Dick Scott Classic Motorcycles 4th Annual Chili Cook-Off & Charity Ride

Join us for our 4th Annual Chili Cook-Off & Charity Ride! This year we will have a Police Escort. Registration begins at 8:30 am and then it's KICKSTANDS UP at 10:00 am SHARP!

Join over 300 other bikers to rumble into the chili cook-off and enjoy the sights, the sounds, and the smell of CHILI!! Our ride arrives in Downtown Plymouth around 11:15 am and there will be VIP Parking for all of our Riders! This year's event will once again benefit the Penrickton Center for Blind Children.

Cost is $10 per person. Registration begins at Dick Scott’s Classic Motorcycles in Livonia at 8:30 am and the Ride departs at 10:00 am SHARP!

The Great Lakes Regional Chili Cook-off has donated over $275,000.00 to local charities. The 2012 charities are Habitat for Humanity and Penrickton Center for Blind Children. This year's event on Sunday, October 14th. in downtown Plymouth, runs from 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Entertainment at the cook-off includes….
Red, Green Chili & Salsa Competition
The Restaurant Chili Challenge
Great Music including “Steve King and the Dittilies” Band
A Motorcycle Show - Dance Performances
Kids Activities

Fore more Ride info, call Dick Scott’s Classic Motorcycles at 734-542-8000 and talk with Jeff Scott, Terry or Mike.

We hope to see you for a day of FUN & SAFE RIDING!

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The Art of Building with LEGO® Exhibit at The Henry Ford Museum

Draw inspiration for creating your own designs from the LEGO® Architecture: Towering Ambition exhibition in Henry Ford Museum. LEGO® Certified Professional Adam Reed Tucker has re-created famous landmarks entirely with LEGO® bricks. The exhibition includes 13 models: Fallingwater, 7 South Dearborn, Chicago Spire, John Hancock Center, Marina City, Willis Tower, Trump Tower, Burj Khalifa, Empire State Building, St Louis Arch, TransAmerica Building, Jin Mao Tower and one of the World Trade Center towers.

Explore the architectural wonders, and then start your own construction project in the nearby play pit. When finished with your masterpiece, place it on our large-scale LEGO® city map that will grow in size with every new builder’s addition.

LEGO® Architecture: Towering Ambition was developed by the National Building Museum, Washington D.C. Play area sponsored through in-kind donation from LEGO® Systems, Inc. LEGO®, its logo and the brick and knob configuration are trademarks of the LEGO Group. © 2010-12 The LEGO Group.
         

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activities
Opening Weekend, November 3 & 4
See architectural artist Adam Reed Tucker build a LEGO® version of the Detroit landmark Ford Field.

LEGO® Create
After drawing inspiration from awe-inspiring structures, visitors are encouraged to create buildings to include in a LEGO® community. Using principles of good urban design, you'll be invited to create a building from one of the four categories — residential, commercial, institutional and industrial — and then place the LEGO® models on a large-scale city map.
Daily through February 24, 9:30am–5pm
Inside Museum Gallery

LEGO® train
Don’t miss our LEGO® train created by Michigan LEGO® User Group
Daily through February 24, 9:30am-5pm
Near Allegheny Locomotive

Duplo® & Soft LEGO® Play Area
1- to 5-year–olds.
Daily through February 24, 9:30am–5pm
Depot Town - near the Allegheny Locomotive

Learn to Build Saturdays!
Make and buy OR make and leave.
Every weekend December 1–30, 10am–4pm

Brick Challenge with Nick Brickly
A double-dare-style LEGO® challenge with Michigan LEGO® User Group
Every Saturday, January 5–26, 11:30am–2pm

Adam Reed Tucker Returns!
Last time to see and meet architecture artist Adam Reed Tucker.
February 23–24

As read on: http://www.thehenryford.org/events/legoArchitecture.aspx

Interactive Google Doodle Honors Star Trek: The Original Series

Google today paid homage to Star Trek with an interactive homepage doodle that celebrates the 46th birthday of the original TV series.
Google has dressed up the letters in its logo as Star Trek cast members, and with the click of a mouse, you can beam Kirk to an adventure beyond the confines of the starship USS Enterprise.
The doodle opens on some familiar faces in the Enterprise control room, including Spock, Uhura, Kirk, McCoy, and Sulu. Hover over the image for some Easter eggs. Click the elevator, for example, and journey to the transporter, where you'll be sent to do battle in the outside world. Be sure your speakers are on for some authentic sound effects.
The first episode of Star Trek: The Original Series aired on Sept. 8, 1966, but according to the Hollywood Reporter, Google posted its doodle a day early so users would have time to play around with the detailed creation.
The original series aired on NBC for four years, but really took off in syndication during the 70s, spawning various Star Trek franchises.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Google doodler Ryan Germick said "it's a testament to the power of the show, and how iconic it is, that you can just put a couple details on anything, even a letter 'G' and know it's a Vulcan."
For more on Google's doodles, meanwhile, see the slideshow below. Recently, the company has honored Amelia Earhart, jeweler Peter Carl Fabergé and Robert Moog, considered by many to be a pioneer in the electronic music space, as well as artist Keith Haring, zipper pioneer Gideon Sundback, and Howard Carter, a British archaeologist best known for uncovering the tomb of King Tutankhamen in Egypt.

As read on: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2409414,00.asp 

Dick Scott Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Winner of Best Oil Change Spot!

Thank You to all who took time to vote for Dick Scott Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram for the Patch Readers' Choice Awards for Best Oil Change Spot! All summer long Patch Readers have nominated and voted for their favorite local businesses in categories ranging from best burger to Best Park in Plymouth and Canton. 

Thanks to your votes Dick Scott Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram was the Winner!! Click HERE to see the complete list of winners!

Life Remodeled Redford build is underway and more help is needed to get it finished!

This week started the Life Remodeled Build in Redford to build the home for recipient Tanya Ray and her four children! The corner of Poinciana and 7 Mile has been full of activity and went from just the foundation to a framed housing structure in just a couple days!

The build is far from over and every day is posing its own set of new challenges but no challenge is too big to bring this deserving single mom and her four children closer to moving into their new home!! You can read the original article written earlier this summer when Tanya first found out that Life Remodeled was about to change her and her children's lives, not just by giving them a new home but guiding them in their life even after they have moved in!

If you would like donate your time and expertise toward this project you can stop by the build site any time! Someone will be on site 24/7 this whole week August 20 - 26th!! There is much to be done and they are always looking for additional skilled tradesmen in all area's of home building, including cement work and landscaping! You can also visit www.MercyRoadChurch.org or Contact Mike Gorr directly @ 248-910-3331 or by e-mail at info@mercyroadchurch.org for More information about what is needed.

You can also visit www.LifeRemodeled.com or www.Facebook.com/LifeRemodeled for more details about Life Remodeled and the other builds scheduled and already completed.

Below is the original article about when Tanya found out she was selected as the recipient of the Life Remodeled Home!....

It was the best birthday present Tanya Ray had ever received.
Out to lunch with some family members to celebrate earlier this summer, she received a phone call. It was from the Life Remodeled people.

She and her four children had been selected as recipients of a new home.

“It was just unbelievable to know it went, from 93 applicants, to us. We were the final family,” she said. “It was like I went numb. It was the best birthday gift ever.”
Ray and her children will take control of a new home in the 19100 block of Poinciana later this month after it's built by Life Remodeled volunteers. They were selected after months of thought and consideration by Life Remodeled in Redford, being run by several area churches.
The program selects a family to be the recipient, and donates materials and labor to build a home for them. After owning the home responsibly for three years, the family receives the title.
Homes have been built for families in other communities, including Westland and Farmington Hills.
The Rev. Mike Gorr, pastor at Mercy Road Church and leader of the Life Remodeled project in Redford, said while it was difficult selecting just one family, he's happy Ray and her children will be able to settle into the new home once it's complete.
The field was eventually narrowed down from nearly 100 to three before the final selection.
“Of those three, a single mom with four kids was chosen to receive the benefits,” Gorr said. “There's a need there. We felt like this was the best choice at this point.”
Construction on the home will begin Aug. 20, and will wrap up by Aug. 26. A celebration to pass over the keys to the home is planned for 2 p.m. Aug. 26 at the home on Poinciana, near Seven Mile and Inkster.
Volunteers and financial donations are still needed to complete the project, Gorr said. Anyone looking to donate can do so by going to mercyroadchurch.org and clicking the Life Remodeled tab. Checks can also be mailed to P.O. Box 401466, Redford, MI 48240.
Gorr said the project has raised more than $20,000 already. He's anticipating getting to building later this month.
“If we're going to serve the world, we believe it starts in our hometown,” he said. “It was a project that fit with our mission as a church.”
Ray, who has lived in Redford for the last three years, said the opportunity to settle down will benefit her children greatly.
“They're literally remodeling our lives top to bottom. That's where me and my kids are going to plant our feet,” she said. “They're not giving us a house, they're giving us a home.”
As read on: http://www.hometownlife.com/article/20120812/NEWS16/208120490/Life-Remodeled-recipient-gets-8216-best-birthday-gift-ever-