2 FOCUS - OCTOBER 2017 Please send us your letters, maximum of 250 words. Be aware that we cannot publish negative letters about individuals or businesses. Submit to: focus@focusonscugog.com Ribfest 2017 Dear Editor On behalf of all the members of the Rotary Club of Port Perry, we want to thank and acknowledge the hard work, support and generosity of the many volunteers, sponsors and all the folks from within our community of Scugog that came out to support our Ribfest 2017. Everyone was part of making this year another success! A special thank you to Focus on Scugog for promoting our Ribfest event on the front cover of the August issue. This sure helped boost the exposure throughout the community. Jim Jenkins, President of the Rotary Club of Port Perry “Oh, what a night!” Dear Editor With the sun shining and the coffee flowing we had a terrific Appreciation Night Cruise-in on August 29th! Thanks to all who came out to enjoy our wrap up event. We also wish to thank Focus on Scugog for including our nights each month under What’s Up Scugog. Your support is greatly valued. Mother Nature was not kind to anyone this cruise-in season. However, after six rained out nights (the month of June was a total washout) we had just 135 vehicles less than last year! With a paper drive earlier in the season and a food drive at the end of the season, Operation Scugog received over $1,000 and three truckloads of products! Our cruisers and visitors are amazing – thank you to each and every one for being so generous. We have 18 awesome local businesses that contribute as well as many who provide prizes every night. With their backing, our cruise-ins are a great success and we are looking forward to their continuing support next year. Please check out our blog (http://cruisinclassics. blogspot.ca) for pictures and updates of our club activities. Yours very truly, Cruisin’ Classics Car Club Bev VanKessel, President; Tony Laundrie, Vice President; Julie Williams, Secretary/Treasurer Cannot say thank you enough Dear Editor It is so amazing how wonderful and caring Port Perry has been to our Scugog Island’s Sunrise Beach for so many years. How many times can we say ‘thank you’ (never enough!) to an endless list of all the special individuals and businesses whose generosity truly made our Annual Fun Day such a success. Once again, thank you so much, everyone, for helping make our Fun Day fun. You are the best!! Yours truly Linda Brown (our Sunrise Beach Association) Fun(ny) times at the gate!! Dear Editor I hope this finds MaryAnn’s desk at Focus on Scugog. I am writing this to thank Mary Ann for her sense of humour while covering the Port Perry fair. I am one of the guys at the gate that had more than a few laughs with her. Working on the gates at a fair (September 2-4) you meet all kinds of people, meeting Mary Ann was a highlight for me. I thank-you again for the side splitting encounter at the gate and look forward to meeting you again next year. From the good looking one of the two. Mike (Slater)...lol ...ok from Steve (Rutledge) also. Editor’s Note: Obviously the note found my desk! This was Steve’s second year at the gate at the Bigelow entrance and Mike’s sixth year. We just want to throw it right back at them, what a fun welcoming experience to one of the entrance gates at the fair. See you next year! ...................... Letters continued on page 36 A golden thumbs up Dear Editor Thumbs up to the Port Perry-Prince Albert United Church members and their annual Town and Country House Tour held on Saturday September 16. From the moment we were approached to be a part of this wonderful fundraising event, to the final minutes of hosting over 300 people at our shared ownership home, everything went SO smoothly. The church members worked long hours giving tours of our home and explaining this rather new shared living model. We are so fortunate that there are organizations and people in this community that raise awareness and raise funds for the betterment of Scugog. It was a pleasure to be a part of your event. Thank you, The Women of 100 Perry Street (Golden girls, Martha Casson, Louise Bardswich, Beverly Brown, Sandy McCully)