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Former Wayne Memorial High School art teacher Eugene Smith will have a showing of his artwork at a Ferndale art gallery this month.

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City council members have approved a fundraiser for the Ball Road Tabernacle Church to aid the Niche for the Needy organization to help those in need in the community.

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The American Red Cross blood drives will continue next week at Plymouth City Hall where special raffle prizes and incentives are being offered to lure donors tohelp.

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A Detroit radio personality has died of injuries he suf-fered when he walked into oncoming traffic in Northville last week. The driver in the incident will not be cited.

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The Belleville Area Historic Museum and Historical Society is seeking donations of household items to be sold to benefit the muse-um during the annual city-wide yard sale.

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Inkster voters have OK’d a $20 million bond issue for the repair of sewers and chosen candidates to face off in the Nov. 8 election.

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The annual Target School Spree took place at the Westland Target store last week. The event, co-spon-sored by The Salvation Army, provides school supplies to area students.

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A weekend celebration of all things Michigan will take over downtown Northville this week-end.

The third annual Buy Michigan Now Festival will include street vendors, live music and children's activities, all highlighting Michigan-based businesses and Michigan-made products in con-junction with Buy Michigan Week. Hours will be from 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5 and Saturday, Aug. 6 and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7 along Main and Center Streets. Admission is free as is most park-ing.

Entertainment includes live bands and acoustic performances on the Main Stage at Town Square and the Performance Patio at the west end of Main Street, along with Kids Zone magicians, mascots and activities at Old Church Square. Blaine Fowler from WDVD 96.3 FM will make a special appear-ance onFriday.

The Northville Historical Society will join in the Buy Michigan Now Festival by focusing on all the locally made and

Michigan made products in the J. M. Meade General Store at Mill RaceVillage.

Made in Northville products include hand-made birdhouses, some that look like the Wash Oak School at the Village, as well as other styles. Other hand-made items include slate type (coopered) small barrels, wooden spinning tops and wooden candlesticks, all made by Historical Society mem-bers.

The village blacksmiths have created horseshoes, coat hooks and other items at the working smithy and will demonstrate from 1-4 Sunday afternoon.

The Weaver's Guild, housed at the Village, crafted bobbin lace bookmarks and wash cloths and there will be handmade dolls and Mill Race Village framed photos and greeting cards For more infor-mation call (248) 348-1845 or visit www.millracenorthville.org

Hiller's, a major sponsor of Buy Michigan Now, has been highlight-ing Michigan products on its shelves for years. Among the hun-dreds of favorite brands at this fam-ily-owned grocer are Boar's Head, Better Made, Fresh Salsa, Pioneer Sugar, and Old Orchard juices. Hiller's will host an exhibit full of informationduring the festival. Northville cafes and restaurants

Officials in Romulus will take a littlemore time toweigh the possi-ble location of medical marijuana clinicswithin city borders. City council members extend-ed a moratorium on the opening of medical marijuana clinics in the city until Dec. 5, 2011 to give the appointed steering committee members a little additional time to work on a proper ordinance to govern the clinics, said council president LeroyBurcroff. "The reality is that it is the law and we're trying to work within the law to make sure we have a plan for the City of Romulus," said

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The moratorium had been set to expire onAug. 5.

Michigan voters approved the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act in November of 2008, allowing for those stricken with certain kinds of illnesses or medical conditions to use marijuana to ease some of their symptoms. Since then, more than 149,811 original and renewal applications have been received and more than 80,829 patient reg-istrations issued. More than 16,000 applications have been denied-mostly due to incomplete applica-tion or missing documentation,

according to the Michigan Department of Licensing and RegulatoryAffairs (LARA). Plenty of questions have come up that the Michigan law does not address, as well, such as whether those who live within 1,000 feet of a school property can grow or pos-sess medical marijuana, if the law would be recognized across state lines, or if it is still technically legal to distribute medical mari-juana, since possession or traffick-ing in the narcotic is a federal law. Recent federal rulings have cast further questions on the issue. The City of Romulus has host-

ed public hearings and study ses-sions on the issue, where council members listened to people whose physicians have recom-mended they use the drug-it can-not be prescribed-as well as those who are interested in becoming caregivers-those who are able to grow a pre-determined amount of the drug formedical purposes. Burcroff said the council need-ed additional time to ensure they wouldhandle the issue properly. "I think it's very important to look at this and do it right," said

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Pippi Longstocking, the beloved heroine of children's literature, will be coming to the stage at theVillageTheater at Cherry Hill for 13 perform-ances starting tomorrow.

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Romulus extends moratorium on marijuana

Northville hosts Buy Michigan Now

The Canton Community Foundation is look-ing formore than just “a fewgoodmen.” Foundation officials want veterans, veterans' family members and their legal advisors from throughout the area to attend the second educa-tional forumplanned for nextmonth.

The foundation has been awarded a second grant from the Holbook Charitable Trust to sponsor the two-day workshop Sept. 14 and 15 at the Laurel Manor Banquet and Conference Center inLivonia.

The forum targets advocates who work with veterans to obtain benefits, as well as veterans and their families, noted Canton Community FoundationPresident JoanNoricks.

The 2010 summit narrowed the gap in

Michigan's lack of continuing legal education required of veteran advocates to maintain accreditation to work with the VA. The event drew more than 30 legal advocates and more than 150 veterans and family members, she said.

“The grant recognizes the valuable resource this Canton Community Foundation program is to the veterans' community in Wayne County and the surrounding communities,” said foun-dation board member and attorney Jim Fausone.

“The grant receipt is timely as awareness grows about Michigan's lower ranking among all states for the number of veterans receiving ben-efits,” saidMichael Harris, executive director of

MichiganParalyzedVeterans of America. Senior Alliance of Wayne County officials have also recently discussed the lower state ranking. “We are trying to make veterans aware of the benefits,” said Harris, a Senior Alliance boardmember.

The upcoming program will target the approximately 350,000 veterans who live inmet-ropolitan Detroit and the close to 150 attorneys and Veterans Service Officers who work with veterans.

As with the 2010 seminar, the first day of the event will be devoted to the professionals. The second day will focus on the benefits for which veterans and their familiesmay be eligible. “We are excited to again sponsor this event. We've had a number of veterans asking if we would put on a similar workshop this year. We are urging veterans to save the date and attend this very useful and informational educational forum,”Noricks said.

In 2010, veterans fromas far away as Lansing and Port Huron attended the program. This year, it will again be open to all veterans whether or not they live in Wayne County, Noricks added.

“It is significant for veterans to be able to hear from multiple expert sources on veteran benefits and the VA resources that are avail-able. These are resources and entitlements that have been earned by service to their country,” Fausone said.

Harris, who spoke at the 2010 educational forum, agreedwithFausone and added, “This is

Benefits, help for veterans is forum topic

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