Reflection Park ready for official opening Saturday After five longs years Marg Snider-McGrath’s dream, of a memorial park for the former lawn bowling green on Queen St, is about to become a reality. This Saturday, October 4, “Reflection Park” will be officially opened with pomp and ceremony, including a visit by Durham MP Bev Oda, Mayor Marilyn Pearce and members of council. The ceremony is scheduled to get underway at 11 a.m. with dignitaries, veterans and students representing Scugog’s nine elementary schools parading into the park led by a piper. The ceremony will include a a vribute to local war veterans, music ensembles from Port Pt High School Jazz Band, Choir and Prince Albert Public School Drummers. More than 2,000 children from local schools, along with countless volunteers have worked for years to bring the park to reality. This vie fon Park Veridan corporation who provided a Photos by J. Peter Hvidsten boom truck for taking pi park from high ab FOCUS - OCTOBER 2008 3 40.0CTOBER.40 pages 3 @ 9122108 8:36:12 AM |