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RENT & SAVE The Party Addition ~ For All Your Party Needs ~ Hwy. 7A & Water St. - Port Perry (905) 985-7771 CLASSIFIEDS PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1994 T & C LIMO Airport Service 985-0170 1-800-361-0216 REAL ESTATE Tradition continues in Blackstock with seventh | annual Music Corn Roast | By Jeff Mitchell Port Perry Star The tradition continued Saturday night on a farm near Blackstock when crowds gathered for the seventh annual Musicians' Corn Roast, a fundraiser for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. Before the event, which featured music, games, and raffled-off prizes, organizer and corn roast host Paul Wasson said he hoped to entertain up to 1,000 people, and raise $3, 000 for the Foundation. The evening of music, food and fun took place on Mr. Wasson's hobby farm on McKee Rd. east of Blackstock. In its first six years the roast has raised about $20,000 for the cause, Mr. Wasson said during an interview last week. The first corn roast occurred seven years ago when Mr. Wasson and friends decided to put on a tribute to friend Larry Dee, an accomplished pedal steel guitar player who had recently died of a heart attack at age 51. Rather than mourn they chose to celebrate, and ask their audience for donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. "There are a lot of people that come back year after year, and it grows year after year," said Mr. Wasson, bassist and singer with the 'Burnt River a A competitor turns sharp around a marker during the Port Perry Rotary Club's second annual Aquarama fundraiser for Yoals Society Sunday. We'll have details on the the Easter winners next week. Band. "They know what quality they're going to get; I've been getting calls on this since around March." Entertainment was provided by nine Durham-area bands, including fiddler June Eikhart, Dottie Randall -- Larry Dee's widow -- and the Burnt River Band. As well there were tables laden with pot luck food and games of chance for the crowds, who come year after year for the family atmosphere of an old-time country barn dance. Mr. Wasson professionally for 15 years with Mr. Dee, widely regarded as one of Canada's premier pedal steel players, touring and also holding down steady gigs as the house band at the lounge of the Royal Hotel in Whitby and the Corral in Oshawa. "Larry had the opportunity to play with all the best -- a lot of Nashville artists," said Mr. Wasson. He 'was a musical mentor to me." And while the roast began as a tribute to Mr. Dee, it has become an annual tribute to all the victims of heart disease, he added. "It's not just about Larry. It's about anyone we have lost. "It hits home with everybody." played | $l. w. ; JEFF MITCHELL / PORT PERRY STAR Paul Wasson and friends played for a good crowd at the annual Musicians' Corn Roast on his farm near Blackstock Saturday night. The event raised funds for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Volunteers come out to help Youth Corps battle loosestrife About a dozen volunteers came out last week to help Scugog's Environmental Youth Corps in their fight against purple loosestrife. In all, about 30 bags of flowers from the plants were - gathered in the wetland area south of the causeway, Environmental Youth Corps worker Jodi Hunter, 17, said the morning after the effort. Volunteers broke off the flowers of the tall plants in an effort to prevent them from going to seed and spreading further, said Ms Hunter. Purple Loosestrife, imported to North America from Europe, infests wetlands and chokes out other plants, damaging the ecosystem. The plant has no natural enemies here and spreads like wildfire. People representing an environmental group, SCOPE, as well as several volunteers from the community came out to help harvest the loosestrife, said Ms Hunter. "They were actually quite interested i in trying to clean it up," she said. An area of the wetland to the south side of the causeway was tackled between 6:30 and 9 Tuesday night and was about threo. quarters harvested. The loosestrife is still limited to a contained area there, said Ms Hunter. "We got 30 bags" of flowers, she said. "Because each flower produces so many seeds, Just getting 80 many" was a success. The effort will continue this Thursday night (Aug. 18), when the Youth Corps and volunteers carry out a similar harvest on the north side of: the causeway. Volunteers are asked to once agdin assemble on the causeway at 6:30 p.m. Ms Hunter said locals should be diligent about the. plant, and attempt similar harvests each year to prevent its spread. The Environmental Youth Corps are Jody Hunter and Andy Ross. They were hired by Scugog Township as summer students to carry out a number of duties, including lakesnore clean-ups and parks maintenance. Beach remains posted here For the fifth weekend in a row, signs were : posted at the Kinsmen Beach in Palmer Park, warning bathers about high bacteria counts. The Port Perry beach was first posted July 16: this year. That's earlier than normal for the area, which is usually posted sometime Jlrin the summer by the Durham Region Heal Dept. igh bacteria counts continue to register on regular tests, Alex Connor, chief public health inspector with the region, said on Friday after- noon. High water temperatures, shallow waters and low circulation and, possibly, the large number of waterfowl inhabiting the shores of Lake Scu- 'year, healthofficialssay. - : i A aswell, children and the elder: .gog are contributing to the problem here this 'Some bathers are choosing toi ignore the signs and swim. Potential hazards connected to bath- ing at posted beaches include ear, nose and y may be prone to gastrointestinal diseases if they swallow water. : onitoring at beaches throughout the re ion has continued through the summer, and last week resulted in warnings being posted at new locations, in Pickering and Ajax, Mr. Connor said Friday. Weekly testing of beaches in the area wil: con- tinue throughout the summer. =a proud! dometown NOW OPEN SUNDAYS Due to the increasing popularity of Sunday Shopping, Port Perry IGA is now open for your convenience 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.