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Carnival set for tomorrow
The Wayne Westland Parks and
RecreationDepartment is hosting a Family
Carnival Night from 6-10 p.m. Friday at the
Community Center, 4635 Howe Road in
Wayne.
All events are either free or cost less
than $1.
Included in the schedule are $1 open
swimming from 6-8:30 p.m. with games in
the pool and on the deck.. From 6:30-8:30,
there will be a cake walk and face painting
in the dance loft and from 7-9:30, there will
be open skating for $1 and games on the
ice.
From 6-10 p.m. there will be use of the
Wallyball court for only $1 in half-hour time
slots. Players must sing up in advance for
use of the court.
From 6-8 p.m. riders can use the skate
park for only $1.
The Kiddie Carnival will continue in the
banquet rooms from 6-10 p.m. and tickets
for the rides are 25 cents eachor five for $1.
There will also be a bounce house out-
side the community center as part of the
festivities.
For more information, call (734) 721-
7400.
Fine Arts exhibit continues
The 20th Annual Fine Arts Exhibition is
now under way at the Village Theater at
Cherry Hill, 50400 Cherry Hill Road in
Canton.
There are works on display in a variety
of media, including paintings, sculptures,
mixed media, charcoal drawings, pastels,
ceramics andphotography.
For more information, access www.can-
tonvillagetheater.org.
Firemen host open house
Plymouth will celebrate National Fire
PreventionWeekwith an open house at the
downtown fire station.
The station, adjacent to Plymouth City
Hall, will be open to the public from 8 a.m.
until 8 p.m. throughSaturday, Oct. 13.
Employees will be on hand to answer
questions and show residents through the
recently re-opened fire station.
Special tours are available for school,
Scouting and neighborhood groups, or
local civic groups. To arrange a special tour,
contact the fire department at (734) 453-
1234 ext. 280.
Ghost stories are topic
Great Lakes Tales and Lighthouse Ghost
Stories will be the topic of discussion with
speaker Lori Feret at the Plymouth
Historical Museum at 7:30 tonight, Oct. 11.
Our shores and lakes attract stories of old
Indian legends, tales of wandering ghosts
from lost ships, sightings of ghost ships and
accounts of sea monsters. Lighthouses
seem to attract many a story of paranormal
activity. The presentation includes tales of
the Battle of Lake Erie in 1813; Belle Isle,
Detroit; Peche Island, Ontario; Erieland
Lighthouse, Pennsylvania; 1813 Battle of
Lake Erie, Ohio; St. Joseph Lighthouse
Depot, Michigan.
Lori Feret is an amateur photographer
with a penchant for lighthouses. She has
been visiting and photographing them for
about 20 years. She is an active member of
the Great Lakes Lighthousekeepers
Association.
This lecture is free and open to the pub-
lic. The Plymouth Historical Museum is
located at 155 S. Main St., Plymouth. For
more information, call (734) 455-8940.
Church hosts craft fair
St. Theodore Church, 8200 N. Wayne
Road in Westland will host a Fall Craft
Show from9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Oct. 13.
Admission and parking are free and
therewill be a bake sale, raffle and refresh-
ments available.
SpookyMonster Magic Showset
TheGordonRuss SpookyMonsterMagic
Showwill take place from2-3 p.m. Oct. 13 at
Riggs Heritage Park, 12945 Martinsville
Road, inVanBurenTownship.
The show, sponsored by the Van Buren
Township Department of Parks and
Recreation, lasts for about 45 minutes and
the audience is encouraged to come in
Halloween costumes.
Refreshments will be served after the
magic show. Admission is $2 per person.
In case of rain, the show will me moved
to theRecreationCenter onTylerRoad.
Pre-registration is requested at (734) 699-
8900.
Church to serve roast beef
Community United Methodist Church in
Romulus will serve a roast beef dinner
from5-7 p.m. Oct. 13.
Carry outs are available by calling (734)
941-0736.
The price for the dinner is $9 for adults
and $4 for children ages 6-12. Children 5
and younger eat at no cost.
Sorority sponsors craft show
The 45 Plymouth Canton members of
the international society of women educa-
tors, Delta Kappa Gamma, will sponsor a
Craft Fair from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Oct. 13 at
West Middle School to earn money for
scholarships available to Canton, Plymouth
or Salem high school graduates. Graduates
of other districts are also available for the
awards if they are pursuing a career in
teaching.
The fair will featuremore than 70 juried
crafters, refreshments, an Amish quilt raf-
fle and lunch. West Middle School is locat-
ed at 44401 W. Ann Arbor Trail on the
southwest corner of Sheldon and Ann
Arbor Trail inPlymouth.
Admission is $2 per person.
Masquerade Tea is brewing
From 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, the
Plymouth Historical Museum will host a
Masquerade Tea. Visitors can enjoy a
Victorian-style tea complete with tea sand-
wiches, scones and desserts catered by Jeff
Zak Catering. The tea that will be served is
the Museum's own "Mary's Blend," a cherry
and almond black tea. Costumes are
encouraged.
Following the tea, Pam Yockey, presi-
dent of the Friends of the Plymouth
Historical Museum and a textile historian,
will present "You're Wearing What?"
Halloween Costume History and Fashion
Show. The fashion show includes six origi-
nal historic costumes from Yockey's collec-
tion.
Tickets for the tea are $20 for members;
$25 for non-members and can be pur-
chased at the PlymouthHistorical Museum
during open hours or by using PayPal at
http://www.plymouthhistory.org/events/Mas
querade-Tea_ET13.html?SortBox=201210.
Add $5 to the ticket price afterOct. 1.
Ticket holders can stay after the tea to
enjoy touring the Museum's special exhibit
"Inaugural Gowns of theFirst Ladies."
Commissioner tomeet public
Wayne County Commissioner Joan
Gebhardt (D-District12), or her staff, will
meet with residents during office hours
Monday, Oct. 15, in the communities of
Inkster, Westland and Livonia. At 10 a.m.
she will be at YWCA, 26429 Michigan Ave.,
Inkster, MI 48141; at noon she will meet
with constituents at Panera Bread, 35300
Warren Road, Westland and at 6 p.m. she
or her staff will be available at Biggby
Coffee, 11003Middlebelt Road, Livonia.
Those throughout the District 12 com-
munities can visit Gebhardt's website at
www.waynecounty.com/district12, or con-
tact her office at (313) 224-0907 or by email
at district12@co.wayne.mi.us."
Chief speaks to chamber
Romulus Police Chief Robert Dickerson
will be the speaker at the Oct. 16 luncheon
meeting of the Greater
Romulus Chamber of
Commerce.
Tickets for the event
are $15 formembers and
$18 for non-members. It
will take place at the
Holiday Inn Detroit
Metro Airport, 8400
Merriman Road in
Romulus.
Dickerson has been
the Romulus Chief of
Police since September,
2011, and is a 25-year
veteran of the Wayne
County
Sheriff's
Department.
Registration will
begin at 11:30 a.m. and
lunch will be served at
noon.
For tickets or more
information, call (734)
893-0694.
Seating is limited.
Seed swap scheduled
The
Southeast
Michigan Butterfly
Associationwill meet for
a Seed Collecting and
Exchange, Year End
Wrap-Up and Tea Cup
Raffle and Celebration
at 7 p.m. Oct. 17 at
Nankin Mills Nature
Center, 33175 Ann Arbor
Trail,Westland.
Parking is available
on Hines Drive or Ann
Arbor Trail.
There is a $3 fee for
non-members. For more information, call
(734) 326-0578 orwww.sembabutterfly.com.
Acting classes available
Acting classes for children ages 6-14 are
being offered by the Van Buren Township
Parks andRecreationDepartment from6-7
p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18 through Nov. 8.
Classes will take place at the recreation
center with instructor Tonya Dallas.
Participants will be taught about acting,
how to audition and to perform a mono-
logue.
Tuition is $65 for township residents and
$80 for non-residents. There is an addition-
al $10 fee for classmaterials.
For more information, call (734) 699-8921
or accesswww.vanburen-mi.org.
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