Canton Social Studies Teacher Richard Mui not only teaches class, but he is also the advisor for the Asian Pacific American Club and he coaches Freshman Football.  88.1 the Park’s Sam Badger had a chance to take with this busy teacher about his work.

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Plymouth-Canton Educational Park students have an opportunity to visit Washington D.C. with the Close Up Club.  The club’s advisor is Canton Economics Teacher, Chris Belch.  He has been taking students to the capitol for 11 years.   Max Jenkins spoke with Mr. Belch about Close Up and his experience leading the club.

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Relay for Life in Canton and Plymouth recently joined together to plan for a combined relay on May 20, 2017.  Rebekah McBride spoke with Megan Schaper, Relay for Life Community Manager, about her work with the American Cancer Society and the upcoming Relay for Life.

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Bill Keith spoke with former Canton Township Supervisor Tom Yack.  They talked about Tom’s career in politics that began when he served on the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools Board of Education.  Tom also served as Canton Township Supervisor for 20 years and as Canton Township Trustee.

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Saba Mangla spoke with the newly appointed Executive Director of Project Healthy Community, Amina Iqbal.   Ms. Iqbal is a Canton resident and she was the Operations Director for the Michigan Muslim Community Council. Project Healthy Community is a non-profit that is working to improve the lives of residents of Northwest Detroit.

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