Reach Twp. History Town Hall 1873 The Scugog Bridge Post Office History Mississaugas 1850 Tornado Steamboat Era Railway Era Fire of 1883 Fire of 1884 Other Fires Ice Harvesting Grain Elevator Union School 1873
FEBRUARY 2010
Section One Cover to page 12
Section Two Pages 13 to 24
Section Three Pages 25 to 36
BEV WHALE HAS A 'WHALE OF A TALE' Meet Bev Whale, eighty years young and brimming with a vigor people half his age would be envious of. A Scugog resident since 1993, he has been an assertive volunteer with the Heart and Stroke Foundation for fifteen years, raising amazing amounts of money ...
FORMER PPHS GRAD HEADS WORLD BODY The name Dr. Vladimir Hachinski is probably not familiar to most residents of Scugog, but this former Port Perry High School graduate is one of the most important neurologists in the world and has just been elected president of the World Federation of Neurology...
GORD PARKIN CALLS IT A DAY When Gord Parkin walked through the front door of Lawrence Pharmacy, 40 years ago, the young pharmacist could have never imagined it would be more than four decades before he finally bid farewell...
CLUB HOPES TO SET NEW WORLD RECORD “Ready, set, go!” is a cry which will bellow across Lake Scugog on Sunday, February 21 as hundreds of snowmobilers take to the ice to set a new world record. The occasion is part of the Port Perry Snowmobile Club’s charitable events...
Focus on Scugog will introduce to its readers a number of Scugog’s medical practitioners throuought this year.
This Week Meet DR. BILL COHOON
More stories from Focus on Scugog
TRAVELON with JONATHAN VAN BILSEN
• MYLES O'RIORDAN • JACKIE CHAN - Part 2 • JACKIE CHAN - Part 1 • DEPUTY CHIEF RETIRES • OLYMPIC TORCH CARRIERS • HORRORS OF WAR • HARRY COMES HOME • LESLIE OPERA STAR • ANDY RACES PIGEONS • FROM UKRAINE WITH LOVE • BIRDHOUSE WILLY • HOME STAGING HELPS SELL • LOCAL HORSE BIG WINNER • DUMP SITE TREASURES • POT-BELLIED PETS • BIRDS OF PREY • YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT • GUITARS FOR THE STARS • DR. HELEN PEEL • WHIZ KID J. COTTRELL • ASHLEY TOP 30 UNDER 30 • TYE BURT KINROSS GOLD
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2009 EVENTS •Polar Plunge •Christmas Kids •BIA Tree Lighting •The Viking Exhibit •Remembrance Day •Polar Plunge 2009 •Progress Report •Mayor's Honour Roll •Pow Wow 2009 •Doggie Days 09 •Thomas Foster Memorial
2008 EVENTS •March Winter Storm •Winter Wonderland •Mayor's Honour Roll •Progress Report •Mayor's Honour Roll •Big Spring Ice Melt •April Photo Gallery •Canoe The Nonquon •Relay For Life •Dragon Festival •Dog Days of Scugog •Scugog Pow Wow •Reflection Park •Terry Fox Run 2008 •Festival scarecrows •Sports Wall of Fame •Northwood at Night •Remembrance Day
2007 EVENTS •December Gallery •November Gallery •October Gallery •Remembrance Day •Scarecrow Contest •July Photo Gallery •Scugog Pow Wow •Dog Days of Summer •Scugog Dragon Races •Canada Day •Scugog in Bloom •Canoe Nonquon •Showcase of the Arts
ARCHIVE OF Stories & Features •Monkey Business •50 Years of Curling •Prince Albert School •Compton Cable TV •PPHS Anniversary •Jim McMillen at CNE •Nelly Beats Odds •Quilting stories •Buffalo farming •Nancy's the best •Tony's Peace Medal •Karen Paints Canada •Penny Dawson •Boom or Bust •Scottish Dancers