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SALINE Through Wednesday, June 23 ■ The Early-School Program Extension will be offered through Saline Community Education. The program is designed for parents/guardians who are interested in having their child participate in an extended enrichment program beyond the traditional ESP day. Students will participate in activities that enhance classroom instruction. For more information, call Jen Barnard at 944-8946 or e-mail dingmanj@saline.k12.mi.us. Through Friday, June 25 ■ Open enrollment for Pooh Corner is offered through Saline Community Education. Registrations can be accepted in the Pooh Corner Office at Houghton School for the 2010-2011 school year. ■ Open registration for Summer Camp is offered by Saline Community Education’s Before and After Program. Summer camp opens at 6:45 a.m. and closes at 6 p.m. for $43 a day. Call Jen Barnard at 944-8946 or e-mail dingmanj@saline.k12. mi.us. ■ Open registration for 2010-2011 Hornet Zone is offered through Saline Community Education. For more information. visit www.salinecommunityed.com or call 944-8946. ■ Open registration for 2010-2011 school year for the Before and After School Care Program is offered through Saline Community Education. Harvest, Heritage, Woodland Meadows and Pleasant Ridge each have their own Before and After School Care programs. Daily activities include arts and crafts, large group, math and science, homework time, indoor and outdoor play and computer time in the school media centers. For more information, call Jen Barnard at 944-8946 or e-mail dingmanj@saline.k12.mi.us. ■ Registration for Summer Sandbox Preschool Program is offered by Saline Community Education. The preschool program is for kids age 3 1/2 to 5 years. Children will enjoy fun summer activities and learning projects through hands-on experience, based on different themes each session. Activities include storytelling, movement and music, games, art projects, dramatic play and more. The first session begins July 19. The fee is $170 per session. Registration packets are available for walk-in at the Pooh Corner Office at Houghton School or phone in your registration at 429-8024. Contact Saline Community Education at 429-8020. ■ Registration for Safety Town is offered by Saline Community Education in cooperation with the Saline Police Department. Safety Town is a safety education program geared toward the pre-kindergarten child. Topics include pedestrian safety, police officers, bicycle safety, riding a school bus, safety at home and play, fire safety, stranger danger, seat belts and water safety. The program will be held at Liberty School. The fee is $75. For more information. visit www.salineonline.org or call the Saline Community Education Office at 429-8020. Thursday, June 17 and Friday, June 18 ■ Saline Parks and Recreation will offer a Fun Day at the Recreation Center. Children ages 5 through 12 will play games, make crafts and go swimming during the day off from school. Parents can drop off their children as early as 7 a.m. and pick them up as late as 6 p.m. The registration fee is $44 for Saline Recreation Center members and $54 for non-members. For more information or to register, call 429-3502. Friday, June 18 ■ The Six Foot Poles will be the featured performers for the 2010 Saline Summer Music Series. The free concert will be held on South Ann Arbor Street starting at 7 p.m. The Six Foot Poles are three brothers, Mat, Dave and Mark Brzezinski, all over 6 feet tall, as well as Theo Smith and Joelene Brzezinski. There music is classic and eclectic rock songs, reflecting the Beatles and the Moody Blues influence. For more information, call 604-0051. ■ Movie in the Park will be held in downtown Saline on South Ann Arbor Street with the Summer Concert Series. The feature presentation is “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.” Family activities start at 6:30 p.m., and the movie starts at sundown. Concessions will be sold. For more information, contact Saline Parks and Recreation at 429-3502. ■ “DI Fridays” are offered through Saline Community Education. The program is for children in kindergarten through eighth grade and runs from 1 to 3 p.m. The fee is $10. For more information, visit www.salineonline.org or call the Saline Community Education Office at 429-8020. Saturday, June 19 ■ “Guitar for Busy People” will be offered through Saline Community Education for those age 13 or older. The crash course will teach basic chords. Participants should bring an acoustic guitar. Space is limited. The class will be held from 9:30 a.m. to noon at Liberty School, Room 11. For more information, visit www.salineonline.org or call the Saline Community Education Office at 429-8020. ■ “How to Play Guitar by Ear” will be offered through Saline Community Education for those age 13 or older. Learn how to play songs without relying on music. The class is a practical presentation of music theory that includes predicting chord progressions, learning from recordings and transposing, all expressed in everyday language. Participants should bring an acoustic guitar. The class will be held from 1 to 3:30 p.m. at Liberty School, Room 11. For more information, visit www. salineonline.org or call the Saline Community Education Office at 429-8020. ■ A Father’s Day Magic Show will be held at Liberty School. Advance tickets are $8. Day-of tickets are $12. For more information, contact Saline Parks and Recreation at 429-3502. Monday, June 21 ■ Summer band classes, offered through Saline Community Education, start. The summer band is an ensemble comprised of students entering sixth through ninth grades. One year of playing experience is required. The band rehearses daily in preparation for a concert and Ice Cream Social, as well as a performance of the national anthem for a major or minor league baseball game. Practices will be held from 9:30 to 10:20 a.m. Monday through Thursday at the Saline High School band room starting June 21. The fee is $125. For more information, visit www.salineonline. org or call the Saline Community Education Office at 429-8020. ■ Summer orchestra classes, offered through Saline Community Education, start. The class is for any string player who is entering sixth through ninth grades. Younger students are welcome to enroll if they have taken private lessons for at least one year. Practices will be held from 10:30 to 11:20 a.m. Monday through Thursday at the Saline High School orchestra room starting June 21. The fee is $110. For more information, visit www.salineonline.org or call the Saline Community Education Office at 429-8020. ■ Basketball camp for boys will be offered through Saline Community Education. Instruction will focus on drills to develop basic basketball skills. The camp is for boys in third through eighth grades. Sessions will be held Monday through Wednesday starting June 21 in the Saline High School Auxiliary Gym. For more information, visit www.salineonline.org or call the Saline Community Education Office at 429-8020. ■ Baton Twirling Camp will be offered through Saline Community Education. Each camper will receive a T-shirt. Batons are $25, and checks for batons should be made payable to Saline Twirlettes. For more information, visit www.salineonline.org or call the Saline Community Education Office at 429-8020. ■ JV/Varsity Football Camp will be offered through Saline Community Education. Players will learn the basics of the Wing-T Offense and the 30 Stack Defense. Players should bring their own lunches, cleats and tennis shoes. Instruction will be taught by position as it will be run during the fall season. The varsity camp will run Monday through Wednesday evenings and a half-day on Thursday starting June 21. They will then be bused to Camp Ozanam for an overnight team building training. The $155 fee will include one overnight stay, three meals, a facilitator fee and course rentals. The junior varsity camp will run Monday through Wednesday evenings and will conclude with a half-day on Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information, visit www.salineonline.org or call the Saline Community Education Office at 429-8020. ■ “Puppy & Dog Training Fundamentals – 1” will be offered through Saline Community Education. The focus is on teaching you to teach your puppy or dog using positive reinforcement clicker training techniques. The course will cover basic obedience training, management, socialization, exercise programs and discussions on canine learning theory. Week 1 is orientation, and class will run from 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. in the Woodland Meadows gym. Classes continue each Monday through Aug. 2. The fee is $125. For more information, visit www.salineonline.org or call the Saline Community Education Office at 429-8020. ■ “Counting on Math” will be offered through Saline Community Education. This is a math intervention program designed for students in first through fourth grades who are having difficulty understanding and applying everyday math concepts and skills. Class size is limited. The fee is $60. For more information, visit www.salineonline.org or call the Saline Community Education Office at 429-8020. ■ “Math Edventures” will be offered through Saline Community Education. The class will focus on making math fun through hands-on exploratory activities for pupils in first through fourth grades. To do this, the pupil will use the outdoors to travel around and discover how math is used in a variety of ways. The fee is $85. For more information, visit www.salineonline.org or call the Saline Community Education Office at 429-8020.
Photos by Randi Shaffer
Ella Bookout of Saline colors a picture during Two Twelve Art Center of Saline’s Family Fun Day Saturday.
Family Fun Day Art center provides activities By Randi Shaffer Heritage Newspapers
hat do clay-covered hands, Japanese calligraphy and Snocones have in common? All were featured attractions at Two Twelve Art Center’s “Family Fun Day: Carnival of Arts” event Saturday in Saline. “It gives everybody an idea of what our summer programs are about,” said Margie Bovee, director of Two Twelve Arts Center, located 212 W. Michigan Ave. “We have art programs for all ages and it’s a fun time.” Cindy Barnett, assistant director of arts center, said this is the second year the center has hosted the event. Some of the activities included felt and yarn kite creation, watercolor paintings, drawings, a coloring contest, chalk drawing, calligraphy, sunglass creation and a table to decorate Mardi Gras masks. Sno-cones and popcorn were also provided, and everything was available free of cost. “It’s generally just to give (participants) a taste of the
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arts,” Barnett said. In addition to the assortment of crafts and activities, a large raffle was held every two hours and 12 minutes, with smaller raffles held every half hour. Prizes included gift certificates to local businesses. Barnett said the turnout for this year’s carnival, held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., was better than last year’s. “By noon, we’d had more people this year than all day last year,” she said. Last year’s turnout resulted in 150 participants. Barnett said more than 300 showed up Saturday. Ann Arbor resident Jen Bookout brought her 6-year-old daughter, Ella, as a way to find out more about classes offered at the center over the summer. “She’s really interested in art,” Jen said as Ella worked on a coloring piece. Though Two Twelve Art Center offers adult classes, “Family Fun Day: Carnival of Arts” was just to promote children’s classes offered during the summer. Randi Shaffer is an intern at Heritage Newspapers. She can be reached at 429-7380 or via Managing Editor Michelle Rogers at mrogers@heritage. com.
Some of the activities included felt and yarn kite creation, watercolor paintings, drawings, a coloring contest, chalk drawing, calligraphy, sunglass creation and a table to decorate Mardi Gras masks.
Farmington Hills resident Sydney Winter holds still as art instructor Amara Karapas paints the side of her face during Two Twelve Art Center’s Family Fun Day Saturday in Saline.
Sportscars to Saline set Sunday By Steven Howard Heritage Newspapers
The annual Sportscars to Saline event will take place Sunday in downtown Saline courtesy of the Saline Downtown Merchants’ Association and the Huron Valley Corvette Club. Merchants’ Association President John Olsen, owner of Spotted Dog Winery, said the event has a loyal following when the weather cooperates. “It’s very weather dependPLEASE SEE CALENDAR/6-B ing,” he said, but noted if the
sun is shining, the event could draw 80 to 100 cars. Classic automobiles of many makes, foreign and domestic, will be represented at the show, Olsen said. “We try to group them by category or country,” he said of the show cars. Olsen said the cars will be lined up in the area of Michigan Avenue, with imports on the south side and domestics to the north. Car enthusiasts come from communities across southeast
Michigan and beyond to participate. “It’s all over the board,” Olsen said, indicating there will even be an international presence. “We have a group that comes from Windsor.” The event, its fifth year, is to take place on Father’s Day, and Olsen said the sports car show is the perfect way to celebrate the holiday with the entire family. “Bring your kids down; it’s a fun day,” he said. “It’s just going to be a nice Father’s Day
event, so bring your dad out, too.” The show begins at 11 a.m. and lasts until 4 p.m. For more information on the show or to find out more about the Saline Downtown Merchants’ Association, visit www.Salinedma.org. Steven Howard can be reached by telephone at 4297380 or via e-mail at showard@heritage.com. Follow his blog, “Inside the Newsroom” at http://heritageweststaffblog. blogspot.com.