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Vol. 130 No. 10 32 Pages It was party time on Friday at Epsom Public School, when kids enjoyed a Mexican fiesta complete with great food like tacos, swinging sticks at goodie-filled pinatas, really, really silly hats. Here three amigos -- Dana Loback, JEFF MITCHELL / PORT PERRY STAR Ay, Carumba! Grade 6 (left), Alex McKay, Grade 5, and Katie McCoy of Grade 5, gather around a particularly colorful pinata and yuk it up for the camera. It wasn't all fun and games, of and dressing up in panchos, drawn-on moustaches, and course: The kids also undertook studies of Mexico, and its colorful history. _ + | Ron By Jeff Mitchell Port Perry Star As of Thursday (Feb. 1), kids in Durham Region schools will begin rolling up their sleeves and taking it in the arm as a massive province-wide measles immunization program begins. An army of workers with Durham Region's health unit are fanning out and attending schools daily as they begin the huge job of giving the shots to more than 100,000 kids here. The program is scheduled to reach Scugog VEER ER | CEE] to begin and the rest of north Durham later in March, with the schools in Cartwright slated for the 25th and 26th, Marion Megesi, supervisor of public health nursing, said Friday. "It looks like we're ready to go," she said, explaining that public health workers here have been preparing for the program since it was given the nod by the province two months ago. The immunization was urged in a report that noted an alarming increase in the incidence of measles in Ontario in recent years. It has been determined that a small per- Turnto Page 13 Nerin. Tripp Gas some words of advice for anyone ring onto Lake. Scu day morning. "If y crazy enough to drive ac a pressure crack, y ou're. "crazy enough to gets ek He sh that had thered: in bucivr on Scugog this weekend, Campaign for Heart and Stroke launched By Kelly Lown Port Perry Star Heart and Stroke Foundation canvassers will be knocking on doors in Scugog Township this month, as the local chapter aims to raise in excess of $20,000 during this year's fundraising campaign. Last year's campaign raised $20,597, a jump of $4,000 from the previous year. Heart disease and stroke are still Canada's number one killer, causing more than 76,000 deaths in Canada each year. The disease is a costly one, costing the Canadian economy $17 billion for medical care, drugs, disability pensions and lost wages. The Heart and Stroke Foundation, formed in 1952, has supported approximately $500 million for research into Turnto Page 4 I'he jury's oul... you be the Judge poi ) ag. | Biv