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economist suntribune news thursday june 13 2002 17 bikers salute a friend photoroger carlsen staff photosjoerd witteveen motorcycle club members left escort the body of jesse gray up hwy 48 in markham wednesday to churchill cemetery in whitchurchstouffville for burial right ilsaio rvi market bakeshop enjoy one of our home baked fruit pies and assorted baked goods try our preserves ontario honey and maple syrup and black river cheese asparagus enjoy the fresh taste of spring with our own asparagus picked daily from our farm rhubarb another staple of spring great for stewing or in a pie picked fresh daily garden plants 20 off all garden plants we need to make room for the strawberries lots of unique beautiful mixed hanging baskets pots still available create your own container and well cus tom plant it for you mixed herbs and tomato plants ready for planting wineshop drop by and sample some of our new 2002 releases visit with our winemaker and take home a bottle of our award winning fruit grape and ice wines strawberry sunsation dessert wine 4 ojj sweet taste of strawberries in glass 12 strawberries should start in about 10 days 8100 steeles ave e markham 9052943275 for daily farm update wwwwhittamoresrarmcom 750 ml bottle wmrrv 5a all il golf shoes isave 5 from jonlys7499 oww ll pce v mil 3 woods titaniuiw firstborn we fit your game to a tee wwwgolfevolutionscom burlington clearance centre markham 3300 fairview st 3150 duffcrin st at apex 5328 hwy 7 west of walkers line just south of orfus rd east of mccowan 9056377344 9052016621 limited quantities while supplies last local companies add their support to the markham village music festival by helen pispidikis special to the economist sun community spirit comes alive on june 14 15 and 16 markham village will be partying again this year marks the twentyfourth year the village has held its highly successful street festival now know as the markham village music festival everyone knows about the festival but few realize that this festival is the result of a tremendous volunteer effort and the generosity ofa slew of local corporate sponsors the communitys involvement comes in all shapes and sizes there are dozens of individual volunteers as well as twenty corporate sponsors these volunteers and sponsors take pride in our community and they strive to make it a better place to live in for all of us such is the case with the partnerships that have developed for this years festival corporate support is not seen simply as an investment in brand equity but rather an investment in our award- winning community the markham village music festival requires an enormous amount of financial and human resources as brian ling this years festival chair says the festival would cease to exist if not for the efforts of our volunteers and sponsors theymake this an event that continues to grow and flourish for instance the trillium foundations support has allowed us to take a small village festival to a whole new level community based events have a way of building an emotional connection reaching people in ways that enrich their lives and give them the feeling of belonging and pride in their community there are no limits to what a community can accomplish as they continue to work together to raise the quality of life in the community for themselves and their families the festival committee wants to thank the following corporate sponsors the ontario trillium foundation cadillac capstone communications group markham village bia town of markham markham printing markham economist sun the main st grill shoppers drug mart ballantrae homes carlaw music fido harknett musical services harry james financial services ross dixon hutcheson supply 88 keyskindermusik markham fair williams towing service the daniels corporation- swan lake village and vachon cakes the markham village music festival major sponsors ft a k r i i m economist sun mark ha m capstone the 3uvsqtl thk ontario trillium foundation cadillac break through markham printing company limited mart