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stouffville suntribune thursday july 7 2005 7 praise suggestions for strawberry festival what a wonder ful weekend how else could one describe it exciting events fantastic fel lowship terrific food and wonderful weather all con tributing to a marvellous 21st annual strawberry festival to committee chairperson sandra stronach and her group of dedicated volun teers a tip of my canadiana hat you did a fantastic job with so much going on over a short period of time i found it impossible to fit everything into a cramped schedule but i did attend a host of functions the pros and cons on which i wish to comment if you agree thats fine if you disagree thafs fine too my opinions should be taken only as fodder for discussion when organizers sit down and regurgitate the successes and failures of 2005 the 16th annual music festival played to a large and responsive audience in stouffville united church would you believe a standing ovation such was the accept- ance accorded our own men of note the 25voice german harmonie choir was also enthusiastically received as were other participants in the program the stouffville lions beef barbecue was excellent with more than 1000 served the event marked a fitting con clusion to don richards term as president his successor is joe cote to set the record straight i didnt help myself to two servings my second time around was a takeout for our son congratulations to 10- monthold alivia virdirano daughter of john and lori virdirano of stouffville beautiful alivia was crowned grand champion at the 2005 baby show hosted by childrens house child care of stouffville and sponsored by tim hortons of stouffville and the stouffville ida sundays ecumenical church service had its inspir ing moments including a meaningful message by rev kathryn strachan of st james presbyterian church and two beautiful vocal selections by tina weidelich of springvale baptist church instrumental music was too loud and long and why i ask was the samesex marriage issue made part of the service prayer format especially with several samesex couples seated v in the congregation even worse despite what conservative leader steven harper may say the issues a done deal the other miscue in my opinion was not hav ing mayor sue sherban bring greetings on behalf of the town a muchappreciated gesture in years past the championship game in die peewee softball tourna ment sunday was as exciting roaming around with jim thomas a contest as one will ever see less than exciting however was the physical endurance forced on fans seated in our ageold grandstand while the towns heritage advisory committee fuses and fumes over the future of that awful coop grain elevator our his toric grandstand is allowed to go to rack and ruin lets get our priorities straight gladys clarkson did it again she scored a first in both the strawberry pie and jam categories saturday the competition was hosted marilyn lee marjorie smith and dorothy turner of the stouffville legion ladies auxiliary the judges were sarah marsala and susan reesor runnerup in the pie division was sandy stronach karen elliotts jam entry placed second why does stouffville have a library lane where theres no library on it or anywhere near it for those who dont know and i didnt this road extends west from mill street past what is now the care share shoppe and latcham gallery the spelling bee was held there saturday hosted by kumon categorywinners were libby marlatt mattea pike taylor mcgourman john coscarella connor hawey cherise friesen and erin shanahan thanks to anne pride saturdays festival parade was a tremendous success question why were ven dors allowed to sell bottled water from main street booths but churches werent why were megaphones not permitted but microphones were just asking mp lui tamelkovski missed last years festival opening and was criticized this year he attended not only the ceremony but also the parade but where oh where were our members of council some were notice able by their 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