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4 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, January 25, 2000 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" COMMUNITY Artists team up for show at gallery Artists Linda Zernask and Grace Glass present a selection of their works, "Drawing on Life," at the Kent Farndale Gallery in the Scugog Public Library, 231 Water Street in Port Perry. The public is invited to meet the artists at a reception for the public from | to 4 p.m. on Jan. 29. Linda's list of credits includes her own line of greeting cards and posters designed for Canadian singer and songwriters Kathy Stack and Rita MacNeil. Most recently Linda has exhibited her drawings and paintings at the Kawartha Artists Studio, the Lindsay Gallery, Valentia Arts Show and the Buckhorn Arts Festival. Grace Glass's art illustrates her love of texture, contours and rhythm. Grace, a long-time resident of Millbrook, describes the interplay of "contrasts and tensions in the natural world" as the inspiration for her work. Grace, one of the founding artists of the Millbrook Gallery, is still active in promoting and running the gallery. Grace has exhibited her work at the Millbrook Gallery, Ironwood Gallery, the University of Toronto School of Architecture, the Toronto Centre for Contemporary Art, and the Print and Drawing Council of Canada. Grand piano in plans for music d pt. The. Port Perry High School music department is inching closer and clos- er to purchasing a new grand piano. - Recent donations have brought th four or five years left in it 'and we'd like to replace it in the next couple of years with a. really high-quality instru- ment, such as a grand piano." ~ Donations are presented to the local music' Sepanment on a regula FRE igh Sc | | music. department's efforts to purchase a ot a boost last week when a local craft store, SNOB, The money was raised through a raffle draw. Representing on (seen here sitting with teacher Charles rate the Perry St. store. They were joined by d Amy Fitchett. Sledding Superior Group to undertake 11-day trek around lake By Chris Hall Port Perry Star Months of planning will be put to the test this weekend when eight local men embark on an l1-day snowmobile jour- ney around Lake Superior. In the works since last spring, the adventure will begin Sunday (Jan. 30) when the group - which includes Mike Fowler, Earl Cuddie, Bob Coleman, Gerry Goreski, Karl Herder, John Richardson, Guy Latrielle, and Lorne Thompson - truck their sleds to Thesallon, a small community just east of Sault St. Marie that will be used as their starting and fin- ishing point. The group will travel more than 2,100 miles, journeying into three U.S. states and back into Canada while making their way around the fre of the Great Lakes. "From Thesallon we ride across the top end of (Lake) Huron and across the "Ice Bridge" trail there... there'll be no lakes or open water for us. We're sticking to trails," said Mr. Fowler, a Port Perry lawyer. The group will then make their way to Drummond Island, part of the upper peninsula of Michigan, before making their way across the state in the four days they have allotted in their itinerary. They will then travel through Wisconsin and into Minnesota. From there it'll be back into Canada near Thunder Bay. The group will then take five days to travel back to their starting point, riding along trails through places Mike Fowler (left) and Earl Cuddie discuss details of their upcoming ride around Lake Superior. Their group is to leave Sunday. like Marathon and Chapleau and back to Thesallon. "We began planning for this back at the end of last March, at the end of the season when we first put our machines away," Mr. Fowler said. The friends had been on a number of trips before, but never such a long and detailed journey. oe "We've been been around Algonquin Park and around Lake Nippissing in the Past... We like to take round trips; instead of going somewhere and coming back, we like to go around something," said Mr. Fowler. Information was gathered from the Internet, and Mr. Fowler placed calls to snowmobile clubs and tourism offices throughout last summer. "The amount of detail that has gone into this is incredible, but it's something that has to be done. We know where we are going to be, or are supposed to be, at all times," he said, noting that the group has purchased trail permits and club memberships with the three states for their trip, along with the required Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC) permits. "It has all come together very nicely. Our hotels for every night of the trip are booked, and we know exactly where we're going to have lunch every day," said Mr. Fowler. "We have our gas stops planned out based on range... there are two or three areas on the Canadian side where the gas stops are 90 to 100 miles apart, and the range of the sleds is just over 100. We have to be careful not to get stranded out there." If any problems do occur, the group will have the help of a friend nearby. Murray Hoskin is going to be driving along the route, following the snowmo- biles in a chase vehicle. And the riders will have cell phones. The worst-case scenario would be a lack of snow, but that's not likely. And no matter what the conditions, the riders are committed to the journey. "We have got rooms booked and a schedule. If there's no snow, we trailer to the next site where there is. If it's cold, we ride; if it's rainy, we ride," said Mr. Fowler, noting that the trip will take the group near the downtown core of some cities. {