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GARDEN CENTRE NOW OPEN! we'll get your garden growing in style! Choose from a stunning array of new and exclusive products sourced from all over the world and grown right here in Canada. rd ndependent 1893 Scugog St., Port Perry 8 FOCUS - MAY 2013 (04.MAY.2013-56 pg revised.indd 8 Scugog preparing to host The Dragon Flies dragon boat festival this summer Plans are underway for the ninth annual “Dragon Flies” Dragon Boat Festival to be held on Lake Scugog along the Port Perry waterfront on June 15. This popular festival is an opportunity to promote breast cancer awareness and to raise funds. As in the past, this year’s Dragon Boat Festival will be held in Palmer Park and funds raised from this event will be donated to four local hospitals in Port Perry, Uxbridge, Oshawa and Peterborough. Teams are formed from church groups, schools, community service groups, corporate businesses, sports teams, breast cancer survivor teams as well as many other interest groups. No experience is necessary and all equipment is provided. Paddlers receive instruction for skills, strategi id safety pr it the prac- tices during the weeks prior to festival day. We encourage all interested parties to join us for this enjoyable and worthwhile day. For more information visit the website www.the- dragonflies.org, email at festival@thedragonflies.org or telephone 705-932-2078. Northwood Zoo continued from page 7 end of the summer to disperse all of the animals and sell the farm, and while plans are tentative, he expects to move to the Gananoque area, where he has a num- ber of friends. Northwood Zoo will be greatly missed in this com- munity. The facility provided an opportunity to see tigers, lions, primates, bears, wolf pups, and all sorts of other exotic animal species at an unbelievably close range. And if you were lucky, you may have experi- enced the thrill of holding a baby lion, bear or tiger cub. With the closure of Northwood Zoo, one of the things Norm says he will miss most are some of the great people he’s had the pleasure of working with and the day to day con- tact with them. PROTEC Of course it goes Bletexcm eM KOYes without saying that he Whether it’s your family, home, business or your car, protect what's urs with insurance solutions designed just for you. W.0. INSURANCE BROKERS Dale Gibbons OwnerBroker 905-436-9090 will also miss the animals, when he walks away later this year. That sentiment will also be echoed by the hundreds of families who flocked to Northwood every summer. By J. Peter Hvidsten Focus on Scugog 18-04-21 11:57 AM