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= 18 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, June 28,1994 } "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" R > PORT PERRY STAR & URAL RoorTs Sonn SCOTT ANDERSON / PORT PERRY STAR To cap off the year at Epsom Public School, students par- ticipated in a variety of games on June 23 during Play Day. Grade 4 student Jason Oldham Is shown competing against Grade 6 student Paige Florence in a target shooting game. Blacksto Canada - 127 Years of Con- federation! As we are about to celebrate Canada's 127th birth- day, on Friday of this week, July 1, Canada Day, as it is now officially known, will be cele- brated by Canadians from coast to coast with fireworks, special events, community activities, music, singing, dancing, pa- rades and so forth! The birthday of a nation is something very special - there is a particular significance. Too of- ten we take these blessings too much for granted. July 1 gives * all of us a chance to celebrate where we are - where we have come from - and where we are going. It should give us an op- portunity to reflect on our good fortune, and to tell anyone who i8 listening that there is pride in this country. To be a true Cana- dian, to be a citizen of this great country is something - some- thing very well worth a celebra- tion once a year! How about that? Seniors Celebrate Big Day The Port Perry Senior Citi- zens Club held an open house on Wednesday, June 22 to cele- brate their 32nd anniversary of the Club and the 20th anniver- sary of the Regional Municipali- ty of Durham. What a great af- ternoon with festivities commencing at 2 p.m. with President Stan Rickard, the em- cee at the mike, with a full - house at Latcham Centre. A very fine variety program was of interest to all present. From the flag salutes, senior choir, Highland dancing and Irish jig, the Country Four Bar- bershoppers, to the excellent "comments by various dignitar- ies, to the closing by the beauti- ful Golden Slippers and tea - it was a delightful party all the way through. Glad we didn't miss it! Our warmest congratu- lations to the fine committee in charge! S.A.Cawker School Graduating Ceremonies A wondrous evening at the S.A. Cawker School with a large attendance. The ceremonies opened with the school song "Soar Like an Eagle" and O Canada with Susan Reed and Kim Dick supplying the music. Opening remarks by Vice Principal T. Deacon followed by Trustee Bobbie Drew. The Vale- dictorian address was given by Dawn Beare and Laura Hooker. Many students won certifi- cates or special awards in some area of the school program. Dawn Beare won the S.A.Cawker Trophy for the best all round student. She was con- gratulated by Mabel Cawker. (Ofinterest, Dawn is the daugh- ter of Bill and Ruth Beare Jr. and granddaughter of Bill and Betty Beare Sr., of Port Perry and Scugog Island.) Alan Cawker spoke briefly congratulating the Principal Harry Keizebrink, and his won- derful staff, as well as the stu- dents for fine work during the year. Principal Harry Keize- brink, in his closing remarks, gave excellent advice to the stu- dent body for the summer months. Our heartiest congratula- tions to all for a most enjoyable evening! Nestleton Women's Institute On Wednesday, June 21, the Blackstock Women's Institute and other guests, gathered at Nestleton Community Centre with the Nestleton Branch members. Pres. Rika Wygerde and Branch Director Gwen Mal- colm welcomed the guests at the door. The Tweedsmuir history book was on display. The regular meeting was opened with the Institute Ode and Mary Stewart Collect. Min- utes were read by Sec.-Treas. Neta Fish and finances report- ed. The usual award to Grade 8 pupil for "Most Improvement in Writing" will be attended to by Neta. A letter was read advising the Branch of the Women's In- Albert The great coming news this week 1s the firefighters of Sta- tion 2 having a car wash this Saturday 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the station in aid of the Muscu- lar Distrophy Association. One only has to see people with this disease to realize how terrible it is. So, get on the band wagon and come up and have a first class car wash which will help others. We all had a great evening at the hall Saturday night cele- brating Canada's birthday. It may be a few days premature but we don't want to compete with Port Perry. We spent $300 stitute Centennial'Plate which can be ordered, also, the Wom- en's Institute History.. The roll call - a safety tip when travelling alone - was well answered. The motto - sharing experiences is a great pleasure for others - was responded to by Rika, telling of her again experi- encing "the sound of the sea" which everyone living in Hol- land hears all day. Rika has just returned from a trip to her homeland Holland. Gwen Malcolm as Branch Di- rector gave an informative re- port on the May 11 District An- nual, held in the United Church, Bowmanville. Other voting delegates were Neta Fish and Rika Wygerde. It was noted that the number of copies of Home and Country sent to each Branch will be for the number of members on the roll, in the future. Grace Bajema, the speaker for the day, gave a most inter- esting talk on their recent trip to Israel. A display of pictorial folders, map, souvenirs, etc., helped members and friends to enjoy her travelogue. She spoke of the security which was evi- dent, and with a competent driver and guide, the tour in- cluded many different places in- cluding the Sea of Galilee, the Dead Sea (salty) and Jerusa- i! on fireworks and took in $249 at the gate and the girls at the snack bar made up the differ- ence. The main thing is we need a strong national feeling which in turn will bind us as the great nation that we should be. Let me thank everyone who was in- volved, the firemen, members of the Hall Board, the Regatta folks and you, the people who attended. Two weeks ago I had a call from a businessman of our vil- lage who was very irate about the township purchasing the house on Mary Street for park- ing. I can only say let's look at examples to the great nation to our south. When you drive from point A to point B on super high- ways, you bypass all the inter- nal strife of the villages and cit- lies unless you're forced to go into these areas. Let's look at these examples: 1. Buffalo lost one of its major industries, the steel mill. Un- employment followed, the cen- tre core of the city fell to a state ck W.I. members gathered lem. The many languages spok- en reflected the popular attrac- tion of the tour. Rika thanked Grace for her talk and present- ed her with a gift in apprecia- tion. With Gwen as pianist, sever- al songs were sung, closing with O Canada and the Institute Grace. Lunch was served by Bertha McLaughlin, Neta Fish, Rika Wygerde and Winnifred Davidson, and a social time was enjoyed by all. Guests voiced their appreciation. A friendly way to celebrate the first day of summer! Friendly Concerns A friend Neta Fish and yours truly were lunching this past week in a restaurant in Port Perry, we found we had select company for lunch! Who should have the table across from us but Rev. Stuart McEntyre and his wife Jean. What a pleasant surprise to see them once again - they live at Prince Albert since his retirement. I well remember when Rev. McEntyre was the minister at St. John's Presbyter- ian Church in Port Perry - and we often met them at a bazaar, a tea or whatever! Do hope we'll see them again! Car wash at fire hall of decay. Landlords had to keep dropping rental prices and con- sequently . couldn't keep the places in a good state of repair. This chain reaction continued and consequently we saw good apartment buildings all board- ed up. Stores and individua. houses followed this trend. The once proud owners either moved out to the suburbs or just lost pride in themselves and their community. The town fa- thers have taken steps to try and redevelop this downtown core with park areas, encourag- ing commerce, having periodi- cal functions and endeavouring to get pepple to re-establish that dignity and pride which was once there. 2. We are forced to go through a section of Toledo, Ohio to catch our single lane highway which takes us west and we find the same thing there. The code is, wind up the windows and lock the doors as you drive. 3. Star City, Indiana, which is smaller than Port Perry is an- other example. This place had seven stores in the downtown core. Seven merchants making a living, today there is only one store left. Why? The modern roads and cars took the farmers to the larger centres with plazas and parking lots. Port Perry will have more shopping plazas with large parking lots in time to come and unless ample parking is estab- lished for the downtown core, we will find another Star City. My advice is make a mutual agreement with all owners, then take these individual bar- riers down, repair asphalt where needed then paint in lanes and parking spaces as only one large lot. Trim the out- side with a standard fencing and plant trees. This makes it much better for snow removal and adds dignity to the area. If we wish to be a sidewalk super- intendent, we can watch Lind- say and see how the downtown business core will survive once all the stores are rented in the new plaza. Next week I will address your local beef, which I agree with, in detail. I ask you to tell me when you attended the last meeting here in our town where we the people were working to enhance our village? If the Trent Valley Authority had placed your lakefront prop- erty in dispute, contact your lo- cal councillor. gL EIETT FS Bt Ea SCOTT ANDERSON / PORT PERRY STAR Students at Greenbank Public School learned fire saftey tips from members of the Scu- gog Fire Department on June 20 as the Fire House made a stop at the school.