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Did You Know? - tt was 50 years ago last month that dial telephones went into service in Port Perry. The change- over to dial phones took place at 3:01 a.m. Sunday, July 6, 1958. All the new telephone numbers began with prefix YUkon 5, (which is the same as 985). Port Perry Reeve J.J. Gibson made the first call on the new dial telephone system from the local municipal of- fice, connecting with Ivan Kerry in Charlottetown, PEI. Just over two months later, resi- dents of Blackstock were introduced to dial telephone service. The change- over there took place September 17. Dramatically differ easily maintained and durable | non porous Slate, Hanstone, Caesar Stone, Granite, Marble & Corian Visit our showroom: Mon-Thurs 8-5, Fri 8-4:30 www.soapstoneontario.com website: www.focusonscugog.com AUGUST.FOCUS.40 Pgsindd 7 Did You Know? - For the past couple of summers, a family of loons has been making their home on Lake Scugog. Normally associated with northern lakes, the distinct and haunting call of the loon is unexpected and welcomed in Scugog. It’s usually late at night, when out of the dark of night, that chilling wail echoes across the water. It’s nice to see Lake Scugog has been adopted by these majestic birds. Normally one pair of loons are found on a single lake, but with larger lakes (we're not sure if Lake Scugog is consid- ered larger) two or more pairs will take up residence. Did You Know? - This summer we've had an unusual number of thunder storms throughout Scugog Township and southern Ontario. But, did you know you can use thunder to tell how far away a storm is? Next time you see a storm, count the number of seconds ‘ween when you see the lightning and hear the thunder. Take the number of seconds and divide by five and that will tell you how far away the storm is in miles. For example: If you counted 10 seconds between the flash of lightning and when you hear the thunder, the storm is esti- mated to be about two miles away! nt and 7%other Vlature Cyoproved ie touch chemicals and acids Nw&G SOAPSTONE COUNTER TORS | heat resistant. | stunning dé \dding that finishing touch. 4 je “We are on holidays from August 2 - 10, please be sure to drop by anytime after that.” 8 Paisley Lane, Unit 2, Stouffville 905-640-6213 (toll free) 1-866-421-4425 FOCUS - AUGUST 2008 7 raree 10.020.0 |