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Taw A ---- 3 ----" ee ------ ae eae meer a = "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, February 22, 2000 - 19 Utica-Epsom News by Vera Brown Utica Community Daycare will host a pancake fundraiser at Purple Woods Church and Sunday School this week will be held in Utica Church at 9:30 a.m. The next Senior's Lunch in Epsom Church will be on Thursday, March 9 at noon. Menu is Shepherd's pie, green salad and pineapple upside down cake. For your reservation call Community Care, Uxbridge at 852-7445. Call early as they were sold out last month. Utica Community Daycare is having a Pancake Fundraiser at Purple Woods Conservation Park on Saturday, March 18 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. They will be serving hot, delicious pancakes, juice, coffee and hot chocolate. For information call 985-8783. All pro- ceeds go directly to the daycare. ~ The Millennium Committee met on Tuesday and reported on'their first event which was very successful. Plans were made for the ordering of the limited edition Bethesda, Epsom-Utica commemorative afghan and the Good Friday Breakfast and pilgrimage. The next meeting of the committee will be on March. 21 (Tuesday) at 7:30 p.m. in Utica Hall. Word has been passed to me that a former Bethesda resident, Eileen (Brown) Lonsberry Stewart has died and services were in Oshawa on Monday. This may be of interest to those who knew this lady some years ago as she lived across from the Bethesda School at that time. _ Anyone who may have been out for a walk either on the Marsh Hill Rd. or 6th Line may have seen a man's watch which has gone missing. If found, contact 985-7251. I trust Alex. McKay is much better now as he has been recovering from a recent snowboarding accident. Sunday visitors with the Sutcliffe family were daughter Kathy, Nelson and Tyson Nicholson of Oshawa. NOW OPEN: Backbay Outfitters Fishing Tackle and Outerwear is now open for business. They offer a wide selection of clothing, fishing acces- sories including live bait, and camping and hiking equipment. Stop by, visit with owners Joanne and Kirk Sullivan and check them out -- they're located at 38 Water St. -- or call them at 985-2677. It'll run from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sports night will be hosted by Greenbank Sunday School March 3 We were Seagrave. reeted to Brian and church on Greenbank Janice Lee Sunday by area news and friends Bob and spent last Dianne by week holi- Stone. The Doris Hill daying at Ministry of Louisville Music was Kentucky. provided by the Youth Choir singing "Heart to Change the World." Greenbank Sr. Choir practice for the spring will be Thursday, Feb. 24 with choir at 7:30 p.m. and Concert Singers at 8 p.m. Singers wishing to join are welcome. Practice for the Greenbank Youth Choir will be Feb. 23 at 5 p.m. at Greenbank Church. Greenbank Sunday School is holding a family sports night at Greenbank Public School on March 3 from 7:30 to 10 p.m. All Welcome. : The World Day of Prayer Service will be held on March 3 at Greenbank Church with a dessert lun- cheon at 12:30 p.m. All ladies are invited to come and join with the ladies from Wick, Pinedale and The Greenbank euchre is this Friday, Feb. 25 at the hall. All welcome. Mrs. Mary Drewery spent last week with her daughter Marie and Larry Colero and granddaugh- ters Emily and Sarah at Guelph. The Greenbank Hall is looking for a donation of a used fridge. If you are going to buy a new fridge and want to have your old one picked up phone 985-° 3723. The Greenbank Lions * Club is planning to put out a historical calendar for the year 2001. It will show teams, clubs, events and buildings which have been a part of Greenbank for the last 100 years. If you have any suggestions or pictures call 985-3723. Ads for businesses are RETR SRS TENEIRET RR $100 for 12 ads. Blackstock Ag Society well represented at Ontario Assc. meeting Sympathy is extended to Barbara Branton and her family on the sudden passing of her husband Ralph. Sympathy also is extended to Rick and Shirley Dingman and family on the recent passing of Rick's mother, Edda Dingman of Harmony. Edda was the sister- in-law of Jean Adams. Blackstock Agricultural Society was well represented at the 100th annual Convention of the Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies held at the Royal York in Toronto last week. Among the approximate 1,400 delegates were David and Kathleen Petrie, Merrill and Jean Van Camp, Bill and Ruth Marconi, Craig Larmer, Janice Beechey, Ann Julia Bajema, Marilyn Tobin, Fred and Marg Ford, Barry Van Camp, Eileen McLaughlin and Gerald and Joyce Kelly. Janice Beechey was a member of one of the seminar panels on Wednesday afternoon. One highlight was the excel- lent presentation of Father Mark Curtis who will be at Omemee United Church next Sunday, Feb. 27 at 7:30 p.m. For tickets contact Joyce at 986-4257. For those involved please note that the meeting of the Official Board of Nestleton and Blackstock United Churches slat- ed for Thursday evening has been cancelled. Happy birthday greetings to Carl Adams who celebrated his 78th birthday on Sunday evening when 16 members of his family took him out for dinner at the Bowmanville Marina. There were 12 tables at the Tuesday evening card party with the following winners: Velma Johnston with a high of 95, Lyle RT RE TS McMahon, Helen Dorrell, Harold Crawford, Audrey Mahaffy and Verna Slute. Muriel Selby had the most lone hands. Draws were won by Gord Finney, Sarah Brunton, Gary Notenboom (two), Ruby Hudson and Helen Dorrell. The public is welcome to attend the U.C.W. meeting at Blackstock United Church on Wednesday evening at 7:30 p.m. when Sharon Goulding will be speaking on cancer care in Durham Region. St. John's News The after the service coffee "time at St. John's on Sunday morning was a triple birthday celebration as Marjorie Green, Tommy Hodge and George Kubovic were congratulated and serenaded by their fellow parish- ioners. George is, of course, the church's head pancake chef and he is already making prepara- tions for St. John's annual Shrove Tuesday Feast. He is looking for- ward to providing us with a great pre-lenten gastronomic experi- ence. Asked if there is anything he needs for the occasion, he could only think of two needs: several enthusiastic sous-chefs and lots of customers with healthy appetites. Father Hugh announced that First Communion classes will be held on three Saturdays in March - March 11, 18 and 25. Classes will start at 9:30 a.m. and finish at noon. The classes will be suit- able for five to 10 year olds. Please contact Hugh or Debra Coles if you have a child who will attend the classes. First communion will take place at a mid-week service in April when Bishop Douglas Blackwell will celebrate. The Bishop will also bless the new addition to the Parish Hall on that occasion. In last week's column, we made reference to an internet Prayer site and recommended you, our readers, try it. Those of you who did try will have experi- enced some frustration as your computer will have advised you that there is no such site. The correct address is: www.jesuit.ie/prayer. Do try again, you will enjoy it. pe Vo a ema ee aml a ag a eam an oan oa al a al al oat a a me -------- a a a a aa a a a a a a ae a a og an a lr am at a ns a a aL a a Lo a a a AT Fr