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-- | "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, August 21, 2001 - 15 Caesarea to hold its Canada Da By Albert Putsey Caesarea News The big news this week is our over two hours long meeting last Thursday when we finally made a decision on our Canada Day cel- ebration for 2001. Our biggest problem was not to conflict with other organizations in this area in their drive to make their event a success. This is our program, called Canada Day's Autumn Festival, which will be held the first day of fall, Saturday, Sept. 23. It is a joint effort between the Caesarea Ratepayers' Association and the Caesarea Christian Fellowship. The program is as follows: a) an afternoon of sports events. There will be no door-to- door collection, a snack bar will be set up for the afternoon, we'll be racing for ribbons as we have in the past and there will be a program printed. b) there are tickets out for sale now for a 6 p.m. dinner, priced at $12 each which, by showing your A decision was finally made on when the community is to mark the nation's birthday ticket, allows you into the area for the fireworks. Children under 13 years will be $6 a ticket. c) there will be the usual gate fee of $5 per family or $2 per per- son at the fire hall for the fire- works, which will be held at dark. We trust it will not rain. Hope everyone will get behind us to make this day a great success and a day to remember. Caesarea Christian Fellowship This church restoration update is attributed to Val Chapman. The mammoth task of doing the dry-walling in the sanctuary was completed, Aug. 18. Several volunteers took part in this work and stayed with it until the last part of the ceiling was finished. What an enormous thrill it was to see that last sheet go up and be firmly nailed into place. Our grateful thanks to all who have worked so hard to date in their labour of love for the Lord. The task of putting on a new roof has been given to one of our neighbours, Michael Tuttle. And speaking of labour of love, his wife, Jennifer, gave birth this week to a 7 Ib. 9 oz. bouncing baby boy named Michael Gabriel. We welcome him to Caesarea and our congratulations are extended to all the family. Fundraising is underway to meet expenses. Your gifts are greatly appreciated. | am still col- lecting memorabilia and old pho- tographs for our grand opening. Did you Know? When being discharged from the armed forces in the 1800s you could apply for a land grant. Colonel James Caesar, with his rank, received 1,000 acres. A pri- vate might have received 50 acres. Caesar came to this area and built a log cabin on Centre Street in 1836. There was a depression in 1837 and he was able to get cheap labour to clean up the many acres of bush. In 1838 a chap called John Lasher acquired a piece of land here and opened an inn. As he saw many more people each day than Caesar, the village got the name Lasherville. But in 1853 the federal government went forth to open a post office and a great controversy developed over the name of the area, with Caesar's supporters winning out. Does anyone know where the inn was located? We've asked people to check back into their ancestors pictures, etc. and they'll be returned immediately. ~ In response to our anonymous donor who has promised to match our efforts dollar for dollar to a limit of $5,000, we have reached $2,000 to date. Let us give gratefully to the Lord and praise Him. Hurray, Hurray, Hurray. Parents We had five trees along John Street in our park, two of them were destroyed years back by snowmobiles. We have just three left and they continually have branches pulled off them. Please teach your children the value of y celebrations on Sept. 23 trees. They are there for your shade and comfort. Please respect them. Blackstock Lions Club Look for our Lion float in the Blackstock Fair parade this Saturday. And bring your chil- dren out to our Lions' booth in the arena from 11 am. to 4 p.m. for our first ever eye screening. This is a new project for our Lions and we are screening for a lazy eye condition in young children. We are told that one in five chil- dren have this condition and either don't know it, or have learned to cope. One of our Lions clubs found a four-year-old who was blind in one eye and no one knew. We'll be using some paper .tests as well as our new autore- fractor, which will determine if a child should seek further eye examinations. Looking at the Lions' calendar, Albert has a birthday on the 24th, and Ken and Dolly Lee celebrate a wedding anniversary on the 27th. Congratulations to all. It's time once again for the Blackstock Fair Wow! Fair week has arrived with all the many, many prepara- tions involving so many people. Where has the summer gone? If you are planning to enter the ATV. pull or the talent show please phone your entries into secretary Janice Beechey as soon as possible at 905-986-0035. Remember in your planning for the day that entertainment will last much longer this year with the addition of the Western Music Program beginning after the horse show. Featured in this country music variety show will be Dave Barber, the M.C. for the event, Angie Sheppard, Terry Chisholm as well as the Kick 'N Tyme Cloggers and Kick 'N Tyme Kids from Port Perry, Jim and Kathy Vaillancourt with the back- up band of "Tommy Mark and Stetson." This variety show is included in your admission charge of $6 to the Blackstock Fair. Horse Pull followers are reminded that the pull begins at I'l a.m. following the arrival of the parade and the opening ceremo- ny. Food at the grounds will not be a problem with the many reg- ular food booths as well as the beef on a bun dinner available. The annual United Church Beef Dinner will be held on Sunday, Sept. 16 instead of on fair day. Of course, all of the action begins on Friday evening with the noisy and perennial favourite of the demolition derby. Indeed it will be a busy week for Blackstock. The week before Nancy Bryans became sick, she and Bob were hosts to their former neigh- bours of Silk Oak Park, Clearwater, Florida. Among the visitors over several days were Doreen and Ed Mitchell of Franklin, Indiana, Juanita and Byron Clapper of Ashtabula, Ohio and Kelvin and Doreen Jarvis of Hamilton along with many local residents and friends numbering 40 for the Saturday picnic. Lots of catching up on the news was enjoyed by all. Bev Truax is busy looking for copies of Valedictorian's addresses from Cartwright High School over the years. Missing are the years 79, 80, 84, 85, 87 to 90. If you have copies of any of those years in your scrapbooks or whatever, give Bev a call at 905- 986-0788. She does not wish your copy, just a copy of it. Do contact Bev if you can be of assistance. Friends and relatives of this area were saddened to learn of the passing of Stanley Taylor last week. Stan had lived all his life in this area until he moved to a nursing home in Bowmanville. His funeral was held last Wednesday afternoon. For many, many years, Stanley was a very active member of the Blackstock BLACKSTOCK - ipa" by -- "3% Joyce Kelly ) L Agricultural Society of which he was an honourary member until his death. Jody Duff, treasurer of Blackstock Minor Hockey, wishes to inform parents that their cheques for this year's hockey season were cashed on Aug. 17. The cheques had been written some time ago at registration which sometimes can cause com- plications in bookkeeping sys- tems. Best wishes are extended to Kerri Ann Mountjoy and Greg Wrozena who were married in a beautiful wedding Saturday afternoon. The ceremony which was conducted by Rev. David Shearman was held at Trillium Trails. Kerri Ann is the daughter of Bryan and Judi Mountjoy. Next Sunday, Aug. 26 com- bined services continue for Blackstock United Church. A large crowd of friends and family attended the open house in honour of Thelma and Lloyd Wright's 50th wedding anniver- sary. This was held on Saturday afternoon at the Blackstock Rec. Centre which was beautifully decorated in themes reflecting their lives together. Many collec- tions of photos added to the pleasure of those attending as many memories came back. A collection of photos added to the pleasure of those attending as many memories came back. A delicious lunch along with much visiting created a delightful after- noon. Congratulations, Lloyd and Thelma. On Thursday morning, Aug. 9, Shirley Turner and five of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Gold participants journeyed to join Lorrie Minshall's Caledonia group for a four day Gold expedi- tion on the Bruce Trail between St. Catharines and Grimsby. The hikers were Wes Langmaid, Tim Martyn, Kristy Micklewright, Ryan Nesbitt, Kyle Vernest, Ken Minshall, Sara Minshall, Sara Nolls and Clayton Buchanan. Their leaders were Gold Award achievers Jennifer (Byers) Adams and Stacey Swain. Although the hike was very challenging, it was completed successfully. Everyone had a great time. Congratulations. Pat, George and Julie Obstfeld, David, Michelle and Nathan Adams travelled to Manchester, New Hampshire to attend the Convocation cere- monies at the University of Southern New Hampshire for Heidi Obstfeld. She received her Bachelor of Applied Science of Hospitality Administration. Congratulations Heidi. Last week Gerald and Joyce Kelly were Thursday evening dinner guests of David Shearman and Carol Merton and overnight guests of Gordon Kelly and Gayle Spencer all of Owen Sound. From there they travelled to Manitoulin Island where they visited friends and attended the Providence Bay fair returning home on Sunday evening. There were 14 tables + two at the Tuesday evening regular euchre party with the following winners - Eileen Owens who also had the most lone hands, Chester Madsen, Alma Manns, Reid Harness, Mary Henderson and Don Geer. Lucky draws were won by Joan Sutcliffe, Muriel Butson, Audrey Mahaffy, Elwood Manns, Verna Draper and Sharon Fairservice. If you enjoy: the game of euchre, consider joining this group any Tuesday evening at the Blackstock Town Hall on Scugog St. in Blackstock. Be sure to be there before 8 p.m. when the action begins promptly. Friends are reminded of the "Come and Greet" open house at the Rec. Centre on Sunday, Sept. 9 from | to 3 p.m. for lan and Joy Rudkin and their twins Wendy and Tim.