THUMBS UP – to our Port Perry Legion and their representatives, Veteran Stan LeFort and Legion Poppy Chair Linda Lake, who presented Oak Ridges Hospice with a cheque in the amount of $9829.47. This money will help with veteran comforts, toiletries and fall mats. 

THUMBS DOWN – to the people who left 5 empty plastic water bottles and a plastic bag along the Waterfront Trail. There is a garbage can at each end of the trail, so it is not too far to carry your garbage and deposit it in one of these cans.

THUMBS UP – to Port Perry McDonald’s! Restaurant Manager, Jeff Jackson presented $1000 scholarships to employees, Audrey Clarkson, Keenan Terry and Dhamik Saliya, to help them with their educational pursuits. Congratulations!

THUMBS DOWN – I have contacted the township on several occasions about grass maintenance at parking lot #1 Shanly and Water Street. The township put in new trees which need re braced and the grass and weeds is full of garbage. If you promise to maintain township property, please deliver.

THUMBS UP – to Port Perry Auto Supply and CarQuest Canada for $1500 donation presented to Operation Scugog Food Bank on Wednesday September 25. Great community building!

THUMBS UP – to Port Perry’s own Abigail Folk and Team Canada, as they won their first game of water polo (Saturday September 14) in Thailand at the U18 World Aquatic Championships.  Abigail was named player of the game as well. All this before our deadline and we hope they continued their success. If her name sounds familiar to you, one reason may be that Focus had featured her in our June issue this past year. 

THUMBS UP – to the organizers, volunteers and each and every person that walked or ran in the Terry Fox Run held on Sunday September 15. Total monies raised at that point were $30,061. Well done everyone!

THUMBS UP – the second week in September a car brushed the left front fender of my car leaving a huge white circle.  I checked out two local body shops for quotes.  The first said they’d get back to me.  The second, Simplicity Car Care Auto Body Shop on Highway 12 south of 7A, took one look at the problem and immediately went and got a product that he applied, then buffed, and voila, the white circle was gone, and the fender looked like new.  On top of that, we were not charged for this.  Kudos to a really good Samaritan.