10 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, June 19, 1984 Bumper strawberry crop is better late than never These days Erich Mair is keeping one eye on the heavens and the other on his eight acres of strawberry plants. + 'Right now, we need some more warm weather and some rain," he told the Star last week as he looked over the rows and rows of lush green plants, many of them topped with white flowers. Mr. Mair has been growing strawberries on his farm off the 10th Con- cession west of old Sim- coe Street between Port Perry and Seagrave for the last ten years. And before that, he grew a crop on a farm near Pickering until he was expropriated for the air- port that never was. | He says that while the strawberry crop is later than usual this June, he predicts it will be a bumper crop, judging from the number of blossoms and maturing berries on the plants. 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Mr. Mair says he will have some picked for sale to those wi'o are unable to get down 11 the rows to pick their own, but anyone with a little energy can fill six quarts in about 20 minutes of easy picking. He charges about 60 cents per quart, a little extra if you don't have your containers. Mr. Mair does not ship strawberries to retail outlets because he can't seem to find a picking crew. So while he's hoping for more warm weather to help bring the berries For Grades one to eight YMCA offers tutoring The Durham Region Family YMCA is offer- ing an excellent summer tutoring program in Math, Reading Com- prehension, Spelling, Language and Phonics for children currently registered in Grades 1 through 8 for the Port Perry area. This pro- gram has been offered for the past eight sum- mers, and has received an enthusiastic response from both parents and students. 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There are two three- week sessions of summer tutoring, running from July 3 to July 23 and Ju- ly 26 to August 16. That's Right! We want you to try our pizza. So, during the month of June bring in the coupon below to our Port Perry Location on Monday, Tues- day or Wednesday and receive a FREE Quartz Watch with any large or nad | Loc I : | ----t f ] i | | i | |] a 3 to a plump. red, juicy ripeness, he's also hop- ing that once the berries are ready to be plucked, the weather isn't too hot to keep the customers away. That's what happened last year when that sear- ing heat wave made it uncomfortable for a lot of people to go berry picking. So all you lovers of fresh strawberries, be patient for another week or so. Your favourite time of year is almost here. Students come for three hours per week for either Math or Reading Com- prehension. (Reading classes include work in Spelling, language and/or Phonics if re- quested). Thus, if a stu- dent is enrolled in both Math and Reading, he/she would have six hours of classes per week. The cost per subject, per child is $40 with a dis- count being offered for the second child in a family enrolled in the tutoring program. Two special registra- tion nights have been organized from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. on the 18th and 25th of June at the YMCA office at 269 Queen Street in Port Perry. Registra- tion will also be taken on Mondays and Thursday from 9:30 -- 4:30 starting June 4, for further info call the 'Y' Centre at 985-2824. Strawberry grower Erich Mair says the crop is later than usual this year, but once those berries ripen, the pickin' will be great. (See story) FRANK'S RESTAURANT "F LOYD CAESAREA LLOYD & the COUNTRY ALLSTARS" FRI., JUNE 22 SAT., JUNE 23 9P.M.to1A.M. (Cover Charge starting 9 P.M.) We've Moved! FILTER QUEEN SERVICE CENTRE New 345 SIMCOE Local? gr. 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