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Scugog Citizen (1991), 6 Jun 1995, p. 17

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Scugog Citizen -- Tuesday, June 6,1995 -- 17 Pr Lorne Hachey (In the checkered shirt) was a tired man and lost his voice completely late Sunday afternoon after a marathon of song at the gazebo In Palmer Park. But it was worth it as Lorne ralsed nearly $1500 to assist a young cancer patient. With Lorne In photo are members of the Good News Gospel Group. See story below. Sing-a-thon a success It figures Lorne Hachey had completely lost his voice by late Sunday afternoon. The Blackstock country singer spent close to 72 hours (from Thursday evening to Sunday afternoon) in the Palmer Park gazebo singing and strumming to raise money for a four-year old Cookstown girl who is suffering from a rare form of cancer. Lorne figures he sang close to 800 songs over that time. And he figures the lack of sleep and the lost voice are worth it as the sing-a-thon raised almost $1500 for young Laura Varey and her family. He said he will still accept donations for Laura in the next week or so. Anyone who may have missed the sing-a-thon in Palmer Park can contact Lorne at 986-4140 for info on how to make a donation. Lorne said he had help from many people over his long generous donations; musicians Ontario WI groups to get together The Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario will welcome over 3,500 members and friends to the Ontario Agricultural Museum, Milton, on Wednesday, June 14, to a Quilt Show and Turkey Barbeque. Visitors from across Ontario are expected to arrive at 9am for a full day of events to kick off the celebrations planned to honour the 100th Anniversary of the Women's Institute. The first Women's Institute branch was formed in 1897 at Stoney Creek, Ont., in response to a concern for the safety of food. The determination of those early members was rewarded when the pasteurization of milk became a reality. It was not long before the 'Peputation of this Women's Institute branch spread, and, new groups formed across Ontario, across Canada, and finally worldwide. Today, which Ontario can be so proud, as they meet the needs of the community, and the personal growth of its members. As the February. 19, 1997, Anniversary date approaches, the Federated body of the Women's Institute in Ontario has been actively orchestrating a number of Centennial projects to involve members from across the Province. To date, competitions have been +held for members to design a logo, the face of a Limited Edition porceiain plate, the words and music to a Women's Institute song, , and, a quilt. . On Wednesday, June 14, the winning quilt from the quilt competition will be unveiled at the Agricultural museum. Entries to this quilt competition will hang in the Gambrel barn for public viewing throughout the summer months. weekend and asked that they be thanked publicly for their assistance and efforts. Tom Mark who donated a sound system; Pizza Delight for food; the players in the Gators slo-pitch tournament for their and singers Samantha Chase, Gary Hooper, Claude Petrie, Rick Johns, Dave Barker, Claudette Petrie, the Good News Gospel Group and the Golden Slippers of Scugog Island. UNITED CARPET OVER 2000 SAMPLES ® Largest Carpet Selection In Scugog Township and a member of the largest carpet buying group in Canada. Free Delivery, m Installation Easy Credit Terms " OVER 6000 SQ.FT. of SHOWROOM Furniture, Appliances, TV, VCR and more! All at Guaranteed Low Prices! HOMESTEAD by Ballard & Carnegie I: HWY. 7A EAST - PORT PERRY 985-2451 or 985-2157 FAMOUS Levolor® & BLINDS VERTICALS * VENETIANS PLEATED SHADES the original ... HAUGEN'S CHICKEN BBQ (Hwy. 12 at 7A Manchester) PADIS EM Breakfast Buffet +..60.95 = Sunday, June 18th-9 AM to 1 PM proud per person includes beverage and taxes JA A Family Tradition for over 30 Years.. (Gg elo] {s MILLS ON JUNE 8th It's all on the line - a [=Tel| {sW@Xe {Wl To [Tele] ([o],} LTCC [3] CF Local Government Grants, Lice [lallaTe JO] o] eels (VIaTH [=] and Jobs! | VZOIVE (31131 ' (a T-W eT (eT TYTN RVI WIV FI R=Yo Ye Me TaYe Re B {VL V1 (RV la 1e [21 WIIRCR Te {ER [ole] eTeTolo ER [Te WoTolelo R (oN TR ({V IRV IVR ¢N (To 1 Vote (eTe] gle Mil [(el@elely] Io] =Yo N(=X]oTels XY] o) Me IV =T also I-Ts 1B NEW DEMOCRATS S on June 8 (905) 436-0934 Authorized by the CFO for Gord Mills Pawmily Watters To a Special GRANDPA & GRANDMA (Bill & Betty Beare) HAPPY 50th ANNIVERSARY June 6th, 1995 Love from - Allison & Brooke Kim & Dawn Lucas & Gavin CON GRATULATI ONS JOHN PECO of RR4, Port Perry reccived his Master of Information Science from University of Toronto. He is the General Manager of PC Etcetera Inc., a computer consulting company in Toronto. Congratulations from your wife, Marg.

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