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September 17, 2015
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Peace Rally planned
Rotary Tour de Ville Sunday
A Community Unity and Peace rally
will take place in the Canton Heritage
Park Amphitheater from 6:30-9:30 p.m.
onSaturday, Sept. 26.
Community members of all ages are
expected to attend this free event
designed to promote tolerance and the
principles of Not in Our Town, a move-
ment to stop hate, address bullying, and
build safe, inclusive communities for all.
Rally events will include a community
discussion, solidarity walk, guest speak-
ers, and a few other activities including
crafts for children.
This inaugural Canton event is being
presented in partnership by the Canton
Police Department, Canton Leisure
Services, Canton Public Library, and the
Canton Response to Hate Crimes
Coalition (CRHCC).
The CRHCC is an award-winning
coalition consisting of representatives
from community and faith-based organi-
zations, community and public school
leaders, and law enforcement who are
committed to raising awareness of hate
crimes and bias incidents, offering sup-
port to victims of the same, and restor-
ing a sense of community after such
incidents occur.
The Heritage Park Amphitheater is
located in Heritage Park, behind the
Canton Public Library, 1200 S. Canton
Center Road, next to the Canton
TownshipAdministrationBuilding.
Additional information on the rally
and the Not in Our Townmovement can
be found at
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Show will perform at 1:30 and again at
2:30 in the downtown area.
For the over 21 crowd, Big Ray and the
Motor City Kings will perform from 7-9
p.m. at theFestival Saloon.
The Mill Race Village buildings will be
open for tours from1-4 p.m. and therewill
be an Eclipse Vintage Baseball game
beginning at 1 p.m. at Ford Field. There
will be entertainment at the village
including ragtime and early jazz melodies
in the gazebo. Northville High School
mens' and women's choral ensembles are
also scheduled to performVictorian songs
during theweekend.
On Sunday, the art fair will continue
from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. and First Baptist
Church will host a morning service begin-
ning at 10 a.m. at theFestival Saloon.
The booths, theHay BaleMaze and the
Victorian Pedal Cars will all be open from
11 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 20
while the petting farm will be open from
11 a.m. until 3 p.m. The Michigan
Wheelmen Vintage Bicycle display, the
balloon twister, the caricature artist and
George Tait, the living statue will be
entertaining downtown crowds from 11
a.m. until 3 p.m. Sunday.
Eugene Clark will present his escape
artist show at 11:30 a.m. downtown and
his puppet show at 12:30 and 2:30. Gemini
will present musical entertainment at
noon and 2 p.m.
Momentum is building among bicy-
clists from novice to expert for the
Rotary Club of Northville second annual
Tour de Ville bicycle tour on Sunday,
Sept. 20.
Riders can choose fromthree courses
- 10 miles, 30 miles or 75 miles. All
routes begin and end in downtown
Northville and wind along historic
Hines Drive and throughout the Wayne
County Parks system.
The rider entry fee is $40 for all pre-
registered riders and $45 for day-of-the-
ride registrants.
Registered riders will receive a t-
shirt, a light breakfast and a hearty
lunch.
All routes will be clearlymarkedwith
direction indicators at essential corners
and routemaps are provided in registra-
tionpackets.
All registered riders also receive one
raffle ticket (as part of their entry fee)
for a $1,000 voucher for use at any D&D
Bicycle shop. Additional raffle tickets
can be purchased for $10 at the D&D in
downtown Northville or from a local
Rotarian.
In addition, D&D and Thule will be
auctioning off a vehicle bike rack and
Thule will have a tent where those in
attendance can bring their vehicle for a
bike rack safety check.
Following the Tour de Ville, riders
are encouraged to stay on and visit the
Victorian Festival taking place in down-
townNorthville.
Proceeds from the Tour de Ville will
go to the Rotary Foundation (world
eradication of polio, clean water proj-
ects in third world countries, etc.) and
the Rotary Club of Northville (local
charities, scholarships, local exchange
student programs, city beautification,
Little Free Libraries, etc.). Part of the
proceeds will also benefit the Kids
Against Hunger initiative, which each
year allows Northville Public Schools
and inner-city Detroit elementary stu-
dents to work side-by-side packaging
meals for hungry people locally and
around theworld.
Formore information about the Tour
deVille, visit
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Fraud suspect is sought
The Canton Police
Department is ask-
ing for assistance in
identifying the fraud
suspect pictured in
the surveillance
photo at right. The
unidentified male is
suspected of using a
cloned debit/credit
card to make pur-
chases at a retail
store in Canton
Township on Aug.
18. Anyone who rec-
ognizes this man is
asked to contact the
Canton
Police
Department
at (734) 394-5400.
Victorian
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