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Wednesday, August 15, 2012 1937 - 2012 · Celebrating 75 Years Orono Weekly Times - 9 BOOTS & HEARTS Continued from front Monday after the festival "I had an amazing weekend, and it seemed that everyone I have spoken to was either having a great time, or had a great time." Bill Link, a local resident who lives just east of the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park said there was some pounding noise that went on for hours near the end of the festivities." Link said there was minimal garbage left on local roads and all things considered, "It wasn't a bad weekend." Link raised concerns prior to the festival citing problems from past festivals at the park. Another local resident, Margaret Baker, who lives on the west side of the park, said that she and her husband "didn't have as much trouble as they originally expected." The only problem that the Bakers had over the weekend was on Friday night when someone scaled their pool fence, took the covers off the patio furniture and the pool, and went for a swim." Baker chuckled then added, "For all of that all they left us was two red Solo cups!" Baker and her husband both enjoy Country music, and were never initially opposed to the Boots and Hearts festival, "We just want to make sure that our property was protected." She concluded by adding "I feel it wasn't as protected as it could have been." Speaking about complaints that had arisen the weeks before the Boots and Hearts Festival, Partner said, "While I heard some complaints from some local residents before hand, I did not hear or have not heard any complaints from any residents." Jennifer Cooke of Clarington Tourism said that the tourism from the weekend event, "Could be seen in most of the eastern part of the Munici-pality." She added that "Concert goers would leave for a few hours to go replenish their supplies." Looking forward into the next year, Partner said, "I'm looking forward to next year for sure. If they fix the small problems, I'm assured they know of them, I think next year will be a great success like this year." With the 1st Annual Boots and Hearts Music Festival under wraps, planning on the 2nd annual has already begun. Cooke said that now the festivities are over, it's up to council to decide if they want it back. "But it was a successful weekend and another year would encourage people to come back to Clarington." Next year's festivities are scheduled for the August long weekend. Mercer carries momentum into the year's final events By: Jim Clarke A fast car can help you win races. Good work by the pit crew will get you to the front of the pack, but the most valuable component to assist any racer land a championship isn't a wrench, screwdriver or anything they'll find in a toolbox. Its momentum. With the exception of his 10th place showing in this year's running of the Summer Sizzler, Bryan Mercer's 2012 season has been made-up of top 5 finishes. His #81 Sine's Flooring/Durmach Excellence in Tooling Chevrolet Impala has logged some solid efforts and with just 3 events remain- ing on the current schedule ­ including a double point paying show Friday, August 24th ­ the Port Hope, Ontario speedster sits second in points and is within 20 markers of the lead in Kawartha Speedway's headline division. "There have been some rough spots along the way and nights when I didn't think we had run as well as we could or should, but a number of drivers would like to have the year we've had so far," said Mercer. "I've always tried to maintain my composure, no matter what happens on the track. Even when we won the main event Friday, July 27th, I didn't get too excited because you never know what might happen the next time you're on the track." After a weekend off for the Civic Holiday, Kawartha Speedway had planned to be back in action Friday, August 10th, but heavy rains and thunderstorms in the area changed that idea. That means the next event on the schedule Friday, August 17th includes a 100 lap feature for the NAPA Auto Parts ACT Late Model teams. Bryan Mercer is looking forward to running the extra distance show and with 2 his 3 most recent victories coming in races of 100 laps or more, he knows his team will be ready for whatever challenges might come their way. "We'll spend the early parts of the week going over our notes from last year's first 100 lap show and Summer Sizzler, then take a look at how we prepared the car for this year's race on June 15th," said Mercer. "Even though there are just 3 events left to decide the championship, I'm not planning to race any differently than I ever have before. The goal every time I climb behind the wheel and fasten the safety harness is to try to pass one car at a time and hope for the best. I know who is ahead of me and behind me in points and while I'd like to run better than each of those drivers, there'll be about 20 cars in the starting field who want to run better than me. No matter what happens, once everything is sorted out at the end of the season, it will have been a great year." For 2012, Bryan Mercer's #81 Kawartha Speedway NAPA Auto Parts ACT Late Model is supported by Sine's Flooring, Durmach Excellence in Tooling, Creative Edge Graphics, Jim's Pizza, Appleman Carstar Collision, APX Racewear, B & G Equipment, Cressman Tree Maintenance, DenTec, Glass1Autoglass Mobile Service, LVG Auctions, Northumberland News, Quantrill Chevrolet-BuickGMC-Cadillac, Reflection Glass and Accessories, UAP NAPA - Port Hope and Clarke M o t o r s p o r t s Communications. CHURCH DIRECTORY Orono United Church with Reverend Ceri Rees 111 Church Street N., Orono 905-485-5502 orono.uc@rogers.com Sunday August 19th Service at 10:30 am Everyone welcome Wheelchair accessible Anglican Churches The Rev. Canon Tim Foley St. Saviour's Orono 23 Mill Street 905-885-0730 9:30 a.m.- Holy Communion Sunday School Youth Group Coffee and Fellowship to follow. www.stsavioursorono.ca St. George's Newcastle 250 Mill St. S. · 905-885-0730 8 a.m. - Communion 11:00 a.m. - Worship , Sunday School · Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday · Morning Prayer 2nd & 4th Sunday Coffee and Fellowship to follow.