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August 19, 2010
CALENDAR SALINE Through August ■ Two Twelve Arts Center and My Favorite Café will host Art at the Café. Students from Two Twelve Arts Center will display their work of watercolor, pastel, pencil drawing, clay wall art and fiber art. My Favorite Café is located at 101 S. Ann Arbor St. in downtown Saline. For more information, call 944-4054. Friday, Aug. 20 ■ A free movie in the park will be hosted at Mill Pond Park. Saline Parks and Recreation will be celebrating more than 10 years of the movie festival by showing its first movie presentation: “A Bug’s Life.” Starting at 6:30 p.m., there will be games, concessions and more. Gym America Gymnastics will be on hand to help celebrate with demonstrations and activities. The movie will start at sundown. Bring chairs and sunscreen. Saturday, Aug. 21 ■ St. James’ United Church of Christ will hold its annual pig roast. Serving will begin at 4:30 p.m. and will run through 7:30 p.m. The church is located on Michigan Avenue, five miles west of Saline. Carryout is available, and the church is handicapped accessible. For more information, visit www.st-jamesucc.com. Monday, Aug. 23 through Friday, Aug. 27 ■ Saline Summer Kids Camp will be held at the Saline Recreation Center for youth ages 5 to 12. The theme for this week is “Challenge Week.” Activities include daily swimming, games, crafts, sports and a field trip on Wednesday to Gym America. Register by the week or by the day. For more information, call 4293502 or e-mail salinekidsca mp@cityofsaline.org. Tuesday, Aug. 24 ■ Mid-Week Farmers’ Market is held at Saline District Library, 555 N. Maple Road from 3 to 7 p.m. every Tuesday June 1 through Sept. 28. For more information, call Market Manager Nancy Crisp at 429-3518. Free parking is available at Saline Middle School. Thursday, Aug. 26 ■ The Saline Newcomers will hold its first meeting of the 20102011 season 7 p.m. in a meeting room at the First United Methodist Church, 1200 N. Ann Arbor St. All potential new members are welcome. The Saline Newcomers is a social organization with a wide variety of special interest groups that meet often. For more information, visit www. salinenewcomers.com. Monday, Aug. 30 through Friday, Sept. 3 ■ Saline Summer Kids Camp will be held at the Saline Recreation Center for youth ages 5 to 12. The theme for this week is “Game Show Mania.” Activities include daily swimming, games, crafts, sports and a field trip on Wednesday to Quality 16 Movie Theater. Register by the week or by the day. For more information, call 4293502 or e-mail salinekidsca mp@cityofsaline.org. Tuesday, Aug. 31 ■ Midweek Farmers’ Market is held at Saline District Library, 555 N. Maple Road from 3 to 7 p.m. every Tuesday June 1 through Sept. 28. For more information, call Market Manager Nancy Crisp at 429-3518. Free parking is available at Saline Middle School. Wednesday, Sept. 1
■ The deadline to register for the Saline Parks and Recreation Fall Adult Softball Leagues is Sept. 1. Men’s leagues play on Monday and Wednesday nights. Co-recreational leagues play on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday nights. The fall season begins the week of Sept. 7 and will run through the end of October. For more information, call 429-3502 or e-mail slambert@cityofsaline.org.
MILAN Thursday, Aug. 19 ■ BackStreet Cruizers will meet 6 p.m. in Wilson Park every Thursday evening through Aug. 26, weather permitting. ■ An ice cream party will be held as Milan Public Library’s final teen program of the summer at 1 p.m. for pupils in sixth through eighth grades, and at 3 p.m. for students in ninth through 12th grades. Call 439-1240 or stop by the library to register. Wednesday, Aug. 25 ■ A Life Line screening event will be held at Marble Memorial United Methodist Church. Life Line Screening, a provider of community-based preventative health screenings, will host non-invasive health screenings Aug. 25. Five screenings will be offered from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. These scan for potential health problems related to blocked arteries, which is a leading cause of stroke; abdominal aortic aneurysms, which can lead to a ruptured aorta; hardening of the arteries in the legs, which is a strong predictor of heart disease; atrial fibrillation or irregular heart beat, which is closely tied to stroke risk; and a bone density screening for men and women, used to assess the risk of osteoporosis. For more information, call 1-888-653-6441. ■ The 10th annual Milan Area Chamber of Commerce Golf Outing will be held at the Pineview Golf Course on Stony Creek Road. Players will register at 8 a.m. and tee off at 9 a.m. The chamber still has a few greens and teams openings to fill. Form a team and save by registering at only $90 a player. The day’s events will include prizes, snacks and surprises. Participants will have the choice of a steak or chicken dinner at the awards banquet following. Non-golfers can come to the banquet for $30 each. For more information, call 439-8801.
Photo by April Scarlett
Katie Riffe (left), Marissa Willwerth and Maria Bleitz dive into a pile of old T-shirts to “up-cycle” in Project Runway Saline, a class offered to teach tweens and teens about new fashion trends and the fashion industry.
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Library patrons create fashion
By April Scarlett Special Writer
ast week, young tweens and teens got a chance to dive into all things trendy and textile at the Saline District Library. Katie Mitchell set out photos, fabrics and T-shirts as she prepared for Project Runway Saline, a summer class in which students in seventh through Saturday, Aug. 28 12th grades learned about fashion, ■ A Microsoft Publisher from how to up-cycle an old T-shirt, class will be held at Milan Public Library. The program to what it takes to make it in the will help participants make fashion industry. “There are three things that are signs, brochures, banners, important to know,” Katie says. cards and more. The class “Everybody has beauty, general is for people who already styles don’t change, and fashion know computer basics, such as using a mouse and keyboard. Classes start at 9 a.m. and last one hour. A refundable $10 deposit is required to reserve a spot in a class. Registration is necessary and can be completed at the circulation desk or by calling 4391240.
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changes within your own style.” Katie covered the season’s trends in the class, as depicted by Teen Vogue magazine. The idea is for the students to look at the runway styles, then find a way to incorporate their own versions of the trend. This fall’s trends are the mod mini, the ski sweater, military classics, leopard print, grunge lux, neo geo, plaid and 1950s chic. Students in the class made weave belts from old T-shirts and pounded out hammered bracelets from spoons. Katie Riffe, 12, came dressed for the class. “I like fashion and stuff, but jewelry is my favorite,” she said. The tween wore a turquoiseand-white beaded necklace in a
flower pattern, with large, stand-out matching earrings. She doesn’t plan to enter the fashion industry, but wouldn’t mind having good fashion sense as she pursues a career in zoology. Maria Bleitz, also 12, thought the class sounded like fun and likes all things fashion, while Marissa Willwerth, 12, was looking for something cool to do as the summer winds down. “I like the colors and designs,” Marissa said, “more clothes than jewelry. I like the colors and designs, and shoes and purses, too.” This was the first year for Project Runway Saline, as presented as part of the library’s “Make A Splash” summer program.
Heritage Trail Garage Sale a hit
Sunday, Aug. 29 ■ The fourth annual Football Kick-off Service will be hosted 3 p.m. at Agape Apostolic Church, 424 Hurd St. in Milan. The service will feature a football-based illustrated sermon titled “Hold that Line!” An illustrated sermon is a dramatic skit-like production featuring various characters while presenting a Biblical message. The service will also include a “special prayer” for all football players, cheerleaders, coaches and staff. For more information, call 1877-8-AGAPE-8.
Historical society rents out space at Rentschler By Steven Howard Heritage Newspapers
The weather was warm and sunny and rain was nowhere in sight as the US-12 Heritage Trail Garage Sale kicked off Friday morning. Agnes Dikeman, a member of the Saline Area Historical Society, said the private vendors were already reporting swift sales of their wares, which ranged from old photographs to vintage clothing. “Everybody seems to be happy,” she said of the vendors, which numbered 17 that day. The grounds at Rentschler Farm in Saline were used for a giant yard sale last weekend as part of “We’ve had a steady stream of the US-12 Heritage Trail Garage Sale. PLEASE SEE HIT/3-B