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I II II TE SS Se at EE tN Et CCl MB ltl QO OPE GH HEH HH HHH TH HTHTH HHH i HH Hq eH oT i I 2 Ri NH a NB BE a arr HR BA A ON St tt ASSEN ORR rc IRIEL 1 oR mt I te ARC ESA 00 'named "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" 24 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, September 29, 1992 R. H. Cornish Public School is lookin And for its efforts in beautify- ing its grounds, the school was e overall winner in the Durham Board of Education's "Hey We're Looking Good This lL Yo R. H. Corn Summer" contest. The announcement was made last night (Monday) at the board's vn | The school received $300, a framed photograph of its wild- life habitat, and a plaque. "Public School won the Durham Board of Education's * About 70 schools participated in the 4th annual contest. A team of judges from the board's Total Team Committee visited each participating school in ear- ly August and awarded points for overall appearance, absence é le Td Sed Fp ig nt, ANE ag Hey We're Look 4 Fs, i ing Good This Summer" contest. Judges rated the school's wildlife habitat the best of the al- most 70 entries. (See story for details.) OPEN: remaining entries. or otherwise. Decision of the judging panel is final The Grand Prize. ae entry shall become the exclusive property of The Township of Scugog. All rights relating to the design shall accrue to the Township. By submitting their entry, contestants agree that compensation or rights for the design shall not extend beyond the prizes as stated. The Township of Scugog reserves the right to modify the winning entry if so determined by the judging panel. Council may declare the. winning entry as the official flag of the Township. Winners will be announced at the Peter Perry Gala Ball, on Saturday, November 12, 1992. DESIGN A FLAG CONTEST Contest is open to anyone who wishes to submit an entry, and will be divided into two categories: Anyone may enter YOUTH: For students currently attending elementary s done by the contestant. a) Winning entry in each category will be awarded a prize of $100 with a further $300 being awarded to the overall winner. Consolation prize winners will be selected by draw from the b) Entries from elementary students must be submitted through the school. Open category entries and those from pre-schoolers may be submitted either in person or by mail to: The Township of Scugog, 181 Perry Street, P.O. Box 780, Port Perry, Ontario L9L 1A7 Final date to enter is Friday, October 16, 1992 The Twp. of Scugog assumes no responsibility for entries lost or delayed, in the mail HERE'S SOME TIPS Think of things that symbolize Scugog - Agriculture - Tourism - Fishing, etc. Use no more than 3 colors on a plain piece of 8 1/2°x11" paper. Entry deadline - October 16, 1992. chool and pre-schoolers. All work must be This advertisement sponsored by The Port Perry Star as a community service of litter, design of garden and arrangement of flowers and shrubs, control of weeds and growth of plants, and originali- ty. One or two photographs were taken of each school's pro- ject. Based on the number of points earned in the on-site Judging, one school in each of the board's seven districts was chosen to proceed to the final round of competition. Each fi- nalist was asked to provide the Total Team judges with infor- mation about the educational value of their projects, includ- ing who was involved and how their project benefitted staff, . students and the community. . Judges met again to pick the - first and second place winners overall. Other . finalists + included Queen Elizabeth Public School in Oshawa, Cedardale Public School in Oshawa, Central Col- legiate in Oshawa, West Lynde Cornish wins award for looking good Public School in Whitby, Lord Durham Public School in Ajax, and Woodlands Centennial Public School in Pickering. Each year schools are invited to apply for funding to purchase plants, seeds, gardening sup- plies or landscaping services. In 1992, this funding amounted to $50 per school; howéver, fund- ing in the past has reached as high as $150 per elementary school and $250 per secondary school. The purpose of the annual contest is to encourage schools to improve the appearance of their school grounds in order to be better neighbors to thé com- munity which they serve. The involvement of administrators, teachers, custodians, students from all grade levels, parents, community members and local businesses has brought schools and their communities closer to- gether. Torchmen will be at Burns on Rr he FER ER x, A rs rT a a BR AS burn "by Florence As November 15 a a ER RR Ee WR RH Wr, hton ei - Brooklin Horticultural Socie- ty met at the Brooklin United Church last Wednesday eve- ning. This was the chrysanthe- mum and vegetable show. There were a lot of fine entries on the show table. . Special awards went to Norma Ingleton for the best hardy chrysanthe- mum, and also for the best deco- rative which was titled "Miss Saigon", an oriental design, us- ing mums only. We congratu- late Norma for this fine effort. There were a total of 72 entries in the show. Special feature for the eve- ning was the slide presentation and commentary by Eileen Slute on the trip to "Floriade" in Holland, as well as "Ameriflora" in Columbus, Ohio. Everyone enjoyed seeing the beautiful flower displays. The next meeting will be on Oct. 28, when Jack Lord from Royal Botanical Gardens will speak on "Mushrooms." Next Sunday is Communion Sunday at Burns. Special anni- versary services will be on Sun- day, Oct. 18. Next Sunday evening, a team from Knox Presbyterian Church, Oshawa will join us at Burns, 'as they share their expe- riences and a slide presentation of Guyana. Refreshments and a time of fellowship. Sponsored by the Eleanor Knight Group, W.M.S. Everyone is invited to join with us. Looking ahead to November, for all those Torchmen fans, mark your calendar for Sunday, Nov. 15 when the torchmen from St. Catharines will be "in concert" at Burns Church at 7:30 p.m. Grant and Sheila Parrott have recently returned home, following an enjoyable trip to Calgary and Edmonton, also visiting relatives in Saskatche- wan and other points of inter- est. Ray and Norma Ingleton are now home from their trip to Scotland. Ron Ashton and Patricia May exchanged marriage vows in a lovely ceremony at Glen Major Church on Saturday, Sept. 19, with Rev. Stuart McEntyre offi- ciating. Arnold Ashton, brother of the groom presided at the or- gan. The happy couple trav- elled to Quebec City for their honeymoon. Congratulations Ron and Patricia. Visiting with the Ashtons were Mrs. Margot Doble from Ottawa and Mrs. Ruth Purdy, Orangeville, who were guests at the wedding. Also a special guest at the wedding was Mrs. Susan Vogel (Vicars) from St. John, N.B. Financial and Business Planning Corporations - Farms - Small Business Income Tax - Planning and Preparation