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tribune july 6 1988 c3 tootsie judged prettiest pet iz vj jk is hbv b i imis n w sh bwr i i ttri km vbsf 1 i ibfw t-i-s-t- m m there were seven categories in the strawberry fes tivals pet show saturday tootsie held here by natalie wood stouffcr street south stouffville was judged the prettiest entry this beautiful canada cake was served july 1 mak ing her mark is mayor fran sainsbury left assisted by jim heidema festival chairman and marlene mckeewetheral director of recreation the bikctrike decorating contest sponsored by the stouffville faith insley churchill drive musselmans lake won a red ribbon donna yeates of goodwood was the first runnerup in the miss lioness club was held saturday tops in her class was sevenyearold for her best decorated trike the prize was presented by laurie sidcr whitchurchstouffviile pageant june 29 donnas sponsor was bouw- nicole aldcroft asbury park court stouffville vanzant court stouffville meister landscaping of ballantrae mobile canteen in the chips both are happy judges decided mandy vanvcen of rr 3 new market resembled her pet muffin in the lookalike category of the festival pet show saturday best decorated stouffville the stouff ville lioness club hosted another successful bikctrike decorating contest saturday as part of the annual strawberry fcstival- winners in each of four classes follow faith insley churchill drive musselmans lake age 3 jamie wood thicketwood blvd stouffville age 5 chris lagccr manitoba street stouff ville age 6 nicole aldcroft asbury park court stouffville age 7 stouffville jessica keyes was in the chips all weekend during the strawberry festival at the town park the owneroperator of the gol den fryer chips truck that was located beside the main diamond served up her delicious fries to a steady stream of customers and they were happy to wait in line she reported one old gentleman came right up into the truck and said they were the best fries he had ever tasted she says the crowd was terrific they were willing to wait when the lineups got long and they were disappointed when we closed each day jessica was assisted by her hus band leslie who works with an automotive firm in mississauga the keyes reside in brampton the truck is usually positioned at albion road and highway 27 on weekends servicing the flea mar ket in etobicoke but jessica thought shed sec how things would go at the straw berry festival she wasnt dis appointed she claims she and leslie served up around a thousand pounds of fries when they closed up for good on satur day they were down to the bottom of their last bag of potatoes did they find it a grind its a lot of long hot hours says jessi ca on friday from around 530 till ii pm there were always at least thirty people in line we brought our supper along but never got a chance to cat it she added each potato served up was cut with thcirown chipper a machine with a handle like a bottle capper that turns a spud into a dozen or so fries in less than a second jessica who was a bookkeeper for 14 years before setting up her chip operation says the secret of their success lies in the oil used we use peanut oil she says it gives the chips that sweet taste on the other side of the di amond the buttermakers and the maples of ballantrae hockey club were running a food opera tion of their own head chef jim wagg claims he was kept busy all weekend serving up burgers bacon on a bun hot dogs and pop we would have sold around 500 burgers and around 200 bacon on a bun he said he admits to have been taken by surprise friday night after the scarborough sym phony finished their concert the symphony members were each given a certificate for a free burger and they all came at once we werent ready for the rush the warm weather had the beer flowing non stop in the butter- makers beer tent molson spokes man bill jukes estimated that approximately 400 cases of suds were consumed t and at the stouffville lions beef barbecue on wednesday evening lion paul roney said that there had been roughly 800 beef dinners served up business was also reported to have been brisk at the popcorn stand and candy floss and sno- concs were also in deman- d throw in the pancake break fast put on by the ballantrae lions friday morning and it was truly a well fed crowd that en joyed the festival tribune office staff with he help of wellwishers consumed three anniversary cakes last week on the occasion of the newspapers 100th birthday here arlcnc maddock left serves four members or the garbutt family tim tracey and michelle manitoba street stouffville