The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Fd "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" 7, : NS What great weather for the 136th annual Blackstock Fair. The excitement began with an excel- lent demolition derby - one of - the best most followers had seen. When the dust all had settled and the noises concluded, Rick Clarke of Lindsay was crowned the win- ner. Congratulations Rick. The colourful parade arrived in mid-morning after which the fair was officially opened by our own Kathleen Petrie, past president of = Ontario Horticultural Association assisted by president Barry VanCamp. John O'Toole, local MPP brought greetings from the Ontario Government. At this time a service diploma, the high- est award in the agricultural soci- eties, was presented to Glenys and Bernard Gotham in apprecia- tion of their many years of service to our board. } Excellent entertainment was provided by Bob Cates and Michael Ross. Results of the tal- ent show and dog obstacle race will be available next week. Both were great successes. The champion quilt was made by Edna Manns, Jennifer Graham's champion chocolate cake was sold to Roy and Kay Notman of Vallance Farm Equipment for $185 and the champion cherry pie baked by Beth McEllistrum was sold to Utica Farm Equipment for $100. The beef dinner on the grounds was successful as was the new event, the ATV pull. The kid's world with its many features pleased all the children and their ~ BLACKSTOCK Joyce Kelly parents. The successful day con- cluded with a great dance. Congratulations to the organizers of another great fair. A warm welcome from our community is extended to Rev. Karen and Graham Bursey who have moved into the United Church Manse from St. John's, Newfoundland. Karen is the new United Church minister and will Blackstock community comes out in strength for the fair have her first sermon this coming Sunday, Sept. 2 at the regular time of 9:45 a.m. This past Sunday was a special one at St. John's Anglican church as the congregation was witness to the christening of Madison Mackenzie Banton. She was accompanied by her parents and grandparents and other family and friends. Please do not forget the annu- al Memorial Decoration Service to be held at the cemetery on Sept. 9 at 2:30 p.m. Anyone interested in FLAME please contact Kerry Umpbhrey, Ken Hudson or Father Hugh. Robert and Linda Lowe and family and Robert and Betty Lowe of Whitby are entertaining relatives Janet and Marion Kelly from Glasgow (Bears Den) Scotland. Also visiting are Harry, Linda and Travis Cooper from Fort McMurray Alberta. Winners of this week's seniors euchre party were Teresa Becker, Mary Henderson - also the winner of most lone hands, Merrill VanCamp, Helen Dorrell, Hugh Fairman and Wilma VanCamp. Lucky draw winners were Marie Gibson, Edna Manns, Joan Sutcliffe, Verna Draper, Jean Johnson and Alden Hubbard. I hope to include a list of stu- dents attending post secondary school education in next week's column. If you have a child attending university or college, please let me know so that | can include ° them. There will be church service at Greenbank next Sunday, Sept. 2. Another exciting season has been planned for the Greenbank United Church Sunday School. They will begin another fun session on Sept. 9 beginning at 11:15 a.m. Rally Sunday with an outdoor barbecue and cooperative games at the church for the chil- dren. Burgers and hot dogs, juice and popsicles will be supplied. Come join the Sunday School children under the picnic shelter for burgers and hot dogs following the morning service. The T-ball league held their final game this year last Wednesday in Port Perry. Thanks to Greenbank Restaurant for sponsoring, and to the great coaching of Eric Kalliomaki and Meghan Rutledge, everyone had a fun summer. Those receiv- ing trophys were: Jason, Kai, Ashley, Jaclyn, Jessie, Adam, Hillary, Lauren, Deanna, Cody, Savannah and Shaylin. The next euchre at Greenbank will be Friday, Sept. 7. Congratulations to Mark Sauder and Cody Thomson who were play- ers on the team of Marigold Ford boys soccer that won the A champi- onship. Also congratula- tions to Aaron MacDonald, Lucas Hand, Reese Lewis, and Stefanie Thomson who were on the team that won the A championship GREENBANK by Doris Hill for the Brock's for Kids team in mixed youth under 9. Congratulations to Melanie Thomson who won three firsts and a sec- ond showing her horse at the Sandford Stable Horse Show on Sunday. The Fidelis Unit U.C.W. will meet at the church on Wednesday, Sept. 5 at 1:30 p.m. Morley Davidson will be guest speaker. He is telling about his trip to Trinidad. Everyone is welcome. The Greenbank Soap Box Derby will be Saturday, Sept. 29. There will be a barbecue and snacks for the whole fami- ly. Build your own soap box and enter the race. For building specs please call Mike at 905-985-3745. The cost for sponsors is just $50 and your name will appear on t-shirts and sponsors board. Contact Diane at 905-985-3745. All proceeds going to the Greenbank Parks Playground Equipment Fund. Greenbank United Church was a beehive of activity, Aug. 20 to 24, with a registration of 50 chil- dren for Vacation Bible School. Jan Wylie coordi- nated the week's event with a Veggie Tale Video setting the theme for each morning. Music time was led by Sandy James-Mitchell with Soap box derby is Sept. 29 Doug Wylie, Marie Cookman and Val Hunter sharing piano duties. Donna Fairman, Pat Spencer, and Jim Rushford did a lot of preparation for the craft program which Pat and Donna led with help from Margaret-Anne Lamb and our youth helpers. Tina Raines and Jeannie Herold had the children make cookies one day. They were deli- cious, and used for next day's snack. On Tuesday, drama was led by Nancy Dempsey and daughter Carla, giving the four to seven-year- olds a chance to make puppets and tell the story of "Noah," while the eight to 10-year-olds did drama- tization of various Bible verses. Outside games were led by Denise MacDonald and Traci Thomson and helpers. This was always fun, especially with the big parachute. Indoor games and play dough were free time activities. Dianne Pelletier was food coordinator, having several donations of food donated daily by various ladies, for snack time, which Eleanor Crawford and helpers set up daily. Thanks leaders for all those snacks. To all volunteers men- tioned above and anyone we may have missed, to our youth Traci, Nicole, Lauren, Amber, Jeff, Matt, Jessica, James, Chase, Adam, registrar Mary Jean, your support was nice. Scugog Island news Time to register for Brownies By Clara Dowson Scugog Island United Church welcomed Rev. Lockhart back from his holidays, Sunday, Aug. 26. This was the last of his summer series which was from the book of Revelations. Special music was Carol Edgar's group called the "Touch of Country" from Blackstock and they are very good. Sunday, Sept. 2 will be outdoors, weath- er permitting. Also, please bring a food item for Operation Scugog Food Bank dur- ing the month of September. Sunday, Sept. 9 will be Sunday School Rally Service reg- istration and picnic. Commissioner Judith Coper is getting ready to start up Sparks, Brownies and Guides at Scugog Island. Registration is Sept. || at the Pentecostal Church in Port Perry from 6 to 7 p.m. for returning mem- bers; 7 to 8 p.m. for new members. Also one more leader for Guides is needed. Please call 905-985-0932 for information regarding any of the above. David Redman and Kingsley Croft from Seoul, Korea have been visiting at the Redman home for a few days. David will be returning to Korea shortly, but Kingsley will remain in Montreal where he will be attending school for a year. The "Our Lunch Out" group called at Eliza Fralick's noon. Eliza was 97-years-old on Aug. 25. home Wednesday after- Congratulations to this fine, outstanding lady. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Powell from Markham called on me Saturday evening. Perhaps a few around here will remember Francis Baker as she taught at the Head School for two years and boarded with us at about. Humewood Farm. Don't forget Port Perry Fair is this com- ing weekend and ladies of the Women's Institute please remember your cookies for the hospitality booth, where a cup of coffee and a cookie is enjoyed while find- ing out what the Women's Institute is all Also remember that both U.C.W. groups Caesarea news start their meetings next weekend. School Canada Day Autumn Festival set By Albert Putsey The first thing [| must mention is that the date and day for the Canada Day Autumn Festival is Saturday, Sept. 22. I'm sorry an error was made in last week's report. Tickets are now avail- able for the single sitting dinner at the Caesarea Hall on Saturday, Sept. 22 at 6 p.m. These are priced at $12 for adults and $6 for children under 13. No tick- ets will be sold at the door. For tickets call 905-986- 0181. As previously men- tioned there will be field events in the afternoon and fireworks at dusk. There will be a meeting on Friday, Sept. 7 at 7:30 p.m. at 20 Putsey Drive, I will mention this week again about registration of the Scouts at Blackstock United Church on Monday, Sept. 10 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. for the Scouts' upcom- ing year September through May. They are also looking for leaders to assist in their programs. | remeni- ber my own connection with Scouts and the num- ber of people I met in the business world who were also involved with the Scouting movement. Their work in our society now make them leading citizens in later years. Blackstock and Lions The vision screening at the Blackstock Fair went well. Sixty children and adults were screened, detecting one lazy eye and 20 near or far sighted. Thanks to Dr. Workman who volunteered his time to work with us. On Saturday our Lions will be catering once more for the Terry Fox Run in Port Perry. Remember that Wednesday, Sept. 5 is the start up for another year for the Blackstock and District Lions. We look forward to better days for Lion Ray Wright.