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weekender december 19 1992 p3 new life members photojoerd witteveen from left aurelia smith ruth sheppard marjorie smith gladys clarkson aldine sinclair eleanor johnston and marion murphy received life mem bership pins on monday to become charter mem bers of the stouffville legion ladies auxiliary marian castle mary lintner earla malloy dorothy hurd and elsie sanders were also inducted into the charter tree farms offer more than just trees kate gilderdale correspondent cutting down your own christmas tree is a great way to get into the spirit of the season and there are a host of tree farms to choose from in the whitchurchstouffville area the elves at hortons magic hill tree farms on ninth line north of bloomington road are deter mined to make your tree cutting experience a memorable and warm family event stressed barry the big elf as he merrily dispensed kleenexes to all and sundry from the fluffy duck around his neck we have a hundred acres and 200000 trees here said santas helper proudly and youre wel come to pick your tree from the entrance area or take a wagon ride and look further afield hor tons also supplies saws for treecutting and sleighs for pulling small fry or for carrying back your prize when you get back to base drop into the munch house for mouthwatering barley soup or hot dogs and steaming hot chocolate piled high with marshmallows available every week end once youve warmed up visit the theatre next door and watch santas elves busy at work or get your child photographed onstage with santa him self barry is a magician as well as an elf so dont forget to catch his magic show which is held out side when its warm enough and in the theatre on chillier days warm your hands and toast marshmallows by the big outdoor fire then take the kids to the beautiful old barn where they can jump in the haystack slide down the big red slide or swing on ropes we hire someone to watch the kids barry advised the barn fortified by beams hewn from trees on the property also contains a museum of original tools and implements such as hand saws and spinning wheels and a display of indian artifacts the big elf advises you to set aside plenty of time to visit the farm the average family spends two hours here for more information call 8881738 new group starts when keli carroll wanted to enroll five year old samantha in brownies she was disappointed to learn that her daughter was too young i contacted the girl guide commissioner in musselman lake and she told me about the sparks program sparks a special program for five year olds is part of the girl guide sisterhood and is similar to brownies but less formal explained carroll theyve never had it in stouffville and bal- lantrae and we were the first to start it up here the group began in october and meets every wednesday evening at ballantrae public school the program lasts approximately an hour but could easily be extended to an hour and a half carroll said the group is run by two adults and now has 12 members and everyone wears a uni form sweatshirt or tshirt with i promise to share and be a friend inscribed on it its great for the kids and a lot of fun for us as well the junior leader is natalie coultice assisted by janet ruhl sparks members are laura friedbacher kristen hoeller laura leav- the sparks is the newest group for children itt jennifer hamm amy ruhl andrea lott lau ren forbes melissa latcham alana clark eleni maltezos samantha carroll and jana mont gomery for more information on the program call keli carroll at 6405142 or stella coultice at 640- 3250 new skating hours offered for holidays the town of whitchurchstouffville invites you to come and join the fun of public skating with your friends or enjoy an impromptu game of hockey during shinney times at the recre ation complex public skating times saturday dec 19 78 pm sunday dec 20 23 pm monday dec 21 13 pm tuesday dec 22 13 pm wednesday dec 23 1430 pm sunday dec 27 23 pm monday dec 28 6730 pm tuesday dec 29 68 pm wednesday dec 30 56 pm thursday dec 31 13 pm saturday jan 2 78 pm sunday jan 3 23 pm shinney times monday dec 21 11 aml pm tuesday dec 22 11 aml pm wednesday dec 23 11 aml pm thursday dec 31 11 aml pm call the recreation dept at 6406527 for information stouffville secondary- looks to community for a new direction bruce stapley correspondent stouffville district secondary school sdss is turning to the community for input on the future of education at the school the school has invited selected community members to attend focus group discussions jan 19 in an effort to gather information and ideas on how the school can better serve its students staff and community participants will include local business people clergy members politicians and parents selected at random the community is our most valuable resource sdss principal alan dickson told the tribune recently we want to take advan tage of that fact we want all our clients in the community to feel welcome in the school to feel they are a part of educating the stu dents sdss guidance head doug mccammon said the focus group idea was being done as a response to an expressed feeling from students and staff here that we needed to involve the com munity more in what were doing it will be group brainstorming said mccammon it is being done elsewhere as well we want to know what things the school should start or stop doing or continue to do sdss staff member diane patterson has outlined a list of themes which staff and students would like to see addressed at the discussions they include the community cooperative educa tion physical aspects of the school assessment and evaluation of school programs and the celebration of the arts the next step will be to put things into action said mccam mon if there are some good ideas well go for them dickson said there would probably be further focus groups down the road and added he is also hoping to establish a parentteach er liaison group at the school students contribute at top salvation army lieut phil franco accepts gifts of food for the whitchurchstouffville foodbank from children at stouffville christian school this week while at bottom jamie sheridan presi dent of theathletic council at sdss holds a cheque for 350 collect ed for the wsf through entry fees at the student staff hockey game on tuesday mv izi kids earn extra money become a carrier today call 6402100 p w m 1 i s i 1 i 55ipwwi attention flyer advertisers we can deliver your oyer for aa little as 4 a piece so for this i year we have delivered 27394988 flyers doortodoor inl markham unionville milliken stouflville uxbridge claremont dickson hid locust hib gormley goodwood victoria square brougham hagerman comers box grove i cedar grove buttonville sandford goodwood leaskdalej greenbank udora sunderland zephyr ashburn cannington i and all adjacent rural route areas 1 we can deliver your dyers on the day you want to the area you want any quantify from 5000 to 46000 for advertising and distribution inquiries call retail advertising at 6402100 classified advertising at 6402100 distribution inquiries at 6402100 or fax your inquiries to 6405477 inserts for sat dec 19 1992 loblaws wooteo zellers igaslouff cdn tire stouff sonty