b'53rd AnnualSATURDAY JUNE 3Jean-Louis Poulin (Focus 2022 photo)The 53rd annual Canoe the Nonquonstart anytime between 8 a.m - 10:30 a.m.emergency contact form to the Latcham is taking place on Saturday, June 3. Theon Saturday morning. This is a well- Centrebeforeproceedingtothestart OntarioMarathonCanoeandKayakattended race with a long-standing his- line. Upon registration at the Latcham RacingAssociation(OMCKRA)sanc- tory in the community. Amateurs andCentre you will receive your race num-tion the race. The race was started byprofessionals,youngandolder,mayber. You will not be permitted to start the Lake Scugog Historical Society ascompete in a large number of competi- the race without this number.All race afundraiserfortheScugogShorestive or recreational categories. Shuttleforms are available at scugog.ca/canoe. Museum Village. Volunteers help planvans are available to take participantsCanoetheNonquonisthelarg-and organize the race each year.Thankback to their cars upon concluding theestannualfundraiserfortheScugog you to Durham Tourism and Brocks forraceateitherRobingladePark(riverShores Museum Village. Minimum race sponsoring our race this year and Twoonly) or Palmer Park (full course). entrance fee is $65, but all participants Blokes Cider for supporting the effortsRegistrationtakesplaceattheareencouragedtoraisemoremoney to make this a Zero-Waste event! Latcham Centre, 121 Queen Street, Portthroughsponsorshiptosupportour ThecoursestartsonthetwistyPerry on Friday, June 2 from 6 p.m.9communityandthemuseumaswe Nonquon River. For the first few kilom- p.m. and Saturday, June 3 from 7 a.m.celebrate the 53rd running of the race!eters there are many tight bends to chal-10 a.m. The registration fee is $65/ For more information visit our web lenge your rudder turns. There are alsocanoe,kayakorSUP.Pledgeformspage or contact:some dead end channels along the riverare available to participants who wish section(whenindoubtalwayskeepto raise additional funds for the mu- Community Servicesright). There is 12 km of river paddlingseum. All participants MUST bring aParks, Recreation & Culture followed by an 8 km sprint along thecompletedregistrationform,signedmuseum@scugog.cashores of Lake Scugog to the finish line. waiver, signed Rowans Law form forscugog.ca/canoe Participants race the clock and canparticipants under 25 years of age, and905-985-8698 The Jonathan van Bilsen ShowThis months show will feature Taylor Bursey a media personality in Durham Region. She has doneprimetimeradio,currentlyhostsatelevi-sion show, produces a podcast and is learning all about marketing. The show airs Sunday May 21 at 1 p.m. on YouTube and Rogers TV (check lo-callistingsfortimes)Thismarksepisode52of the popular show. For more information contact: info@jonathanvanbilsen.comFOCUS - MAY 202341'