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yo-- ST. Ce BAS eh wom ww « & - [TR % AEE FE I J. PETER HVIDSTEN / PORT PERRY STAR The Blackstock Agriculture Society held their annual meeting in the Blackstock Rec Centre January 21 and elected a new executive. Members of the executive include, from front left, past president Dale Van camp, Helen Coates, vice president homecraft, Leah Frew, fair president, Joyce Kelly, secretary/treasurer. Back left, Mark Graham, Janice Beechey, president homecraft, and Lawrence Van Camp, 1st vice president. Joyce Kelly was elected to her 27th term as sec./treas. of the Blackstock Fair. Snow Queen and King crowned at Nursing Home By Margaret Cavill Adding a new outfit to your wardrobe always help to lift ones spirits and the residents - were able to do this on Tuesday (5) when Easy Living Clothing paid the home a'visit. An afternoon that is always popular with the residents is when they get together for tea and treats and read the newspa- pers to keep up with current" events and usually the conver- sation drifts to memories of days gone by and Wednesda (6) was no exception. After read- ing the newspapers the conver- sation turned to memories of trips and parties of days gone y. On Friday (8) the travel club met and took an armchair trip to Missouri courtesy of Barb Porter. This was an enjoyable afternoon for all and following their rip many attended Bible Care College under Mary Anne Elliott's leadership. The week of Jan. 11 was cer- tainly a busy one for all. Events of the week included sewer bowl (plungers were used as pins and toilet paper was used as the balls). High score single honors was taken by Becky Gray and Ed Donnelly. Two teams were formed calling themselves the Plungers and the Flushes. The Plungers were the winners by 10 points. "Tuesday was' declared Bliz- zard Day and in the afternoon a party was held. Games were played all of which were geared to the Blizzard theme. Snow- flake darts, snowstorm game (styrofoam chips were placed in a bag and each resident was asked to see how many snow- flakes they could pick up out of the bag with one hand. The win- ner of the guess the number of marshmallows in the jar was Olive Beacock with Ed Donnel- ly a close second. Margaret Charland was crowned Snow Queen and Ray Seager Snow King. The decision HERE'S ONE COURSE "YOUR HIGH SCHOOL DOESN'T OFFER. The Young Drivers of Canada program is not offered through any high school. The fact is, the only place you can take the Young Drivers is through your local YD Centre. Register now and learn the defensive driving techniques and emergency maneuvers that will protect you for a lifetime. Young Drivers of Canada We teach you more than how to pass yowr driver's test. We teach you to drive and survive. The Young Drivers program is not available at any high -, school. Call us for more information at 852-9705. J 'Next coursé starts February 2nd. of this award was made by the residents voting by ballot the. week before. After being: crowned they greeted their sub-' jects accordingly. (We even' caught the King giving the Queen a congratulatory kiss). Treats of creamsicles and fudg--* gicles ended the much enjoyed event. . Residents . Council, _ crafts. darts, Bingo'and baking filled in the remainder of the week. <0 as News by Joyce Kel Blackstock Lions Farmers' Night The annual Farmers' Night was well attended by many' ~ farmers of the area. The head table guests were President Ho- ward Gauthier, Area Councillor Harvey Graham, Past Presi- dent Bill Ingram, Scugog Mayor Howard Hall, Lion Don CIiff, Zone Chairman, M.P.P. for Dur- ham East, Gord Mills, and Lion Merv Bayley, treasurer. The guest speaker for the evening, Ross Stevenson, M.P. for Dur- ham was introduced by Lion Bill Ingram. Ross gave a very informative talk to the farmers answering many questions of concern to them. He was thanked by Lion Berney Smuk. Treasurer Lion Merv Bayley presented Zone Chairman Lion Don Cliff with the proceeds of the evening to go to the Lions Sight First Fund to aid their Blind Persons' Fund. Thanks was extended to the Lioness and Pathfinders for a delicious dinner well served. Three of our residents are currently in Oshawa Hospital. Better health is wished for Al- bert Watts, John Carnaghan and Bob Smith. Congratulations to Bill and Jean Ferguson on the arrival of a -granddaughter, a baby girl born to. their son Alan and his wife Shelly Ferguson- A fine crowd attended the an- nual - Blackstock Agricultural Society Annual Meeting held at "the Rec 'Centre . on.-a. nasty Thursdayevening." President Dale Van Camp welcomed everyone and after grace by Merrill Van Camp a delicious pot luck dinner was "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" njoyed. Incotnin Director 'of District 4 Ron Locke and Youth Convener of 0.A.A.S. Elizabeth Peeters each brought greetings. Various trophies were present. ed. Holstein to Peter and Bob Hoogeveen; Guernsey to Doug Wherry; Field Crop to Ben DeYoung of Youngfield Farms. Terry Hollingsworth. of Dur- ham East Junior Farmers pre- sented the last cheque of their $1,000 donation to the A ricul- tural Society to Dale who ex- pressed the appreciation of the -- society for this generous sup- port. | President Dale Van Camp ex- tended appreciation to his wife Janet for her support during his two-year term as well as to the directors and all others for the tremendous assistance they _ hadgivenhim. Pe ~ Joyce Kelly, treasurer pre- sented a favorable report even with the poor weather condi- tions that happened on each event. ie, Committee reports were giv- en by the Chairmen of each sec- tion. & Directors volunteered to at- tend the annual O.A.A.S. con- vention which will be held in Toronto on Feb. 16,17, 18. Walter Wright presided for the election of the directors and officers for 1998. Officers will be: Past-President - Dale Van Camp; President - Leah Frew; 1st Vice-President - Lawrence Van Camp; 2nd Vice-President -~Mark Graham; Homecraft President - Janice Beechey, Homecraft Vice-president - Hel- en Coates; Auditors - Lawrence and Linda McLaughlin; Sec- Treas. "dates Kelly. ; An excellent travelogue was presented. By. Lawrenge Van Camp telling of his Juhior Farmer exchange to Germany last summer. Lawrence was thanked by Marilyn Green. ; : 0) 34 i (OF: V DRS With all the different lens types on the market, "it can get confusing, Drop by for friendly advice & reasonable prices. 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