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-- PNT 5 | B Copy 65¢ (te +4¢GSD 36 Pages Wage | is Hy Estimate 15,000 attend Country '93 { 3 amber officials happy with success of festival By Scott Anderson Port Perry Star By everyone's account, Festi- val Days was a success. Bill Dowson, president of the Port Perry Chamber of Com- merce was extremely pleased by the success of the event this ear. y "I'm definitely happy with the weekend," he told the Port Perry Star Sunday afternoon. The chamber's president was pleased with the number of peo- ple who attended the events during the four-day festival. He credited the hard work of the chamber répreséntatives as well as the warm weather tor at- tracting the people. Itis estimated that more than 15,000 people took advantage of the activities located through- out the downtown core. And in talking to the various merchants and vendors throughout the weekend, Mr. Dowson says all were quite pleased by the event. "The businesses on the street have had good success and good gales," he said. "The service groups as a whole have done well as well." Mr. Dowson said a large part of the success was that they kept the weekend "simple" and inexpensive. He said many of the events were scaled down to stress fami ly fun and involvement and he _ feels this worked. Mr. Dowson is also relatively pleased from a financial point of view. Although exact figures will not be known until next week, Mr. Dowson says the Chamber of Commerce will be very close to breaking even. But making money has never been the intent of the event. Turnto Page 8 Woman delivers baby on floor of bathroom By Scott Anderson Port Perry Star $y mE "He was late coming and when he did come there was no stopping him." | wv i HP o That sums up Brennan Harsell's entry into the world by his mother Jean. | er Cl The birth of your first child is a memorable experience, but for Mrs. Harsell and her husband Blair it was both memorable and an experience. : Mrs. Harsell was five days overdue on July 6 when she : felt irregular contractions during the night. The contractions were a little more regular in the morning, _ but still nothing to worry about she thought. Knowing that he was just around the corner from their Bay Street home, Mr. Harsell left for work at Central Seven Industries at 8 a.m. Sf IE "By the time Blair got to work, somebody was already here," said Mrs. Harsell. ps furious into world shortly after 8 a.m. That "somebody" was Brennan who came fast and After realizing that the moment was about to happen, ; Mrs. Harsell delivered the baby boy in the bathroom of the couple's semi-detached home. A She barely got off the phone with her husband before | the baby appeared: Their neigh "By the time she got dow born," Mrs. Harsell explained, to hospital. : Mrs. Harsell was surprised by the speed in 'which it happened. During the birth of 'her: first child in a previous marriage, she was eight hours in labor, She felt _it would be at least three to four hours before she would: TurntoPage8 When little rennan . Harsell puts his 'mind 'to something there's no stopping him. When he decided it was time to come into'the world, he wasted little time in by his mother Jean before help could arrive. Blair and Jean Harsell show off their being born and was delivered new son. Don't Miss the U.S.A. vs CANADA Fastball Challenge - Wed. July 14 < bor in the adjoining home: heard the incident-and rushed next door to help, but it was over and outside, 6 was So-- ambulance and husband Blait arrived to take thé family - : \ ~ :] | 4 ( | |