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VOL. 140, NO. 39
Summer
concert
series a
success
Residents
say series
is ‘best kept
Friday night
secret’
By Sean Dalton
Heritage Newspapers
The Dexter Summer
Concert Series was a roaring
success this year.
Bill and Donna Sumner
were just a couple of the
hundreds who came out to
the gazebo in Monument Park
every Friday to enjoy live
music entertainment.
“This is Dexter’s best kept
Friday night secret,” Donna
Sumner said. “We got some-
thing to eat at Hazel’s Home
Cookin’, enjoyed the good
music and hit up the Dairy
Queen afterwards.”
For the past several years,
the concert series has been
Dexter’s closest thing to
Chelsea’s Sounds and Sights
on Thursday nights, which
similarly uses locally popular
bands to draw visitors to the
downtown area.
Dexter’s concert series has
featured popular musicians
such as Bull Halsey, Men in
Black, and Gas for Less.
The event has also involved
entertainment for children,
such as jugglers and magic
acts.
Ace Milne and Fran Schultz
said they enjoy attending the
Dexter concerts for their qual-
ity musical talent and com-
munity feel.
“We switched over from
Plymouth’s concert series
to this one. It’s been the best
year ever here so far – we’ve
attended every week,” Milne
said.
L & J Landscape owners
Leisa and Jamie Cobb said
that the concert series is
something that Dexter has
needed “for a long time.”
“We used to go into Ann
Arbor every weekend, but now
we’re staying local more and
more,” Jamie Cobb said.
Hazel’s Home Cookin’ own-
ers Denise and Bob Livingston
said that the event has defi-
nitely had an impact on their
business.
“Business has doubled on
Friday nights,” Denise said
adding that the zenith of her
good fortune came during the
final concert featuring the
band Salmagudi.
Chamber board member
George Zahra said that the
series wouldn’t happen with-
out the support of Dexter’s
business community.
Joe Nowak, interim
president of the Dexter Area
Chamber of Commerce, said
that he feels the series has a
lot of momentum to propel it
forward for next year.
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A classic car show hosted by the Dexter Lions Club was added to the special attractions scheduled for the Apple Daze event
at Monument Park this Saturday. The public is invited to bring classic cars, street rods or special-interest vehiclles.
Fall event set for Village
his year’s Apple Daze
T
event, set for 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. this
Saturday, will feature
a classic car show,
hosted by the Dexter Lions
Club, for the first time in
the festival’s history.
This is the second year
the Dexter Lions have orga-
nized the festival, but the
first to feature a car show.
Lion’s member Dennis
Berry is one of the organiz-
ers for the car show, and
he said the Lions hope the
addition of the car show
will help the festival appeal
Mill Creek construction planned
Work to include
new walkways,
stream restoration
By Sean Dalton
Heritage Newspapers
Dexter Village officials sub-
mitted a plan for approval to
begin construction on the Mill project between the Village
Creek Park this month.
They hope to see the former County Parks Commission,
dam impoundment that is
located south of Main Street
and across the street from the Huron Clinton Metropolitan
Dexter Area Fire Department Authority.
under construction by early
spring 2011, according to
Community Development
Manager Allison Bishop.
The park development will
also include numerous path-
ways, boardwalks, fishing
spots and observation decks,
as well as boat launches and
stream restoration, habi-
tat enhancement areas, an
amphitheatre and other seat-
ing areas.
Bishop said that the next
step will be meeting with
MDNRE staff to show them
the site and provide specific
details about the project.
“The village anticipates
receiving permit approval
sometime this winter and
starting construction as early with Heritage Newspapers.
as March and hopes to com-
plete the project by the end of sdalton@heritage.com.
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Apple Daze
Events at Monument Park will include an
apple pie eating contest and hayrides.
Apple treats, including caramel apples and
apple cider, will be on sale, and vendors
will sell crafts.
to a wider audience.
“It’s typically been
attended by families with
young children, and we
were hoping the car show
would attract a broader
demographic,” Berry said.
next summer,” Bishop said.
“The park will be open to the
public and will eventually
connect to the Washtenaw
County Border-to-Border
projects slated to start this
fall, and the potential non-
motorized path connection to
Hudson Mills.”
That will occur through a
collaborative trail planning
of Dexter, the Washtenaw
the Washtenaw County
Road Commission, and the
“The village and its proj-
ect partners are excited at
the opportunity to construct
over 10 miles of non motor-
ized trails to the area and for
the residents and visitors of
Dexter,” Bishop said.
Questions about the project
or those interested in finding
out about volunteer opportu-
nities can be directed to the
village offices.
There is also a vacancy
on the Dexter Parks and
Recreation Commission.
Interested individuals can
contact the village for an
application.
To contact the village call
1-734-426-8303.
Sean Dalton is a reporter
He can be reached at
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