Senior fitness classes offered
The Plymouth Community Council on
Aging offers Senior Fitness Classes for
those 55 and older. Classes offered
include: Cardio Drumming, 9:30-10:30
Monday and 12:30-1:30 Tuesday; Zumba
Gold, Monday, 11:30-12:30 Monday; Chair
Tai Chi, 11:30-12:15 Tuesday; Cardio
Fitness, 9:30-10:30 Wednesday and Chair
Yoga, 10:30-11:15Wednesday.
Classes are drop in and no member-
ship required. All instructors are certi-
fied.
The classes take place at the
Friendship Station, 43275 Schoolcraft
Road, Plymouth.
For more information, call (734) 354-
3222
$25,000 raffle under way
Tickets for the second annual
Northville Educational Foundation
$25,000 Cash For College Raffle are now
available.
Tickets are priced at $50 each, or
three for $100. Proceeds from the raffle
benefit the Northville Educational
Foundation and the 7,300 students in the
district. If ticket sales total less than
$50,000, the prize will revert to a 50/50
drawing with a minimum of a $1000
prize.
The drawing will take place at about
7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17, at downtown
the Northville Tree Lighting Ceremony
in the town square just after the Holiday
Lighted Parade. Ticket holders need not
be present towin.
Tickets will be sold until the start of
the parade Nov. 17, or until all 1500 tick-
ets are sold, whichever comes first.
Purchasersmust be 18 or older.
Tickets can be purchased online at
or in person at the
Northville Educational Foundation
office at 501WestMainSt. inNorthville.
Maybury cornmaze is open
The annual corn maze is now open at
Maybury Farm in Northville. The maze
is 10-acres of corn cut into a farm scene
to challenge adults and children. The
maze takes about an hour and a half to
complete. Those who find all 10 check-
points can enter to win a grand prize
awarded at the end of the season.
Following the challenge of the corn
maze, visitors can enjoy cider and donuts
from Parmenter's, along with other tasty
treats. The Maybury Farm Corn Maze is
open from 5-10 p.m. Fridays, from noon
until 10 p.m. Saturdays and from noon
until 7 p.m. on Sundays.The last wagon
leaves for the maze one hour prior to
close.
The Corn Maze will be open through
Oct. 29. Admission to the Maybury Farm
corn maze is $7 per person and includes
farm admission and a wagon ride to and
from the maze. Free admission is
offered to children ages 2 and younger.
Maybury Farm is operated by the
Northville Community Foundation; the
funds raised from the corn maze are
used to help support the work of the
farm, and theirmission of connecting the
community to animals and agriculture
through hands-on experiences that are
both engaging and educational.
Maybury Farm is located at 50165
Eight Mile Road inNorthville. Parking is
free. To learn more about autumn activi-
ties at the farm, visit
farm.org.
Parade entries sought
Entries for the Winter Fest Parade
Dec. 2 are now being accepted at the
Belleville Area Chamber of Commerce,
248MainSt., Belleville, 48111.
Rules for parade entries require that
the vehiclemust be decoratedwithwork-
ing lights. Vehicles with headlights that
remain should cover them during partic-
ipation as headlights distract other par-
ticipants and judges. Music, however, is
welcome.
For more information, or an entry
form, contact the Belleville Area
Chamber of Commerce at (734) 697-7151.
Fun and Fabulous Friday planned
The Commission on Aging and the
Inkster Police Department will host Fun
andFabulousFriday at 5 p.m. Oct. 27.
The event will include a catered din-
ner and karaoke along with other enter-
tainment. The cost is $10 and all pro-
ceeds will go toward the Inkster
Goodfellows.
Transportation is available. Tickets
will be sold throughOct. 20. For tickets or
more information call (734) 728-7530.
Healthy LivingWalk planned
The Inkster Task Force and the
Inkster Firefighters Local 1577 are plan-
ning a Healthy Living Day 5K Walk/Run
Oct. 28 at the Inkster ValleyGolf Course.
All race entries will include a race t-
shirt, finishersmedal, chip timing, online
andprinted results upon completion.
Registration and packet pick up
begins at 8 a.m. and the 5K Run/Walk
begins at 9 a.m. Packets can also be
picked up from 3-8 p.m. at the Inkster
Fire Department, 27717 Michigan Ave.,
Inkster.
Registration is $35 in advance or $40
on race day. A special $25 per person
entry fee is available for groups of five.
Children younger than 6 race for free.
For information and registration, visit
Trunk or Treat inNorwayne
The annual Norwayne Harvest Fest
and Trunk or Treat event will take place
from noon until 3 p.m. Oct. 28 at the
Jefferson Barns Community Vitality
Center, located at 32150Dorsey.
Activities will include a petting zoo,
pony rides, cider mill activities, lunch,
trick or treating, face andpumpkinpaint-
ing.
Jazz at The Elks Tuesday
Jazz at The Elks happens on the last
Tuesday of the month from 7 until 9:30
p.m. There is a $10 donation at the door
which includes hors d'oeuvres. Enjoy
jazz in a listening room setting close to
the entertainers. Tuesday, Oct. 31 brings
the Elks debut of the Shahida Nurulla
Quartet with Nurulla on vocals, Rich
Michaels on drums, Ray Tini on bass,
andChuckShermetaro on keyboard.
Nurulla is deeply rooted in the
Detroit jazz and blues scene and has per-
formed all over the world. In addition to
her performing, she is a University of
Windsor special instructor in jazz and
pop voice.
The Plymouth Ann Arbor Elks Lodge
325 is located at 41700 Ann Arbor Road
in Plymouth. For more information, call
(734) 453-1780 or visit
or email
.
GardenClub tomeet
Members of The Country GardenClub
ofNorthvillewillmeet at 11 a.m. Nov. 1 at
Ward Presbyterian Church near doors
six and seven on the east side of the
building.
Speakers at the meeting are Michigan
Division President Mary Schwark and
Rita Urbanski, President of the Women's
FarmandGardenNational Association.
Interested guests arewelcome.
The church is located at 40000 West
SixMileRoad inNorthville
For more information contact Teri
Plaunt, (734) 751-8619.
Jubomusicmethod explained
The Jubo Method is a new music pro-
gramdesigned for any person who wants
to play, read and compose music on day
one.
This new entry-level instrument
approach utilizes a simple instrument,
innovativemethodology and easy-to-read
notation system. Withinminutes themas-
tery of the scale and sight-reading initi-
ates the player toward forming a solid
mastery of the basics in music and the
performance of worthwhile music reper-
tory.
Jubo will be explained during a class
from6:30 until 8 p.m. Nov. 1 presented by
the Friends of the Wayne Public Library.
Instruments will be provided for the
event, andwill be available for purchase.
To register for this free program, visit
the Adult Reference Desk or call the
library at (734)-721-7832
The library is located at 3737 S. Wayne
Road inWayne.
Engineering for children classes set
The City of Plymouth Recreation
Department will sponsor an engineering
class for children ages 8-13. Mechanical
Engineering is a seven-week course from
6:30-8 p.m. Thursdays, Nov. 2 through
Dec. 21 from at the Plymouth Cultural
Center.
Students will learn the basics of fluid
mechanics, simple machines and other
design and engineering concepts. Allergy
alert: eggs and latex are used in some of
the experiments. This class is open to
participants ages 8-13. Cost is $140 for
city of Plymouth residents and $155 for
non-residents.
Registration can be found online at
or by calling (734)
455-6620, from 11:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.
Monday throughFriday.
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Calendar of events
Voting guide available
The League of Women Voters of
Northwest Wayne County is offering
assistance to residents who will be vot-
ing Nov. 7. There are elections in
almost all Michigan cities this
November.
The league is offering an on-line
voter guide to voters with city elections.
Visit VOTE411.org to read and compare
candidate responses to relevant issues.
VOTE411.org also helps voters find
their polling place, check voting hours,
learn about ballot measures, and read
tips about voting in Michigan. Voters
need simple, helpful tools to help them
navigate the voting process and
Election Day. VOTE411.org is the pre-
miere online election resource, organ-
izers said. Print versions of the voter
guide are available in the libraries with
contested city council elections.
The league also sponsored city coun-
cil candidate forums in Belleville.
Videos of those forums can be accessed
at LWVnorthwestwayne.org.
The League of Women Voters is a
non-partisan organization that never
supports or opposes candidates or
political parties. Voters are urged to
learn about their candidates from a
trusted source of election information
by visiting VOTE411.org and
LWVnorthwestwayne.org before ballots
are cast.
