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WAI ow Lh a on Sr CURE TR ug Frm RG? 52 Pages Drought decimates ugog area wells by Cathy Olliffe fal VOL.123-No.18 = PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, MARCH 28,1989 Copy 50¢ Ted Kirk knows all about dry wells. ~ Five weeks ago, a hole 600 feet deep was drilled n his farm west of Utica. It would have cost him $18,000 but the well was as dry as a bone. Angus to his whole he & Two weeks ago he sent eight purebred Aberdeen the stockyard because he couldn't water Ever since his well ran dry last summer, Mr. Kirk has been trying to run a farm with no water. He hauled water from the creek on his property to the 'barn before the creek froze--since then he "trucked m, { paid more than $3,000 to have water He's had more than his "fair" share of 'water: prob-:- "lems, but he's not alone. People. all - over _Scugog Township, and all over East- ern North America for that matter, are experiencing the tail end of one of the driest - winters in recent history. 'Wells are drying up faster 'now than they did last sum- mer. There's little or no snow accumulation. The drought never ended, and experts are predicting dire consequences if the. situa- tion doesn't soon change. (Turn to page 16) MoJacks bow out The Port Perry MoJacks have reached the end of the line for another Junior C hockey season, : The MoJacks went down to defeat 5-4 Sunday night in dou- ble overtime at the hands of the Wellington Dukes who took the series four games to two. On Good Friday in Welling- ton, the MoJacks kept their playoff hopes alive with a dra- matic overtime victory of their own. : . But the end came in front of a full house at the (Arena after nearly 86 minutes of bit- terly contested hockey. The MoJdack-Duke series had its share of controversy. For 'a wrap-up, see report in the porta section of this week's . 0! rt Perry Star. | Spring officially ar- | rived last week, but this | start to notice it more with longer days. Make sure your clocks | are all turned ahead one hour this Sunday so you're not late for any ap- pointments, Now let's start enjoy- ing the longer, warmer days of Spring! Sunday is when we will || € Cute as a bug's ear Jennifer Murphy, 3, of Port Perry, was pretty as a picture this past Easter, wearing a bon- net all decked out with flowers and lace. Jennifer wore her dainty hat on Saturday March 25 and was named winner of the Downtown Merchants' Association's Easter Bonnet Con- test. Judge Wendy Davis patrolled the downtown for two hours, looking for the most stun- ning Easter bonnets and fing decided on Jennifer's. The little girl won $100 cash for her efforts, and she says she will buy herself a kite with the money. Unfortunately there were Yor, low snitles' in the contest-maybe everyone knew how pretty Jennifer's was and co _-- a r ----_-- a ----_.. EEE SE RR