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stouffville suntribune thursday june 5 2003 3 stouffville says by jennifer anderson how have you felt lately about buying canadian beef because of the mad cowscare frandodds i have no concerns one cow doesnt mean that the whole country is contaminated im more worried about sars than one cow sandra brain it hasnt affected my buying beef at all we have beef three times a week in some form i still enjoy buying and eating it larry ross i think the whole issue was blown out of pro portion ifs just the story of the da i do enjoy eating beef often michelle britten i thinkthe media reacted too quickly in their coveragethemad cow issue hasnt affected my family we still enjoy eating beef ready to retire tires saturday town of whitdiurdistouffville senior bylaw enforcement officer keith saunders left arid ward 2 coundllor mark carroll empty two tires of stagnant water in preparation for tire amnesty day saturday residents can bring old tires to the stouffville arena or the ballantrae community centre between 10 am and 2 pm the program is designed to lessen the availability of stagnant water for breeding mosquitoes sjoerdwitteveen photo festival has events needs volunteers by hannelore volpe staff writer strawberry festival volun teers are needed to put 25000 people heaps of strawberries smiles music crafts food and entertainment on stouffvilles main street on the canada day weekend the- towns famous strawberry festival is gearing up for dozens of events from june 26 to 29 as well as july 1 a small but dedicated team of people headed by strawberry festival chairperson tiz fraser make it all happen carol guinane who is heading this years volunteer committee says we really need people on the saturday so come out and help the community it is a great way to meet people around the town more volunteers are needed particularly for traffic control for pedestrians and cars that converge on downtown stounville on saturday and also for the spelling bee volunteers look after every thing from the craft sale along main street on strawberry festival saturday coordinated by barbara sharp to the early morning parade organized by ruth lebianc a gastronomic selection of foods from ice cream to sausages on a bun is there thanks to the efforts of food coordinator anne collard strawberries will be glori ously evident at this years fair reesor farms will deliver two truckloads of its berries to the stouffville train station and memorial park homemade jams pies and other baked goods will also be available the stouffville lions beef barbecue in the park is the tra ditional signal that strawberry festival season has officially begun the lions served close to 800 dinners last year the beef dinner will be served from 430 to 7 pm at the lions picnic shelter june 26 j t its the social kickoff for the festival noted lion tom winters tickets are available at the td bank scotia bank stouffville coop and ghas richards sons and at the door tickets are 9 for adults 8 for seniors and 5 for kids 12 and under a new event the lumberjack show will come to thicket- wood park june 28 yuk yuks on tour sponsored by stouffvilles community policing centre will return to stouffville for its fourth year june 27 the doors open at7 pm and the show with comedians wayne flemming and fred proia starts at 830 pm under the entertainment marquee near the lebovic leisure centre proceeds go to york regions community safety village a barbecue will be avail able tickets at 15 a person will be on sale next week call 905- 6404248 the blackboard blues band will entertain on canada day evening a giant canada day cake will be served under the picnic shelter in memorial park at 8 pm and the traditional fireworks will begin at dusk- to help with the festival this year call 9056424462 or 905 6423779 more informa tion is available- at wwwstrawberryfestivalca p files by jennifer anderson briefly candidate for council switches wards in an unusual move a candidate for a seat on whitchurchstouffville council has shifted her interest from ward 6 to ward 5 three weeks ago brenda lobraico filed papers to run in ward 6 the south stouffville ward became vacant when ward 6 councillor sue sherban opted to rim for mayor on tuesday mrs lobraico returned to the municipal office and resubmitted nomination papers to run in northeast stouffvilles ward 5 mrs lobraico said when she filed papers to be councils representative in ward 6 she was the only candidate since then three other ward 6 candi dates came forward jim hobbs owen craig and rob hargrave three weeks ago when there was no competition in ward 6 a lot of people asked me to come over to ward 6 explained mrs lobraico then when three others came for ward in ward 6 people said i might as well run in my own ward ifs not that i have anything against competition its just that i wul now run in my own ward mrs lobraico fives on aspen crescent with her name in ward 5 she will square off against incumbent harry bowes and john relph joan ransberry top teacher sought were looking for york regions best teachers and we want wwtchurchstouffville students to help us out tell us why your teacher is tops in a short letter give examples to support your submission once a month york region newspaper group editors select a teacher of the month who is eligible to win fabulous prizes donated by local businesses that recognize the value of great instructors email nominations to tkibble yrngcom or fax them to 1-905-853- 5379 deadline is june 13 quoteworthy he mas a very nice guy no trouble grill owner peter syrakos on murder victim joshua anthony julien see story on page 1 contacting us have a news tip please phone us at 9056402612 email us at jmasonyrngcom visit us at 34 civic ave stouffville