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stouffville simtribune thursday jan 6 2005 7 new year good time to recall positives its a brand new year a new beginning a fresh start so lets think posi tive and why not after all if youre still living breathing and reading this column youre still with us which in itself is something to cele brate so join me in thanking mayor sue sherban for nailing down a plank in her election platform and breathing life into a seem ingly inanimate clock tower theatre project public works superin tendent paul whitehouse for seeking solutions to traffic problems plaguing residents of rupert avenue and elm road in stouffville student music concert committee for providing a 630 prechristmas gift to eight whitchurchstouffville schools from receipts of 5065 and raising the annu al concerts 12year fundrais- ing total to 4002900 stewart wideman for heading up the mens vip breakfast held the fourth monday of each month at stouffvilles eastridge evangelical missionary church one of the most suc cessful projects of its kind joe cote and david tew for arranging another suc cessful stouffville lions club christmas hamper cam paign and putting smiles on the faces of dozens of chil dren and their parents wanda snide for utilizing her amazing skills as director of music at stouffville united church and using these tal ents to help the community pat wild for contributing to the musical success of stouffvilles bach to blues company principals of st mark st brigid and stouffville christian school for main taining christian principles once treasured in the public education system dave duggan and doug walker for organizing the allmale chorus men of note one of the most successful choirs ever established in the stouffville area susan brown for utilizing her angelic voice to maxi mize the vocal quality of the men of note chorus wayne hill for creating the yorkdurham academy of the performing arts one of the most prolific vocal and instrumental companies in the history of our town jim priebe for his vision in predicting the revival of the pickering airport plan long before most of us knew the project still had a pulse sandy stronach for tak ing over the reins of the 2005 whitchurchstouffville strawberry festival follow ing liz frasers twoyear leadership stint joanna reesormcdowell roaming around with jim thomas and ken prentice for dedica tion and determination to see the parkview home proj ect through to the end despite an uncharitable stand by an unsympathetic council jan and rodney king and david jones for creating an atmosphere at tim hortons that makes it a daily gather ing place for a crosssection of stouffvilles populace ashmore reesor and merna and betty burkholder for making the reesor bicen tennial a historical highlight of 2004 cliff dunkeld for contin uing to take an interest in all community affairs despite retiring from municipal poli tics paul reesor for heading up a successful 2004 markham fair and to stouffvilles lynne harrington presidentelect in 2005 jeanette emslie and gayle dunn for leadership of this years music mania in pro ducer and director roles respectively and to mem bers of the organization which has raised more than 65000 for worthy causes over the past 44 years marion wells for her deserved recognition as whitchurchstouffvilles 2004 citizen of the year dorothy wagg ann grundy linda schell mac keith grant nesbitt trevor watson eddie fisher glenn taun and jim priebe for ded icated service in managing stouffvilles recycling depot john gilham and larry cogar for heading up the building committee and see ing the beautiful eastridge evangelical missionary church through to comple tion gord wagg and alf shenfield for organizing another successful pre- christmas coffee club dinner and to the legion ladies auxil iary for hosting the event these are my positives for the year just concluded may 2005 be equally affir mative jim thomas is a stouffville resi dent who has written for area news papers for more than 50 years our oldfashioned cabbage rolls cabbage rolls are a hot item in our store i imagine its because theyre so timeconsuming to make that few people make them at home whatever the reason they dont last long in our freezer especially when theyre one of this weeks features so come early and get them while they last off container of 4 reg 1095 this week bikini a bit tight youll need some of this for dinner and maybe more than once its very lowfat and at the same time delicious whitefleshed fish reg 1395 lb smoked rainbow ive always loved the taste of smoked trout at room temperature it has a wonderfully mellow and long flavour that goes with just about anything and that includes a good chilled white wine we slowsmoke these fish over oak just like our salmon these trout are whole some are a bit larger than others but they gener ally start at the one pound size 4fk4tbk try one this week for lunch or as an hl psr appetizer and dont forget the chardonnay ea life evolves and so does the produce business it wasnt that long ago that you could only get chilean berries at this time of year fall and winter varieties of raspberries are now available almost year round and to me the driscoll variety is the best we pay a bit more to get these but i think youll find that theyre really good value and delicious too from california dfi container i believe that these are unique to our store and theyre so good what to serve with them more guinness or any other beer thats close f t orf jmmsl ifthis reg 399 lb week whats well have a nice amount of fresh cauli flower for this week its going to be a mediumlarge size from california eat up your veggies folks guinness 99 fc fe i 0 rri pc sm cream of broccoli we make this with sautecd onions celery tons of broc coli and chicken stock its good for you and according to cathy its a more palatable way of enjoying the green stuff reg 549 serves 3 4 this weeic its a raspberry week in our bakery and well have raspberry pies we make them in a 9 size and weve increased the amount of filling by popular demand i a ea and new this week well have them in the personalsize oval format with a streusel topping 3 raspberry cream cheese brownies best at room temperature or body temperature 2 ea raspberry cheesecakes we make these with raspberries and white chocolate topped with a cooked raspberry 1195 1a9s glaze 12 and 20 raspberry scones studded with raspberries 1 bran mucins made with either raspberries blue berries or apple its a healthy choice with lots of fibre and vitamins but less fat and sugar 1 ea chocoiate cake with a raspberry eilijng 9 available in two sizes 13 and lo ea raspberryapple custard elans with a shortbread crust and a streusel topping 7 and 1 ea and to make things even sweeter all these will be on sale at tc- thanks for a great year off this week we are liow beginning our 19th year in business its certainly had its ups and downs mostly ups and it has been lots of fun thanks for all your patience over the holidays its a really busy time for us as you know but theres no alternative if youre in the fresh business most of what we sell over the holidays is prepared by us either in part or in its entirety given our space to work in there are many logistical challenges thanks for your patience its no longer a secret that we are in the process of acquiring land to build a new store that will make life easier for all of us given the process of approval this is still a couple of years off but everything from parking to the operation of our store and our offerings will be greatly improved grocer quality foods specials in effect until closing sunday january 9 hours mon 1100700 tuesthurs 900700 fri 900800 sat 900600 sun 1000500 548 carlton road unionville 9401770