stouffville suntribune thursday june 21 2007 5 music town award winner likes tradition at wild is the guid ing light behind two separate yet associ ated families her sibling fam ily includes husband bob son brandon and daughters kaidyn and lillian her church family is the choir and congregation of stouffville united church pat will be honoured at a ceremony wednesday shell receive the coveted music town ontario award during an 8 pm concert at stouffville united the event marks the beginning of strawberry fes tival weekend the official presentation will be made by dave duggan last years award recipient the 45voice male chorus men of note will highlight the evening along with solo ists tom doherty of uxbridge and susan brown of toron to pat and daughter lillian will combine on an offertory piano duet net receipts from the freewill offering will go to the whitchurchstouffville student music scholarship fund donations will also be received for the whitchurch- stouffville food bank for pat music is her life while attending northview heights secondary school in willowdale she played in the band and participated in sev eral musical performances by a stroke of good luck her mother and an aunt took i it on themselves to contact the heintzman company in toronto her father obvious ly impressed by their asser- tiveness arranged to have a rented piano delivered to their home pat practised at every opportunity she has a ba from the university of toronto following marriage she and bob moved to stouffville daughter kaitlyn is a den tal hygienist lillian a 2005 student music scholarship recipient is a graduate of stouffville district secondary school brandon also a grad uate of sdss is an exception al guitarist and pianist while raising a fam ily might have deterred the musical ambitions of some one less motivated for pat it incited her to even greater things she received her grade 8 and 9 piano from doris tay lor and her grade 10 piano from sharon wilkinson both ofstouffville pat is music director at stouffville united playing the piano the organ and leading the choir its a thrill she said of this latest achievement never in my wildest dreams did i ever consider myself a music teacher or director jim thomas roaming around the choir she says has been extremely supportive more recendy she initiated monthly sunday evening concerts all have been well attended she calls it a team effort as important as this is pats participation extends far beyond her church other involvements include the bach to blues company music mania york durham academy of the performing arts student music scholar ship concerts as well as assist ing martha mcconnachie at summitview public school and miriam sellicksmith at stouffville secondary since 1996 shes con ducted piano classes out of her home students include children teens and adults a beautiful vogel baby grand is a recent family addition while widespread pat kgeps in close touch with her four sisters her mother jose phine proctor lives in barrie pat refuses to hide her appreciation of this most recent music award a surprise and an hon our she said of the award considering those previous ly recognized im now one of them what a compliment previous recipients include lome bpadway and jim rehill 1991 clarion baker and jean hammond 1992 alma oldham andthe wright family 1993 bertha stouffer and julia topping 1994 david boyd 1995 lawnie wallace 01996 jean thomas 1997 kathi phil lips 1998 doris harvey 1999 ann gage 2000 gary burke and vince parry 2001 david and sharon baxter 2002 wanda stride 2003 wayne hill 2004 laurie dalessandro 2005 and david duggan 2006 and now pat wild 2007 the tradition continues omission john roberts was left out of a list of teachers attending closing celebrations at stouffville district secondary school in my june 7 column apologies jim thomas has written for stouffville newspapers for more than 50 years whapsfor inner from our frozen entree section well have our chicken parmesan its made with thin slices of boneless chicken breast lightly breaded in herbseasoned crumbs fried til a golden brown layered with a light tomato sauce with garlic onions oregano and basil mozzarella cheese and topped with parmesan cheese serves 34 df st w op reg 1495 rag marinated a w chicken 15 re as ts we make our chicken breasts in a number of marinades the most popular of which are zesty lemon our teriyaki and maple- mustard what makes these so good is a we use only airchilled chicken breasts which we trim clean b we buy larger chickens so that the breasts are substantialmeal size to be sure and c we make all of our marinades ourselves m nothing premade from a bottle and 1 fushs la d we dont tumble the chicken to ffl igkk moistureenhance it with us all you jr h ottr get is the real thing ibbbb ljt this reg 1195 week beef bmley our feature soup is beef barley i love the heartiness of this soup it has great flavour lots of j ggg beef brisket jb p tl point and its filling reg 599 ea off this week dhiscolx weve received a good amount of these for our upcoming weekend with the nicer weather weve got nicer berries and a lot of them from california package our feature from the fish counter for this week is grouper it has a fairly mild flavour and a firm texture which makes it ideal for grilling or blackening grouper is a mediumfat fish and eats fairly similar to halibut these are caught along the northflorida to carolina atlantic coas as usual recipes will be available to help out whats aiong this c whats m ooiong r at the dem por this week well have a couple of additional features happenin and they are an italian potato salad we use red skinned market potatoes dressed with a sharp balsamic dressing spring onions garlic and sliced red onions and spices also a citrus cquscous made with orange juice with olive oil steeped til fluffy then seasoned with diced orange grapefruit pinenuts mint and spices as well and lastly roesticrusted halibut with a blackbean and grilled corn salsa c rantaloupes we have a load of amazing lopes for this week they are thin- skinned bright orange and full of sugar size 9 which is very large x each whats happenin outside our mall is having a mini sidewalk sale so im thinking that we should do our part most all of the outdoor plants hanging baskets small stuff big stuff some urns some arrangements most everything will be 12 prjce this week its last call were making a few items with fresh strawberries for this week they are strawberry mousse cups this is our mousse made with local berries piled into the china ramekins its a cool summer dessert reg 5 ea deepdish strawberry rhubarb pies these are the big ones and the small size as well these travel well if you need a cottage dessert reg strawberrywalnut cream puffs these are made in the usual cream- puff crust but filled with strawberry mousse white chocolate cream caramel and candied walnuts with even more berries reg a95 these items and maybe more will be 25 a 3t ea off this week sour farmers ausages these are a milder sausage than most we make with more finelyground fresh pork the seasoning allows you to be generous with sauerkraut or good amounts of mustard or both flamrfo just great grilled and s i jft off this week slipped into a bun reg 399 lb iiounis oi musta 25 village grocer quality foods specials m effect until closing sunday june 24 hours mon 1100700 tuesthurs 900700 fri 900800 independent i sat 900600 sun 1000500 grocer 548 carlton road tjnionville 9401770 mmnmm eto www thevillagegrocercom