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» "WEEKEND STAR" Wie ah (34 FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 2001 - 3 PCY Durham Day at SkyDome's Sept. 5 © Scugog Mayor Doug Moffatt is hoping that a few of his friends from the township will join him at the SkyDome next month when the Toronto. Blue Jays host the New York Yankees on Sept. 5. For the second con- secutive year now, Mayor Moffatt is urging local res- idents to join him for a - fun day in Toronto to cel- ebrate Durham Day at the SkyDome. Thanks to the folks at Tribute Communities, a total of 2,000 tickets have been made available to the eight municipalities in Durham Region. The listed value of each ducat is $5, but Mayor Moffatt - explains that anyone interested in grabbing a ticket or two to the, game may plunk down whatever amount they feel like paying. And, all the proceeds from ' tickets will go towards the local Big Brothers-Big Sisters agency. "Each of the mayors have been given some tickets to sell so that all of Durham 'may be repre- sented at the game," said Take me out to the ball game Mayor Moffatt. "The tickets are listed at $5 each, but those peo- ple who take advantage of this offer may pay whatever they feel is rea- sonable for the tickets. "We're doing this, here, to support the Big Brothers-Big Sisters." This will be the 17th annual Durham Day at the SkyDome, and in honour . of that local singers have been asked to sing the national anthems and chairman Roger Anderson will throw out the cere- monial first pitch. Each mayor and their spouse has been asked to attend the game, as well as local provincial officials, including Minister of Education Janet Ecker (Ajax- Pickering-Uxbridge MPP), provincial finance minis- ter Jim Flaherty and Minister Chris Hodgson. Anyone interested in supporting Big Brotherc- Big Sisters and watching the Blue Jays take on their American League East rivals can pick up tickets at the Scugog municipal offices. regional - faces drug charges after an encounter with provincial park wardens at a Balsam Lake campground last weekend. : Ontario Provincial Police officers working out of the City of Kawartha called .to the provincial park about 12:45 a.m. last Saturday (Aug. 18) mom- ing ' after park wardens Lakes detachment were hoke: to a man' about a, Greenbank man faces drug charges A Greenbank resident unrelated matter and sus- pected he was using mari- juana. Officers seized a small quantity of a substance believed to be cannabis resin and a substance believed by police to be 'Magic Mushrooms'. As a result, a 25-year- old Greenbank man was taken into custody and charged with two counts of possessing a controlled substance and d released, BUIL B iT BLE T1 | DECK-ORATE 1910 Scugog St., ~~ Port Perry 905-985-7334 . don ar : li wi Ad, Fad : 5 i ---- EN i ey Discussion on provinbe' S report to be held Aug, 28 in Uebidge | } T a -gf: By Rik Davie The province recently put in place Weekend Star p YE D a six-month freeze on development Residents from both Scugog and - and appointed a committee com- Uxbridge townships are welcome at prisell of developers, politicians and the upcoming public meeting to dis- repre cuss a recent report on the Oak Ridges Moraine. JH However, Uxbridge Ward: 2 Councillor Bev Beach told The Star that the meeting set for Aug. 28'at the: Uxbridge Arena will not take into: account the feelings of local residents. is to look at a development pro- posalithat would 'be'acceptable to all groups. The information sessions are to spell out the plan in detail. The 'proposal calls for sections of the moraine to be out-of-bounds to developers, but still allows for sub- sbentatives from environmental ° Public urged to attend Moraine meeting stantial housing and recreation uses near environmentally sensitive lands _.on the moraine that feed a majority of the streams and rivers in the area. - Membigisof of the. p blic are encour- accepted. until Sept! 17° id a com- plete copy of the proposal is available at the Township of Uxbridge offices on Toronto St. for Boys & Girls infant to Youth sizes Lace & Velcro PA 0% @ SAVE EVERY DAY WITH YOUR | BROCK'S GOLD ~ Thureday. Aug, 22 BR@ CRS >, - S 168 - 178 Queen Street, Port Pern ORES A ERAPA See in Store CARD for details Receive a free kids gift with a Back to School Purchase over $50 DIRCAE EN On fool