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Barefoot presents Putnam County Spelling Bee
Plymouth art exhibit will benefit area Humane Society
Music studio offers $5 lessons
Library hosts meeting of state Historical Commission
Barefoot Productions Theatre will
present The 25th Annual Putnam County
SpellingBee throughSept. 25.
The production won two Tony awards
and the Drama Desk award and will
mark the 11th season of the Barefoot
Productions.
The show will be presented at 240 N.
Main St., Plymouth and tickets, priced at
$20 can be purchased online at
gobarefoot.com or by phone at (734)404-
6889.
“An eclectic group of kids arrives at
the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling
Bee, each eager to win for very different
reasons.
“The show is full of hilarious, touch-
ing, and catchy songs, each speller
reveals his/her hopes, struggles, and pas-
sions as they make their way through the
competition,” said director Amanda
DurhamofWestland.
The show also includes some audi-
ence participation when a few folks will
be asked to compete in the Bee against
the actors.
The show is suggested for those older
than 16.
Shows will begin with an 8 p.m. cur-
tain Fridays and Saturday Sept. 23 and
24. A matinee at 2 p.m. is planned for
Sept. 25.
In conjunction with the show, the the-
ater group is sponsoring a clothing drive
for theRuthEllis Center inDetroit.
Donations of clothing, coats, boots,
shoes, warm winter items adult sizes
Small to XXL can be dropped at the the-
ater fromnoon until 2 p.m. Saturdays and
Sundays throughSept. 25.
Artist Mark Benglian will host
family and friends in the Main
Gallery at the Plymouth Arts
Council for “Louder Devils”, a
fundraising exhibit to benefit the
Michigan Humane Society and
the Plymouth Community Arts
Council onFriday, Sept. 30.
Benglian is a non-profit artist
fromMichigan whose work focus-
es on intuitive mark-making and
story-telling. Most of his pieces
are created using salvaged or
recycled materials and most, if
not all proceeds from art sales
are donated to animal rescue and
protection initiatives including;
Stiggy's Dogs, The Michigan
Humane Society and the ASPCA.
For the past 13 years Benglian
has been an accomplished graph-
ic designer, teacher and artist and
carries bachelor of fine arts and
master of arts degrees from
MichiganStateUniversity.
“Louder Devils” will continue
throughOct. 30.
The event is free with compli-
mentary refreshments.
Plymouth Community Arts
Council Exhibit Programming for
2016 is sponsored in part by a
generous grant from the
Plymouth
Community
Foundation.
The arts council building is
located at 774 North Sheldon
Road in Plymouth. For more
information, call (734) 416-4278 or
visit
.
The Plymouth District
Library hosted a meeting of the
members of the Michigan
Historical Commission members
last Tuesday.
The meeting was open to the
public who were invited to join
the 10 commission members
each appointedby the governor.
The commission utilizes state
history to reinvent Michigan and
preserves the cultural environ-
ment through the sharing of sto-
ries, active learning, and histori-
cal preservation.
The Michigan Historical
Commission, in conjunction with
the Michigan Historical Center,
addresses such efforts as the
MichiganHistorical Markers, the
Southeast Michigan Water
Project, Capitol Park in Detroit
and the Sesquicentennial of the
Civil War project. Commission
goals include diversity and inclu-
siveness, public history and out-
reach, educational achievement
and stewardship.
Plymouth Township resident
Jack Dempsey serves on the
commission and welcomed the
public to the library for themeet-
ing.
Local history is readily avail-
able at the library, through the
online local history portal and
on the reference floor, noted
Library Director Carol Souchuk.
Librarians can provide assis-
tance, in addition to access to the
Plymouth Mail Newspaper dat-
ing 1887-1914, high school year-
books dating back to 1913, census
records, historical electronic
photo collection, local Arcadia
Press books, and other research
material.
The library is located at 223 S.
Main St. in Plymouth. For more
information, call (734) 453-0750.
according to Price, only one
member remains on the commis-
sion, following the resignation of
one member and the expiration
of the terms of another three.
Trustee Steve Mann, who was
appointed to fill a vacancy on the
board and who is not seeking
election, said the new board of
trustees could make a decision
and “dowhat they like” about the
commission. Mann, along with
Curmi and Trustee Bob
Doroshewitz, also a successful
primary candidate, cast the three
dissenting votes on the proposal
to disband the commission.
The measure is expected to
come up for a second vote Sept.
27.
Harris Conservatory of
Music instructors are offering
$5 10-minute lessons on any
musical instrument during an
open house set for 10 a.m. until
6 p.m. Sept. 25.
The lessons will be available
for children and adults who can
try as many of the different
musical instruments on hand as
they choose. Voice lessons will
also be offered.
Instruments available for les-
sons during the open house
include both acoustic and elec-
tric guitar; bass guitar; piano;
violin; cello; alto and tenor saxo-
phone; clarinet; flute; drum,
including marching, percussion,
mallets, hand drums and
spoons; trumpet and cornet;
banjo, mandolin; dobro and
ukulele.
The music conservatory is
located at 445 S Harvey St. in
Plymouth.For more information
or directions, call (734) 725-9926.
Pay
FROM PAGE 1
Doris "Jackie" Lewis
Doris J. "Jackie" Lewis, 86,
passed away Sept. 15,
2016 at West Branch
Regional Medical Center.
Mrs. Lewis, who had lived
in West Branch since 1993,
formerly lived in Wayne.
She was born on May 1,
1930 in Inkster to Jack and
Mattie (Bowers) Hudson.
She married Ivan Lewis in
Wayne, on Sept. 1, 1950.
Mrs. Lewis was a member
of the First United
Methodist Church in West
Branch, United Methodist
Women, and Kiwanis Club
of West Branch. She was a
director of volunteers for
Office
of
Economic
Opportunity under Gov.
Soapy Williams. She also
founded Stephens Ministry
at the First United
Methodist
Church
in
Wayne, and was the secre-
tary for a period of time.
She worked for the
Headstart program and
also worked with senior cit-
izens. She enjoyed crafts,
traveling, playing the
piano, music, helping oth-
ers, and spending time
with her family, grandchil-
dren, and great-grandchil-
dren.
Mrs. Lewis is survived by
her loving husband, Ivan
Lewis of West Branch; her
children, Gregory (Nancy)
Lewis of New Boston, Paul
(Amy) Lewis of Westland,
Joy (Bryan) Schroeder of
Port Huron, and Gail (Ron)
Morris of Port Huron;
grandchildren,
Tara,
Jessica, Joshua, Matthew,
Kristen, Katie, Michael,
Nancy,
Angela
and
Katherine; eight great-
grandchildren; a sister,
Ginger Torok of Castro
Valley, CA. She was pre-
ceded in death by her par-
ents; a sister, Joyce
Aspenwall and her brother,
Lloyd Hudson.
Visitation was at Steuernol
& McLaren Funeral Home
in West Branch. Funeral
services took place at the
First United Methodist
Church in West Branch
with the Rev. Tim Dibble
officiating. Interment was
at Cadillac Memorial West
in Westland.
Memorial Contributions
can be made to First
United Methodist Church
Endowment Fund.
Online condolences can be
shared at
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