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"A Family Tradition for 130 Years" Local cyclist stri Sixty three year old two more gold medals to his collection. ie, By Heather McCrae Port Perry Star ED HOGARTH recently added two gold medals to a countless collection of medallions and trophies he's won over the years. The awards were given to the 63- year-old Scugog man for top finishes in cycling at the Masters Provincial Championship in Hamilton last month, and the Wellesley Time Trials in the Kitchener-Waterloo area two weeks ago. Before Ted began cycling, he ran 15 km. a day. But trouble with heel spurs cut badly into his running. Because bicycles aren't particularly harmful on joints like the feet, ankles and knees, Ted began cycling. He has now enjoyed the sport at leisurely and competitive levels for over 22 years. Competing in the 60 and #er category at the provincials last month, Ted won the 40 km. race, finishing 6.5 minutes ahead of his nearest competitor. The annual race was intended to be 40 kilometres long but, through miscalculations, is actually 41.5 km. He finished the route in one hour, one minute and seven seconds, an average of 40.6 km. per hour. At the more recent Wellesley Time Trials - despite getting lost on course - Ted ended up winning another 40 km. race. Unlike the race the month before where there were 10 entrants, Ted faced 23 other racers, of whom two were women. With a winning time of 1:1:25, (taking that wrong turn cost him 18 seconds) he still emerged the gold medalist in his division. At every event chances are Ted will know almost everyone, as they're always competing against each other. Of course, everyone is a member of the Ontario Masters Cycling Movie makers take over Blacksto "make it take". * cases he's back in training again, preparing Ted Hogarth adds | ed Association too. = 1 -4 This type of competition demands strong discipline in training, but Ted does it faithfully, year round. "It's like brushing your teeth; you keep doing [ee it," he said. "Your body will- take whatever you [ii & He uses one set of wheels during training on his Merlin racing bike, but for an event switches to tires designed for racing only. From early spring through to the late fall Ted's out riding, and estimates he pedals, 260 km. weekly in training. But that isn't all he does in his regular training regime. = Every week Ted puts in hours of cycling, going on power walks carrying 10-pound handweights,and working out in his basement gym while his three cats - Jigs, Snowball and Maggie - look on. These days he's gearing up for another provincial time trial championship, slated for this September. Although he's unsure where the race is actually being held, it will be on a stretch of the new 407 Highway. : "It'll be a nice clear run" Ted said. He's hoping to try a little harder to break his average time. Although he admits it will be tough, he anticipates he'll make the 15 km: tourse at an average speed of 43 km. per hour. Semi-retired in the investment business, Ted hopes to compete in the Worlds Masters Cycling event when it comes to Portland, Oregon in 1998. "As long as I can retain my strength and health, I'll do that one too". ERE : Cycling isn't his only passion. He enjoys several games of golf a week as well. And in the winter, you'll often see Ted donning a pair of cross-country skis. Sometimes it's for a leisurely ski. But in most himself for several events over another winter. Martin Short on location for shoot here Sac By Jeff Mitchell Port Perry Star There's no business like show business. Just ask Ria and Peter Hoogeveen. Their farm, on Old Scugog Rd. south of Blackstock, was overtaken by movie-makers last week, and transformed into Nebraska. "They wanted to have a field that looks like the prairie," Mrs. Hoogeveen said amidst the bustle of shooting for The Fairy Godmother, a film star- ring Martin Short, Kathleen Turner and 9-year-old Mara Wilson, last week. "They want- ed to have a picture with a horizon like that. "We never knew we were prairie," added a bewildered- sounding Mrs. Hoogeveen. She said that she and her husband were at first flattered when their farm was scouted by the movie people, who approached them with a pro- posal to shoot Thursday and Friday of last week at the farm. Then the movie people start- ed acting like... movie people. They decided the alfalfa growing in the field didn't look just right, so they asked Mr. Hoogeveen to cut it. He cheer- fully complied. Then they asked him to cut it again. And again. "He has been doing this the last couple of weeks," Mrs. Hoogeveen said of her hus- band's efforts. "they came in again this morning and asked for him to cut it. : E "I don't know if you know anything about farming, but alfalfa is different from grass." Mrs. Hoogeveen said the movie folks are lucky they started shooting at this partic- ular time. "If it was haying time, it would be a heck of a lot differ- ent," she said. "He would say, I have to look after my crop." Karen Pidgurski, publicity agent for the shoot, said the Hoogeveen's farm will be the setting for a short segment in the family film about a littl girl -- Mara Wilson ---and her less-than conventional Fairy Godmother: Canadian fun man Martin Short. vr The central character i girl who wishes desperately for a fairy godmother to help her father, an aspiring actor, become Seegsstal on Broadway so that the family doesn't have to ,move to Nebraska to live with relatives. : Finally, the little girl gets her wish, a fairy godmother. But there's a twist, of course. "She's a he," said Ms Pidgurski. "It's Martin Short." That character is a novice whose "skills are a little rough in