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Contin For Shauna and her fa been surreal. “Taking cl es and going for e confidence to try 0 And one of those “oth wanted to take on for the pa university. So she applied and when she starts her courses in January, she feels it will be a good thing for the entire family. “Ym finally do- ing something I’ve wanted to do for such a long time,” she says. But first things on the exciting 300 metre walk she'll make with the Olympic Torch when it comes through this area later this month. Shauna’s leg of the relay begins on the outskirts of Bailieboro (near Peterborough) and takes her into the town starting about 6 p.m. on Tuesday, December 15. She’s hoping there will be lots of people from Scugog there to cheer her along. All of the torch bearers have been provided a full Olympic outfit, including a suit, mitts and toque, which she is allowed to keep. And Shauna has jumped at the chance to purchase the torch which she will carry, despite the $350 cost. “Yl never have this opportunity again,” she says. If you'd like to show your support for Shauna here’ 's where and when you can find her. Date: December 15th, 2008 Time: Approximately 6 Location: Hwy 28 (north of Port Hope), heading north from the “Welcome To Bailieboro” sign. She will carry the Olympic Torch for about 300 meters to the pedestrian crossing. Her torchbearer number is ‘OTR047-146’. ~ HEATHER DART ~ Focus on Scugog learned just before going to press last month that a second Scugog woman, Heather Dart, will be carrying the Olympic Torch as it passes through the area. Like Shauna, Heather applied online to become a torch bearer earlier this year. After unsuccessfully attempting to access the Coca Cola application deadline, she thought she had missed her opportunity. Then, after hearing RBC was also looking for torch bearers she immediately applied and says she was “shocked, happy and surprised” when she heard back that she had been accepted. Her official notification came in September, learning the news while competing in a triathlon at the World 10 FOCUS - DECEMBER 2009 first! Right now she is focused Heather Dart of Port Perry shows off her Olympic mitts. Championships with the Canadian ‘National Triathlon Team’. The event was taking place at Gold Coast, in the Queensland area of Australia. A self-confessed sports fan, Heather remembers travelling to Greece when she was 11 years old and visit- ing ‘Olympia’ the site of the first Olympic games. “I am very keen and have always been interested in sports, so I jumped at the opportunity to carry the torch,” she says with a big smile. Heather’s section of the torch run takes place in Os- hawa on December 16 and she says she’s not sure if she'll walk, run or jog. “Tt will be an exciting day and I am really looking for- ward to it,” she says. And like her counterpart, Heather also plans to purchase the torch. “It’s a little expen- sive, but it will be an early Christmas present for me,” she smiles. Here is where you can come out and support Heather on her 300 metre adventure. Date: December 16th, 200° Time: Approximately 5:57 p.m. Location: 2015 Simcoe St. "North (Oshawa). She will run/walk south from this address to approximately Niagara Drive. The Olympic Torch Relay is designed to reach the greatest number of Canadians possible. On February 12, 2010, the flame’s Canadian journey, which covers over 45,000 km across the country, will end in Vancouver, lighting the Olympic cauldron in a dramatic and moving opening ceremony before a global audience of billions. J. Peter Hvidsten Focus on Scugog