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thursday july 5 2007 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 24pages1 including gst world record attempt wasnt just whistlin dixie things to do 2 opinion 6 sports 19 classified 21 drought imports scaring farmers onethird loss at stouffville berry farm by teresa latchford staff writer area farmers are more than a little concerned after a near monthlong drought and the effects on this years crops its looking pretty bad right now said wilfrid rose fifth- generation farmer at the rose family farm in mount albert adding yesterdays steady downpour wont do much to reverse the setback its tough farmers are unfortunately at the mercy of the weather mr rose said last year was a postcard year with its perfect mix of rain and sun especially sweet for strawberries sweet corn onions potatoes and pump kins he said this year however drought conditions have dealt farmers a blow forcing them to depend on expensive irrigation includ ing underground watering sys tems that act like a big sprin kler many farmers cant afford the elaborate system and this years strawberry crops wouldnt recover costs too much sun and too little rain has caused corn crops to spike meaning it has already started to flower weeks ahead of schedule but this year farmers are being dealt a double whammy while a lack of rain makes it difficult for york regions dwin- sec local page 10 staff photosusie kockerscheidt hanna thummelweatherill 10 months is all dressed up for the baby contest during the strawberry festival on the canada day weekend for additional photos see page 3 for their view of the festival read jim thomas and jim masons columns on pages 5 and 6 everything that could have been done was done owner by joan ransberry staff writer soon to mark its 80th anniversary own ers of cedar beach park in musselmans lake held an emergency meeting monday a few hours after the drowning of a 27-year- old visitor from israel canada day celebrations came to tragic end when the mans body was pulled from the water at 1230 pm everything that could be done was done said janet davies who owns the pri vate beach pavilion and trailer park with her son kyle jenkins we went over and over the details at the meeting ms davies said we went over what we did or if there was anything more we could have done the only changes were making will be to replace the signs an autopsy tuesday confimed the cause of death was accidental drowning the mans name will not be released at the request of the family york regional police said yesterday he came to canada to visit relatives and his girlfriend from the moment his lifeless body was pulled from the lake until he was pro nounced dead at markham stouffville hospital heroic measures were taken ms davies said he was just in the water too long ms davies said nobody even knew he was missing he slipped underneath the water quietly there was no flailing of arms or ilm see drowning page 16 specializing in volkswagen audi porsche european asian hybrid 138sandiforddrunit5 06422886 1877410auto wivw4103utoca 12tm annual premiere fine are show sale ralnorshlne acura art antiques in the park jtos- admission adults 500 seniors 300 kids under 12 free mm sunday jut 15 1000am- 500pm markham museum hwy 48 just north of 16th ave for more information please call hmaqmm lwe sk3e bkham 5 fe johanne or steve at 9052942200 over 100 artists artisans antique dealers collectors silent auction 1100am 300pm saturday sunday kreative kids create your cvfi mastf partfctau wfewellers j 1hu 6312 main st stouffvaie 9056404646