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4- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, November 26, 1996 - Port Perry sCalptor Tyl- er Briley is working on something big. The result -- within a year, if all goes according to plan -- will be a larger than life-size statue of Daniel David Palmer, the fabled founder of chiro- practic, who called Port Perry home. It will eventu- ally be on display at the campus of the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in Toronto. Everybody has seen the bust of D.D. Palmer, glow- ering away from its pedes- tal in the waterfront park that bears his. name. Mr. Briley was intrigued by the countenance, and de- cided to make him the sub- ject of a new vein of sculp- ture. "I wanted to start get- ting into people," he said. "So 1did this guy." The result -- a small wax sculpture based on a por- trait of the old man -- was encouraging. So much so that Mr. Briley ap- proached the Chiropractic College, where he was en- couraged to undertake the statue, which will prob- ably be about one and a IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN: Port Perry United Church is holding its annual Advent Christmas tree decorating and pot luck supper Sunday (Dec. 1). Starting at 3 p.m, there will be craft tables set up to make decorations, which will go on a huge tree in the sanctuary, then comes dinner. Seven-year-old Laura Mercer shows off a Christmas decoration, one of many to adorn the tree. D> PORT PERRY STAR CoMMUN DDP or bust [Bess Port artist's statue a will honor local hero half times the size of D.D. Palmer's actual stature. When asked to come up with a proposal for the cost of the sculpture, Mr. Bri- ley arrived at a unique fi- * nancing arrangement. He will produce a number of the smaller busts, which will be advertised and marketed by the college, with sales aimed at prac- tising chiropractors who'd like to have the founder of their discipline gracing their offices. The proceeds will help finance the bigger project. It's a huge undertaking and a different way of making it come about, but Mr. Briley -- who says he was just looking for an in- teresting project and spent four hours on the * bust -- is going along for the ride. "I've never done any- thing of this size," he said. In fact, "I had no inten- tions of any of this happen- ing." He said he'll start work on the statue soon in his studio at his Victorian Vil- lage home. He hopes it will be ready for unveiling within a year. Port Perry sculptor Tyler Briley with a miniature bust of Daniel David Palmer he recently made. He's hoping to sell a number of small bronze busts of the founder of chiropractic to practition- By Jeff Mitchell Port Perry Star Members of Durham Region's pol services board were caught off guar last week by the impending retireme! of the force's top officers. . Chief Trevor McCagherty and Deputy Chief Bob Jarvest both announced that they'll be retiring next fall, leaving the police services board "5 as two top. with the task of filling the top two posts. : "We were shocked" by the announce- ment at Friday's meeting, said Scugog Mayor Howard Hall, a member of the committee. "It.came as a surprise. We had not thoughts of this at the present time." ; Chief McCagherty is a 36-year vet- eran. He has been the top cop in Durham for the past five years. Deputy- . Chief Jarvest has also held his post for the past five years. Mayor Hall said that term is "sort of the accepted number" for top posi- tions with the force, and that Chief McCagherty isn't departing to show his frustration over continuing budget wrangling. HEATHER McCRAE/PORT PERRY STAR IE