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rs On your outstanding achievement of serving as President of the Canadian Dental Association Your long time friends extend to you our best wishes for continued success in all your future endeavours... We know this is only the beginning! Mike Gouler Mules O'Riordan Susan O'Riordan Doug Moffatt Chuch Wille Howard Hall Jim Weod Bill Bellinger deny Taupfor g. Peter Huidsten Brian Callery Larry Emmerson birdhouse Willy 20 Focus On Scugog DID You \ KNOW? DID YOU KNOW - The value of con- struction projects in the Township of Scugog declined 39 per cent during the first quarter of this year. In 2005 build- ing values soared to $5,500,150, but as of March 31 this year, the value of construc- tion stands at only $3,349,550. Wow! At this rate construction could be down more than $8 million in 2006. DID YOU KNOW- The Township of Scugog is home to 20,173 persons, living in a total of 7,437 private dwellings. The urban centre of Port Perry has a population of approximately 7,000 resi- dents. The township has an area 474.62 sq. km. and a density of 42.5 persons per sq. km. There’s probably more rabbits per sq. km. than 42.5! DID YOU KNOW- The building currently occupied by Techstar Plastics, on Old Simcoe Rd., was built as a butter tart factory? Flamingo Pastries Ltd. was opened there by Ken and Marj Jackson in 1968. They employed 96 people and manufactured 100,000 dozen (that’s over 1 million) butter tarts per week. And they were the best damn butter tarts anywhere! DID YOU KNOW - According to the Canada 2001 Census the Mississaugas of Scugog Island reserve located on Scugog Island occupies an area of 2.58 sq. km. At that time, five years ago, there were 28 dwellings on the land, with a populations of 51. The latest census reports, when they're compiled, should find these numbers up substantially from five years ago. DID YOU KNOW - It was the Port Perry Kinsmen Club who built the first sand beach and swimming area in Palmer Park back in the 1970s. Now the local Kinsmen are raising fund to further their commitment to the park by upgrading the facility with a splash pad with a number of water features for the enjoyment of the small kids. The kids will love it! Thanks to the Kinsmen. DID YOU KNOW - One of the NHLs most smallest, and most exciting goalies came from Port Perry? His name was John Ross Roach and he played goal 14 seasons the New York Rangers, Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs during the 1920s and 1930s. Roach’s nickname was Little Napoleon’ because he stood only 5°5” and weighed 130 ibs. A far cry from our goalies today. DID YOU KNOW - What we now know as Seagrave was origi- nally called Nonquon. It later became Sonya when a post office opened there, but when the post office was moved a couple of miles north, the village was renamed Seagrave. This name was officially adopted in 1873 after a new post office opened. Nonquon, Sonya, Seagrave, Got it now? focus@observerpub.ca