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puwrrflofun jryk i j kealiigifuahmtan4lihb vol 109 no 36 thursday july 3 1997 one 12 pages 500 gsrincl ametivfcnil puhlicmiiw serving wsmimmkmii wmk ijt 400 rales subject to chango ocs rrsw huiual rms ur insurance annuities rfbfs tax preparation mortgages 96 main st n markham 4712311 ayers in cls bruce stapley correspondent roughly 70 youngsters and their parents have been left hanging after a stouffville area baseball camp went broke last week triple crown baseball camp which operated out of bruces mill the past two summers filed fpr bankruptcy june 23 after enroll ment proved insufficient to open for the summer according to the camps trustee in bankruptcy an attempt is being community made to contact those who had signed as campers strawberry festival biggest yet jordan h green correspondent concentration jason keller 11 gives an impromptu juggling demonstration during the strawberry festival with his hackysacks while on main street over the weekend for more canada day coverage please sec page by sjoerd witteveen more than 10000 people turned out for this years strawberry festival making it the largest yet ive never seen such a crowd said bar bara st john one of the festival organizers we couldnt be happier according to festival committee chair dave houston there were almost 13000 people at the fair fifty per cent werent stouffville residents on saturday they come from all across the region he said last years estimated crowd count was under 1 0000 people because of the rain according to st john the laser fireworks stole the show personally i think that last nights laser fireworks show was the best weve had so far they were probably the most spectac ular weve had houston said we had a lot of compliments on the laser fireworks said st john other show stoppers were exclusives only in stouffville i think having the museum and the northern wood carvers it was great to have there said houston we had a lot of new events and demon strations things we havent had in the past according to houston a fair veteran on the organizing committee for more than 10 years and a magician who travels to other fairs stouffvilles strawberry fest is one of the best fairs in ontario we have one of the best fairs in ontario just because of the number of things we do said houston we get roughly 10000 from the town to run a 35000 festival yet we do really well the quality of the stouffville festival is comparable to big city productions like north yorks which has a 200000 budget according to houston more than 1100 pieces of birthday cake were dished out celebrating canadas 130 birthday according to st john they all line up they just love the cake she said if there is anything houston would change for next year hed avoid closing main street and have the whole event down in the park at 3 pm a leons deliv ery truck drove by thats not safe he said i work festivals and fairs all over and i would say 95 per cent are not on the towns main street volunteers try to keep people from dri ving through the blockades but occasional ly people slip by when no one is looking posing a safety hazard to the thousands of people walking on the street closing the main street also costs more money as firefighters have to remain on standby according to houston he hopes to bring the issue to a vote on council so that next years festival will be bigger and better than this years successful fair it can be done very well in a nice set ting explained houston the number of things you can bring in this festival could be a lot bigger and better having the event in one place would in crease the number of corporate sponsors and make it easier to take in all the sights sounds and smells most festival goers stayed on the street never seeing the other attractions in the park said houston the festival committee has been disband ed pending the municipal election this november but will be formed again after the election to plan for next years fair weve been trying our best to notify people and try to line up alternative camps in the area for them said selwyn postan of man- delbaum and spergel inc postan said his company is presently looking to see if there is any chance refunds might be made available for those who had enrolled with the camp were still investigating funds that are on hand were looking to get funds to distribute to them ratfcmm a 12year old boy gave his par ents the scare of their lives when he failed to come home at night aaron kroon of elmvale road in stouffville hadnt been seen since 8 pm tuesday night and when he still wasnt home the following morning at 730 am his mom called police hes never done this before said linda krone aarons mom he always phones the police filed a report but did not start a search right away neighbors started printing and distributing posters while the community searched for him he called to say hed spent the night at a friends home safe and sound gardening p 2 comment p 4 entertainment p 6 sports p 9 classified p 10 get ready 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