"A Family Tradition for 133 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, March 2, 1999 - 1 'Council Building on last year's win of a top award from Landscape Ontario, Scugog Shores Historical Museum is promoting the Port Perry area with an added flourish this spring by participating in the upcoming "Canada Blooms" festival. The museum's display will highlight its award- winning plans for their new native Ojibway Heritage Interpretive Lands featuring wild plants traditionally used by local Ojibway for food, medicine and spiritual purposes. Work on this project is being shared with the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation. By recreating a natural area on the museum's grounds typical of the Lake Scugog basin prior to settlement, the initia- tive will provide a unique and valuable resource for gardeners, educators and historical enthusiasts alike. While the project is still in the research and plan- ning stage, the museum hopes to break ground in the coming months and looks forward to intro- ducing visitors to the wild green space by mid-sum- mer. This year's Canada Blooms show will be held at the Metro Toronto Convention Center from March 10 to 14, and expects to attract over 100,000 visitors with flower and garden dis- plays put together by groups from across Canada. Booths in the non-com- mercial area of Canada Blooms are limited, and many groups from Port Perry are involved in making the Scugog Shores Historical Museum's pres- ence at the show a suc- cess, including Scugog Economic Development Officer Jim McMillen and BIA presi- dent Gareth Granger. Neighbouring booths 7 WOLF RUN GOLF CLUB Tournament Dates Available for 1999 Call for details Wolf Run Golf Course 1486-321 WOLF at the show will include the prestigious Gardiner Museum and the much celebrated Kingsbrae Horticultural Gardens from St. Andrews, New Brunswick: Scugog Shores was Hoping to break ground in coming months offered the opportunity to participate in Canada Blooms after plans for the Ojibway Heritage Interpretive Lands received $15,000 from Landscape Ontario, the organization's largest award for horticultural innovation in 1998. Located on Scugog Island overlooking Port Perry and the Lake Scugog basin, Scugog Shores Historical Museum preserves and presents the heritage of Scugog Township. Eleven authentically restored buildings - including a log cabin, a Victorian frame house, a church tea-room, barns, and harness, blacksmith Museum display highlights area's Ojibway heritage and print shops - in a peaceful rural setting are furnished to reflect the late 19th century. Realistic displays recre- ate the lifestyles, com- merce and industry of the period. 4 $11.5 billion more is a real shot in the arm for our healthcare system. Healthcare is Canadians' most cherished program. That's why over the next five years, we're committing an additional $11.5 billion to healthcare. This investment will provide the provincial and territorial governments with substantially more money to deal with critical healthcare concerns, such as emergency room delays and waiting lists for surgery. At the same time, we're investing $1.4 billion into other health priorities like prevention and research for new treatments and cures. Canadians deserve a healthcare system they can depend on. We know there's still a lot of work to do, but we're committed to getting the job done, no matter what it takes. Budget "99 A STRONG BEGINNING TO A LONG TERM PLAN For more information about the 1999 Budget or on other Government of Canada programs and services call 1 800 O-CANADA (1 800 622-6232) TTY: 1 800 465-7735 or visit our Web site at www.canada.gc.ca Canada