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stouffville suntribune thursday may 6 2004 3 seniors come to town to play stouffvilles latcham hall is the site of opening ceremonies for the york region senior games may 25 to june 16 the games are open to all york residents 55 and older after the 11 am opening ceremonies the silver jubilee senior citizens club hosts stouffvilles first event euchre at 1 pm at the hall every year hundreds of york residents take part in lawn bowling euchre and cribbage darts prediction walks and other events across the region this is the first year indoor events in stouffville havent been held at the silver jubilee club because there is no room club president wilf morley said every year hundreds of york residents take part in lawn bowling euchre and cribbage darts prediction walks and other events across the region this is the final year of a threecommitment for the club to host the games all events are organized by the seniors other local competitions include contract bridge may 27 at 1 pm and cribbage and contract bridge may 28 at 1 pm both at latcham hall whiteclad lawn bowlers gather for competition at the stouffville lawn bowling club in memorial park june 8 start ing at 10 am registration forms which must be submitted by may 11 are available at lebovic leisure centre the town offices 37 sandiford dr on the 4th floor and leisure services department on the 2nd floor award winning work murali nair owner of tool junkie is the recipient of the business entrepreneur award presented by the whitchurch- stouffville chamber of commerce considering that ive been in business in stouffville for two years its quite the thing to win such an award he said staff photomike barrett wood lovers flock to town for tool junkies seminars by joan ransberry staff writer a business owner won a prestigious award after being in stouffville only two years murali nair owner of tool junkie is the recipient of the business entrepreneur award presented by the whitchurch- stouffville chamber of commerce the award was presented by 2003 award recipients ville arid george papas owners of stouffville fine furniture considering that ive been in business in stouffville for two years its quite the thing to win such an award mr nair said im very happy im here for the long haul stouffville is such a good place while living in new zealand mr nair grew bored with the 9 to 5 routine of his profession born in sir lanka and educated in england he is a chartered accountant realizing he might not spend his entire working life as an accountant soon after realizing he might not spend his entire working life as an accountant mr nair discovered the world of wood when his interest in wood working blossomed he opened his first tool junkie business when he immigrat ed to canada in 1997 he brought the concept along at tool junkie on ringwood drive in westend stouffville mr nair sells antique used and new wood working tools and machines he also holds seminars drawing people from as far away as montreal the seminars are designed to improve participants knowledge and skills the seminars are popu lar mr nair said business is doing well tool junkie is turning into a family affair mr nairs wife deirdre helps out at the shop his eightyearold daughter and his 12yearold daughter are also interested in what dad does briefly sdss letters gone again after just 3 days those nice new white letters spelling stouffville district secondary school stayed on the school building less than three days vandals removed many of the let ters last friday night sdss principal tony lewis said the new letters replaced ones stolen or damaged last summer which cost 2600 the new letters cost 1000 and were up for the parentteacher inter view evening at the school last thursday they were part of prepara tions for the schools 50th anniversary and reunion in july this is so disrespectful mr lewis said this was done by some one who has no regard for the town or themselves several flower barrels along main street were upset and flowers and soil strewn around the same evening the last couple of times there was a dance there has been a prob lem said eric button chairperson of the stouffville business improvement area anyone with information can call the school 9056401433 or the com munity police centre 9056404248 correction concert tomorrow the date of the 34th annual sacred music night was listed incorrectly in last thursdays suntribune the concert is friday at 730 pnx in st james presbyterian church 6432 main st in stouffville the suntribune regrets the error quoteworthy its not worth a dustup joe cornacchia president of the whitchurch- stouffville minor hockey association on dealing with booz ing hoodlums at games at the stouffville arena see story on page 8 contacting us have a news tip please phone us at 9056402612 email us at jmasonyrngcom visit us at 34 civic ave stouffville yorkregioncom tcc wwwyorkregioncom movie listings 0 local news find that special something in the classifieds read your favourite column 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