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EL TERT RE TE I a a a, hm mie. aoe ab dub. cod "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" PORT PERRY STAR - Wednesday, January 3, 2001 - 17 Caesarea Community Hall Board I imagine the news at work this week is the great time everyone had at the New Year's Eve dance at the hall. I'm sure there was enough prizes for everyone to go home with something. Anyway, a very happy and 'healthy New Year to one and all Accident As | was watching the news Tuesday night, | saw pictures of that horrible car accident at 7A and Durham Rd. 7 (The Island Road). On October 1999, | wrote a. let- ter to John O'Toole about this intersection and received a copy of a letter from the Minister of Transportation, David Turnbull. He stated that during the next five years a considerable amount of money will be spent on Highway 7A. The proposed traffic signals is not the answer due to the two hills on 7A on each side of the island road. This would be a nightmare in heavy traffic dur- Reviewing the community's accomplishments in 2000 _ing a snow storm. The answer would be one large bridge with east-west 7A traffic going under the bridge and other traffic using the bridge and would merge with 7A traffic further down the hills. I don't know at this time if this . accident is a human error or an act of nature. Thank you Mr. John O'Toole for expressing my views to the min- ister regarding this project. Caesarea Ratepayers Most people like to look for- ward at New Year's to the year ahead. But I like to review our accomplishments of the year past. Our association forged ahead with the beautifying of the boule- vards of Hwy. 57 both east and south of the store. I believe we can take credit for the new Caesarea signs. The council, after receiving our sub- mission of signs we were going to erect, decided on a five-year Albert | AV) CTIA plan of changing all signs in the hamlets of Scugog to a standard pattern. Our association saved the expense of signs by council S decision. I believe we can give credit to our association for the added Highway 57 directional signs on Hwy. 7A at MEM Coach Works corner and also at the Blackstock traffic light corner. Strangers to our area now know where Hwy 57 continues. Thanks to John O'Toole on this matter. a We also had another great Canada Day celébration in June. Thanks to Alex Shephard M.P. for Taking a look back at the year that was in Caesarea getting us flags and items and symbols of what it is to be a true Canadian, also Pauline at the store for her large donation. There was also four flower beds around town which were weeded and watered and was in great appearance throughout the growing year. Our thanks to the Pine Ridge Garden Club and Shirley Love who worked and supplied plants and bulbs for the two beds 'under our Caesarea village signs. Our thanks to Blackstock Lion's Club who supplied us with the new maple trees we planted along Hwy. 57. Our thanks, and especially my thanks, to the volunteers who worked on these projects. Really one great year! Blackstock Lion's Our next dinner meeting will be Wednesday Jan. 3 at 2 p.m. at the Blackstock Rec Center. Guest speaker will be Lion's Regional Chairman Paul Taylor. Cheese week starts Jan. |, have your orders in by Jan. 6. We send our sincere congratu- lations to Lion Bill and wife Kay Ingram on their 50th wedding anniversary Dec. 30, 2000. We at the Lion's Club are wondering with Bill this long, Kay. Ha! Ha! how you have managed to put up | Ha! x I am very glad to report that handy Randle has won first prize on the next plateau of the peace poster contest held by the Blackstock Lions' Club. Thought for the Week If -all religious organizations not only taught the laws of their religion, but also the respect of other people and their rights to their religious beliefs, | believe we would not have the strife in the world today. Joke of the Week Newspaper Ad: Need co- author for a book on self- reliance. Blackstock rings in New Year with skating, sleigh rides, fireworks By Joyce Kelly Blackstock News What busy schedules most people had over the past two weeks of Christmas and New Year's activities. Many family gatherings, travels and skiing trips kept families involved. At the United Church a large congregation enjoyed the out- standing Christmas Cantata pre- sented by the Senior Choir on Christmas Eve morning followed by a well attended Christmas Eve Service which had delightful Christmas music, carol singing, and a Christmas story by Rev. Phil Hobbs. The community was saddened by the sudden passing of Jean Adams on New Year's Day follow- ing a massive stroke suffered on Boxing Day. Sympathy is extend- ed to Carl, her husband of many, many years, and her family including David and Michele Adams and family of this commu- nity. Funeral arrangements are with Wagg Funeral Chapel of Port Perry and will be held later in the week. - Sympathy is extended to the family of Mrs. Morley Bruce (Lola) who grew up in this community and who passed away over the holiday. Thoughts are extended to her cousins and friends here. Her funeral will be held on Thursday morning at Wagg's Funeral Chapel in Port Perry. Stuart and Helen Dorrell host- ed members of their family over the holiday. Darcy and Laura Dorrell, Brittany and Brian of. Charlton, Annie Dorrell of Englehart, Lisa and Steve Tufts, Hannah and Lucas of Elgin, Manitoba were with their parents over the holidays. They were joined by Melody and Wilson Rodman, Bryce and Curtis of Little Britain on several occa- sions. On Wednesday during the Christmas week the descendants of Wilbur and Elva Toms gathered at the Rec Centre for a family gathering. Glad to report that Kathleen Dorrell was able to be home for the Christmas season and will continue her treatments following the holiday. Kathleen is making excellent progress following her hip replacement surgery. At the last card party before Christmas there were six tables + two with the following results: Helen Pascoe, Lorna Edgerton, Audrey Mahaffy, Teresa Berker, Muriel Butson and Doreen McLean. Charlie Stapleton had the most lone hands. Lucky draws were won by Betty Kewan, Fern Redshaw, Charlie mpbell, Marie Gibson, May /Shortridge and Doris Manns. The New Year's Eve party at the arena and fairgrounds was a huge success with a large atten- dance. Skating was enjoyed as well as horse and sleigh rides, fireworks and refreshments as well as much visiting. Congratulations to Fred Ford and his committee who arranged this great event. Many families brought in the New Year in this very unique way. The annual Mountjoy-Dorrell gathering at the Recreation Centre was well attended on New Year's Day. Fortunately the weather was much improved for those travel- ling over New Year's weekend. On New Year's Day, Gerald, Joyce and Elaine Kelly enter- tained Mrs. Audrey Gilmour, Jim and Ella Walker all of Lindsay, Barb Cummings and Elaine Kelly of Marmora, June and Bob Petch of Gilford, Peter and Elizabeth Peeters and family of Omemee, Cecil and Marie Gibson of the area. Eleven members of the Afternoon U.C.W. met at 12:30 noon at the home of Lillian Lockyer for a delicious Christmas Pot Luck Luncheon on Dec. 19. Toilet items for Denise or Bethesda House were received for Roll Call. Get Well and Greeting cards were signed for ill and shut-in friends. Everyone took part in the usual December program with the presentation of a variety of interesting items ranging from poems and read- ings, quizzes, a prayer request, and one member showed a paint- ing she had done, scanned and then used on her Christmas card! Benediction brought the meeting to a close and we departed as more snow fell. St. John's Anglican Church By Colin Beal Well, it's been a year or two since we had a real White Christmas and this one has taken us back to the days when snow banks were really high and tem- peratures low! It would have been hardly surprising had church attendance been quite sparse since the real snow dumps seemed to come at week-ends. St. John's scarcely noticed any drop in attendance at either of the services on Christmas Eve, morning (because it was Sunday) and evening! The morning ser- vice this year celebrated 4th Sunday of Advent and it was also the shortest possible 4th week of Advent since it lasted but a few hours. Then, at 7:00 p.m. on the 24th, Christmas "broke out" with a good number of parishioners and friends carolling and enjoying Christmas Cake and Mulled Cider in the Parish Hall. At 7:30, everyone moved into the church where Father Hugh celebrated the Christmas Eucharist. The music was glori- ous, the choir sang two anthems. After the service, many people stayed around in the church hall and enjoyed meeting old friends and making some new ones. There were lots of hugs and Christmas Greetings and a fair number of mince pies and glass- es of mulled cider. Altogether is was a wonderful spiritual and social event, The feast of the Holy Innocents was celebrated on Dec. 28 with an evening Cin The weather that evening was ghastly (unless you are a skier) and only a few hardy souls showed up. All however agreed that it was well worth the effort. We particularly appreciate Father Hugh's staying for the ser- vice - we didn't envy him his drive home to Keswick. Sunday Dec. 31, aka New Year's Eve, had also been pre- ceded by a memorable snow- storm and, in addition, featured some rather cool weather (your reporter's outdoor thermometer was shattered some time during the night of Dec. 30-311) By 9:15, it looked as though there would be only a couple of parishioners, in attendance for the annual ser vice of Carols and Lessons. | But by 9:30, the church was looking fairly full, the weather did have an effect. The service was memorable as the choir sang a number of Christmas Anthems and the Congregation and Choir joined singing the old traditional Hymns and Carols. Continuing low temperatures had an impact on attendance at the first Eucharist of 2001 A.D. on Jan. I. However, those who did brave it were rewarded with a quiet, intimate Eucharistic ser- vice - the best of all ways to start a New Year! Father Hugh and all at Saint John's pray that, for you dear - readers, the year 2001 will bring you, your families and friends, Health, Happiness and Peace in your lives and in this world. PAANS EARS ERASE S00 ANI 4 bp le A ht RE RW Te Pp ur ter abi Aa LE RE Er LAs ahi ob A