Lake Scugog Historical Society Historic Digital Newspaper Collection

Port Perry Star, 1 Aug 1995, p. 1

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- i a Lad ---- 32 Pages COPY 65¢ b1¢ =4¢ GSD IDSTEN / PORT PERRY STAR New hall doors to the public Scugog Centre's new commu- nity hall is open to the public af- ter final inspections were com- pleted last week. The original target date for the project was July 13, but mi- nor problems set the completion date back a week, according to Craig Clark, of Brian Barton Building Corporation. Local organizations wasted no time renting space at the hall for events. The first to use the new facility was the Port Perry Fiddle Club on July 26. The long-anticipated comple- tion of the hall brings to a close the first phase in the Scugog Centre Master Plan, which in- cludes the securing of a second ice pad, aquatic facilities, squash courts, fitness room, tennis courts, playgrounds, pic- nic areas and a link from the arena, through the present ball diamonds to the soccer fields opens itg = I» i with footbridges over a system predicts more of the hot stuff for the next couple of ~~ Theprelectwasaninfrastruc 'weeks. Above, a young lad relaxes in : his parents' back botwoon the provincial and fod. \ a yard pool one day over the weekend, since the Kinsmen cra) governments and the town- Another flap erupts For Operation Scugog | mn w r Cartwright ball [IGA helps with food drive ove 4 By Kelly Lown players. But, Cartwright execu- By Kelly Lown are children, according to Ontario's Coronamity Port Perry Star An irate mother feels the chil- dren involved in the Nestleton Hardball League are being giv- en the short end of the stick in the ongoing Cartwright area ball dispute. Mary Boccaccio says the league has been forced to cancel several of its games, because the Cartwright Minor Ball League has not fulfilled part of an agreement to upgrade a local ball field for Bantam age tives claim that was not the deal that was reached. The Nestleton Hardball League, which formed this year, is made up of former Cartwright Ball players and executives. Problems over diamond sched- uling have plagued the two since the beginningof the year. As a last resort members of both leagues met with Mayor Howard Hall and Regional Councillor Marilyn Pearce in an Turn to page 4 Port Perry Star Port Perry IGA will be sponsoring a summer food drive in aid of Operation Scugog. Recently many banks have run short of food and have had to cut back dramatically on the food they offer to families. The food banks rely on the communities for support. The most needed food items are peanut but- ter, powdered milk, canned fish, pasta sauce and canned fruit. Each month more than 250,000 people run the risk of going hungry despite efforts to feed themselves. Forty-five per cent of these people Food Banks organization. There are more than 240 food banks through- out the province and are linked through the On- tario Association of Food Banks. Dutch Boy, IGA, Food City, Price Chopper and Valley Foods are sponsoring food drives throughout different municipalities from July 23 to August 5. Anyone wishing to make a donation is asked to drop off non-perishable items to the IGA on Queen Street. Monetary donations can be made to the care of Operation Scugog, Box 393, Port Perry, Ontario, L9L 1A4.

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