Sie Sil EA bt i di SSS MX Gila an Bil le 8- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, January 26, 1999 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" 3 = 3 = 3% phe Ie pe NOW IN PRODUCTION 1 _1999_ 3 3 >) y The Port Penry Star is pleased to announce preparations are underway for Discover Scugog '99. Copies of last year's production of Discover 3 Scugog are all but depleted and the next edition of Scugog's tourist information booklet is scheduled to be available for groups and tourist offices by February. To make sure it's the best publication to date, we need the help of everyone in the community! If your organization or group has listings of any events planned throughout 1999 details must be submitted in writing to the Port Perry Star office no later than January 30, 1999. Events published in Discover Scugog should be open to the general 5 public. (e.g. fairs, bazaars, strawberry socials, etc.) Sorry, no extensions of this deadline due to production and printing schedules. Anyone wishing to promote their events, activities or services with advertisements, are asked to contact Don Macleod at The Port Perry Star. Deadline for advertising is Feb. 3, 1999. Last year, at Trade Shows, Information Booths and local outlets, Discover Scugog was one of the most asked for pieces of information by people wanting to know more about our community. This is your chance to make sure visitors to Scugog Township know about your business, or group's activities during 1999. Call today!! 3 Fill out the enclosed Activity Listing form and drop it by The Port : Perry Star office with a description of any events your group has 3 planned for 1999. We'll do our best to have'it included. ki PS. Additional Activity Listing forms 3 available at the Star Office. Discover Scugog '99 ACTIVITY LISTING DE FT A A DE EP TT RTL For more information call today... he Dov Loven Shay We he Je We Je We Se YC 4 3 a 4d T 9 ¥ a CHECK MATE: Charlotte Hale and Tom Thekan are pleased with the response they've received since starting a chess club in the township. Durham Knights formed in Scugog Chess players face off at library each week By Chris Hall Port Perry Star The battle of kings, queens, knights, bishops and others continues every Thursday evening at the local library. . Members of the Durham Knights Chess Club wage war each week between 7 p.m and 8:30 p.m. at the Scugog Public Memorial Library. And since the club's inception a couple of weeks ago, interest has been on the rise. "The amount of people we're getting out is fantastic. The first night I expected four or six people and we got 10. That was so unbelievable and I'm really encouraged because last week we had 18 players," said club co-founder Charlotte Hale. The idea for a local chess club came up in conversation once and, with sup- port from a local pub, play began Jan. 7. "We were just talking about it one day and we thought it would be good for the people who play the game and for the kids," Ms Hale said last week, adding that management from the Durham Arms pub kicked in the money for sets, bringing the club's total up to seven boards. "It's good for the kids because it's got skills they need for class like strategic thinking; it gives us a chance to introduce them to a new and exciting game," she said. skills and concentration. It's a great mental exercise." Many youngsters playing chess today have done so only against a computer. The chess club allows them to match wits with other people. "This way they sit across the table from each other and they're interacting with other kids, not the computer," said Ms Hale. "Instead of looking down at the board on a computer screen, they look across the board and see everything from a different viewpoint." While competition is organized in age categories, adults are sometimes sur- prised by the skills of some youths. "I got beat good recently; this kid got me in about 45 minutes, but I didn't know who he was," co-founder Tom Thekan said of his match with 10-year- old Benjamin de Boer, a local student and one of the best chess players in the province. Competitors are matched according to their ages and abilities, says Ms Hale. "So far we've had no problem matching up pairs, but in the near future we're going to have to set up some sort of structured ladder system for the match- es." Anyone interested in the Durham Knights Chess Club are welcome to attend the Thursday evening sessions or can call Charlotte Hale at 985-9259 for 188 Mary St. - Port Perry, ON ¢ Phone 985-7383 » Fax 985-3708 Wl" N C7 " A 7N\ WS WE "With school cuts we figured it's a good thing for the kids to learn... thinking more information.