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"A Family Tradition for 131 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, February 18, 1997 -27 RU RAL EE --.--_e dM e------ PORT PERRY STAR <] RooTs Jazzmerize fundraiser on Friday Hope everyone managed the nasty weather we experienced over the weekend. Reta Rodman, a former res- ident of Head Rd., passed away last Saturday. She will be missed by her many Island friends. Don't forget the Port Perry High School Sr. Jazz Band and Jazzermize group will be hold- ing a fundraiser called "Fly Away to Banff' on Friday, Feb. 21 at the Scugog Community Hall in Port Perry. They have been invited to the Rocky Mountain Music Festival in Banff in April. The evening will be packed full of enter- tainment. Both groups will perform and Bill Lishman will be the speaker. The popular film "Fly Away Home" will be shown. Tickets are available by calling the Port Perry High School at 985-7337 or at Luke's Country Store. Scugog Island United Church The orchestra provided beautiful music during our reg- ular worship servicé on Sunday morning. It was the first Sunday of Lent and Jan Gerrow and Christy Burnett extin- guished the first candle in our Lenten Tenebrae. Charlotte Pettypiece gave a "Minute for Mission" report. The beautiful flowers which adorned our sanctuary were placed in loving memory of Carl Gimblett who Last Sunday, being the first Sunday in Lent, the first Candle was extin- guished. The Senior Choir. sang a lovely anthem "I Love You." Rev. Sheina Smith will be taking a study leave for the next two weeks. In her absence will be Dr. Dorcas Gordon who will occupy the pulpit. Anyone requiring the ser- vices of a minister in the next two weeks should con- tact the session clerk at 655-9411. A special evening cele- brating Valentine's Day was held at the church last Friday evening. The Country Boys and the Preacher (Rev. Glen Eagle) provided an entertaining musical evening enjoyed by all who attended, as well as a light buffet. This event was a fundraiser for the 1st Ashburn Scouts and Venturers. Burns Irish Night din- ner and entertainment will be held on Friday, March 14 at the church. Tickets available from Kirk Guild members, Joan 655-3900 or Margaret 655-4825. The Kirk Guild will meet on Monday, Feb. 24 at 1:30 p.m. in the church to plan for further events. Euchre results are as follows: 10 tables of euchre were played last Thursday evening at the Community Centre. Ladies first Doris Evans, second Ellen Gibson, Men's first Nelson Cole, second prize Mac Allbright and Gord Country Boys on tap for night's fun 'get away from this wintry Ashburn by Florence MacDonald. Lone hands Ruby Smith (Raglan) and Bill Hodgins. Door prize Orvis Jamieson. Share the wealth Harold Fisher and Martin Gall. Next euchre is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 27. The Ladies' Bible Class will meet at the home of Joan Knight on Wednesday afternoon of this week at 2 p.m. You no doubt missed this news column for the past two weeks. Sorry about that folks. The news was gent in by another corre- spondent, but for some rea- son it didn't get printed. Now that I am back I will try to keep you informed week by week. I have just returned home having travelled to beautiful Hawaii accompa- nied by my friend Doris Harding of Whitby. We travelled to four islands, Oahu, Hawaii, the Big Island, Kauai and Maui. Each island different, and yet so beautiful. Truly par- adise. It was sure nice to weather for a short time. passed away this week. Our sympathy is extended to Myrtle Gimblett and family. Our sympathy is also extended to Doris Sims and family. Doris' father passed away on Friday. The Lectionary Bible Study will meet on Tuesday, Feb. 18 at 1:30 p.m. at the church. The Learning About Our Faith group will meet at the church on Tuesday, Feb. 18 at 6 p.m. to go hear Lois Wilson speak at the Oshawa Presbytery meeting in Oshawa. The Moms and Tots will meet on Wednesday, Feb. 19 at 9:30 a.m. at the church.' Choir practice will be held on Thursday, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. The Support Group will meet on Friday, Feb. 21 at 9:30 a.m. at the church. The Youth Group will meet on Friday, Feb. 21 at 6 p.m. at the church. Our annual Thinking Day service will be held on Sunday, Feb. 23 at our regular time of 9:45 a.m. All the Sparks, Brownies, Guides, Beavers, Cubs and Scouts who gather on the Island will participate in the service. The Grace U.C.W. will be holding their annual St. Patrick's Day Supper on Monday, March 17 at the Island Hall. Tickets are available by calling Florence Fralick at 985- For pastoral care call Elaine Barber at 985-4094. Call 985-8871 with your news for next week's column. Have a good week. Scout's Church Parade Sunday Scouting Remember all members of the Scouting movement of Cart- wright, your Church Parade this Sunday, Feb. 23 and you ~ are to gather at 9:15 a.m. at St. John's Anglican Church, Black- stock. Service at 9:30 a.m. + Weather Isn't it a wonderful winter, those who have natural ice are not having it melt every second day. The skidooers are having lots of fun with so much snow and the ice hut fishermen are pulling the fish in. But one look at the calendar spells an end to_ all this in about four weeks. No- tice with the white snow is giv- ing us the extended daylight in the late afternoon. The only Caesarea Albert : Putsey Grumpy Old Man is Albert who is tired of shovelling snow. Flag Day As I drove around I didn't see too many flags draped from homes. Tome it's a greatidea as we see American's really put on a great show on their specific holidays. I believe if it's an an- nual event we should have it They meet Feb. 26 Computer users to discuss efficiency The February meeting of Macintosh Users East (MaUsE) will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 26 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the Lecture Theatre at Henry St. High School in Whitby, Onta- rio. Doors open at 7 p.m. Meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. All MaUsE members and the general pub- lic are invited. There is no ad- mission charge to MaUsE meet- ings and new people are always welcome. This month's meeting will ~ feature hardware expert Justin Derrick, who will be demon- strating various techniques to get the most efficiency and ca- pacity from your hard drive. The spotlight will also be on Jim Foster, administrator of The Source, MaUsE's electronic bul- letin board system (BBS). Jim will bring information relating to the latest additions and up- grades to The Source. For fur- ther information please call the MausE Help Line at 433-0777 and leave a message. MaUSsE is a non-profit group of Apple Macintosh computer owners and users which acts as a learning and communication resource for Macintosh comput- er users in Durham Region. It is recognized by Apple Canada as an official Macintosh User Group (MUG). In addition to its regular meetings, held on the fourth Wednesday of each month, MaUsE is great re- source for anyone who uses a Macintosh computer, offering help, advice, product discounts, access to a 24-hour Bulletin Board Service loaded with Pub- lic Domain software, a monthly newsletter, and various other services to its members. 'when the weather is warmer. Climbing ladders to put flags up outside is rather risky at this time of the year. : Saying of the Week: Everyone complains of his memory and no one complains of his judgment. La Rochoucauld Joke of the Week: Peter was telling a friend he had just lost his job. "Why did the foreman fire you?" the friend asked in surprise. "Oh Peter" said "you know how foremen are." They stand around with their hands in their pockets watching every- body else working. "We all know that," replied his pal. "But why did he let you go?" Jealously an- swered Peter. "All the other workers thought that I was the foreman." Tara Fund Dance on April 12 The Tara Fund is put- ting on a New Country Video Dance to help raise money for families in Dur- ham Region with seriously ill children. The money raised will be utilized to assist chil- dren with transportation, meal costs and other ex- penses. The cost is $6.50 a per- son which will include a lunch. A free line dancing lesson is provided from 8 to 9pm. The music and video screen are provided by the CMT Country Video Show. The video dance will be held Saturday, April 12, 1997 at the Dnipro Hall in Oshawa. All proceeds go to The Tara Fund. - Eat od