tribune 35000 copies vol 3 no 26 a metroland community newspaper saturday june 27 1987 64 pages 25 cents family friends mourn death by chris shanahan the promising life of a stouff- ville teenager ended suddenly early wednesday morning as he rode his bicycle to the golf course where he loved to both work and play roger wilkes 15 of 11 main st west died instantly when he lost control of his bike and was struck by a gravel truck on bloomingtori rd east of hwy 48 the youth was travelling to his job at the maples of ballan- trae golf club when the acci- dentoccurredatabout655am family members friends and teachers filled to overflowing the chapel at oneill funeral home yesterday to say a tearful farewell rev cecil tiller stressed that rogers life was not in vain as long as we try to carry out his dreams weve shared roger for 15 years and well share in him for the rest of our lives the boys mother sheryl said during the funeral service a student whod just finished his grade 10 year at stouffville district secondary school ro ger was a sports enthusiast who loved to play golf and hockey among other athletic en deavors hed been employed part- time in general maintenance at the maples course since it opened and earned the reputa tion as a dedicated worker who was a promising young golfer he was really nice and real ly friendly according to ma ples marketing manager kathy wade and he was one of our best junior golfers roger wilkes is survived by parents sheryi and brian sis ter sherry lee and grandpa rents anne mckean and leonard wilkes a memorial fund has been established at the stouffville branch of the canadian impe rial bank of commerce dona tions will be forwarded to a charity in rogers memory meet the girl next door if you win the united way love home lottery youll be jennifer misevskis new neighbor foreground theres still plenty of time to buy a 20 ticket before the draw july 25 from the left are commit tee members eldred king gail newall ron moran frank man serious after crash a 20yearold king city man was trapped in his mustang gt for 45 minutes early friday morn ing following a spectacular sing levehicle crash in whitchurch- stouffville according to oak ridges opp david skurdelis was travelling northbound on hwy 404 at about 6 am when his car lost control left the pavement and rolled before striking a tree south of stouffville rd whitchurchstouf f ville firefigh ters used jaws of life equipment to extract skurdelis from the mustang which became lodged in a clump of bushes the driver was rushed to york central hospital then transfer red to st michaels hospital where hes listed in serious condi tion in the trauma unit fire victim improving in hospital a musselmans lake woman is listed in good condition in scarborough grace hospital af ter suffering burns to her arm and back in a june 23 house fire pat holland employed as a courier for the tribuneeco nomist sun was injured when flames broke out in her elmvalc blvd residence at 52g am indicators are excellent for a good recovery a hospital spokesperson said thursday mrs holland also suffered smoke inhalation while her hus band bill holland received minor burns damage in the blaze believed to have been caused by an elec trical malfunction is estimated at 30000 maguire jack brooks carmen dipaola anna guido frank scar- pitti ron maheu and john ianuzzi sjoerd witteveen christine dub new queen is crowned in whitchurchstouffille christine dube was selected miss whitcburchstouffville 1987 in a pageant held thursday night as part of the towns annual strawberry festival the 17yearold ballantraearea resident sponsored in the contest by gary bouwmeister landscaping will reign over whitchurch- stouffvilles canada day celebrations through to july 1 the pageants first runnerup was debra surman while shelley whittakcr was second runnerup tammy stonehouse third and lind say baston fourth also taking part were robyn duke corrie ellis lisa fockler christina hoover kris sommers and debbie stem judges were jr mccarthy jim junkin dawn piche jacqueline mccarthy vic wilson and don piche eddie luther served as master of ceremonies one of miss dubes first official festival duties will be to ride in todays people parade along with the other pageant contestants the procession sets off from the mcneil pharmaceutical parking lot at 10 am whitchurchstouffvilles 1987 citizen of the year lome boadway was also honored during the ceremony held at stouffville district secondary school whats inside larry lensfce delivers the goods 14 pastor miles toop opens something new46 m