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did you know? lakefront of litter Scugog is blessed with owning one of the largest and most beautiful lake- fronts in southern Ontario, but anyone venturing beyond Palmer Park might get a surprise. The lakeside path which winds south from Kinsmen Beach, along behind the ball parks is “littered” with plastic bottles, bait containers, beer cans, coffee cups and “you name it”. What a shame that our lakefront has fallen victim to the scourge of litterers. It would certainly help if garbage containers were placed strategically along this popular lakefront pathway. We're sure most people, if given a choice, would discard their garbage into containers instead of throwing it onto the ground. it’s official... the ice is out The ice left Lake Scugog a little earlier this year than it has for the past six years, when it wasn’t until April before it let go of its icy grip. For the record book, the official “ice out” date for 2010 will be written as Saturday, March 27. During the early morning of that date only a stubborn chunk of ice was left in the bay off Palmer Park, but by days end the last trace of ice disappeared. April is by far, the most common month for the ice to melt away from Lake Scugog since dates started being tracked back in 1872. During this time (138 years) the ice has only disappeared from the lake | 7 times during the month of March, the earliest being 1983 when it went out on March 16. future rockers... Port Perry’s very own ‘7ate9’ won Oshawa Library's ‘Battle of the Bands’ for all of Durham Region recently. The local youth rock band had to write and perform an original song in order to beat out other musicians in the K-8 category. Up against ‘MC Freeway’ and ‘Mind the Gap’ in the fi- nal top three, ‘7ate9’ delivered an audience pleaser with AC/DC's “Highway to Hell” and their original song, “Don’t Feed Me That”. The group consists of Connor Frain (Rhythm Guitar and it’s her pet project Everyone loves their own pets, but Kathy Dudley just loves all animals and does her best each year to help those that don’t have loving owners, by donat- ing money to the local animal shelter. Over the past six years, Kathy has co-ordinated and produced her very popular “Your Super Pet Calendar”, raising thousands of dollars to help the animal shelter. Kathy's 2010 calendar raised a whopping $10,000, bringing the total amount she’s raised for the shelter to $48,300. Vocals), Tyler Rowett Kathy says she’s always surprised and (Bass and Vocals), pleased at the response to the calendars and Zachary Green is hopeful she can surpass the $50,000 level (Drums), Samantha when she produces the calendar for 201 1, Green (Lead Guitar). which “yes”, she’s already started working on. 26 FOCUS - MAY 2010