FOCUS on Scugog JULY 2019 Volume 15 - Number 4 Published by Focus on Scugog Inc. 188 Mary Street, Unit 201 Port Perry L9L 1A2 905-985-8585 features 3 14 23 29 Craving some pork or lamb? Yellowlees Farm has a whole lot to offer Finger lickin, teeth pickin good! Ribfest in Palmer Park July 26 – July 28 Row, row, row your boat Durham Rowing Club celebrating 30 years Hair, groceries, coffee, brewery, great food and more Building playgrounds from the ground up regulars 20 39 43 47 Thumbs Rating local events and decisions. Changing Faces Local businesses on the move. What’s Up Scugog? Local entertainment you don’t want to miss. PhotosNtravel Adventures with Jonathan van Bilsen. 34 19 email: focus@focusonscugog.com website: www.focusonscugog.com Publisher / Editor ................. MaryAnn Fleming Advertising ...................................... Tracy Souch Production.....................................Arlene Walker Freelance Writers ............. Jonathan van Bilsen, Lynn Campbell, Paul Arculus, Scott Mercer, Peter Hvidsten Website................................................Bill Walker Accounting........................................ Judy Ashby Focus on Scugog is published 12 times a year from Port Perry and is distributed to all homes and businesses in Scugog Township by Canada Post. Delivery the first Tuesday of each month, although this date does vary, depending on the number of weeks in a month. Opinions expressed by columnists, contributors and letter writers must be signed, including address and phone number. Letters must be signed. Requests that a name be withheld will be honoured only if there is a compelling reason to do so. our cover LET’S HEAR THEM! At Focus on Scugog, we value reader input. Unique, local story ideas and any community information is always welcome, and we will pub- lish as much as we possibly can. Please submit ideas to: focus@focusonscugog.com GOT IDEAS ? Thank ‘ewe’ Dennis and Karen Yellowlees for sharing your farming story and all your animals with us! See story page 3. Photo by MaryAnn Fleming 34 FOCUS - JULY 2019 1