5 Things You Need to Know Today — Aug. 11, 2012

Trivia: Which notable Plymouth athletic trainer trained former Detroit Tiger Brandon Inge before the 2012 season?

Yesterday's trivia answer: Brenton Zuzo for Plymouth vs. Canton in 2011's PHS homecoming game.

5. Celebrate gold medalist Allison Schmitt's homecoming next week in Canton

Olympic swimming standout  will return home from London next week and will take part in a local homecoming 6 p.m. on Aug. 14 at the  Amphitheater in Canton. Schmitt, a 2008  graduate, earned , one  and one  this year at the Olympic Games in London. 

4. Plymouth Farmers Market is today

The Plymouth Farmers Market will run 7:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. today at the in downtown Plymouth.

3. Inaugural Art About Town event comes to Plymouth today

Art About Town is coming on Saturday. The event will be held in Downtown Plymouth from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and is put on by the downtown merchants and the Plymouth Community Chamber of Commerce. 

Participating businesses will sponsor an artist at their location that will be on-site throughout the day to give demonstrations and talks on their artform. Some will have artwork available for sale. There will be a "passport" to take to the participating buisnesses to be stamped. To win, a participant must have 12 stamps on their passport.

2. Readers' Choice 2012: Vote for your favorite Plymouth-Canton businesses

Help Patch determine the best of the best by voting for your favorites in our 22 Readers' Choice categories.

Click on the links under each category and vote in the poll attached to each article.

Cast your vote by Aug. 17 and help us decide who's best. Whichever business gets the most votes will be named the Readers' Choice winner.

1. Tomorrow: Canton Farmers Market

The Canton Farmers Market runs 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday at Preservation Park, 500 N. Ridge Road in Canton.