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For The Kecord... You may have seen him, and wondered who he is - so this month we're introducing Jamie Ross. He is now semi-retired, after having owned a small chemical J AMIE distribution company (for reclaimed solvents) for over 30 years. Jamie was first introduced to Lake Scugog by his in-laws in the early 1960s as a member of the northern portion of “The Syndicate” known as “The Long Bog Club”. He purchased a Scugog Island farm in the very early 1990s - a place from which he says he'll never move. The R : SS other half of his ‘semi’ in retirement is devoted to working with Community Living Durham North and the Scugog Lake Stewards. |. What career would you have pursued if you had not chosen your present one? Either a medical doctor or a lawyer. My grandfather was Chief of Surgery at St. Mike’s Hospital in Toronto and he had a great influence on me in my early life - | actually studied pre-med at the University of Manitoba, and seriously considered offers to study law after | had completed my MBA. . What was your favourite toy growing up? A‘Marbles Game Getter’ which is a small over/under 22 cal/410 gauge gun that | started shooting when | was six or seven years old. Between then and about age 14,1 probably put 100,000 rounds through it. Although completely worn out, it is still in my gun safe. 3. Something you use every day, or can’t live without? Id have to say, at least one of either my computer, my laptop, ipad, or my iphone! 4.Your favourite home-cooked meal? Absolutely anything cooked on one of my ‘Big Green Eggs’. | wish that | received a commission on these - they are the only way to barbecue and | have at least 20 friends who have bought them after trying mine. Just Google it - it’s a cult! 5.Things that you like most about living in Port Perry / Scugog Township? The people. | love the fact that | know so many people here, that you can’t go downtown or in fact inywhere without seeing folks that you know, and know you. In all of my endeavours, there is always a personal touch that one can only find in a small town. 6.What person do you admire and would like to meet? Obama and Oprah, preferably together at the same time. 40 FOCUS - DECEMBER 2011 4121/11 9:35:30 AM DECEMBER FOCUS.56.indd 40