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****** Result for Image/Page 1 ****** Paul Arculus "This is troubling. We have already lost over 20 years of history." Fascination with History Lake Scugog Historical Society President Paul Arculus shares his friend Peter Hvidsten's fascination with history. "I had a supportive role in this project," Paul says. He helped to get the historical on board. were any scandals," he joked. Paul acknowledged Peter's "great ccmtribution" to re- cording kral as a former newspaperman. fckander of Focus on Scugog, author of local history bocks, and nwst recently, the digital newspaper propct. "He's the main driver behind it," Paul credited. "It's all about •the word', " Peter said. "In my opinion, people today, even younger people, have more interest in our history," he need to keep it. We don't want to lose it. W s important to know the history of how we got to where we are today." " And I encouraged Peter, giving him a pat the back and providing he commented. "We have bc&'n talking about the digital newspaß•r project for years. It's a remarkable asset for the community. Peter has done incred ible work." Paul is succ€*fully using the new website to re€•arch his latest historical bcx»k. The working title is Bringing in the Sheaves. It is based on the culture and history of the area in the 1 century. The new website has bcæn invaluable for getting informaticn on Peter Jones and the Scugog Mission, for example. Relevant newspaper arti- cles pop up on the with words and names conveniently highlighted for easy access to information, he descriEx•d. "You can type in your grandad's name and seQ if there Check it out at Scugog Digital Newspaper Collection. By Lynn Campbell, Focus on Scugog FOCUS - JULY 2021 31