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Faking ihe EEUNGs With only a few days to go before Scu- gog’s first-ever Polar Bear Plunge, entries are starting to come in. While only seven people had registered just prior to Christmas, Anne Wright, one of the organizers, is confident more peo- ple will jump-in’ as the event gets closer. “We're going ahead for sure,” she said. The plunge will take place at the Kins- men Beach in Palmer Park, and organizers will have a couple of warm school buses ready for the participants when they get out of the water. While details about how to open up a patch of water along the lakefront are yet to be ironed out, anticipation is mounting in the community. The Scugog Polar Bear Plunge is the brainchild of members of the Port Perry Hospital Auxiliary, who hope to raise funds for the local hospital. Gail Kerry, a long time Auxiliary mem- Did You 60.0 Did You Know ...there really is a Santa Claus? In what appears to have been a mini “gas-war” three gas stations at corner of 7A & Simcoe St. dropped their prices dra- matically over the Christmas holidays. Sur- prised motorists flocked to the pumps caus- ing gridlock at this busy intersection when prices drop to a low of 60.0¢ on Dec. 28th. Unfortunately, many who hoped up to fill up at the low price were disappointed when a short time after this photo was taken prices were raised to 103.6¢ a litre. What goes!!! Did You Know? - That despite our com- plaints Canadians pay far less for gas than many other countries. In fact, our gas is rather cheap at $1 litre ($3.78 US gallon) compared to Oslo, Norway where it’s $6.27 gal. ($1.65 litre): London, England at $5.79 ($1.53 litre) and Paris, France at $5.54 ($1.47 litre). We can all be happy we don’t live in Amsterdam where motorists pay a whopping $6.48 US gallon ($1.72 litre). That all seems rather meaningless, when we read that gas is only 12¢ gallon in Ven- ezuela! That’s right... a mere 3.1¢ litre. Please turn to page 20 Located a in the Medical A Dental ASSOCIATCS General Dentists: Dr. Kevin Dunkerley Dr. Sandro Del Rosso Orthodontist: Dr. Bob Boyko Periodontist: Dr. Farah Walji New Patients & Emergencies Welcome 905-985-8459 Did You Know? - while on the topic of “ig- uid gold” it’s interesting to note that there are far more complaints about gas prices than many other expensive liquids. Take coffee for instance. Based on a 12 oz. cup, coffee costs about $4.29 per litre - compared to gas at an average price of $1.00 litre. Even bottled water is double, or more, than gas. Guess the next time we’re filling up and the price is $1.00 or more a litre, we can be thankful our vehicles don’t run on coffee!!! Did You Know? - The town clock which overlooks Queen Street from atop the Port Perry Post Office first began keeping time and ringing out the hours in May 1914. The clock was purchased from J. Smith and Sons of the Midland Clock Works in Derby, Eng- land and installed in the tower when the post office construction was completed in April. Ninty-three years after this amazing time- piece was installed, the same movement con- tinues to keep the old hands on the clock pro- viding time for all to see. Did You Know? - The town passed , Port Perry ‘rom the hospital iates building . = Intemet Basics Dr. Tushar Mahendra Dr. Meetu Mahendra EVENING www.portperrycerc.com or drop by APPOINTMENTS Wi iret, Port Perry, 116 Water St , ON EMPLOYMENT RELATED TRAINING AVAILABLE! => Violence in the Workplace For more information about our’ services, please call 905-985-1441, visit ym by PORT PERRY the following bylaw regarding bath- COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT] _ ing in 1884. “No person shall bathe RESOURCE CENTRE or wash their person in the water of Lake Scugog fronting on the limits of this corporation between the hours of seven o’clock in the forenoon and nine o’clock in the afternoon.” It also stipulated “No person shall publicly expose his person or make any other indecent exhibition within this corporation. Anyone contravening the bylaw was liable to penalties ranging from $1.00 to $30.00 and costs paid to the corporation. 8 FOCUS - JANUARY 2008 FOCUS. JAN.07.82pgs.indd 8 focus@observerpub.ca ee907 207s0M |