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The second day of the Saline Community Fair began with a parade of strollers, as families came out Thursday morning to enjoy Children’s Day.
The festivities began at the front of the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds, where the Touch a Truck event was held until noon. An assortment of big trucks and vehicles were parked with open doors, allowing kids to climb in and explore.
Representatives from Busch’s grocery store were on hand to pass out bottled waters, bags and other goodies from the back of the iconic Busch’s truck. Children could also get free cheese sticks from the Dairy truck to snack on while visiting the Saline fire engine, Huron Valley ambulance, Washtenaw County Sheriff patrol car, and a variety of farm and construction trucks.
Ann Arbor Hands-On museum had craft tables set up in front of their van, where children could make stargazers.
Families were later directed to Building B, where Twist and Shout, The Magician, provided lots of laughs and entertainment. After the show, she made balloon animals for the children. Nearby, student representatives from the Conceptual Development Lab of the University of Michigan hosted a table where kids could make their own farm truck using craft supplies.
Visitors were able to explore the barns, where they could meet the animals and see the prize-winning lambs, pigs, goats, cows, and more.
The Washtenaw County Farm Bureau had several activities and play areas for the kids, including a display where they could be a “Farmer For A Day”. Children enjoyed picking apples from “trees”, collecting hen’s “eggs”, digging for “potatoes”, and even trying their hand at “milking” the dairy cows. Kids could practice harvesting at the corn table, where they were able to scoop and sort corn kernels with shovels, buckets, and toy tractors.
Families were encouraged to enter drawings to win bicycles which were donated by various businesses, organizations, and families from the Saline community.
The Saline Community Fair will be open until Sunday, September 4. For more information on admission and prices, visit salinefair.org.
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Sunny, with a high of 73 and low of 43 degrees. Sunny during the morning, clear overnight.
No, the motion to approve & adopt was made by Ceo, seconded by Lesch. If you're interested in an unedited/unredacted version of Monday's meeting, the link to the video recording of our budget work session and regular meeting is provided below -
Thank you to those Council members who support the citizens and the Rec Center.
Please note, the rec center now requires 1/3 to almost 1/2 of its operations be funded by the City of Saline taxpayers. Approximately 10% of our City population uses the facility, while 2/3 of the members are non-resident. It’s time the non City residents of the Saline community pays its fair share.
What happened with the funding for the needed repairs at the Recreation Center? With all of the programs and community services provided at the Recreation Center, the nearby communities spending tens of millions of dollars to build new Recreation Centers, and the number of members/high usage for the Center and part
Name all the municipalities of 10,000 people that have their own Rec Center with a pool. I'm generally curious.
Saline Area Schools needs to take over the Rec Center with a Rec creation millage and maybe a short bond issue, too, for improvements.
The mayor and city council love to spend taxpayer dollars frivolously. More and more $$$ into the rec center, that needs to stop. We still don’t have drinkable water and yet the city keeps raising rates. Can’t speak for everyone but I would much rather have clean water than a “lazy river!”
Sorry, Toby Crotty. Do not align to your assessment or thoughts. While nearby communities are spending tens of millions of dollars to build Recreation Centers (because of their value to citizens and communities), Saline is in the fortunate position of already having a very good facility in place which now needs to
You avoided my main point. The rec center is a nice amenity for those that use it. However, it is not a necessity. Clean safe water that we pay exorbitant rates for IS a necessity for EVERYONE!