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Paddlers promote cancer awareness THE DRAGON FLIES DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL SET TO GO The ninth annual “Dragon Flies” Dragon Boat Festival is set to launch on Saturday, June 15 along Port Perry's waterfront in Palmer Park. This popular festival provides an opportunity to promote breast cancer awareness, to support local breast cancer survivors and to raise funds for diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. xplore far & near ey Join us at SCUGOG MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY for lots of fun and keep reading all summer! Registration begins Friday, June 21 at 10am but you can still jc pane any at ne after that date. All a lcome. Your registration gets you: + Free entry into any of our summer Programs +A summer reading club poster + An activity booklet ( For more information e TD Summer Reading an www.td-club-td.ca or tt www.scugoglibrary.ca ial Public Libr all the si a at 905-985- 7686 84 FOCUS - JUNE 2013 In past years, thousands of people, both spectators and competitors have crowded into the park to support and take part in this exciting event. Fifty-six teams and more than 1,400 paddlers, from as far away as North Bay, Hamilton and Toronto competed for gold, silver and bronze medals. Sixteen of the 56 teams originated from Scugog Township. By days end more than $160,000 had been raised through pledges and donations. As in the past, this year’s Dragon Boat Festival will be held in Palmer Park, Port Perry, and funds raised from this event will be donated to four local hospitals — Lakeridge Health in Port Perry, Uxbridge Cottage Hos- pital, R.S. McLaughlin Durham Regional Cancer Centre in Oshawa and Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay. The growing season open at local Farmers’ Market The Port Perry Farmers’ Market will return for the 2013 season starting this Saturday, June 1. The popular Saturday morning market will provide lots of fresh foods for the table right through until Thanksgiving. The market will be open to the public every Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m,, in the parking lot at Palmer Park. Arrive early and get the best pick of farm fresh pro- duce, baked goods, meats, as well as flowers and a selec- tion of crafts. The Port Perry Farmers’ Market is a great place to drop by to meet your friends in the farm community and enjoy a unique shopping experience in beautiful Port Perry.