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Welcome back Following an absence of four months, Elwood Pat- tenden has been welcomed back to school crossing guard duties at Elm Road and Ninth Line North. Elwood took time off fol- lowing knee surgery last sum- “The fireworks were great and so was the weather," he said. On New Year’s Day, more than 200 attended a freeskate at the arena “Itwas all family," he said. “I look forward to it every year.” Mayor Emmerson described the event as “an old-fashioned fun night" with sleigh and toboggan rides, hotdogs, hot chocolate ice-skating and entertain- ment in Latcham Hall. Host Wayne Emmerson praised the co-operation of everyone involved including Blair Purcell of Lio'nel's Pony Farm, the Stouffville Lions Club, town staff and more. The two contractors are Todd Bros. of Stouffville and Montgomery MacEwen Con- tracting of Goodwood. According to Denis Char- trand, public works manager of operations, the town has an excellent relationship with York Region, even to shared responsibilities. Whitchurch-Stouflville is also tied in with the region on advanced weather reports in what Mr. Chartrand describes as a very sophisticated infor- mation network Whatever the descriptive, the system has so far met the challenges of old man winter. yo 2,000 rlng In 2008 It was family fun at its best as parents and children 2,000 strong. flocked to Stoufi‘ville’s Memorial Park for the mayor's annual NewYear’s Eve party. Regardless of conditions, drivers and passengers antic- ipate an unobstructed trip. And that, except for abnor- mal situations, is what they receive. But it doesn’t just happen. No one in the public works department waves a magic wand and makes the snow disappear. Here’s the routine. At 3:30 am, a municipal employee in a patrol vehicle completes a check of streets and roads If circumstances warrant, the full force of snow-clear- ing and sanding equipment swings into action. These include seven town-operated plows, six contracted plows and sev- eral Sidewalk maintenance machines. In addition to 470 kilo- metres of road, public park- ing lots are also part of the 'very weekday winter morn- ing, hundreds of commuters drive from Whitchurch- Stoutfville into ’lbronto. Making snow disappear for your morning drive lim Thomas is a Smuflizille mident who has written fin area newspapers for more than 50 years. The year 2007 concluded on a harmonious note at Heise Hill Brethren in Christ Church in Gormley. The eve- ning of gospel music featured The Hilltop Vocal Band of Heise Hill and His Season, a vocal trio from London, Ont. The sanctuary was filled for the two-hour concert. The franchise, a part- nership between Keith and Susan Acton and Lee Porter, has an attractive décor with several large screens suited to sports enthusiasts. The Men of Note Christ- mas concert Dec. 21, featur- ing the 45â€"member male chorus, the Quintessence Bell Ensemble, the Stoufiville District Secondary School girls’ choir and soloist Susan Brown, filled the sanctuary of Stouffville’s Christ Church Anglican. My wife Jean and I couldn’t believe we were still in Stoufiville when we visited the new Boston Pizza Nor could we believe the incred- ible menu choice. Rlnglng out the year This event has proved so popular, a 2008 mati- nee performance is being considered. Bostonoomestotown The popularity of the community sign at what was once Bridon Motors con- tinues. Donations for posted events throuthanuary will again go to the Stoulfville Lions Club Christmas Basket Expected charity receipts over the last five months should exceed $2,000. The number to call is 905-640â€" 3455. Sold-out show I filled in during his absence. Elwood’s return will allow me to serve at a new site, the intersection of Glad Park Avenue and Millard Street, as soon as pavement markings are complete. Charitable slgnage met at Markham Stoufiville Hospital, his second such operation in as many years. Roaming Around with Jim Thomas deal is back! By the ° ’ 11:; $4.99 lb. nym awwam; We buy very large amounts of our local broccoli in season and make lots of this soup at that time. What you get is that great summer flavour on days (like to- day) when it would 12% As I’m eating one of these, I'm thinking that the orange boys cried wolf last year when it turned cold in what is normally sunny Here we have amazing oranges, ‘nice large size, sweet and fairly inexpensive. Life as it should be! n n sun came out. Reg. $5.99 cont. Serves 3 - 4 that‘CanadianBaeon’canbeanythingthatianot tidestrlpbaeon,depmdingontheloealeyouarein. Truthfully, once you wonder out of Ontario eastward or westward,thisbaconbecomesmoreandmorerare.lt could be more truthfully called ‘Ontario Bacon’. OmpeamealwiflbeonsalethisweehOurbutcha-s smile when this happens because they don’t have to slice it â€" a time-consuming enterprise because we do it by hand. We sell lots of our peameal for a number of means. The first â€" we only sell centre-cuts. Secondly, we useafairlylow-saltcure.’l‘hirdly,wetrimitleansothat there is next to no fat. Fomthly, we don’t pump it with brine to the extent that it becomes watery. Last, (but not least) we don’t put it through the “extend” cycle on a tumbling machine to make it bigger. Soifpamealisononyourmenu, getyourknivesout, sharpenthemupandcomeandseeus,'causethepeamul If you are used to travclling in the States, you’ll know FromourstorekinchencomesDoreen’snowâ€"famons rice pudding. It can be had with raisins or without. It’s a bad day when we don’t have any on hand. Made‘at least once a day! F ,um nuwn W0 OD. We've sot a good supply of nicely dried birch in bags. You won't have needéd it this week. but for the remainder of the month and next, you'll need some. SOUP DRY BIRCH BAG who, along with his did Si have been long time supporters o ours. A very generous act. lifeofitsownâ€"andl'lltellyou that story next week in full detail. Another story that I want to tell you is about a customer of ours who approached us to provide Christmas turkeys for the Salvation Army Christmas Food Drive. Not only did he buy the turkeys but the fixin's as well, to the tune oizover $10,000.00 Although he would prefer to 'under the radar', I'm going to you name _is_ Greg ‘Oxenham, The' 'HoEkey With Heirt' project we worked on with the Unionville AsofhuSmdagwehavebznin bminessforZZyears.AsIrecall,on the day we opened there was a major snowstorm, an inauspicious start to what has become quite the major long-term adventure. 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