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September 13, 2012
Chili Fest plan under way in Plymouth
Cemetery Walk is Sunday
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The 17th Annual Great Lakes
Regional Chili Cook-off and
Motorcycle Show will take place
from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 14 in downtown Plymouth.
The winners will take home
$2000 in prize money, and the
chance to compete in the $25,000
World Championship Chili Cook-
off sponsored by the International
Chili Society. Chili cooks wanting
to compete need to register at
www.GreatLakesChili.com
Along with the traditional Red
Chili competition there is a Chili
Verde contest (Green Chili) and a
Salsa contest. A Best Booth con-
test and People's Choice winners
will also be awarded prizes.
More than 60 different chilies
will be available beginning at
noon for a donation of $1 per sam-
ple and visitors can vote for their
favorite.
Area restaurants will get in
with the excitement at the
Restaurant Chili Challenge. They
will be serving up their best chili
and compete to be the best restau-
rant chili in the area. Twenty
restaurants will be competing for
this years' award. Past winning
restaurants include: Penn Grill,
Picnic Basket Market, Boulders
Restaurant (now Plymouth Roc),
Doyle's Tavern and Fox Hills Golf
& Banquet Center. Bowls of chili
available for a donation of $4 per
bowl or $1 per sample will be
available from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m.
All money raised during this
event goes to local charities and
this year the recipients are
Western Wayne Habitat for
Humanity and Penrickton Center
for Blind Children.
A Motorcycle Show and two
charity Chili Rides are planned by
Motor City Harley Davidson and
Dick Scott's Classic Motorcycles.
The Chili Bike Show is from 11
a.m. until 4 p.m. with categories
including Harley and non-Harley
classes. There is a fee to enter a
bike and all first place winners
will receive a trophy with one
lucky rider winning a Best of
Show award. The Chili Bike
Show is sponsored by Motor City
Harley Davidson and takes place
on Ann Arbor Trail at Kellogg
Park. The two Chili Rides begin
at each dealership. A fee per
rider will get participants V.I.P.
parking at the event. Both rides
are open to all bikes and will
arrive in downtown Plymouth at
11:30 a.m.
Entertainment at the cook-off
includes Steve King and the
Dittilies, dance performances,
children's activities and food and
vendor booths.
To register or for more infor-
mation, go to www.GreatLakes
Chili.com or contact Annette
Horn, (734) 776-9669 or
GLRChili@sbcglobal.net
Bike show and Chili Ride infor-
mation is available at MotorCity
HD (248) 473-7433 or www.
motorcityharley.com and Dick
Scott's Classic Motorcycles (734)
398-5454 or www.dickscott.com.
It's an invitationnot to be refused.
How many times, after all, do the
Oakwood Cemetery gates in Northville open
to the public and the “ghosts” of past citizens
promise to appear? Usually, about once a
year when the Northville Historical Society
presents the annual cemeterywalk.
This year the event titled A Stroll Down
Dunlap Street will take place from 3-6 p.m.
this Sunday, Sept. 16.Costumed citizens of
the past will appear in the cemetery and
share their lives and times with visitors on
the walk. Many are the people who shaped
the character of the city, according to Tillie
Van Sickle, a member of the historical socie-
ty. She said there will be all new characters
this year with a focus on those who lived on
DunlapStreet.
Oakwood Cemetery is located on West
Cady Street one block south of Main Street
between Center and Rogers. Van Sickle said
that visitors are encouraged towear comfort-
able clothing and sensible shoes.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for
groups of 10 or more if purchased in
advance. Tickets the day of the walk are $15
per person.
The cemetery walk will take place rain or
shine. For more information, call (248) 348-
1845 or visit www.millracenorthaville.org.
Vote recount to proceed
The votes in the Aug. 7 primary elec-
tion in Plymouth Township will be
recounted, despite the protests of the
apparent winners.
The Wayne County Board of
Canvassers was not convinced by the
arguments of incumbent Plymouth
Township Treasurer Ron Edwards who
was declared the unofficial winner of the
election by 400 votes. He defeated
Republican challenger Ed Schulz, who
requested the recount immediately after
the election.
Republican Nancy Conzelman, a first-
time candidate, defeated incumbent
Township Clerk Joe Bridgman by a mere
eight votes.
The board of canvassers decided to
recount the votes in that race as request-
ed by Bridgman despite Conzelman's
objections.
Both Conzelman and Edwards argued
that Schulz and Bridgman had not shown
evidence of the fraud of elections mis-
takes alleged in the recount petitions.
The winner in the treasurer's race will
face Rita White, a Democrat. There is no
challenger for the clerk's position.