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"A Family Tradition for 130 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, May 14, 1996 -3 ss-- Con MMUNITY |RIOTEY MN BIBI PI FAT Y PAV Es < George Lazakis has opened his fifth Captain George's Fish and Chips location, bringing his popular restaurant to Queen St. in Port Perry. He and his staff introduced themselves to the com- Captain G NG an be IEEE] FISH & CHIPS Plans for the Scugog Chamber of Commerce Festival Days are current- ly underway for this July. The annual event will take place this year on July 4, 5 and 6 in down- town Port Perry. The theme of this year's event is gnce again a 50s and 60s revival theme, in- cluding vintage motorcyle and classic car displays on Queen Street. Chamber representa- tive Don MacLeod ap- proached township coun- cil Monday asking for permission to close off the downtown core for the weekend events. Arrangements have been finalized for several events including basket- ball and rollerblading competitions, a car cruise, mutt show, Kinsmen dunk tank and the Re/ munity with a free tasting session on Wednesday, then enjoyed their grand opening Thursday. There's a full eat-in and take-out menu to choose from at the restaurant, at 161 Queen St. JEFF MITCHELL/PORT PERRY S IAH Max hot air balloon, which will be secured in Palmer Parkon the Saturday. The main amusement park will once again be lo- By Jeff Mitchell Port Perry Star Parents of school children in Port safer crosswalk on Scugog St. They have circulated a petition call- ing on the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) to install a lighted pedestrian crosswalk, which is used daily by hun- dreds of kids going to schools or playing in the area. The matter has been sent to the province several times by Scugog town- ship council, but each time the ministry has failed to take action, said Diane Martin, one of the parents who's help- ing circulate the petition. "It's really been a lot of red tape," the said last week. Parents still think there should be safer crossing on the stretch of Hwy. TA that runs through Port Perry. Perry have renewed their fight for a Fight for Scugog St. 'crosswalk is still on So they've called a meeting for May 30 at R.H. Cornish Public School, at which people can address their con- cerns to the likes of Durham East MPP John O'Toole, Scugog Mayor Howard Hall, and public school trustee Bobbie Drew. Organizers will also invite a representative from MTO. "This is the final meeting to get everyone together at one time, and see why it can't be done," said Mrs. Martin. In the meantime, the parents are trying to get as many signatures as possible on their petition. It's currently located at Brock's for Kids, the Port IGA, Cornish, Cawker and Immaculate Conception schools, and Port Perry High School. For more information you can call Mrs. Martin at 985-3388, or Tyler Briley at 985-2422. Our firefighters qualify for worlds A team of Scugog fire- fighters is headed to the world championships this fall after a strong showing at an extrication competi- tion this past weekend. The squad from Scugog finished second over all at a provincial extrication competition, held over the weekend in Kingston. The placing earns them a spot at the world champi- onships, coming up in September in Florida. Team Captain Dave Ballingall said the placing was a great result for the local team. "It was quite an accom- plishment to win the chance to go to the world championships," he said. "It was a pretty proud moment for us." MARY SANCHEZ/PORT PERRY STAR KEEPING IT CLEAN:Local schools pitched in this past Tuesday morning to make Port Perry a cleaner place. A total of 800 stuents from the local elemen- tary schools and Port Perry High School were In- volved In raking and picking up garbage In various places around town. Seen here are Grade 9 stu- dents from PPHS cleaning up around their school yard. From the left: Natasha Reurekas, April Egan, Lauren Christie and Bree Crowe. eorge arrives in Port / Chamber working i | | on plans for the next Festival Days cated behind the CIBC building, with vendors lo- cated along Queen and Water Streets. The popu- lar Big Top Tent will be back in Palmer Park for a variety of programs and the Big V Amazing Maze and Diaper change area will be again placed near the playground area. Scouts bound for jamboree The 1st Port Perry Scouts are going to The Canadian Jamboree in Thunder Bay next the summer of '97. Seven- teen Scouts and Ven- turers will be going. Their first fundraiser will be selling coupon booklets for the Cine- Max Video Store. The Scouts will wel- come your support as they go door to door in Port Perry. Internet topic at meeting A hands-on look at the Internet (how it affects business and how it can be used to achieve business goals and make profits) will be the focus of the May 14 meeting of the Durham Home Business Associa- tion. The meeting gets un- der way at 7 p.m. at the Oshawa campus of Dur- ham College (2000 Simcoe St. North, Oshawa, room L114). The cost is $10 for members and $15 for non- members. New members are most welcome. Pre-registration is re- quested. Please leave a message on the associa- tion hotline (728-2899) or call Carmen Kirschling (Whitby, 728-8599), Scott Weatherall (Oshawa, 721- 1776) or Betty Penny (Port Perry, 985-0712). The Durham Home Business Association is a non-profit organization. It was founded in 1994 to romote excellence in ome and small busin8ss- es through networking, education, information and support.