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An athlete who won a medal Feb. 18 received an oflicial Olympic bouquet made by Kim Bverson of “The whole idea] of why the Olympics started was to celebrate excellence and bring people togeth- er it can really be achieved," she said. “It’s a great recipe for world peace. If you get everybody doing sports, they won't have time to fight.” Also helping out during the games was Ruth Patterson, who was a venue protocol and language services assistant at the Richmond Oval. “I never anticipated this posiâ€" tion I got. It's really something.” she said. “I would have handed out Kleenex if they asked me to, clean bathrooms. I would have done anything." Although the Vther Olympics took place on the other side of the country, there were a handful of Stoufiville residents participating ~ as volunteers. Carolyn Greer-Barber helped manage Whistlel’s alpine ski hills. Stouffville had Game “All of the children are well and gmwing like weeds. They are enjoy- ing life in homes and are also enjoy- ing school,” according to David Today, the second floor of the home is almost complete and they plan on adding 12 more girls as soon as they can to the orphanage. patches to home. Andrew Lock travelled to Haiti with David Lock to aid the victims. Mayoral candidate Justin Altmann made political waves, first with his truck, which the town deemed a billâ€" board, and then by finishing second to four-term incumbent Wayne Emmerson. Marion Deacon, Harry Bowes mourned during year “It was an honour he deserved, an honour he was very proud of,” said Markham trustee Bill Crothers. A school in northeast Stouffville opened in 2008 bearing his name. After his retirement in 2006, Mr. Bowes continued to work with local schools and community organizaâ€" fiona A former Sun-Tribune Citizen of the Year â€" Harry Bowes â€" died in August. A pharmacist by trade, Mr. Bowes, 87, spent 31 years in local politics. Her boyfriend, Paul Kenyon, 43, has been charged with second- deglee murder. His case remains before the courts in Newmarket. Uvedtoseehisschool The post-mortem examina- tion determined Ms Deacon, 46, a mother of three daughters, died of multiple blunt force injuries to her head. Gormley resident Marion Deaâ€" con was found inside her home with no vital signs by Whitchurch- Stoufivifle Fire and Emergency Ser- vices personnel, who, along with York Region Police, were called to her home around 8 am. March 7. She was transported to the hospi- tal, where she was pronounced dead. “Of my florist career, it was the great honour," she said. “They were strict on their bouquets. I felt like I was right back at school. The pres- sure was insane." Death rocks Gormley Main Street’s Stoufiville Florist. WITCHURCH-S'IDUFFVILLE'S NEWSMMERS OF 2010 “All we’re looking for is compliâ€" ance," he said. "What you have to do is balance between the people who are complaining and the peo- ple who are breaking the law." Throughout his tenure, Mr. Saunders, 65. advocated for co- operation, not confrontation. In May, after spending 23 years rounding up loose dogs, keeping properties from being over-run by weeds and garbage and ensur- ing residents park only when and where they an; supposed to, Town of Whitchurchâ€"Stouflvilleseniorbylaw officer Keith Saunders retired. “We'll actually have the ability to roster up to 10,000 patients who currently don’t have a family docâ€" tor," she said. The clinic opened in Novem- ber and is staffed with a full family health team. Bylaw enforcer retires “About half my time (will be) spent in clinical care with patients, the other half of my time (will be) spent in administration and teach- ing}? said Dr. Philpott, who founded the Give a Day to AIDS movement. The Health For All Clinic is associated with the University of Toronto's department of family and community medicine and located beside Markham Stouffville Hosâ€" pital. After 12 years of helping patients at the Stouflville Medical Centre, Dr. Jane Philpott moved her practice to Markham so she could head up a family medicine teaching unit at Markham Stoufivifle Hospital. MD moves to Markham SUN-TRIBUNE HLE PHOTOS Mdlflonal blrfll Erin Sanchez kept a family tradi- tion alive when shedeliveted her son Grayson in the backofan ambulance “The political process can be made to work if we are prepared to roll up our sleeves and do some work and not just sit back and comâ€" plain," Mr. Pehar said. A bylaw wag passed in May and the additional stop signs went up a couple of weeks later. “I was just impressed with the way this 16-yearâ€"old boy was con- cerned about his neighbours and how he conducted himself start to finish," Mr. Bartley said. The Saint Brother Andre high school student, upon the advice of Mr. Bartley, circulated a petition and received 29 signatures. “I have observed that both driv- ers and pedestrians tend to neat this as a four-way stop. Consequently. drivers who stop on the north and south approaches tend to expect that drivers approaching from the east or west will also be stopping." wrote Mr. Pehar'in a letter to his councillor, Richard Bartley, request- ing the additional stop signs. Mr. Pehar lobbied for a four-way stop at the intersection of Manitoba Street and Park Drive. There were stop signs on the north and south- bound intersections of Park Drive. Whitchurch-Stouffville has young politician in the making. Iohn Pehar, 16, wanted more stop signs in a specific part of town and after some lobbying of his councillor, Mr. Pehar got his wish. Future mayor? Stoufl’ville’s Cdrolyn Greer-Barber caught Olympic fever in Whistler. The family quietly left and headâ€" ed over to Famous Sam's in Gomlley where Bella is always welcomed. However, a few minutes later. the waitress returned to the fami- ly's table to inform them another employee requested they leave the restaurant because of Bella. When the family and guide dog Bella entered the Main Course, Mr. Lytle said the waitress had no probâ€" lem with the dog and seated them. However, the family ended up getting kicked out of the now-closed Main Course restaurant because they were accompanied by one of his children’s guide dogs. All Jim Lytle wanted to do was take his children out for breakfast. The ambulance was called and they were barely out of their subdi- vision in the northeast part of town, when Grayson arn'ved. He weighed in at seven pounds, 15 ounces and was lOOâ€"per-cent healthy. _ Grayson’s birth was vastly differ- ent from Madeline’s, who had her mother in labour for 18 hours. Breakfast blues Just as everyone, including the midwife, was planning to make their way to Markham Stouffville Hospital, her water broke. Mrs. Sanchez felt her first con- tractions Aug. 31. Her husband John brought their daughter Madeline, 2, to her grandparents’ home and within that time, her contractions went from 15 minutes apart to a more intense eight minutes apart. onTenth Line across from EastRidge Evangelical Missionary Church. The 33-year-old was delivered by her father in the family vehicle on the side of the road.