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stonffville suntribune thursday feb 10 2005 ideas abound for parks is nothing sacred are there no prop erties in whitchurch- stouffville protected in their entirety from the men acing tentacles of probing politicians are there no sites where change even miniscule in magnitude is not regarded as intrusive invasive and interfering are there no lands that can through time and eter nity continue untouched by wellintended human hands while history is testament to the fact nothing stays the same one location should for all intents and purposes remain sacrosanct that place let me sug gest is memorial park in downtown stouffville true it has its warts and blemishes its not so perfect improvement isnt warrant- edbut let me warn those who for whatever reason would inflict dire changes on this site be prepared for protests to rival hordes of mosquitoes cavorting through a nudist colony it wont be pretty these thoughts coursed through my mind as i sat last week amidst a sea of unfamiliar faces at a grass roots workshop in the gym at eastridge evangelical missionary church two points of discussion were central the potential for stouffville memorial park and possibilities for the new bethesda park the former includes 57 acres the latter 51 acres with the likelihood of expansion a master plan is proposed for both this vision session as it was described comes under the wing of the leisure servic es department with assis tance from the rethink group consulting firm and basterfield associates landscape architectural advi sors both of peterborough the thinktank introduc tions were professionally handled with discussions that followed extremely interesting even intriguing a wealth of ideas some prac tical and some pointless proliferated the auditorium the undertaking is mas sive particularly with respect to memorial park where her itage and tradition are deeply entrenched the proposal extends as far as 2026 when to the surprise of most pop ulation figures are forecast at 62321 no secret to all concerned is the fact park drive south of main street will be extended to hoover park eventually eliminating the water pollu tion control plant the memorial park plan takes in the entire park lebovic leisure centre and library works depot recycling centre the former town hall roaming around with jim thomas civic square and duffin creek from main to hoover park bethesda park lies east of the ninth line and south of bethesda road for memorial park the following proposals were offered a heritage trail lawn bowling green curling rink site gazebo bandshell outdoor pool farmers market live theatre improved washrooms toboggan hill improved parking and lighting a public address system refurbished main grandstand a second grandstand sculpture walk community gardens barbecue areas improved ball diamond and tennis court skateboard park additional trees relocated basketball court and several minisoccer fields two major road changes were recommended closing burkholder street at franklin street and blocking church street south at the parks memorial gates bethesda park recom mendations include a toboggan slide snack bar and washrooms basketball court ski trails picnic areas fireworks display area stor age facilities indoor multi- recreation bubble soccer fieldsextensiqn of a heritage trail and traffic lights at bethesda road and ninth and tenth lines it was agreed passive as well as active recreation should be available at memorial park at bethesda most felt the areas rural flavour should be maintained mayor sue sherban described the workshop as a special and important day project director robert lockhart called the assign ment very challenging adding gradually we hope to move towards a design that will work for everyone now theres an optimist jim thomas is a stouffville resident who has written for area newspapers for more than 50 years our peameal bacon we sell a lot of this bacon because a we use centrecuts only no ends b we use a lowsalt cure c we trim it lean so that theres next to no fat d we dont pump it with brine to the extent that it becomes watery a common practice with pcameal and e we dont extend the product as i see that many others do when you see on the package label 12 protein added what that means is that the weight ends up being 12 more than when they started this is accomplished by using tumbling machines which increase product yield read more profit at the expense of product quality its what we dont do that makes our bacon so good so if peameal is on your menu this week get your knives out sharpen them up and come and see us cause your peameal deal is back by the piece reg 499 lb ps if your knife is really dull bring it too jg this well sharpen it week i not only do we have a great selection of our bunched flowers and our tulips we have some reall neat potted plants whic last nicely but if you men really want to leave a lasting impression have a look at some of maggies dried flower arrangements there is usually a spot at home which- doesnt have enough light to sustain the real thing but at the same time you need some beauty smoked black cod occasionally we smoke some very wonderful black cod from british columbia one of those occasions will be this friday and saturday if you want a real taste treat step up to the deli counter and get some its wonderful individual beef wellingtons its a tradition at our store that my motherinlaw doreen makes these amazing individual wellingtons for valentines day for those of you who know this youve probably already ordered and for any of you who are new youd best order now the cutoff is sat at 200 pm because they need to be precooked before theyre wrapped in our puff pastry also homemade the phone number in the khchmis94k3 s1a00 1100 they cost between each fresh corn this corn will be arriving thursday and friday its really good corn at a really good price it will put you in a sunny prespring mood from florida and georgia cob haas avocados well have a deal on our avocados his week we buy a only the haas variety which have the most flavour and b only size 12 with the odd exception this translates into the largest size ttj firewood difficulties again the same thing happened to us last year it seems that the last load of firewood we received is too fresh and is difficult to light my solution is to use a firelog with the firewood placed on top when it lights and it will it burns for a nice long time to help out weve reduced the wood to 399 per bag sorry for the inconvenience how much did the cfflpwagon raise despite a couple of beginners glitches our chip and dog deal worked real good with the help of some of the skaters and parents we raised just over 140000 for the skating club r so what is baking this webb as you could imagine in a bakery populated by upwards of 25 ladies its all about romance the whole place has been overtaken by hearts and pink there will be every possible item to woo your sweetie with here are some choices hbartshatbd chocol cakes available in two sizes our most delicious chocolate cake pink h cakes its our white cake also two sizes 7 x5 dressed in pink v valentines cupcakes loaded with pink and red sweets 95 x49 m ea 9s r mousse cakes its a chocolate cake filled with raspberry mousse strawberry grand marnier cheesecake its got grand marnier and orange zest whipped o in and its topped with whole glazed berries 14k 3 2t2 chocolatepecan raspberry truffle ta we begin with a pecanbrown sugar crust fill it with dark chocolate ganache flavoured with framboise liqueur and then top it with fresh raspberries which have b drizzled with chocolate o 2l cherry raspberry pies for 2 95 i cherry tarts ea ea strawbbrry and white chocolate mousse cake this is a white cake which has been filled with strawberry mousse and surrounded by strawberries 2aj 95 ea chocolatedipped tuxedo strawberries if i can get enough of the large berries with stems jl ea cremebrulees in addition to our regular selection well have chocolate grand marnier raspberry white chocolate and strawberry grand marnier o heartshaped scones these will be available in raspberry and strawberry v raspberryorange bran muffins something to keep your valentine healthy ea 149 i ea ea su cookie hearts 49 ea 199 individual mousses something new available in raspberry strawberry white chocolate and dark chocolate 3 croque en bouche for two this is a mini pyramid of cream puffs filled with raspberry mousse and white chocolate mousse coated with caramel and drizzled with chocolate and lastly topped with hearts t7 ea strawberry cream cheese turnovers this is our puff pastry filled with sliced berries cream cheese with a hint of orange strawbbrryraspbbrry flans we make a shortbread bottom brushed with chocolate fill it with our decadent vanilla custard topped with raspberries and strawberries and lastly we drizzle it with chocolate now as you can imagine after reading this our litde bakery will be busy it would be best to preorder what you might need and to make that easier we have a new phone system which has been long overdue either number 9400655 or 9401770 will work ea happy valentines from all of us t specials in effect until closing sunday february 13 hours mon 1100700 tuesthurs 900700 fri 900800 sat 900600 sun 1000500 548 carlton road unionville 9401770