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> Festi Kelly Lown ort Perry Star "Reach for the Beach" festivi- ties get underway this Thurs- day evening as the 22nd annual Festival Days will be held in Port Perry from July 7-9. Many activities are planned for the young and old to enjoy, including a KIDEO Show, chil- drens parade, mutt show, mid- way, three-on-three basketball, boat show, merchants auction, Vol. 128 No. 33 lob ball tournament, crown and anchor booths, kiddie parade and a doubles dart tournament. Registration forms for the dart tournament can be picked up at the Antrim House. A new, but popular, item add- ed to the agenda is an afternoon of bingo. The event will be held in the festival tent, in Palmer Park, on Friday from 1-5p.m. Port Perry High School drama students will be selling refresh- ments during the bingo to raise money for the group's trip to Russia. Organizers are looking for articipants for a beach volley- Pall tournament to be held by the tennis courts. Anyone inter- ested in entering a team of two can call Bill Dowson at 985- 7306. During the course of the three days, residents will see a great variety of events, including many new and different ap- proaches to fun. Several events will relate to this year's new beach theme. The adults can look forward to a rock 'n roll beach party as Pink Cadillac will play tunes in the Festival tent, taking resi- dents on a cruise back to the '60s. Entertainment can also be caught on stage with Benn ny the Clown, the Good Tyme Clog- val Days on the beach gers, local talent, and many oth- erevents. Festival tent events will in- clude a dance on Thursday, J Ny 7, with Pete Kneale as the D Friday night a Rock 'N Roll Beach Party featuring the Wolf (101.5 F.M.) Karaoke Band will be held and on Saturday, July 8 a 50/608 dance featuring Pink Cadillac, will be presented by CKDO, 1350 A.M. iA 3 PETER HVIDSTEN / PORT PERRY STAR Happy Birthday Canada! Scugog Chamber of Commerce director Marlon Lee was busy handing out Canadian flags and pins at the annual Capada Day celebration held in Palmer Park last Friday evening. Thousands. of people jammed the park to enjoy the entertainment. and fireworks In calshraiion of Canada's birthday. More Canada Day photos on page 8 . Outlook for jobs better this year By Scott Anderson Port Perry Star What seemed like a frustrat- ing and fruitless search, now looks alittle rosierin 1994. According to both students and employment services offi- cials, the job scene is starting to look better for local students. Carrie Fleury, from the Cana- W _.dian_Employment Centre For Students, Oshawa. Area, says the job possibilities for students have improved since May, with June showing a definite im- provement. "Things are starting to look a little better," she said. Ms. Fleury said a major factor in this improvement was unex- pected hiring at General Mo- tors. Company officials had ear- lier predicted the need for only 100 summer students, but upped the call to 500 recently. Another 200 are expected to be called in later this month. By Placing, these post- © en secondary students in the jobs, it has freed up other jobs for high school students who are at an unfair time -disadvantage due to alater school year. Despite the positive signs in recent weeks, the numbers are still down from recent years. Ac- cording to Ms. Fleury, the job postings are down by 22.7 per cent over last year. Also, GM hired 850 students for the same period, but is not yet at that lev- el. Ms. Fleury said there has been an improvement in job prospects across the board in Turnto Page 14 Police seek knife wielding thieves Durham Police are seeking two suspects after brandishing --a knife during an early morning break-in. According to Sergeant Ken Hudson, two males broke into a home on Lakeview Drive at 3:30 a.m. on July 4 and attempted to open the overhead garage door. The owner of the home heard the door opening and confront- ed him inside the house. One male brandished a fishing knife. The male then took a wom- an's purse from the house con- taining a wallet, personal docu- ments, business and car keys, before he and another suspect fled the scene. The residents, fearing the thieves would attempt to gain access to their downtown Port * Perry store, proceeded to the lo- cation where they removed the cash float. But upon returning home found their 1988 red Pon- tiac Bonneville hadbeen taken. Police are seeking two sus- pects in connection with the in cident on a number of charges including break and enter and. armed robbery. Durham Police would also like to question them in connec- tion with a number of other break and enters which oc- curred during the night includ- ing Dixie Lee and a laundromat in Port Perry. The first suspect is described as a young ¢ffander, male, 6'3", wearing red sweat pants, open- toed sandals, dark shirt with white sleeves and a white scarf used to hide his face and head. The second male is described - as white, 5'8", wearing cut off jeans, a bur ndy jacket, black hat and sandals. The suspects are believed known to police. TEA peu" Proud! Due to the increasing popularity of Sunday Shopping, Port Perry IGA will begin opening this Sunday, July 10. Please see our notice on page 11 tor further details. ometown NOW OPEN SUNDAY