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wr' Second 12161810) 0) SECOND SECTION PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1998 36 Pages Group will protest gay park visit By Rik Davie Port Perry Star Durham's Family Action Council plans to partic- ipate in a picket of Canada's Wonderland later this summer to protest a 'Gay Day' at the amusement park. Council members have taken exception to a coa- lition of gay rights and AIDS groups buying a block of tickets to raise money for area hospices and AIDS research, and calling the group visit to Wonderland 'Gay Day'. Brian Chiasson of Oshawa, spokesman for the FAC, says that last year other guests of the park were exposed to "a blatant display of homosexual lifestyle that is unacceptable by us." The FAC plans to ask its members to be at Canada's Wonderland on July 18 for a "Celebrate the Family" rally at 10 a.m., and again on Aug. 8 at 10 a.m. to picket the entrance in protest of the Gay Day participants. Chiasson said that they are attempting to con- tact all local churches for support. The FAC gained media attention earlier this year when they tried unsuccessfully to have a sex ed kit for learning disabled students removed from the = 5 CHRIS HALL / PORT PERRY STAR LITTLE VISITORS: The 'Seugos Community Centre was quite busy over the past weekend when the township held its ninth annual Antique and Craft show which attracted close to 30 ven- Please turn to page 22 dors and hundreds of guests. Anong the more popular exhibits were Leo De Bruyn's handmade bird feeders. Here, the Oshawa resident checks out some little friends at his display site. Book tells 'What to do when the bank says No' By Rik Davie Port Perry Star A nationally-known lecturer and author is about to share his secrets for funding your new business ideas. Gary Fitchett is a chartered accountant who lives on Scugog Island and a principal author of the Canadian Financing Handbook, a three volume text used by char- tered accountants and bankers in their everyday trans- actions. He has written the layman's guide to the world of small business financing, titled Where To Go When The Bank Says No. The book hit the stands last Tuesday and is part of a series by publishers McGraw/Hill aimed at making the intricacies of small business more understandable to those wishing to take the plunge, and go it on their own. Mr. Fitchett said the book was a natural progression for him. "When I first graduated as an accountant it became clear to me that just adding numbers was not what I was aiming at," he said. "I kept finding ways around the normal restrictive financing methods traditionally used by business to raise funding." He began lecturing to members of the Canadian Institute of Accountants across the country on ways of finding alternate or non-traditional financing for cli- ents who wished to finance business ideas, but didn't meet normal banking criteria. "Some folks may not have the tye of history with a banking institution, or may be trying to go with an idea that is not traditionally in the bank's ideas of financ- ing," said Mr. Fitchett. "Or they may simply not be dealing with the type of bank they should be." Mr. Fitchett said Where To Go When The Bank Says No helps explain how to listen to what a banker is tell- ing you when he appears to turn you down. "Is he saying no and meaning no -- or meaning no, now convince me?" he said. "Is he saying no-- show me more figures? "He is a banker, and so is speaking in a banker's terms. I try to translate, if you will, so that you under- stand the language of the bank." Please turn to page 14 Easy boy! There were ani- mals everywhere at Blackstock Recreat- ion Centre Saturday (June 13) when the annual rabies clinic was held. Jacque- line Dolensky, 12, was on hand with her nine-year-old feline, friend Felix, who appears to be a little upset over the idea of being poked with a needle. CHRIS HALL / PORT PERRY STAR Fields need heat and rain Crops at a standstill By Chris Hall Port Perry Star Falling temperatures and a continu- ing lack of rainfall has local farmers scratching their heads and crossing their fingers. Neil Moore, a crops specialist with Port Perry's Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) office, says that since the arrival of June temperatures, which were above the seasonal average throughout May, have plummeted. That's another problem farmers don't need to deal with while they endure an early-season drought, he said. "We've gone from a lot above the nor- mal average to way below; the whole month of June we've been below aver- age," he said, noting that highs have hovered in the low 20s for most of the month. Crops like corn and soybeans were Please turn to page 23