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ah Vol. 129 No. 09 y aad PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1995 Copy 65¢ ¢61¢+4¢ GSD) 32 Pages Happy Birthday Clifford KELLY LOWN /PORT PERRY STAR More than 120 children visited the Kid's Store on Saturday to help celebrate Clif- ford's birthday during two separate parties. Children played games and listened to - stories before sharing some birthday cake with the birthday "boy". Festival's off Balmy January weather forces postponement until next month By Jeff Mitchell Port Perry Star Sustained rotten weather has resulted in postponement of Port Perry's Snow Flake Festival. Festival chair Rick McCoshen said Monday morn- ing that the weekend event, which had been set for this com- ing Saturday and Sunday, has been rescheduled for the week- end of Feb. 11 and 12. All the events that were to be part of this weekend's festival will take place in February, said Mr. McCoshen. "Everything is going to go on as we figured it was going to go on, except on a different week- end," he said. The popular sled dog race, a sanctioned event featuring many of the region's top racers, will not be jeopardized by the change in timing, said Mr. McCoshen. "We negotiated (Sunday) that the event will go on as sched- uled," he said, noting that some participants had to make changes to their booked-full winter schedule to attend the Port Perry event. Mr. McCoshen said that until Sunday, organizers were deter- mined to press ahead with the Jan. 21 start of the festival. But a long, grey day with rain pouring from the heavens brought about the decision to call it off for now. "We were going to try," said Mr. McCoshen, adding, though, that organizers decided, "If you can't put on a show that's 100 HE per cent, don't put it on." The delay will Eye organiz- | ey A undraising ers more time to sell buttons for the festival, and prepare for the host of events that will be part of the festival, said Mr. McCoshen. Watch The Star for more details as the festival approach- es. hree stolen north of Port Perry of a stolen Ford. Police puzzled by rash of truck thefts Durham Regional Police are probing a curious spate of auto thefts this weekend north of Port Perry. Police investigated three separate reports of stolen trucks Sunday (Jan. 15) and recovered two of them -- As well as the front bumper of a third, sitting next to the burned-out shell Here's a run down of the occurrences: Q Police learned that sometime between 5:30 and 8 a.m. on Sunday a Dodge Dakota pickup was stolen from a home on Old Simcoe Rd. north of Port Perry. A short time later they received a call from a township employee about a vehicle ditched off Spadina Rd. north of Cragg Rd. Police investigated and found the truck ditched in a pond with the motor still running; it was confirmed it was the Caregivers express concerns over centralized services plan By Jeff Mitchell Port Perry Star Volunteer caregivers In Scugog told the region's District Health Council last week that any changes to provision of ser- vice must not interfere with local autoncmy. And some in attendance at the forum Friday afternoon at the Latcham Centre in Port Perry were critical of a process that has left caregivers and the seniors they serve largely in the dark. The comments came as the DHC held a discussion session on the creation of a Multi- Service Agency (MSA) that could, eventually, result in a centralized service administra- tion centre for the entire region. The move has been legislated by the provincial government. While participants expressed appreciation at being given the opportunity to offer their com- ments on the shape an MSA will take, they were critical of a process that has left them out- side until now. "We have a concern that the government is taking us over and leaving us very few choices," Community Care volunteer Turnto Page 12 north of Cragg Rd. recovered. truck from the Old Simcoe residence. 0 Sometime after midnight on the 15th a Ford pickup was stolen, and reported to police early in the morning. Police, however had already recovered the vehicle, on Old Simcoe The truck and about $1,000 worth of property in the back had been totally destroyed by fire. 0 Between midnight and 6 a.m. Sunday a Toyota Roadrunner truck was stolen from a Cragg Rd. residence, police said. That vehicle has not been recovered, but its front bumper was found at the site where the burned-out Ford truck was