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You'd better watch out! You'd bétter not pout! 'Cause Santa Claus is coming to Port Perry this Saturday afternoon. That's right, it's the Scugog Chamber of Commerce annual Santa Claus Parade, and the jolly old man himself will be out to greet the children and hand out a big Christmas candy cane to each and every child. Downtown Port Perry will be alive with the sights and sounds of No. 51 Christmas as the parade winds its way down Queen Street with about 35 floats, nine marching bands and plenty of clowns. The first float, under the capable hands of parade marshall Gerry Nelson, will leave the Port Perry High School rear parking lot at 2:00 - p.m., so people are advised to be downtown early to get a good spot along the route. As usual, there will be three prizes awarded for the best floats, so if you ' HE A A a a A 3 og Jolly old Santa Claus { arrives this Saturday | A have not entered yours yet, contact Janet Smith 985-8446; Bill Barr 985-3844; or Miriam Price 985-2281 as soon as possible. Following the parade, Santa will be at the Latcham Centre (at the foot of Queen Street) to greet all the youngsters and hand out their Christmas treat. So don't forget! Santa Claus comes to town this Saturday, November 24 at 2:00 p.m. It promises to be fun for J the whole family. | Vol. 118 | iE Light show Harry Pearce holds his "barn swallow" to the light, during his stained glass course at Port Perry High School. Wednesday night courses. For more photos, see was Open House for night school students, showcasing a dazzling array of interest - the Best inside. Hanover Holstein Brookview Tony Charity has done it again. For the second year in a row, Port Perry's Hanover Hill Holsteins stole the spotlight at the Royal Winter Fair and took home the Grand Champion Female Hol- stein prize. The six year old cow, owned by Peter Heffer- ing, was also declared Uddered Female of the show and winner of the Erle Kitchen Memorial Trophy for the highest composite BCA index of 301.5. Hanover Hill also took home red rosettes for their Breeder's Herd -and first Dry Aged Cow, Cathland Countess. But it was the Grand Champion title that made the most fuss amongst Holstein breed- ers from all over North America at the Royal. Winning can mean beef on the hoof at $17 a kilogram (more than $8 a pound) in the form of a grand champion, com- pared to the $2 kilogram (90 cents a pound) that a steer might fetch at the stockyards. The prestige of winn- If you live in Port Perry and leave your car parked on the street or in the driveway overnight, don't forget to lock it. Durham Police say there were two incidents of theft of speaker and stereo equipment from a true champion ing at the Royal, which ended Saturday at Exhibition Place, can help push the worth of a grand champion Hol- stein cow as high as a million dollars. It's not the prize money of a few hundred dollars per class that draws entries. When an animal wins at the (Turn to page 10) Thieves at work parked cars during the night of November 16. One took place in a car on Bigelow Street and the other took place on Mary Street. Police say a second car parked on Bigelow St. was also broken into but thieves were unable to remove the radio. Building permits nearing $9 million It appears as if con- struction activity in Scugog Township this year will fall short of near record levels of 1983, but the figure should push over the $9 million mark before the end of the year. A report last week by the Township building department shows that up to the end of October, their building permits issued with a value of $8.3 million, about $1.5 million less than the $9.8 million in permits issued for the same period in 1983. Most of that decrease is in the single family homes component where the value this year is $5.8 million, compared with $6.7 million last year. There have been permits issued for 86 new homes so far compared with 112 for the same period in 1983. Additions and alter- ations are down margin- ally from last year, agricultural con- struction is down sub- stantially as are per- mits for schools and churches. One sector that has taken off this year compared to 1983 is in industrial and commer- cial permits where the value is. just over $700,000, opposed to $353,000 last year. For the month of October, the Township issued 35 permits valued at $658,000, compared with 38 in October last year with a value of $798,000. won $100. Hits Jackpot Christmas came early for Paul Gouin of Port Perry this year. Paul picked up a cool $10,000 in a recent Wintario Draw. "I've been buying the tickets for five years," Paul told the Star Friday but until this win he had only managed some small prizes, and once He says he purchased the ticket at Flieler s Petro Canada, but never watched the Iraw on ~ TV Thursday night. It wasn't until he got to work the next day and checked the numbers in a newspaper that he realized he had won big. "I was in disbelief,' he said. "I had to check the number four times before | believed it." So what is Paul going to do with the money? "It's already been invested," he smiles. Another happy winner for Port Perry.