Vol. 10 No. 45
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6,, 2014
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Remembrance Day in North Durham NORTH DURHAM: Local residents will be honouring the memory and sacrifice of the brave men and women who have served our country on Remembrance Day, Tuesday, Nov. 11. In Uxbridge, wreaths will be laid at the Cenotaph, located at the corner of Brock St. and Toronto St. in downtown Uxbridge at 10 a.m. This is open to members of the public, schools and business who would like to lay a wreath in honour of our veterans. Participants in the annual Remembrance Day parade will gather in front of the Uxbridge Music Hall, located at 16 Main St. South at 10:30 a.m., and the parade route will travel north on Main St. to Brock St. where it continues west to the Cenotaph, where the ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. The parade will be lead by the Uxbridge Branch 170 Pipes and Drums and the Uxbridge Legion Colour Guard, as well as veterans, members of the Uxbridge Fire Department, Uxbridge Legion Branch 170 members and the Ladies’s Auxiliary. At the conclusion of the parade, the Legion would like to welcome members of the public to enjoy refreshments at the Uxbridge Legion Branch 170, located at 109 Franklin St. The Port Perry Legion, Branch #419, will host its annual series of Remembrance Day ceremonies across Scugog Township. In Port Perry, a Legion ceremony will start at the Scugog Memorial Public Library, 231 Water St. at 10:15 a.m. After about 15 minutes, a parade group will form and begin its march down Water St. at 10:45 a.m. Upon reaching the Queen St. and Water St. intersection, the parade will march up Queen St., before turning north onto Perry St. and proceed to the cenotaph at the Scugog municipal building, located at 181 Perry St. In front of the cenotaph, a Remembrance Day service will be held at 11 a.m., followed by the laying of wreaths. In Blackstock, there will be an 11 a.m. service taking place at the Blackstock cenotaph - which is located at the intersection of Old Scugog Rd. and Church St. For more information or to volunteer for Legion events, call the Legion at 905-985-8502 (Scugog) or 905-852-5293 (Uxbridge).
TIGERS TAME REBELS: Robert Freckelton leads the charge as the Uxbridge S.S. Senior Boys Rugby 7s team took home the Durham Region championship on Wednesday, Oct. 29 in Uxbridge, downing their rivals from Port Perry H.S. 35-7 in the tournament Finals, giving the Tigers a 3-2 edge in the season series between the North Durham schools. On Thursday, Nov. 6, both schools will take on the best in Ontario at the Provincial Championships, to be played at Bill Crothers S.S. in Unionville. DARRYL KNIGHT The Standard
Hope Through Hockey headed back to Weagamow DARRYL KNIGHT The Standard
UXBRIDGE: The friendship forged between Uxbridge and the remote Northern Ontario First nations community of Weagamow will continue this winter with ‘Hope Through Hockey 2’ and the community is urged to get involved with this project. Over the Christmas holidays last year, Uxbridge expressed its care and friendship for Weagamow by holding a week of hockey clinics with
past and present members of the Uxbridge S.S. Tigers Varsity Boys hockey team for the children in the community, culminating with a community tournament in their newly built arena. “It was an experience that can’t be taught in school, it’s something that you can only completely learn and understand by doing it,” said Josh Lubbock, one of the local young men that took part in the trip last year. “We’re all grateful to the support the Uxbridge community
showed in helping us bring hope to these kids.” The Hope Through Hockey program will be heading back to Weagamow this year and the community is asked for their generous donations of new or gently used hockey equipment for the native children that don’t yet have their own. The team’s goal for this goal is to take another 50 sets of equipment (ie. sticks, helmets, kneepads, shoulder pads, etc.) and another 75 pairs of skates. T U R N TO PAG E 2
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