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INDEX

Belleville officials commend

Cruisin on the Bayou event

INSIDESpotlight onVan Buren Twp.candidates

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By Krista GjestlandHeritage Media

Former vice presidential can-didate and Alaskan GovernorSarah Palin greeted hundreds oftea party supporters Saturday atthe Wayne County Fairgroundsin Van Buren Township.

Palin was the guest speakerat Patriots in the Park, an eventsponsored by the Willow Run TeaParty Caucus and AmericansFor Prosperity Michigan.

Palin spoke at length aboutenergy and the economy, sayingthat lifting government restric-tions on coal and oil productionin the United States would help

Our economic revival startswith our energy revival, shesaid. Its about fostering a genu-ine free market.

Government interference,Palin said, is a problem and ishindering economic growth.

2012 is the race between biggovernment and big freedom,she said. We must get govern-ment out of the way and we mustlet the private sector breathe andgrow.

Palin also criticized PresidentBarack Obama and health carereform.

Were little tea pots, andwere getting steamed upbecause Obama is tippingus over, pouring us out and

draining the entrepreneurialspirit from us, that which grewAmerica into the most excep-

tional nation ever known, shesaid.

Obama, Palin said, is trying tofundamentally change the U.S.with healthcare reform.

Can you afford four more

years of this? she asked thecrowd. Why would anybodywant to fundamentally trans-form what is so good and free

and strong about America?Energizing the crowd, Palin

also spoke about optimism in thecoming year, as the presidentialelection grows closer.

I dont want you to be

bummed, I dont want you to losecourage and I dont want you tolose hope and faith that thingscan be turned around, though

the challenges do seem daunt-ing, she said.

Palins speech did instilloptimism into the crowd, whichenthusiastically cheered her on.

Kathleen Wilson, from Novi,

said she attended the event togain some of that enthusiasm.

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By Jerry LaVauteSpecial Writer

Mary Couperthwaite-Copsey, representing theCruisin on the Bayou CarShow Review that is fea-tured each Monday eveningon Bellevilles Main Street,

told the city council in itsregular meeting on July 2that the show has been abig success, exceeding theirexpectations.

The inaugural show onJune 4 featured 104 classiccars, she said, and she wastold that the show on June

25 exceeded 200 cars. Shereported that there were138 classic cars on displayas she spoke at council thatsame evening, and thateach week, she saw moreclassic car entries thatwere new to the show.

For the first year, our

stats are phenomenal, shesaid.

We havent had toomany complaints, sheadded, referring to resi-dents or businesses whohad said they were beinginconvenienced by theshows, which close a por-

tion of Main Street eachMonday evening.

Belleville Mayor KerreenConley said she hadreceived mostly positivefeedback about the event,with some merchants

Photo by Krista Gjestland

Popular conservative figure Sarah Palin was in the Belleville area Saturday for a speech at the Patriotsin the Park event at the Wayne County Fairgrounds.

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By Gary WinkelmanHeritage Media

A handful of gorgeous gar-dens nurtured with care anddesigned with flair will greetvisitors during Sundays Belleville

Area Garden Walk.Now in its seventh year, the

event highlights the work oflocal gardeners and serves as afundraiser for the Belleville AreaDistrict Library. Organizers prom-ise unique and inspiring sightsand are confident guests will walk

away giving the tour two greenthumbs up.

Its just always a wonderfulday and a wonderful time, saidDebra Green, library director anda founder of the event.

The theme of this years walk

is The Decorated Garden withsites featured emphasizing art andother objects as focal points.

Weve been meaning to putthis one on for a couple of years,Green said. The spotlighted gar-

Palin rallies supporters at local stop

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Photo courtesy Belleville Area District Library

The 2012 Belleville Area Garden Walk is 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Thetheme is The Decorated Garden.

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