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September 20, 2018
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City to host health fair
Mutt Walk set in Belleville
Library to host storyteller
Area residents of all ages are expect-
ed at the annual Romulus Health and
Wellness Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 26, at the Romulus
Senior Center, 36525Bibbins.
The event - which is expected to
attract hundreds from around the
region - will feature resources and help-
ful information from a variety of ven-
dors.
There will be free blood-pressure
checks, blood-sugar screenings, vision
and hearing examinations and flu shots.
Diabetic health information and shoes
will be available.
Attendees will be able to take home
information about health care, insur-
ance coverage, recreation facilities,
home care andmuchmore.
Many of the offerings are free.
Advance registration is requested for flu
and shingles shots. Patients must pro-
vide medical information and an identi-
fication card.
There will be giveaways, raffles and
prizes.
Vendors, organizations and agencies
scheduled to attend include: Blue Cross
& Blue Shield of Michigan; The Senior
Alliance; Corpore Sano (home care and
hospice); Beltone Hearing Center;
Romulus Athletic Center (RAC); Detroit
Medical Center (DMC); Premiere Care
HomeHealthCare Solutions; AARP; MI
Café; Bridge Cards; Veterans Haven;
Oak Street Health; Beaumont Hospital
ofWayne andBeaumont Health System;
American House; ER Drugs; Beacon
Hospice; CVS Pharmacy (will provide
flu shots); Humana; PACE Southeast
Michigan; Dr. Michael Hartman,
Podiatrist andCraneFuneral Home.
“It's a wonderful day to get all the
resources and information you need to
better your life,” said Rose Swidan,
director of the Romulus Senior Center.
“Therewill be a nice variety of vendors -
all in one location. You can talk to spe-
cialists in home care, new prescription
delivery, insurance coverage and so
muchmore. Everyone is invited.”
There is limited space for additional
vendors.
Table space for the event is $100, plus
a gift donation for the raffle.
For more information, call Swidan at
the Romulus Senior Center, (734) 955-
4120.
Monsters of various sizes will be
strolling the streets of downtown
Belleville nextmonth.
The costumed Monster Mutt Walk is
planned for 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20,
organized by the Belleville Central
Business Community and Friends of
MichiganAnimalsRescue.
Registration for the third annual
event, which will take place on the side-
walks starting from Fourth Street
Square, will take place from 1-1:30 p.m.
in the Fourth Street Square between
Bayou Grill and Egan's Pub. The entry
fee is $10 plus a can of dog or cat food.
Advance registration is encouraged,
organizers said.
Medals will be awarded to the first,
second and third place winners in three
costume categories, scariest, cutest and
best mutt and family. In the mutt and
family category, the family must also be
dressed in costume.
The Friends of Michigan Animals
Rescue will have a kissing booth set up
and visitors can enjoy a poochie smooch
for only $1.
Therewill be adoptable dogs on site.
Applications to enter the parade are
available at
or by
calling (734)558-5368 after 3:30 p.m. for
information,
email
The event is sponsored by Willis
Insurance Agency and Belleville
Downtown on theLake.
The Belleville Library will host La'Ron
Williams for an evening of storytelling
beginning at 7 p.m. Sept. 25.
The evening is suitable for adults and
children 11 and older.
Williams is a local performer whose
stories focus on folk tales from African
and African-American traditions, as well
as tales from his own life. His storytelling
addresses race, society and the struggle to
expand the American ideal of democratic
inclusion. His interactive performance
featuresmusic and singling.
The event is free.
The library is located at 167 4th St. in
Belleville.
For more information, call (734) 699-
3291.
A special celebration
Sheldon Chandler and Romulus Mayor LeRoy D. Burcroff, above, unveil the new
monument honoring Medal of Honor recipient Cpl. Charles Cawetzka in the
Romulus Memorial Cemetery. The Romulus Cemetery Board members complet-
ed a fundraising campaign to pay for the monument, which honors Cpl.
Cawetzka's life-saving heroics when he served in the military at the turn of the
century. In attendance were several members of Cpl. Cawetzka's family, below. A
grassroots effort that included fundraising with a spaghetti dinner led to the cre-
ation of the new monument after it was learned that Cpl. Cawetzka's existing
headstone in the cemetery did not indicate he was a Medal of Honor recipient.
Photos by Roger Kadau
