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saturday feb 3 2007 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 32 pagessi including gst for crying out loud marcel bossi how do you not lose your voice shopping 2 opinion 6 sports 9 classified 12 t staff photosjoerd witteveen carnival cooks ballantrae scout prepare for their beavertail treats by boiling some snow in anticipation of the musselmans lake winter carnival next saturday scout leader david martineau from left scout kyle beach 12 councillor phil bannon and scouts braydon cocomello 11 and hunter strupp 12 get in on the action the carnival runs from 1 to 4 pm at cedar beach for more information call 9056401910 exl 701 legion lunches warm communitys soul by hannelore volpe staff writer armed with ladles and big smiles the stouffville royal canadian legions seeminglyindestructible ladies auxiliary had another hit on their hands as they served close to 150 people at the latest of their famous communi ty luncheons the welcoming aroma of ham and scal loped potatoes wafted through the legion hall on ninth line last week before they started peeling slicing shred ding and cooking they werent sure how many residents would come for ham and scalloped potatoes rather than usual roast beef but they faces places bravely got out enough cutlery dishes and pies for around 160 people close to 150 hungry people showed up the meal included their renowned hand made coleslaw which is also a fixture at the roast beef dinners about 70 pounds of potatoes were peeled and sliced and 10 large cabbages were chopped up for the luncheon the january communal meal was added this year to the regularlyscheduled spring and fall roast beef luncheons the legion hall with its picture of a young queen elizabeth flags in a glass case and a painting of red poppies on the wall has echoed to the sounds of thousands of residents enjoy ing these luncheons for at least 30 years about a dozen members of the ladies auxil iary work together as a team preparing and serving the meal auxiliary president joan marshman said the luncheons are one of its main fundraisers some of the money from the 12 tickets go to bringing veterans from sunnybrook hospital see friendly page 5 stouffville product 15 rated in top 5 for 2009 is ethan the nhls next one by mike hayakawa staff writer ethan werek future nhler could be professional scouts think so a 15yearold centre for the toronto marlies minor midgets of the greater toronto hockey league werek is projected by international scouting services to be a topfive pick in the 2009 national hockey league amateur entry draft the sixfoot twoinch 180- pound werek is also predicted to go high in this springs ontario hockey league draft but thats not all the grade 10 stu dent at pickering college in newmarket has going for him hes seriously considering attending university in the united states on a hockey scholarship hes received several offers from national collegiate athletic association division one schools for 2009 in the meantime he has made unofficial visits to several campuses the options he acknowledged have been mindboggling yet appreciative this has been totally over whelming for me said werek whose family lives near goodwood in my wildest dreams i never expected this im weighing all of my options launching his playing career when he was five years old in the whitchurchstouffville minor hockey association werek said much of what hes accomplished to date would not have been possible were it not for his father zeev co- see nhl page 7 ill pools hot tubs 27 heritage rd markham 948030 beachcomber hoi jilt snow tire countiy rcnhylid 6400888