The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

our cover The month of April didn’t give us much warm weather, but visit cone of Scugog’s many garden centres and you'll be treated to the wonderful smells of spring. Here Colleen Vanderzalm displays some of the plants at her parents’ greenhouse near Port Perry. Photo by J. Peter Hvidsten Excellent Professional Office Space FOR RENT Immaculate, bright office space ideal for Real Estate, Insurance, Lawyers, Accountants, Health Care. 188 MARY STREET, PORT PERRY Available May 1, 2011 - For more information please call 905-449-6690 or 905-985-3089 See photo and location of building and floor plan layout at: htm 68-178 Queen St., i BR@CE’S _ assSes2sh1 brocks.ca 2 FOCUS - MAY 2011 MAY.FOCUS.64//indd 2 Mailip Dear Focus... Yard Sale raises fund for Sick Kids Dear Editor lenjoy reading Focus on Scugog each time it comes out. Particularly as it relates to local persons and events. On May 14, we will be hosting a free Yard Sale at my house. This will be the 6th annual sale in support of Sick Kids Foundation - specifically the David Wiel- inga Memorial Fund in support of Rhabdomyosarcoma Research. My son David had this cancer from 2003 until his passing in 2006. To put things in perspective; each year there are approximately 100,000 new cancer diagno- sis. Of this approximately one percent (about 900) are childhood cancers. Of this 900 approximately 10 percent are sarcoma’s (Terry Fox had a sarcoma). Out of this 90 about eight to 10 are Rhabdomyosarcoma. Because of the small numbers there is not a lot of funding for this research (approx $40,000 a year), so each dollar is important. Beginning in 2006 and each year since I have had a yard sale to raise funds for this research. Since this time many thousands of dollars have been sent to Sick Kids, and it is making a difference. Last year doctors discovered a gene that can slow down the growth of the tumour and a different one to speed it up. Both these findings are hugely significant!!! At the yard sale there are no prices on anything, although we do appreciate a donation for the items. All the proceeds are sent to Sick Kid’s Foundation. We are running out of items and, as in past years, are requesting that anyone who has something they can donate to the yard sale to contact us (905-985-6715) to make arrangements. If you don’t have anything to donate - come on out and help us with this important fund raising event at 2903 Pine Point Rd., Scugog Island. Henry and Linda Wielinga Scugog Island Trophies, Awards, Engraving * Screen Printing Owned and Operated by Brian Tassell 182 Northport Road Unit #8 & #9 Port Perry 905-985-0059 Pineridge Impress 905-985-: 135 North Port Road, Port Perry www,] ca Your Name is Our Business 4/23/11 9:37:27 AM