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Official Newspaper of Record for the City of Belleville, Sumpter Township, & the Charter Township of Van Buren 152 Main St., Suite 9, Belleville, MI 48111 • (734) 699-9020 www.bellevilleareaindependent.com • [email protected] Vol. 25.24 Thursday, June 13, 2019 Strawberry Festival Parade steps off from BHS at 11 a.m. Saturday The annual Belleville National Strawberry There is no parking available behind St. Festival Parade steps off at 11 a.m. Saturday Anthony’s Church. This is a CHANGE from from Belleville High School. The parade prior years. Thank you for your cooperation will travel east on West Columbia Avenue to in this matter.” Five Points and then up Main Street to the • Grand Marshal Peggy Curtis museum. • VFW 4434 – PLAV 167 with Color Guard Grand Marshal of this year’s parade is • City of Belleville elected officials Peggy Curtis, who during her 39 years of • Van Buren Township elected officials coaching led BHS softball teams to two • Sumpter Township elected officials back-to-back state championships, the only • Belleville Police and Fire state championship ever won by a team at • Van Buren Police and Fire BHS. • Van Buren Honor Guard After the 2016 season, in which her team • Sumpter Police and Fire won the fifth Michigan High School Athletic • Augusta Fire Association district title in a row, the varsity • Meijer softball field was named for her and her • Wayne County Community College Kylie Morton, Valedictorian of the Julia Marshall, Salutatorian of the name put on the scoreboard. • Wayne County Fairgrounds Belleville High School Class of 2019, Belleville High School Class of 2019, Curtis was a member of the staff that • Strawberry Queen and Court is going to Purdue University to study will attend the University of California at started the softball program in the school • Congresswoman Debbie Dingell mechanical engineering. Berkley to study nuclear engineering. district, so she basically built the field and • State Senator Erica Geiss program from scratch into one of the most • State Representative Kristy Pagan successful in the state. • P and P Dance Centre Curtis is a BHS graduate and now has • Moslem Shriners grandchildren who attend school in the • Master Lockman’s Black Belt Academy district. • Booze Realty of Keller Williams While honoring her before the school board • Open Arms Lutheran Church and School in 2016, Athletic Director Joseph Brodie • Southwestern Wayne Democratic Club said, “She is a true example of loyalty and • Zap Zone Family Fun Center of Canton dedication.” • River of Life He said on the field, Curtis accumulated • Belleville High School Marching Band more than 700 wins, numerous coaching • Huron Valley Ambulance honors including induction into the • Miss Great Lakes Teen Michigan High School Athletic Association • Belleville Area Women’s Club Coaches Hall of Fame, as well as league, • Michigan Black Horsemen Association district, and regional championships. • Belleville Community Chorus Brodie said, to his count, Curtis had been • Belleville Central Business Community involved with getting 35 of her players • Chances Are Youth 4-H Club signed to play at the collegiate level. • BACA Music Lakeside Guest of Honor Besides the Grand Marshal, parade 2019 coordinator 34th District Court Judge Tina • BACA Music Lakeside Guest of Honor Brooks Green announces the following units 2018 had signed up for the parade as of Monday. • Jitterbugs Elite Dance Those winning 2019 Senior Awards at Belleville High School posed for a picture together. Judge Green said to units in the parade: • A-One Limo “Please note that only vehicles that are This is the festival’s 43rd year and for the participating in the parade will be allowed first time one of the festival’s founders, Belleville High School 2019 Senior Awards to enter Davis Street. All other vehicles are St. Anthony Catholic Church, is not • Army Award for Excellence in • Business Education Award: Ethan Lloyd asked to park west of the high school in the (continued on page 15) Academics and Athletics: Matthew Mrocca • English Award: Xavier Komaromi parking lot and walk around to the line up. • Army Award for Excellence in • Female Senior Athletic Award: Bailey Academics and Athletics: Lauren Umphrey Etherton Permit No. 26 No. Permit This Space On The Front Page. 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The Belleville Area District Library *** board is setting up a schedule to celebrate Last Thursday morning, we received a call its new building, now under construction from a resident of Quirk Road.