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Still Can't Believe Luck June Aldridge has been pretty cool about her newfound fortune, but she showed a little enthusiasm by giving her English friend a hug at her Ann-Teeks shop in Port Perry. Mrs. Aldridge has just discovered she owns shares in a $400 million treasure discovered off Florida by renowned diver Mel Fisher. See story for details. Caesarea"s annual regatta, slated to happen this weekend, won't have any swim races this year because the beach at government dock has been closed Several thefts in area Durham Region Police report several break-ins and thefts in Scugog Township during the past week. The lobby decor at the Railroadhouse Motel on Highway 7A proved too much for some light- fingered culprit to resist. Police say that two an- tique horse collars com- plete with decorative mirrors hanging in the lobby of the motel were stolen during the night of July 27-28. And the thief also walked away with an antique wall clock, also from the lobby Total value of the items (Turn to page 2) The Durham Region Health Unit closed the beach July 23rd after tests revealed a high fecal-coliform level in the water. Although the Unit will continue to test the water each week for the dura- tion of the summer season, it doesn't look as though the beach will re- open in time for the regatta. "Because of un- satisfactory bacterial counts, the beach has been closed,' said Chief Inspector Harold Robin- son. "From our point of view, it's neither high or low, it's either above or below the bacterial limit." The limit is 100 fecal organisms per 100 mullitres of water. It's the first time in several years the Caesarea beach has been closed, although Port Perry's Palmer Park beach was closed last summer. "So far there's been no problem with the other beaches on Lake Scugog,"" Mr Robinson said However, a close pollu- tion watch is being kept Health unit closes beach at Caesarea by health authorities on 37 separate swimming areas throughout the Region, including seven already declared unsafe. Mr. Robinson can't pinpoint the cause of the high bacterial counts but blames a combination of factors including wildlife, domestic animals, the odd septic tank and heavy beach use. "If we knew what to at- tribute this to, then we'd know what to do about it," he said. August 6 at 12 noon Happy holiday It's hard to believe, but by the time August rolls-around the summer is half over. With that in mind, the Star would like to re- mind its readers and advertisers that the of- fice will be closed on Monday, August 5. 1985 so our staff may enjoy a long weekend We would ask anyone wishing to contribute articles, or place advertisements in the August 7th issue, to have them in the office by the Saturday prior to publication deadline for any material will be Tuesday, The staff and management of the Star wish everyone a safe and happy Civic Holiday Vol. 119 No. 35 Tuesday, July 30, 1985 32 pages Sunken Spanish galleon found Lucky lady owns shares 'in $400 million treasure June Aldridge is a pretty cool customer. The 49 year old Port Perry woman just discovered she has shares in $400 million worth of buried treasure and she's carrying on as if she just won a book of Wintario tickets. Her husband laughs at her and says, "She's such a pessimist, she won't believe it until she sees it." But believe it she does, after a whirlwind week of interviews with major newspapers and televi- sion networks, it's darn- ed hard not to believe she's the recipient of some of the most valuable treasure to be discovered in this century. It was just last week she realized she owns *'a few shares' (she won't say exactly how many) in the $400 million treasure tucked away in the sunken Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora de Atocha. The shares were a Christmas gift purchas- ed in Florida by her hus- band. What's more, she had forgotten about them until she heard of diver Mel Fisher's spectacular find over the July 20th weekend. Fisher, 69, had spent the last 19 years trying to recover the treasure [It had been lying on the ocear. floor since 1622, when the flagship galleon sank after being ripped apart by a hurricane. The treasure site is 60 kilometres southwest of Absolute Key West, Florida and 15 metres underwater. Divers have been haul- ing stacks of silver bars to the surface since last Sunday. Gold pieces of eight have been piled in buckets, but the gold bullion has yet to be recovered from the timbers of the galleon. "The big find was all on the TV. My son hap- pened to mention it. He said, 'Mom, maybe it's your boat they found,' she recalls. "Then my husband came home and told me to start looking for the shares contract." When she finally realized the enormity of her prize, she said cooly, "I'll believe it when I see it." Mrs. Aldridge had the choice of shares or gold pieces or a new car for a Christmas gift, The gold pieces were 350 years old, nice, but, "I wasn't terribly keen." But while the couple was touring Fisher's museum, they spotted all kinds of people buying shares in the "sunken treasure." "Some people were paying ten and 12 thou- sand dollars for shares," she says, blue eyes wide. "So my husband said, 'should we have a go?' Have a go they did, and just for a lark, they bought a number of (Turn to page 3) Does she like watermelon or not? It's hard to tell by the look on Jeni Brown's face, but the six year old YMCA Daycare partici- pant said she enjoyed all the food at Community Memorial Hospital's annual barbecue, held last Thursday. --_