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And they're off! Fifty-seven people of all ages par- ticipated in this year's Terry Fox Run for cancer Garbage contract f extended due to excellent service The Township of Scugog's garbageman is extremely efficient. In recent years, Brown Contracting Services has picked up anything and everything that people in Port Perry are willing to throw out, including old machines, heavy metal parts, cement blocks and branches: ~~ That was all well and good for the folks using the garabage disposal service, but not so great for the people who run the -business. They've been reporting several truck break-downs due to the heavy contents of garbage bags. With repairs so expensive, they've been forced to limit their pick-ups and exclude certain heavy items. Se Council has extended its contract until December 31, 1984 with Brown's with the price per pick-up increased from 51 cents to 61 cents. Also included in the new contract is a stipulation that tags be prepared to be placed on unaccep- table garbage. So if that Vol. 117 No. 42 Tues., September 20, 1983 threw out didn't get pick- why. -Part of the reason the contract was extended was. because the Township hasn't receiv- ed any complaints about the service. "That's why we didn't have any complaints," Mayor Jerry Taylor said. '""He picked up everything." how. Clowns vs Cops It's going to be a local fuzz versus local - clowns and it looks like a whole lot of fun. The guys from Durham Regional Police have issued a lob-ball challenge to the Scugog - Chamber of Commerce to raise money for the Community Hospital expansion fundraising - campaign and the chamber has accepted. And Come tonight (Tuesday) at 7 p.m. The Joe Fowler Memorial Ballpark will be crowded with chamber mémbers dressed as clowns (and doing plenty of clowning around), cops do- ing their best to be tops, and spectators cheer- ing them on (but that's only if you show up). py how. you 'know research and managed to raise some $3,600 in pledges. Some ran, others walked and one rode a bicycle. Terry Fox run raises over $3600 The spirit of the tousle-haired young man who courageously set off to cross Canada with one leg was clearly evident during last Sun- day's Terry Fox Run. The first runners set out at 7a.m. and made it back to the finish line just as registration was getting underway at 8:30. Though tired from the 10 km run, they were still full of infectious 36 Pages enthusiasm, ribbing other runners about the course they would soon embark on. The last runners, a family, travelled the entire course in pouring rain. Fifty-seven people of all ages, shapes and sizes showed up at the Port Perry High School track Sunday morning with $3,600 in pledge sheets in hand. At 9 a.m. the majority set out, some running, some walking. One gentleman rode the course on a bicycle. Craig Taylor of Sea- grave was the first to arrive at the finish line with a time of 34 minutes. It's the second time he has won the race in two years and credits his running expertise to a 10 mile training run he com- pletes each day. Craig alone collected $1,450 in pledges. Pledge money should be collected as soon as possible and handed in to any chartered bank where it will be forward- ed to the Terry Fox Run organization. Destroy rabid cat after family attacked, bitten in their home Philippa Read 'was familiar with the cat, a stray that dropped. by every once in awhile to visit with the Read's ~own four cats and nab something to eat. Which. is why she didn't think anything of it when the cat jumped through the Read's cat door last Thursday evening. Even though the cat was rabid. Philippa and her hus- band Michael were attacked on numerous occasions throughout the horrifying night spent with the animal inside their houge. They suspected there was something wrong with the cat, but assumed he had been in an accident. For awhile, Then they realized that the cat was suffering with rabies. "This cat just flew through the cat door, landed on one of our cats, bit him and started fighting,"" Mrs. Read said. "My husband tried to separate them and it flew at him and bit him." . At3 a.m. they realized the cat was, still in the house with them. While trying to put the furious animal outside, Mrs. - Read was scratched and Mr. Read was attacked again. They watched it stagger down the hall- way, its haunches buckled, and suspected 'the truth. Even though the cat wasn't frothing at the mouth, it was suddenly clear what New lights for Christmas Looks like Port Perry will have Christmas lights after all. Scugog Council was concerned last Monday night when administrator Earl Cud- die related the sad condi- tion of decorative street lights. The wiring harness's along Queen Street (which make the decorative Christmas lights which criss-cross ..- between buildings possi- ble) were in such bad condition that Ontario Clerk- . Hydro yanked: them out this summer. Unless they're replac- ed, there won't be any bright Christmas lights this festive season, or any way of plugging into electrical outlets for any reason. : "It. was a deplorable situation, hazardous," Mr. Cuddie said about the old harness's, built in 1954 and paid for by the Scugog Chamber of Commerce. 'Something has to be done or there won't be any lighting come Christmas." : Twenty-nine years ago the cost for the project was about $1,500. Mr. Cuddie estimates the cost of the same installa- tion today will be bet- ween three and four thousand dollars. "The old ones had to be torn down," he said. "They were held together with baling wire and chewing gum for a long time." So early Tuesday mor- ning representatives of Chamber of Commerce met to discuss the pro- blem. - Chamber president Bill Barr said the group was willing to pay for the wiring, hopefully with a little "help from Queen Street merchants and the council, "We're going to have Christmas lights regardless if we have to pay for the whole thing ourselves," Mr. Barr promised. was wrong. The next morning animal control officer, Ann Barrett removed the cat from the Read: home, 25 acres on the _ Shirley Rd., with the closest neighbours a quarter mile away. That morning Mrs. Read can- vassed houses in the immediate area, asking them if they had seen the cat or any other animals acting strange- ly. They hadn't. The cat was taken to a Turn to Page 3 Initiation Time! Above, a diaper duo of shiner niners display the latest in initia- tion day fashions. Note Lee Bayley (left) and her funky antennae with matching shower cap and garbage bag. Cohort Missy Kellow shows off a natty toilet paper scarf, just the thing to impress Cart- wright High School Principal Gord Paisley. For more pictures and sfory see page 10 and Chatterbox, page 5.