from 1-5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6,
            
            
              from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. Friday,
            
            
              Sept. 7 and from 10 a.m. until 4
            
            
              p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8 at Mill Race
            
            
              Historical Village, 215 Griswold
            
            
              Ave., north of Main Street in down-
            
            
              townNorthville.
            
            
              Victorian era clothing and
            
            
              accessories for adults and children
            
            
              will be available. Vendors have
            
            
              new, gently used and vintage cloth-
            
            
              ing for sale.
            
            
              Admission to the sale is $2 for
            
            
              adults. Cash sales are preferred as
            
            
              some vendors do not accept checks
            
            
              or credit cards.
            
            
              For more information, call (248)
            
            
              348-1845 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.
            
            
              Monday through Friday, or access
            
            
              www.millracenorthville.org..
            
            
              Belleville alumni tomeet
            
            
              Belleville High School Class of
            
            
              1992 20-year reunion will take
            
            
              place from 7-11 p.m. Saturday,
            
            
              Sept. 15 at Emagine Theater-Star
            
            
              Lanes inRoyal Oak.
            
            
              Tickets must be purchased
            
            
              before Sept. 1 andwill not be avail-
            
            
              able at the door.
            
            
              The cost is $50 per person
            
            
              before June 1 and $55 per person
            
            
              after that date.
            
            
              For more information, access
            
            
              our Facebook event page
            
            
              “Belleville High School Class of
            
            
              1992 Reunion” or email tolliver-
            
            
              amy@gmail.com.
            
            
              Chamber hosts luncheon speaker
            
            
              Randy Perteet, business devel-
            
            
              opment specialist, U. S. Postal
            
            
              Servicewill be the guest speaker at
            
            
              the Greater Romulus Chamber of
            
            
              Commerce Business Luncheon on
            
            
              Tuesday, Sept. 18,  at the Clarion
            
            
              Hotel, 8600Merriman, Romulus.
            
            
              The cost of the luncheon is $15
            
            
              members/$18 non members.
            
            
              Registration starts at 11:30 a.m.
            
            
              and lunch is served at noon.
            
            
              Reservations can be made by call-
            
            
              ing the chamber at (734) 893-0694
            
            
              or by email at info@romuluscham-
            
            
              ber.com.
            
            
              Seating is limited.
            
            
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              Full of fun…
            
            
              About 50 onlookers cheered on the contestants Saturday at the
            
            
              Real BarBQ contest Saturday. Kyle Wardynski, defeated challengers
            
            
              Mickey Smith and David Smith in downing 12 pulled pork sliders in
            
            
              8 minutes to win a $200 Real BarBQ gift card. His challengers won
            
            
              $25 Real BarBQ gift cards from the Ford Road location in Canton
            
            
              Township.