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) / 4 " 6- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, July 13, 1999 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" + EA " r . , a : 2 {PWN BUSINESS OFFICE Member of the. Pu { oe [oY Office Mgr.....Gayle Stapley A Canaan 3 Oniario Newspaper Assad, wt . es ha J -- x | As Accounting...Judy Ashby, Janet Rankin ¥ CNA ona Pudsised aver) Toass, hid ne 188 MARY STREET - PORT PERRY, ONT, - LIL 1B7 QIIeN|| Retall Sales...... Kathy Dudley, Heather Callan, Leslie West 188 Mary Straat - Por Perry, Ont. PHONE (905) 985-7383 FAX (905) 985-3708 EDITORIAL: Publ Su Geympatiooce Publisher................. J. Peter Hvidsten . PRODUCTION ADVERTISING A a o Bhp No. 0/ ; General Manager ....Don MacLeod Trudy Empringham, Pam Hickey, Advertising Mgr. .......... Don Macleod Subscription Rates: ccna Managing Editor..... Jeff Mitchell Rhonda Mulcahy, Robert Taylor, Advertising Sales: Deb McEachem, 1 Year - $37.45 6 Months - $19.79 Foreign - $96.30 News Reporters .....Chris Hall Barb Bell, Richard Drew, Ginni Todd, Cindy Jobin, Gail Morse, Includes $2.45 GST Includes $1.20 GST Includes $6.30 GST Freelance - Heather McCrae, John B. McClelland Daryle Wright, Scott Ashby : Lee Nowensky Editorial comment "WELL T'VE BEEN SWIMMING IN THE LAKE ALOT LATELY - WHY? Where the Angels go, trouble goes Durham Regional Police, the Ontario Provincial Police, and a number of other law enforcement agencies are very concerned about the appearance last week of representa- - nf tives of the Hells Angels biker club in the area. for we i g # You should be, too. (A Se -- The Hells Angels are widely known and feared yg Fm as a colossal outlaw organization whose goal is 5 a By and has always been to control illicit practices, 'such as drug distribution and prostitution. Hence their interest in Ontario, the country's most populous pfovince, and one with a criminal infrastructure in place. It's ripe for the picking. The Angels' show of numbers and colours here last week was significant. It may represent the long-anticipated launch of their move to Ontario, and that's of great concern to us. Where the Angels go, trouble goes. Witness Montreal, where a bloody turf war between the Angels and the Rock Machine has claimed numerous lives, including those of innocent bystanders caught in the cross-fire. If conflict is the result of a move to Ontario, no prisoners will be taken. : We hear from neighbours in Caesarea that 'the Para-Dice Riders, who own a compound on the shore there, are good and quiet neighbours. 'We were told by management at a motel in town that the Angels who roared in from Quebec last week were polite. That's all well and good, but we shouldn't be lulled into complacency by good manners. 78 Wy, Central Seven enjoyed outing To the Editor: iary. "Cousin Mikey" then spun the Clients and staff of Central Seven tunes for a hot summer evening of Association for Community Living dancing and friendship. would like to thank members of the Special thanks are also due to the Uxbridge Royal Canadian Legion for proprietors of Uxbridge Bowl, who are angther great day of fun at the Annual always helpful and provided trophies ling Outing on June 26. ° for all and to McDonalds who sponsored Central Seven engaged the North prizes. brk Woodchippers in a friendly bowling Congratulations on another well- ournament at Uxbridge Bowl, then organized, fun filled day. We look for- he whole group proceeded to the legion ward to the 20th annual event in 2000. hall to continue the festivities. Underlying this activity, this visit by the Hells 'We were greeted by bagpipers, enter- Janine Jackson-Hax, Is, are bad intentions. : tained with magic tricks by Superman Central Seven Assoc. Ange © and dined courtesy of the ladies auxil- Support Staff ~ This is only the beginning. We should all be watching, carefully. " of activities, all in all, the festival was a great success. By Monday morning, just a few men cleaning up the = an d O m Jotti n S Unfortunately a number of children's events had to last bit of garbage in the parking lot. were all that . be cancelled Friday moming, the parade and Teddy remained of the colourful midway that had occupied the af Bear Picnic, but aside from those incidents, there was space for the past week. by J. Peter Hvidsten plenty for the kids to enjoy including hoola-hoop, water- Our hearty congratulations to all those hard-working : melon spitting contests etc., learning crafts Beanie men and women who made this year's Festival Days FESTIVAL DAYS Baby auction, great entertainment by Terry and Rick, such a success. We can hardly wait for next year! pie eating contests and face painting, just to mention a PROGRESS??? A GREAT SUCCESS few. a This year we decided to move ahead with new tech- For the adults, despite a slow start in the Legends nology and over the past couple of weeks we've been BY | Foralmost 30 years, Festival * and Great Blue Heron Tents on Thursday night, the experimenting with digital photography. | TYR [ 7 Days, in one form or another, has crowds packed the venues both Friday and Saturday Quite simply... WOW! The quality of photos from ab. Deen providing festival-like enter- for an enjoyable evening of entertainment as Pink one of the magnificent new "filmles3" cameras is quite : tainment for the residents of Cadillac entertained with oldies and goldies. amazing. (see front page/Festival Days pages) Scugog and visitors to our popular community. Robertson Amusements, who operated the midway, The one downfall of the system is the inability to _Once again, Festival Days has come and gone, and should be congratulated on the clean and well-run produce photo reprints, and more importantly, the lack with it come the all too familiar complaints about not amusement park they provided on the parking lot at the of ability to archive photos for future use. enough of one thing, or too much of something else. rear of the Post Office. Experiencing the midway first- With the old system of negatives and prints, we So what else is new? hand with our children, | couldn't help but be impressed have been able to store our negatives for decades, but - For the dozen or so member s of the Scugog with the cleanliness of the midway this year. digital pictures present a whole new problem. Chamber of Commerce, who've worked their butts off While there were a few complaints (there always Hopefully we'll come up with a solution quickly, for Jot only for the past few days, but for a number of are) about loss of parking, the location proved tobe a as fast as you push the 'erase' button on the camera, months prior, preparing for the event, we offer our con- perfect one for this venue. The additional room gained we also erase pictures that can never be recaptured. gratulations. by moving it from the old arena pad behind the CIBC - A century from now, with this new technology, there Despite a somewhat rocky start this year, with rather allowed for the largest midway we've seen at Festival may be few pictures from this time in our history. cool temperatures and some rain greeting the first day Days in many years. Something to think about!