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stouffville suntribune thursday nov 30 2006 3 stouffville says by hannelore volpe if you could meet santa claus what questions would you ask him asked of grade 1 and senior kindergarten students at ballantrae public school michelle farmer staff photomike barrett just like mr claus i would like to know what he has in his house i think it is a big machine that makes toys i am dying to know where the reindeer live i think they live in a stable i think the elves work in a little shop and when you go in it is very giant stouffville canadian tire coowner laury lamoureux left manager brandon lamoureux and york regional police const christopher slywchuk fill a shopping cart for the 10th annual toys for tots drive you are encouraged to donate canadian tire money cash or a new unwrapped toy at the main street store during the campaign cash donations are used to buy toys for those york region children in need in the first nine years more than 135000 worth of toys have been given out parade goers urged to give tia bell where do the elves live because they cant live in the workshop i think rudolph is actu ally real you can help those less fortu- ante while having fun at the stouffville kinsmen santa claus parade saturday students youth group mem bers and players in the vvwtchurchstouffviile minor hockey associaiton will be col lecting nonperishable food along the parade route trie parade begins at tenth line and aintree drive at 2 pm heads south to main street then west to novopharm the food will be turned over to the whitchurchstouffville food bank minor hockey players have aleady collected 6000 items of food during a team challenge this fall santa will slip into stouf fville just shortly before the parade starts said bruce smith who is cochairing the parade with steve sutter everyone else in the parade starts gathering along aintree in the cam fella subdivision off tenth line about an hour before start time citizen of the year cliff dunkeld and sports person of the year patmadigan will ride in convertibles from houston ford both awards are sponsored by the suntribune the theme this year is christ mas past present and future the stouffville kinettes are judging entries for most humor ous most original best school best overall and best theme among the old favourites back this year are pipe bands the shriners and horses santa will be riding his sleigh on a new trailer with new decorations citizen of the year cliff dunkeld and sports person of the year pat madigan will ride in convertibles provided by hous ton ford both awards are spon sored by the suntribune local merchants have again generously supported the parade mr smith said which costs around 5000 to run each year 77ieres still time to enter a float or other entry call 9056406769 there is no charge for nonprofit groups and a small fee for business entries briefly dancers singers santa light up clock tower stage the festival of lights lights up the clock tower square tomorrow from 7 to8pjn presented by the stouffville busi ness improvement area the event features local singers dancers enter tainment and santa right after the festival santa will be at the healing force on main street to pose for photos with children from 8 to 9 pm and again saturday dec 2 from noon to 2 pm on dec 9 hell be at the ida phar macy from 1 to 3 pm and on dec 16 at the over the moon childrens store from 1 to 3 pjn free christmas lights at train station exchange the stouffville business improve ment area is playing santa saturday the bia will have give out free energyefficient led christmas lights in exchange for a string of old lights to the first 120 people coming to the stouffville train station the exchange is from 11 am to 1 pm for more information call the bia at 905- 6400749 minor players get in free to spirit game saturday the stouffville spirit has a tough week ahead in the provincial jr a hockey league the defending north and north west champions play the aurora tigers tonight and the pickering pan thers saturday both games are 730 pm starts at the stouffville arena the tigers 22110 the first place team in the north are ranked second in canada vvtuchurchstouffville minor hockey players in their team jerseys will be admitted to saturdays game free the spirit completes the weekend playing at the seguin bruins sunday at 2 pm for more turn to page 19 spirit games are broadcast over the internet on whistleradiocom for more on the team go to stouffvillespiritcom contacting us have a news tip please phone us at 9056402612 fax 9056408778 email us at jmasonyrngcom visit our offices at 6290 main st in downtown stouffville tftfrieteemt i