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w stouffville eighteenyearold karen harris daughter of ivan and gale harris main street west stouffville completed her grade 13 year with an 89 per cent average highest of thirteen ontario scholars this for most stu dents would have been accomplishment enough however for karen the best was yet to come she is the reci pient of a service award of 1000 provided by the canadian progress club for contributions to school and community karens name was sub mitted by the principal and staff of stouffville dist secondary school its the first year for such a bursary the offi cial presentation will take place at com mencement exercises in november on the same day of this announcement karen received word of her acceptance into a fouryear physical therapy degree course at queens university kingston she was one of only 25 applicants accepted karens involvement at sdss was exten sive she was a student participant in the bar letter system secret ary of the prefects par ticipant every year in the variety show a member of the high school choir a partici pant in lionssponsored public speaking com petitions involved in in termural sports and a class rep three years on students council community participa tion has been equally ex- tensive including- volunteer canvasser for the markham- stouffville hospital fund a candystriper at torontos wellesley hospital a participant in the margie griffiths patterning program and a teacher in the sun day school at stouffville united church karen expresses her feelings about stouffvil le dist secondary school in three words i loved it top grade 13 subject marks were mathematics93 and chemistry92 favo rite teachers weremrs stamatiou and mr mar shall stouffvilles diamond centre 6404646 24 main vv stouffville 2944844 76 main n markham serving whitchurchstouffville uxbridge area flyers printed delivered one stop service quantities of 2000 and up call the experts in stouffville ux- bridse and area the tribune 6402100 6492292 vol 97 no 8 b am a metroland community newspaper wednesday july 4 1984 28 pages 40 cents what a birthday party citizens join celebration stouffville what a weekend a twofold celebration marking cana da day and ontarios bicentennial gave purpose to the biggest birthday bash this town has seen since 77 aided by perfect weather people attended those events that interested them most including a colorful fireworks display sunday that attracted thousands town council members threw themselves solidly behind the festivities wear ing suits and gowns in keep ing with the occasion the committee chairman was councillor tom wood at his right hand was deputy- clerk tom mowry and mar- lane mckeeweatheral re creation program co ordinator proceeds from several activities were directed to the town rec centre fund at the celebrity slopitch game friday over 500 was raised for the mar- khamstouffville hospital the weekend witnessed celebrity auction mayors cupboard brings 160 bid stouffville an antique cupboard re- finished by town mayor eldred king sold for 160 a framed painting byhigh school artteacher john roberts brought 150 and an antique footwarmer don ated by councillor fran sainsbury sold for 75 at the tribunes celebrity auc tion saturday the event part of the canada daybicentennial celebrations was held in latcham hall auctioneers werenorm and phil faulk ner walter atkinson and bryan armstrong bids on the 26 items ex cluding a senior citizens quilt totalled 137050 proceeds will go to the town rec centre fund prior to the sale the audi ence was treatedto avideo presentation of the cam fella story and entertain er bob dayies sang his now- famous cam fella song co- owners norm faulkner and norm clements along with driver pat crowe were in troduced on stage a framed painting of cam fella was presented to the rec centre coordination committee to hang in the lobby of the complex the auction that followed turned the evening into a fun night as norm faulk ner and wouldbe buyers ex changed comments back stouffville a friendship quilt completed by five residents of the elm road senior citizens apartment and containing 340 names sold for 500 at the tribunesponsored celebrity auction in latcham hall saturday purchasers were norm faulkner and norm cle ments of the stouffville stockyards five ladies esther smith cora foster ann hath away mary risebrough and susan hutchinson spent almost ten months on the project a likeness of the apartment holds a place of prominence in the centre the names of council members in office at the time of the buildings completion are also in cludedreeve ken laushway dep reeve bill parsons and councillors tom lonergan jim mckellar and ethel mole proceeds from the quilt will go back to the quilt- makers who in turn will present cheques to the markhamstouffville hospital fund and the whitch urchstouffville rec centre fund and forth additional prices follow one hundred pounds of beef from councillor jim rae180f autographed hockey stick from keith acton30 autographed baseball bat from the toronto blue jays30 a 1923 edition of the tribune- 35 autographed color por trait of former prime minis ter pierre trudeau23 an nhl oldtimers hockey stick and scroll from mar- khams john lunau4750 a gallon jug of maple syrup from councillor tom wood- 26 dinnerfortwo at the deer park inn50 a fire place bellows from salz burg austria donated by councillor margot mar shalls a history of the county of ontario from pickering mayor jack anderson60 a centennial issue of the tribune31 contd on all the crowning of miss whitchurchstouffville kris gersovnik the honor ing of joyce rowley as citizen of the year and al piette as sports personal ity of the year honored too were seven senior citizens who in the opinion of a selection com mittee have contributed much to the municipality over the years town crests were presented towalter atkinson eugene lemon alma oldham carrie mclaughlin walter pipher marjorie richard son and clara wideman these presentations fol lowed an outdoor commun ity worship service attended by close to a thousand the towns new portable bandstand a bicentennial project was dedicated by mayor eldred kingthis was followed by a strawber ry social with mcneil phar maceutical the hosts at a celebrity auction in latcham hall saturday norm faulkner and norm clements coowners of cam fella were honored on stage along with driver pat crowe the thirtytwo team slo- pitch tournament saw betz pools emerge as cham pions chairman wood praised the cooperation of celebra tion committee members organizations and resi dents it was suggested however that if an event of such magnitude is to con tinue a much earlier start will be needed in putting the program together sixteenyearold kris gersovnik right miss whitchurchstouffville1984 is congratu lated by karen nugent the queen of 83 at the conclusion of a pageant thursday in stouffville dist secondary school the moment of truth inset shows kris fighting back tears of joy on realizing shes- the winner v jim thomas you won you won kris cant believe tragic loss markham a tragic singlecar acccident satur day at the interchange of hwy 401 and mccowan road took the life of 29yearold donald risebrough a highly respected former markham area resident mr risebrough for the past 11 years a resident of guelph grew up in mar- kham his parents bruce and isabel risebrough own one of the areas original dairy farms on mccowan road as a field man with the ontario holstein association west central region don risebrough had become well- known across canada he had also been an active junior director on the markham fair board and involved in 4- h he was a graduate of mar kham dist high school and guelph university besides his parents he is survived by a brother john and a sister karen funeral service will be held today wednesday in st andrews united church markham at 2 pm with in terment elmwood cemetery stouffville its you you won you won whispered a candidate in the miss whitchurch- stouffville pageant as 16- yearold kris gersovnik clasped the hand of christ ina nugent the first runner- up seconds later chris was embracing kris as the true understanding of the judges decision hit home for this vivacious grade 11 student at stoulfville dist secondary school it was twofold recognition she was also selected miss congeniality an honor of equal importance heidi hirsch of rr 4 stouffville had the best talent pre sentation the winner was crowned by last years queen 15yearold karen nugent elm road stouff ville pageant finalists in- cludeddonna yeomans heidi hirsch lori shaw christina nugent and the judges choice kris ger sovnik the pageants top prize is a trip for two by wardair anywhere in canada kris plans to visit british col umbia the towns queen of 84 moved from mississauga to confident stouffville coun cillor jim sanders chair man of recreation and cultural services is confi dent construction on phase 1 of thetown rec centre seven deserving senior citizens honored by town seven whitchurchstouffville senior citizens were honored sunday at a special bicentennial ceremony in the stouffville park mayor eldred king and members of council presented town crests to left to right- marjorie richardson clara wideman walter pipher carrie mclaugh lin eugene lemon alma oldham and walter atkinson each was praised for hisher service to the municipality over a period of years jim thomas will begin in september he expressed this opinion following a meeting thurs day with a representative of proctor redferri li mited the towns consult ing engineers sanders admits however that to reduce the cost to what the municipality can afford 25 million sever al extras in the original tender will have to be set aside including a com pleted second storey and an elevator itll be functional he promised but itll take one or two years to finish up hes hopeful various volun teer groups will come for ward and take on these pro jects while the target date for completion will have to be extended councillor san ders thinks the structure can be closed in before winter the committee chairman sees the complex as focal point for the town we need an identity he said he admits to opposition within the membership of the rural ratepayers asso ciation but claims this orga nization doesnt speak for all former whitchurch resi dents the island lake area of whitchurchstouffville one year ago she has two sis ters ellen 18 and robin five interests include- horseback riding swim ming tennis reading and singing her goal is to work with kids kris praised all persons associated with the pageant including the othertwelve entries she de scribed them as fantas tic boyfriend paul gra ham of ballantrae was one of the first on stage to offer congratulations her grand mother was next in line please mention my mother kris requested of the tribune no one could be more patient and under standing i love her very much the new miss whitch urchstouffville was spon sored by fame internation al hair centre main street stouffville the pageant director and producer were bunny and bruce burton the master of ceremonies was eddie luther business rebirth stouffville stouffville machine and tool is back in business under new management and under a new name the owner and presi- dent is charles jackson main street west- the firm will be called stouffville machine in corporated negotiations were finalized friday every on e s staying mr jackson told the tribune work is picking up prior to the operation takeover all emf ployees including jack- son himself had re ceived layoff notices effective the end of may and end of june j