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Simcoe Day. the first Monday in August. when it is nice and sunny and people can enjoy the outdoors. barbecue. go up to a cam 'te. goonashort trip to visit ' and know year after year mm are going to get those three ys off. in a row. no matter when a queen or their country was born. Fortunately. l'm not a Parlia~ mentarian. But if! were. I'd pro- posedrefollowingflhopethis ofiâ€" outflmowfioflenjayawnhn WWW W8. it‘s city. as min-any WWW“ ‘3“! the"! .m Bernie O’Neill Jfl LETTER OFTEWBBK Bad apples take joy out of Strawberry Festival It is unfortunate to note the Stoufiville Strawberry Festival took on a difierent meaningformyfamflyandMOmersnonh ofMalnStreet.mtheeaflyhoursoflune29. Otu’neighbours had a fountain. which wasindrefifiontyaMthmnmmughtheir wwlndow.whfleanotherhadaneighbour’s garden ornament thrown through their car. Wehadourcarkeyed.socountourselves luckthistime. Out; of town visitors impressed with fireworks Since we moved to Stouffville from Torontosevenyearsagowehavehadto call the police for several noise complaints. lived beside renters who were “Imam to police’andregularlycleanupbeercansand bottles in my neighbour's cedars after every weekend. Someone knows who these kids me. These 9hildren are not visitors to our town. They reside in Stouffville. When I see them walking past my home The fireworks were awesome this year! Congrats on a great iob. Strawberry Festivafl We had friends from Germany visiting and we all went to wander about and finished the festival with fireworks They were impressed and l was astound- A 2- by 4-foot Canadian flag was remoflfm m m fence on Hawthom Ave- nue between the ms of Sunday 12:30 am. and 7:30 mm. 1 am very disappoinged M at {he Pe latenlghlpmnk. BventhoughlnolongerhaveaCanadlan flag displayed on my property. I can still say “ImmudtobeaCamdlan”â€"wmchis mom [pun gayjor the person or persons lnvohndlnthhthéfi. Shameonalllnvohed. Gamma. man John Willem: Punusnnn Ian Proudfoot D. YORK! STOUFFVILLE withbeercanslknowitwillbeanother sleepless night. 111/ and explain to me how you do not know your kidis out of your home until 6 a.m.? We have heard the police say (at 3 am). “I told you to go home an hour ago." In the meantime. we are hopeful the new police station in Stouffville will translate into more night patrols. as I am afraid my husâ€" band and neighbours will get seriously hurt when they are flying to prevent kids from ripping .out stop signs at, Park Drive and Manitoba. I am offering a reward for any infomra- tion leading to the arrest of whomever was responsible for these three acts of cowardice during the long weekend. We have all made a report to the police and our insurance companies Pérhaps next year I will stay awake at my door and try to stop an attack before it hap- pens I. the meantime'. have some respect. GWENNE BILAS ST( N 'H-"WLLl-I WH'T-Ti'ibune Golf cart donation shows community's spirit Shadow Lake recently received a special gm from Bepnett Eqpipquem S_erviccfs. We bought a used golfcart from them and while Ryan Bennett was delivering the can he stop . looked around and said “I've been to Sha Lake a few times and each time that l'm hete I'm more and more impressed with the work that you do. her up the invoice. I want to donate this golfcart to the camp" What a great member of our community. GARY OUELLE'ITE DIRECTOR. SHADOW LAKE CENTRE STUUFFVILLE Young fundraiset needs support It was a hot Saturday afternoon and at the east end of Main Street I spotted a police cruiserparkedonthesldeofthemadanda policeman talking with a young girl mnmng a lemonade stand. I also stopped as the officer drove off. The young girl. Emily Winters. said he was really nlce and bought a _ Emily had a sign stating the money is going to help fight cancer. Emily mentioned her granddad had cancerand now he is cured and she wants to do her . In two days she $90. GodblessthisyoungladyShomdyousee her at her stand. why not stop and encourage herwlth a purchaseand maybe leave a tip? Emily’s family must be very proud of her. TIM FLYNN STOUFFVILLE momma StoufMIOe.ON.L4A 167