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The article describes how nationwide road-show events reach 32 communities, pairing large team participation with charity donations, simple public participation rules, and plans to bring the tournament to Canton in 1993. 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\nMonday,October 21,1991  \n40 Pages  \nVolume 17 Number 28  \n1991 Suburban Communications Corporation  \nHoop tourney could bounce this way  \nThe  \nCanton  \nNationwide this year there were 30,297  \nCommunities are chosen by geographical lo-  \nAnd the tournament is just what Canton  \nBy Diane Ga  \ncation and based on the number of tourna-  \nteams with 121,188 players attracting 1.1 mil-  \nneeds,Dan Calabrese,administrative assistant  \nConnection  \nments already in the area,Killinger said.  \nlion spectators.  \nto the supervisor,said.  \nIf basketball is your game,there's a plan to  \n“We have been talking for a long time abouthow to get people out in the community,Cala-  \nEach of the 32 communities picks a charitywhere proceeds from the community tourna-  \nTHE BIGGEST Gus Macker tournament is  \nbring a traveling extravaganza to your town.  \nin Belding,Mich.hosting 5,500 teams with  \nbrese said.  \nCanton officials are trying to bring the Gus  \nment are donated,Killinger said.This year the18 year old Gus Macker Enterprises donated  \nSoftball tourney  \n‘They put up basketball hoops and get ballsand close-off a street in the middle of town.We can't do that in the middle of our town,andthat's why we're talking about CEP(Centenni-al Education Park).\"  \n21,528 phayers during a three day event.  \nMacker basketball tournaments to the town-  \nRequirements for playing are simple.There  \nship in 1993.  \n$456,789 to charities.  \nThe Cantor Softball Center will  \nare none.  \nGus Macker Enterprises takes its road showto 32 communities in 10 states.It started as adriveway tournament in Belding,Mich.andhas grown into a national tradition.  \nThe company name came from a moniker  \nhost the National Senior Softball  \n\"You can have no skill whatsoever,\"Kill-inger said.\"The tournament is set up whereanyone can play.It's designed as family style,American,Chevrolet and apple pie in a downhome setting where anyone can play.  \nChampionship in 1992.  \ndonned by founder Scott McNealIn seventh  \ngrade a buddy called him GusMacker is a  \nWayne County Executive EdMcNamara was involved in the  \nThe schools are considered a prime location,  \nspin off from McNeal.  \nbecause of the abundant pavement and the  \neffort to secure the tournament for  \nThe tournament colors are maroon and gold  \nproximity to locker rooms.  \nAND IT COULD bounce into Canton in 1993  \nWayne County.  \nThe teams are determined by skill,height  \nfor Central Michigan University where  \nTypically,the tournament attracts 500 to  \nsaid Joe Killinger,Gus Macker Enterprises  \nIn 1989,a team from Canton  \nMcNeal and his father graduated.  \nand age of the players.  \ntournament director.  \n600 teams.  \nwon the tournament played in St.  \n# Tough times\n\nSidewalk repairs  \nSidewalk repair will begin inHoliday Park,Canton's oldest  \nsubdivision.The township will begoing through every subdivision  \nthat needs the improvements.  \nJobless tell storiesof frustration,anger  \n\"Eventually we will try to do  \nrepairs in all of them that it iscalled for,\"said Dan Calabrese,  \nCanton administrative assistant.Residents should call,397-5405,  \nif they have concerns aboutsidewalks in their neighborhoods.  \nTree donation  \nCanton and six other Detroit-  \narea communities will have a new  \nlook thanks to MichganConsolidated Gas Co.(MichCon).  \nEach community will receive  \napproximately 85 bushes andtrees,including serviceberry  \nbushes,coralburst flowering crab  \nand assorted oak trees.  \nThe trees and bushes were  \nremoved from property leased by  \nMichCon to build a natural gaspipeline between Milford and  \nWillow Station in Ypsilanti  \nTownship.The trees and bushes  \nwere saved and donated to Canton,Dexter,Redford,Ecorse,Highland  \nphotos by BILL BRESLER/staf photographer  \nPark,Saline and the Mexican town  \narea of Detroit.  \nGeorge Elias,left,holds his 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