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October 8, 2015
Calendar of events
MayburyCornMaze is open
The 10-acre Maybury Farm Corn Maze
is now open from 6-10 p.m. Fridays, from
noon until 10 p.m. Saturdays and from
noon until 7 p.m. on Sundays throughNov.
1. The last wagon leaves for the maze one
hour prior to close. Group tours and bon-
fires for 15 or more are available. To
reserve a date, call (248)374-0200. Cost to
visit the corn maze is $7 per person and
includes the hayride and admission to
Maybury Farm. As always, children 2 and
under are free. All proceeds from the
maze are used to pay for the winter feed
bills for the farmanimals.
Maybury Farm, operated by the
Northville Community Foundation, a
501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is a his-
toric farm that provides interactive educa-
tional opportunities for the public. The
farm is located at 50165 Eight Mile Road
in Northville. It is 1-1/4 mile west of Beck
Road on Eight Mile, 1/2 mile west of
Maybury State Park. Enter at the
Maybury Farm sign, do not enter the State
Park.
Parking is free at Maybury Farm. For
more information, visit
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lecommunityfoundation.org or
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book.com/maybury.farm
Hats For Homeless needed
The Plymouth Community United Way
is sponsoring a Hats For The Homeless
drive throughDec. 18.
Donors are asked to drop off new hats,
mittens, gloves, scarves, blankets, and
socks at Plymouth Community United
Way, 960 W. Ann Arbor Trail, Suite 2,
Plymouth, during business hours 7:45 a.m.
until 4:30 Monday - Thursday and from
7:45 a.m. until 2:45 Friday. All adult and
children sizes arewelcome.
For more information, call Randi
Williams at (734) 453-6879, ext. 7 or e-mail
.
Autismstickers available
The City of Plymouth Safe Citizen
Programhas gained assistance fromJack's
Place for Autism.
The City of Plymouth Police
Department now offers Jack's Place for
Autism house/door stickers and vehicle
clings for inside car windows free of
charge at the front desk located inside
Plymouth City Hall, 201 S. Main St. in
downtownPlymouth.
At the time of pick up, a Safe Citizen
form be completed, which can also be
found at
docs.com/f/KjlkWm.The completion of the
form is not required but will assist police
and fire first responders inproperly assist-
ing those inneed.
Jack's Place for Autism was created by
Jim and Lisa Price as a non-profit to help
families in Metro Detroit cope with
autism. Information for Jack's Place can
be found at
For more information, contact Det. Lt.
Jamie Grabowski at (734)453-1234 x272 or
with any
questions.
Used books on sale
The Friends of the Romulus Library
will host a used book sale from noon until
8 p.m. today, from noon until 4 p.m. tomor-
row, Oct. 9 and from noon until 4 p.m. on
Oct. 10.
Saturday will be bag day when a bag
filled with books is priced at $3. all pro-
ceeds will be used to support program-
ming at the library for adults, teens and
children.
The library is located at 11121 Wayne
Road inRomulus.
For more information, call (734) 942-
7589.
Firefighters host open house
The Northville Township Fire
Department will host an open house from
10 a.m. until 2 p.m. this Saturday, Oct. 10 in
celebration of national Fire Prevention
Week.
There will be fire safety tip, a live vehi-
cle airbag demonstration the smoke house
will be open and tours of the station and
the fire truckswill be available.
The fire station is located at 45745 West
Sic Mile Road, across from Northville
HighSchool.
The event is open to the public at no
charge.
Church hostsMom-2-Momsale
A Mom-2-Mom and Bake Sale is
planned at Willow United Methodist
Church from9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Oct. 10.
Admission is a non-perishable food
item or $1. Gently used clothing, toys,
books, games and other items will be for
sale.
All proceeds go to Willow Women's
Group Thanksgiving baskets, the food
pantry and school supplies.
The church is located at 36925 Willow
Road inNewBoston.
For more information, access
lowchurch.org.
Genealogists tomeet
The public is invited to attend, free of
charge, this meeting of the Northville
Genealogical Society from 1:15 until 4:30
p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 11 at the Northville
District Library, 212 West Cady, in
Northville.
The roundtable “Researching in
Michigan” will begin at 1:15 p.m., a busi-
ness meeting at 2:30 p.m., followed by
Judith Coebly presenting “A Rose is Not a
Rose -Women in theCivilWar” at 3 p.m.
Coebly was in public education in
Dearborn for almost 40 years and is active
in many historical organizations. This
presentation tells the story of the almost
900 women who served in disguise as sol-
diers in theCivilWar.
Therewill also be a Beginner's Class on
Saturday, Oct. 10 at the Novi Public
Library. Contact the library to register.
Individual help on genealogy is offered
in the Local History Room at the
Northville District Library from 1-3 p.m.
Mondays and also by appointment. For
more information contact Grace Wilfong
at
(248)
349-9079
or
visit
Safe driving course offered
A safe driving course will be offered
from9:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. Oct. 13 and 14
at theHYPERecreationCenter inWayne.
Tuition is $15 for members of AARP
and $20 for non-members and the class is
open to anyone older than 50. Instruction
will be provided in defensive driving tech-
niques, proven safety strategies and new
traffic law and rules. There is no test and
those who complete the course will
receive a certificate which some insur-
ance companies will accept for a discount
onpremiums.
To register, call Nancy Wojewski-Noel
at (734)721-7460. Classes will take place at
the center, 4635HoweRoad inWayne.
Everyone's favorite redhead will
return to The Village Theater at
Cherry Hill in the Spotlight on Youth
Theater production of
Annie, Jr.
for one
weekend only, Oct. 15-17.
More than 100 children auditioned
for the much loved musical and 67
youngsters, ages 5 and older, make up
the entire cast. The young actors are
fromPlymouth, Livonia, Canton, South
Lyon, Westland, Ann Arbor,
Manchester and Ypsilanti. Canton sis-
ters, Kate, Lucy and Marion Nolan are
featured players in the production.
Lucy plays the title role of Annie; Kate
plays Star-to-Be and Marion, age 6,
plays Sandy the Dog. Taylor Denby of
Manchester plays Daddy Warbucks;
Leslie Miller of South Lyon plays
Grace; Cellach Allen of Canton plays
Rooster; Cameron Denby of
Manchester plays Miss Hannigan and
CorinneMarshof Cantonplays Lilly.
Annie Jr
. is a 70-minute version of
the popular Broadway musical Annie
geared specifically for a youth cast
Tickets are available online at
or
by calling (734) 394-5300. The Village
Theater box office is open for walk-up
service weekdays between 10 a.m. - 2
p.m. Tickets can also be purchased one
hour prior to curtain at 7 p.m.,
Thursday and Friday and at both 2 and
7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17.
For additional information about
Spotlight on Youth productions, call
(248) 719-3637 or visit spotlightonyouth-
mi.com, or
SpotlightonYouth.
The Village Theater at Cherry Hill
is located at 50400 Cherry Hill Road in
Canton.
Canton sisters, Kate, Lucy and Marion
Nolan are featured in the upcoming
musical
Annie Jr
.
‘Annie’ visits Canton stage
