A Wayne County deputy was among 18 people arrested in a call girl sting over the weekend. Sheriff Warren Evans tells The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press the unidentified deputy faces misdemeanor charges and his police powers are suspended. The off-duty deputy was ticketed during a sting targeting prostitutes and pimps who used an Internet site to advertise escort services. An undercover female deputy answered and set up a rendezvous when the deputy called the cell phone of one of the women being detained. The caller offered to pay for sex acts and was ticketed for solicitation. Fifteen women will be arraigned on misdemeanor charges Monday. Two men suspected of being pimps will be charged with pandering _ a four-year felony.

WEEK IN REVIEW

Read the festival's Web site or brochure because many events within the festival, such as bus or kayak tours, have limited space and require registration.

Some festival admissions are free but probably charge for tours; some may have a festival fee that includes free classes. Many offer meals, art shows and children's activities.

Come prepared: Bring your bird-watching tools (binoculars, spotting scopes, cameras with long lenses, identification books) and layers of clothing.

A few tours start with the rising sun; if there's an owl tour, you'll be wandering in the dark. Be able to protect your bird-watching equipment from rain.

Be curious: Ask questions of your guides. They are usually experienced birders or people with other knowledge, such as geology or wildlife.

Men grow beards for Ohio contest honoring president

Ray Blinn, 60, is growing his very first beard for the contest.

"Too bad they don't have the scruffy, mountain-man category, because that's probably going to be what I look like," Blinn said.

There will not only be a prize for the best resemblance to Hayes, but also others in categories including longest, neatest and most unusual beards.