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adit 2 - PORT PERRY "WEEKEND STAR" FRIDAY, MAY 12, 2000 CRC. 20yr -11.89 Shingles 25yr -12.95 32 sq. ft. per bundle EL i Organizers 'frantically busy' as Games near By Chris Hall Port Perry Star The pace is picking up as organizers throughout Durham scramble to ready the region for the Ontario Summer Games. All eight municipalities across the region are preparing their venue sites for the 2000 Games, to be held from Aug. 10 to 13, says Brenda Robinson, Scugog's rep on the Games organizing committee. ~ "We're frantically busy, but things are going very smoothly," she said last week. "We've started our volunteer program and it's going full force. We've got lots of people signed up to help out that week- end who have a lot of knowledge in sports, and others who are doctors or nurses and professional people. We can always use some extra help." Scugog Township will be the host venue for canoeing, rowing, beach volley- ball and lawn bowling. "All the event sites across the region have received approval, they all meet the standards," said Mrs. Robinson. Canoe events will be held off the shores of Palmer Park on Lake Scugog on Friday, Aug. 11, while the rowing competi- tions will take place on Sunday, Aug. 13. Scout Westpoint eam gl \NEWARID IDR, PORT PERRY QUALITY PRODUCTS QUALITY SERVICE ® COMPETITIVE PRICES Lawn bowling events, which will be held at the Port Perry club on Old Simcoe Rd., will run from Aug. 10 to 13, and the beach volleyball events will be held Aug. 11 to 13 behind the Scugog Arena. Both the opening and closing cere- monies will be held at the Civic Auditorium in Oshawa. Prior to the start of the Games a torch run will be held, with a leg of the run stretching through each of the region's municipalities. More than 3,000 elite athletes from around the province, aged 12 to 20, are expected to participate in the 2000 Games. A complete list of competitors will be available in the near future, after qual- ifications are held in the various sporting events. Scugog, home to a successful rowing club, is expected to be strongly repre-. sented in the rowing events. For more information on the Ontario Summer Games 2000, please call 1-888- 879-9906, contact Brenda Robinson at Scugog's Township Clerks office at 985- 7346 or check it out on the Internet at www.ideapeople.com/OSG2000/0sg.nsf. Eagle's Nest Clubhouse' Open Sunday T-4pm Visitour website at: