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After seven years, Chamber of Commerce secretary Earl Cuddie left, is stepping down and former President Bill Barr right, will take over the duties as secretary-treasurer. President Peter Hvidsten is also stepping down after com- Eight new directors were elected to the Scugog Chamber of Com- merce as the organization held its annual meeting January 13 at the Latcham Centre in Port Perry. The eight elected by the member- ship are Elgin Knopps, Miles Knut- son, Marg Lawrence, Don Harper, "Rob Wearing, Neillie Stell, Mark Smith and Don Murdock. These directors and the others who are in the middle of their term were to meet this Tuesday morning (Jan. 20) to select an executive and it is expected that Elgin Knopp would be named the new President ~ of the Chamber for a two-year term. Mr. Knopp is the owner of Rent and Save in Port Perry, and he is taking over duties as Chamber president from Peter Hvidsten who has completed his two year term. In his out-going address to the pleting his two year term. The directors will membership at last week's annual select a new president this week. (See story). Mr. ~~ meeting, Mr.Hyidsten outlined Cuddie and Mr. Barr were presented with pla- some of the projects the organiza- ques of appreciation for their work with the Chamber of Commerce over the years. tion has been involved with over the . past couple of years. < . -- - ~r -- 5 ~~ » The ANEN - CORNER Queen Street OPENING JAN. 26 Apdo 4 ty) er rig, id be oy ve wud with a wide range of: * TOWELS * CARPETS * BATH . ACCESSORIES " BED LINENS Chamber has a successful year These include * co-ordinating a lodn program for students who wish to work for themselves during the summer months; involvement with the student co-op work program with Port Perry High School; spon sorship of the July 1 fireworks display; the Santa Claus Parade; and the popular Festival Days ac- tivities each summer. He said the Caribbean theme of last summer's Festival Days prov- ed very popular with local mer- chants, residents and visitors alike and the same theme will be carried on for at least another summer, possibly two. The Chamber of Commerce donated money for weed spraying in . Lake Scugog last year, will pay half of a full page ad in the Central On- tario Travel Guide this year, and will start working on an updated version of the Scugog Township brochure. Mr. Hvidsten said the cost of 5,000. copies of this new 'brochure. will be about $10,000. The previous brochures, printed in 1982, proved very popular and virtually all the 10,000 copies are gone now. And one of the most ambitious projects undertaken by the organization is the purchase and in- stallation of Victorian-style decorative street lighting for the business area of Port Perry. Mr. Hvidsten said the new lights, along with benches and new gar- bage containers will be installed this "year. The total cost of this project, including installation, is estimated at $34,000 with Scugog Township sharing about $10,000 of this amount. In concluding his remarks, Mr. Hvidsten paid tribute to the ex- ecutive, directors and others who worked on projects over the last couple of years. "OTHER BUSINESS Bill Barr, a former president of the Chamber, will assume new "duties as secretary-treasurer, tak- ing over from Earl Cuddie, who is stepping down this year after seven years as secretary. Mr. Cuddie was presented with a plaque at the meeting last week in appreciation for his service to the organization. The financial report tabled at the meeting shows the organization has "improved its cash position over the previous year (from $14,000 to $22,000) thanks mainly to a Festival Days profit of about $8800. GU EST SPEAKER The guest speaker for the evening was Eric Morrison, a producer with the CTV network national news pro- grams. Mr. Morrison worked as a news producer and reporter overseas in Afghanistan and Iran. and he outlined some of the pro- blems correspondents face in trying ... to cover the news in those countries. He gave examples of how the . (Turn to page 10) ' ~~ . \ SAU PHOTOGRAPHER - ARTIST "OVER A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE PLEASING PATRONS Socializing m Portrature [Hustration & Graphics FOR WORK OF PRIDE CALL 985-0218 Hane vor peetrant in vy Mu " RINE ME fark in The Coemtort of vier om eee A ho v SRD