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Comments valued, but let’s not forget who makes us possible Last month's issue of Focus on Scugog was our largest magazine since it began publication more than four years ago. Not one of us, who work to produce ‘Focus’, ever envisioned this little startup magazine would be received with such enthusiasm in the community. Thank you Scugog! The 68 page September issue prompted numerous comments, pro and con, from our readers. We love feedback and especially appreciate it when a reader phones, or takes time to send us a letter/email voicing their opinion in writing. You will see elsewhere in this issue, letters from a few who took that time. But we're not so smug as to believe all is perfect here. ‘We've made more than our share of embarrassing errors in the past few months, to which our faithful readers are quick to point out. We do appreciate the feedback — although errors are often noticed before the magazine goes public — but not before it’s too late to correct. On the positive side, we would like to take a few lines of space here to thank the “most important” support we receive. And that is from our valued advertisers. Without the amazing support we get month after month, there would be no Focus on Scugog magazine. It’s the businesses, organizations and institutions that show their confidence in this publication that make it possible. For those who are unaware of how a ‘free’ publica- tion like Focus’ makes it to your mailbox - here’s how it works. The more advertising a publication receives, the more pages it is able to produce and the more news/fea- tures it is able to provide to its readers. It’s really quite a simple equation - more advertising = more pages = more articles. So you can see, without the support of our advertis- ers there would be no Focus on Scugog or any other local publications. We hope our readers will think about that and support those who support your local media when considering a purchase of goods or services. Just remember, without the support of our advertis- ers, there would be no media here to provide you with the news and features important to our community. Ooooops... we were bad! It appears we got our drivers, trainers and owners mixed up last month on a short article about Glenn VanCamp and his partner Randy Hughes. The two men share ownership of the amazing San Pail, who won the Maple Leaf Trot for the second year in a row. The article should have credited Rodney Hughes as the owner/trainer, not Randy Waples who was the driver. In winning the trotting classic, San Pail set a stakes record of 1:51:3. 4 FOCUS - OCTOBER 2010 Daughter appreciates Focus article Dear Editor: Could you please pass on this e-mail to Christina Coughlin of your staff, who wrote the article about my parents, Louise St. Germain and Chuck Campbell’s gar- den in the September issue of Focus on Scugog. I just wanted to compliment her and the gentleman who took the lovely photos. The article was very well done and I very much appreciate you doing my parents’ hard work justice. They deserve a lot of credit for their efforts and I wanted to send my thanks to you. I appreciate you tak- ing the time to do the article. All my best, Lauren Walker Support your local Farmers’ Market Dear Editor, I wanted to drop you a line to congratulate you and your staff for another great issue and most interesting read. The articles are always very inspiring and reflect most favourably on our community and the residents that make living in this area so wonderful and fulfilling. The photography was great. I particularly enjoyed the “Brits Return to the Lake” piece and the myriad of photographs featured throughout the layout. Talso enjoyed the Aqua Splash, Garden’s and Pioneer Days features - the write-ups were intriguing and the photos really captured the events and brought them to life. The ongoing “The Docs” series is always informative, however this month even more so, as Merrilee Brown happens to be our family physician and I have known Doug Brown since I moved here 12 years ago. Needless to say, the article on the Farmers’ Market was and is my favourite. The management committee and our vendors are most appreciative for your ongoing support of the Port Perry Farmers’ Market and the good works we are trying to accomplish here. It's sometimes an uphill struggle, however support from residents and businesses such as yourself make the effort and the journey worthwhile. It’s fun for the whole family and a great place to gather on a Saturday morning. The last day of the market for this year will be held this Saturday, October 9. We hope to see you there. Thanks again, Greg Rambo Port Perry Farmers’ Market SEE MORE LETTERS ON PAGE 8