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economist stsurottibitne whitchurchstouffville jltutsttmdx262002 ba lights contest winner not done yet by hannelore volpe staff writer thousands of colourful christmas lights lovingly arranged by roy bartell all over his house and yard earned him first place in stouffvilles 13th annual outdoor christmas display contest for the second year in a row reindeer pulling santa in his sleigh swoop over the scene created by almost 19000 colourful bulbs festooned over trees shrubs and railings at the 6 geoffrey cr home four winners were selected from this years 12 entries the second place win ner was the jacobs family at 67 geoffrey cr third place was earned by the hetheringtons at 263 loretta cr with marc cussion at 7 spring st coming in fourth the winners received cash prizes ranging from 150 for the grand prize to 25 for fourth place the contest is sponsored by the stouffville lions club along with the stouflville tribune and the stouffville sun and noma cable tech this years display was just a step ping stone for mr bartell towards the fully computerized animated display with around 45000 christmas lights he hopes to have ready in two years he wants to create a show set to music lasting about 15 minutes each time using animation should actually drop his hydro costs mr bartell said because the lights arent all on at the same time the stouflville resident exchanges ideas with other members of an association of christmas light designers the bartells have been using their light display to raise funds for dog guides canada at po box 907 oakville ont l6j 5e8 they spent many months socializing their little puppy minden for eventual training as a hearing ear dog but after minden got to oakville for fur ther dog guide training she failed her physical due to hip displacia the bartells decided to adopt her for good and they havent ruled out socializing another dog for the dog guide program sometime in the future facing up to santa glaus jessica burrows stouffville ballerina making debut in national ballets nutcracker ballerina meets hometown idol by kristin mackey special jessica burrows dedication and commitment to ballet is beginning to pay off thewhitchurchstouffville resident who started dancing at 4 years old is performing for the first time in the national ballet of canadas the nutcracker at the hummingbird centre until jan 2 jessica 12 was thrilled when she was chosen to be in the production and began practicing in october she plays three characters a child in a poor family a unicorn and a courtier her dream came true when she met her favourite ballerina and past stouffville resident stephanie hutchison who plays the snow queen in the show one day id like to be a principle dancer said jessica who wants to continue dancing for as long as she can at three years old she started figure skating lessons and then moved on to tap and ballet dancing with the sup port of her family jessica continued to pursue ballet training in 2000 she was accepted at the national ballet school in toronto now in her third year she lives at the school for most of the year and comes home on weekends as well as school we do a twohour ballet classes every day said jessica who also docs other forms of exercise classes for tickets call 4 163459595 staff photobill roberts sevenyearold erin godown resorts to making a funny face to try and get little brother adam 3 to smile for a photo with santa during whitchurch district girl guides breakfast with santa event at ballantrae community centre hopefully the godown kids received what they asked for yesterday from santa wed like to thank you with a way to glide through the season with a smile enjoy free holiday skating compliments of your local tim hortons visit us for a schedule of ice times and locations and allow us to show our appreciation for letting us serve this great community m together making good things happen mmmmmm wmm