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Fine art fair to return to Novi BY CHARITY MEIER cmeier@candgnews.com
After a two-year hiatus, the Novi Fine Art Fair is scheduled to return to the city June 20-23 at Twelve Mile Crossing at Fountain Walk, 44275 W. 12 Mile Road in Novi. “It’s an area that really doesn’t have one, and it’s just good timing to start to do it now,” said show organizer Karyn Stetz, of the Art as Healing Foundation. See ART FAIR on page 4A
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Robby Heil holds up his certificate of completion following his graduation from the Novi Adult Transition Center program on June 2.
Community celebrates new NATC graduate’s influential run in school, on field BY CHARITY MEIER
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On June 2, a large audience filled the Novi Middle School auditorium to witness the graduation of Robby Heil, a
made headlines after scoring a touchdown during a Novi High School football game. Then-NHS football coach Jeff Burnside had worked out a play with the opposing South Lyon team to allow See GRADUATE on page 8A
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This oil painting of a beach scene, by Eduardo Bonilla, is an example of the art that will be on display at the Novi Fine Art Fair June 20-23.
young man with Down syndrome, from the Novi Adult Transition Center program. Heil, 26, was the only graduate this year and has become somewhat of a legend in the community. In 2016, Heil
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