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economist suntribune in our community thursday dec 12 2002 students to hit streets dxjck to tackle garbage by joan ransberry staff writer starting on edward street and spreading throughout whitchurchstouffville an adoptastreet program is planned for next year a new community group decided monday the group set up by mayor wayne emmerson met to tackle the growing youth crime problem after an angry edward street resident dumped a bag of garbage on the council chamber floor at a november council meeting edward street resident bob mcneil told council that students from neighbouring stouflville district secondary school sdss use his street as a garbage dump the littering is ongoing and making it very difficult for people who live near the high school council was told during the past two months york regional police have laid drug assault van dalism and theft charges against about 20 youths in stouflville police are seeking suspects in other youth crimes including muggings mayor emmerson responded to the incidents by calling for the emergency meeting focusing first on the garbage problem residents of edward street are fed up mayor emmerson told the group on monday which included york region district school board chairperson bill crothers local trustee bob burrows sdss principal tony lewis student council president andrew fockler and five stu dent council members york regional police supt don kirk town staff and members of town council all schools a followup meeting is to be held in late january the second meeting will include more students at the table said mayor emmerson the plan is to set up the adoptastreet program id like to see a beautification of edward street we could plant some trees at the end of edward id like to have ele mentary schools adopt streets across the municipality we could get all of our schools involved it could be a very positive move it would help build pride in our communi- ty supt kirk reminded the group that schools across north america have adopted roads streets and parks the partnerships have been very successful he pointed out mondays discussions focused on such issues as lit tering loitering vandalism teens roaming the streets at night teens blocking seniors from using the sidewalks and students smoking mr crothers stressed that people dont like to be blamed for wrongdoings instead of pointing the finger the school board chairperson encour- bill crothers dont blame the school says york region pub lic school board chairperson aged the group to set up a committee and invite the young people to join the effort to improve the overall com munity dont blame the school said mr crothers a markham trustee whose children are sdss graduates set up a community initiative and invite the young people to get involved and the school board will help sdss has a student envi ronmental committee mr lewis reminded the group we will work with the community we can make stouflville a beautiful place he said most good kids mr lewis and the students reminded the group that more than 90 per cent of the 1000 plus students at sdss are good kids less than five per cent cause the bulk of the trouble in town mr lewis said students at sdss would be quite willing to take part in a community project said mr fockler as an example the students could make benches in the schools woodworking classes and donate them to the beautification project the student council president suggested meanwhile another student council member suggested students take garbage bags at lunch time and clean up edward street sdss student ashley wells took ward 6 councillor sue sherban to task for previous remarks about the state of the school councillor sherban told a council meeting last month sdss was in a deplorable state with kicked- in lockers and broken chairs we are very proud of our school miss wells said following the meeting councillor sherban said im more upset with the school board im not upset with the students i know the students are proud i dont think the school board is giving our school sdss its fair share in the region im not saying the kids are bad people im not saying the kids shouldnt be proud i just dont think the school should be in such a deplorable state a couple of weeks ago i explained that we would be selling ducks from brome lake in quebec they have now arrived and so has a portfolio of recipes from one of our longtime customers lorissa bewsh her favourite among the recipes is the amarettoapricot duck everyone raves about it she goes on to explain that the best part about this twostep cooking method is that it results in a fatfree duck not greasy like one would get with a regular roasted duck she also included a mushroom barley casserole recipe from james beard which she suggests as a great accompaniment now about the ducks i have long known that brome lake ducks enjoyed a great reputation in culinary circles but i thought that the difficulty in getting these would be insurmountable them being out of province and us being a small mom pop grocery store small in the bigger scheme of things what makes these ducks special is explained in a brochure from the farm which will be available as well as lorissas recipes at our meat counter they will arrive sometime on thursday so lets say that theyll be available from friday morning on smoked ducks will be ready for next week and yes theyll be from brome lake too but smoked by us enjoy your canard brome lake ducks boneless breasts either au naturel stuffed with our sage onion starring or our dried fruit starring duck breast roasted with honey mustard done at the farm 425 g pkg halfduck roasted with orange done at the farm 346 g pkg duck legs confrt style also done at 49 95 lb lb 95 ea the farm 280 g pkg ea 95 95 ea oaxxfokjstea oranges the first arrivals of navels are never really great you must go through a couple of varieties first before you get the washington type and here they are theyre a good size fairly thin skinned and juicy great eating weve priced them at 49 each or from california giftpack apples weve received a variety of singlelayer boxed premium washington apples which are ideal as a gut some are mixed apples pears some just apples in either red delicious golden delicious mixed delicious fuji or granny smith 10 lb box from washington freerange txjkjkjb ys for the past number of years whenever turkeytime came we simply reached into our cupboard and pulled out our turkeys are us ad dusted it off and ran it a few times in the economist sun our customers had become so used to it that when they saw it they didnt read it anymore they just saw the picture of turkey ai and mike the knife and phoned for a turkey alas things change and so does our clientele with so many new people who have moved into our area our turkey story needs to be retold we sell only freerange turkeys they run loose and eat what they want lots of grain add to this a gentler defeathering process which leaves more of the natural flavour and the old feather with the turkey and youll have a turkey that exceeds your expectations unless of course youve dined on one of ours before our turkeys are very moist without the artificial help that a butterball receives very tender and flavourful and they cook a little quicker than most so order one ofour oldfashioned turkeys k pf they range in size from 14 20 lbs and from 22 26 lbs w 1 ready to roast theyre e call 9400655 mm lb j if you are new to our store it wont take you long to realize that were in the i basket business although ive never really counted them there must be thousands to choose from during the festive season we make them up with i food goodies to fit any budget or taste including wine if youd like you can i pick what youd like and we 11 make it up as well or it can be boxed as you i wish see robert or eva if you hav a special request we offer good value for the s baking holidays anyone who has ventured into our bakery knows that its an absolute beehive of activity must be like santas workshop with lots and lots of elves each fully engaged in tasks of the season in our case the santa is finnish and hes a she who runs an amazing workshop and just seems to know what everyone wants if theyve been good of course jaana and her elves are making shortbread cookies available in traditional toblerone candied ginger cranberry orange toasted pecan pistachio lemon poppyseed and new and very decadent caramelpecan gingerbread hearts its hard to keep these in stock because a theyre painstakingly rolled very thin b it takes a lot of them to fill a container and c i often eat them even before theyre baked a word of advice if you see them buy them christmascake cookies this was my idea im the one who must clean the bowl when doreen makes the light fruit cake the batter is heavenly so why not use it and some fruit to make heavenly cookies gingerbread and sugar cookies all decorated in various shapes and sizes like angels trees elves stars snowflakes santa mrs claus candy canes and snowmen we make a huge number of these there are times when everyone in the bakery is painting including a certain 6yr old budding artist my girl kate turtles beautiful ones sugarplum scones these start this weekend theyre star- shaped and seasoned with orange zest candied ginger apple spices mincemeat we make our own always have using bass ale available in pies 9 size either baked or frozen readytobake in 5 pies already baked in tarts or mini tarts or in containers ready for you to make your own pies or tarts squares new for the season are eggnog nanaimos and cherry- pecan squares with festive pink icing and holly sprinkles only at christmas rumballs rich chocolate with rum and pecans and apricots chocolate glazed decorated eggnog cheesecake piled high with spiced whipped cream -or- brandied cranberry cheescakes -or- mincemeat cheese flans all in a size that serves 6 or 8 people yule logs in two styles well have traditional chocolate filled with chocolate mousse and an elegant lemon curd filled log with white icing eggnog jelly roll with spiced whipped cream and eggnog custard cranberry butter tart flans which have been a big hit mini gingerbread houses better described as colourful christmas cottages 599 ea and elegant white and silver luxury cottages 699 ea you can hang these on your tree as well now as well as all this well have a somewhat abbreviated selection of our regular fare it will be best to order if you need a particular product at a particular time orders 9059400655 our should you wish a smoked freerange turkey for the holidays give us a call we smoke them with oak just like our salmon and theyre delicious qk aq you must order aj s by december 18 ejb lb specials in effect until closing sunday december 15 hours mon 1100700 tuesthurs 900700 fri 900800 sat 900600 sun 1000500 548 carlton road unionville 9401770 cheddar sausagesi this weeks sausage feature is our cheddar sausage its a great dinner sausage and we use extra old cheddar to get the flavour youll love them i1at7c reg 399 lb h j j week