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■ Local blogs offered on website: Heritage Mediaoffers links to many blogs written by area residents atwww.heritage.com. Topics include community, parent-ing, health and fitness, business, senior citizen issuesand beer. Among the local writers are the Saline andMilan mayors, Washtenaw County CommissionerKristin Judge, Saline author April Scarlett, and

Heritage’s local editors and reporters.■  Readers Bee at Saline library for kids: 

The Readers Bee at the Saline District Library willhave youth in fourth through eighth grades teamup to match quotes with book titles from 7 to 7:45p.m. Jan. 27. There will be prizes for all participants.Registration is required. The event is free. For moreinformation, call the Saline District Library’s YouthDepartment at 827-1245 or visit http://www.saline.lib.mi.us.

■  Event set at Saline library for kids: Sign upfor Winter Preschool Storytime at the Saline DistrictLibrary begins Jan. 3. In-person registration beginsat 9 a.m. Jan. 3 in the Youth Department. Telephoneregistration begins Jan. 4. If you are interested in reg-istering for the Library Book Babies Storytime, youmay also register on this date. Library Book Babies isoffered for Babies 24 months and younger. All story-time programs are free. For more details, visit www.salinelibrary.org or call 429-5450.

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Pittsfield Township Police Officer Aja Chung (left) is with Tamekia Walls at the recent “Shop with a Hero” event at the PittsfieldTownship Meijer. Walls and her children participated in the annual program after a referral from New Beginning Church.

Shop with HeroaProgram helps families with ChristmasBy Art AisnerSpecial Writer

For Ray and Kristen Creech,providing a traditionalChristmas for their three chil-dren this year was an uncer-tainty.

Ray had just been laid off when he suffered a devastating

leg injury in a fall that depletedtheir savings and had expiringhealth insurance benefits in thefall. With bills mounting, andKristen still attending nightschool to become a medicalassistant, visions of a brightChristmas tree surrounded bypresents for their kids, were justthat –– visions, she said.

But with help from officialsat the Oakwood Church, wherethey worship at 525 E. MichiganAve. in Saline, the Creechs’children, ages 16, 12 and 10, had

PittsfieldTownshipFire MarshalBill Moffett isjoined byDelphiaSparrilla (left)and her chil-dren, Angie,

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contestTop honors in gingerbread contest announced By Steven HowardHeritage Media

The winners of the SalineMoonlight Craft ShowGingerbread Contest wereannounced last week, withthe Saline Area SchoolsTransportation and SpecialEducation Department andManchester Bakery taking tophonors in the corporate divi-sion.

Craft show organizer Cheryl

Hoeft said Saline SchoolsSuperintendent Scot Gradenhad a clear favorite.

“The Superintendent’sChoice, which Scot picked, wasthe special ed and transportdepartment,” she said. “It wasof Woodland Meadows.”

Hoeft said the intricatedesign was far and above thatof the traditional gingerbreadhouse.

“It had the school buses,” shesaid, “and the playground wasvery extensive.”

In short, it impressed manyattendees, Hoeft said.

“It was a very cool setup,” shesaid.

Manchester Bakery won thePeople’s Choice Award with its

holiday-related theme.“It was Santa’s workshopwith elves and a nice back-ground,” Hoeft said.

Country Market of Salinealso constructed an entry forthe contest,

Those voting did so by put-ting monetary donations incanisters next to their favoritegingerbread house.

The same was true of theoriginal gingerbread contest,

 judged in several different agecategories.

For the under-12 category,Cole Pelton took first, withHannah Struk grabbing secondplace.

In the 12-to-18 category, tophonors went to Emily Diehl andsecond place was awarded to

Stephen Trombley.The 18-and-over adult

category was won by StaceyNiegebauer and second placewent to Kiera Harilchak.

Girl Scout Troop 492 of Salinetook first place in the groupcategory, while Girl Scout Troop1694, also of Saline, got the nodfor second place.

The graham cracker buildingprize went to Fiona Crawfordand Juliana Laice was runner-up.

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