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stouffviue suntribune thursday april 3 2003 7 roaming around with jim thomas ivan s cbc train tales launch new parkview acclaiming canada promoting parkview stouflvilles ivan harris will be a means to both ends when he addresses a 75aplate parkview home building cam paign fundraiser tomorrow evening at parkview village 12184 ninth line its a sellout exclaimed campaign coordinator joanna reesormcdowell an excellent example of the wonderful support were experiencing ivan a longtime stouffville resident and proud canadian will tell of his trip by train across canada last fall celebrating the 50th anniversary of cbc television and via rail until his retirement ivan was a tv maintenance machin ist with the cbc hes currently a volunteer curator with the cbc museum of civilization in the companys broadcast centre at front and john streets in toronto in the role of museum host ivan travelled from vancouver to halifax with the train stopping at 21 locations along the way including kamloops jasper edmonton saskatoon winnipeg sudbury windsor london toronto ottawa montreal and quebec city the 12car via special including two museum dis play coaches was powered by twin diesel locomotives the crosscanada trek commenced sept 5 and concluded oct 6 news of the trains arrival was broad cast several days in advance hundreds of people were waiting when the unit pulled in while stopoff times varied with the size of each centre ivan will never for get the reception in the small town of bigger sask atchewan talk about emotion it was traumatic a thrill he says a school holiday was declared allowingteachers an opportu nity to parade their wideeyed pupils through the two muse- umcars thechildren wanted to see to touch he said it was amazing even me mayor attended presenting town pins to passengers and crew ivan was inundated with questions- most he answered immediately the others he responded to by mail a task requiring two months at each stop interviews were conducted for the print media as well as radio and television in both english and french in addition to incar tours information tents were set up on station platforms and sidings recounting the experience as a nip of a lifetime ivan said it provided an entirely different look at a country he appreci ates so much im a nationalist he says i believe in canada he described the people he met as very special representing both small towns and big cities for ivan it marked the first time he had travelled across canada by train it was very smooth it lulled me to sleep he said even at night the only time i awoke was when the train stopped with one exception at parry sound the unit was rerout ed over a cp line marking a return to the old familiar clickety- clack clicketyclack except at major centres when the train was stationary for extended periods ian remained on board eating daytime meals in the diner and sleeping in a berth at night by evening i was exhausted and ready to crash he said ivanspent41 years with the cbc from 1953 through 1994 it was a good life he says i did everything i wanted to do for his many contributions he was presented with the canadian broadcasting corporations executive directors award he was also among a group of dignitaries presented to queen elizabeth during her visit to toronto last fall locally ivan was wwtchurchstouffvilles citizen of the year 2000 and in october 2002 was the recipient of a golden jubilee medal celebrating the 50th anniversary of queen elizabeths accession to the throne ivan is a member in longstanding of the stouffville lions club and music mania hes also been extremely active with the stouffviue community police centre and the eastern gate retirement community association where he and wife gale nowreside parkviews fundraising committee couldnt have selected a more admired and respected guest tomorrow evenings sold- dut event speaks for itself jim thomas is a stouffviue resident who has written for local newspapers for more than 50 years our frozen dinner entree this week is pot roast in gravy these are made with blade eye roasts sliced and packed with enough gravy for your mashed potatoes the natural accompaniment it seems to me this entree will serve at least 3 and quite likely 4 reg 1295 ea this week weve made some smoked ducks this week if youre feelin adventurous theyre trimmed cured and then slowsmoked over oak fflw vii limited supply double chocolate ioaves what makes these double is that theyre drizzled with white chocolate what makes them great is the loaf itself which is made with our rich chocolate cake batter buy 2 so fa17 youll be left alone j uftr toeatyours reg 450 ea our realty large size cookies will be made in quant this week the types are chocolate chunk so named because rather than using those insipid little chips we cut blocks of chocolate into chunks for this purpose the second type is mm for which we use the mini m ms i dont know about you but i find that ifs hard to eat just one handful of them and third well be making chocolate reverse which are dark chocolate cookies with white chocolate chunks these are meal size reg 149 ea 13 off this week ea this- week strawberries when we buy berries we disassemble the pints check them through then reassemble them in overflowing quarts the result is a you seldom get a bad berry b you get lots of good ones and that they re from california means that they have a flavour edge over those from florida ovekfiixed quarts trtpie chocolate brownies to give you an idea of what we think of chocolate ill tell you that we use 112 pounds of callibaut chocolate to make a 9 x 12 pan of these to fully appreciate the resulting flavour they must be eaten at room temperature if you can wait that long reg 199 each why should tou buy our these are sausages of a spanish character with a medium amount of spice a higher amount of heat and a maximum amount of flavour they are great in cooked dishes and barbqued on a bun reg 39 lb mm well be featuring two of our pasta sauces from the freezer section this week the first type is our meaty spaghetti sauce which is from all accounts better than mom made and our tomato basil sauce a little lighter the meaty sauce is regularly 499 for a 16 oz tub and the tomato basil is regularly 399 for moinw an equivalent size w fat vo vjt jc both are delicious this week you could win most of you know that we support the hospital in general but the hospital gala in particular it takes place on april 12th in support of it there is a raffle for some amazing prizes notably a bmw for a year a 2500 shopping spree at markville a sony camcorder ana an amazing paula lishman knitted blanket tickets will be available at the cash desks in our store at 1000 each i dont have to tell you that itvreally all of us who win when we support our hospital easter chocolate an extensive selection of really good easter chocolate is available for both kids and grownups yet further proof should you need it that a bonafiae chocoholic is at the helm of this store and- you could win one of two jgiant chocolate easter rabbits from chelsea chocolates of barrie you must be under twelve fill out your name and number and deposit it at the cash area or our store draw will take place on thursday april lfo to many people ham is ham if youve tried one youve tried them all that is unless you are old enough to remember what ham was originally like before machines were invented machines yes- thats right nowadays almost all hams including spiral honey baked hams are put through a process caued tumblingit like a giant dryer except the opposite is the result this machine boosts yield which means hams grow in weight during this orocess just read the protein added part of the label to find out how much it has naturally grown the good part for the manufacturer is that a you have more ham to sell becausetheyve all grown and bl all the litde bits pf pork can be put through this process as well becaust it glues it all together in the shape 6lfa1 199 lb supermarket ham the bad part fpr the customer is that gone for good is the texture tenderness and flavour that made ham famous m the first place ww at our store we make ham in the time- honoured premechanical way by hand gome pay us a visit well restore your faith in f ham pansbes pansies are here theyre available in flats i 48s in bowls and in hangers these are the first sign of spring- and we could ail use a bit of brightness ovenroasted maple sugar hams boneless ivhole or half rnew apple cider allspice ham either oven roasted or smoked hardwood smoked black forest hams boneless whole or half traditional smoked easter hams bone in whole or half smoked apple cider ham bone in whole or half 95 lb 95 lb 95 ib 259 lb 59 2 lb ifsbest to order early 9059400655 village grocer qualityfoods specials in effect until closing sundat april 5 hours yfqlw mon 1100700 tuesthurs 900700 fri 900800 sat 900600 sun 1000500 548 carlton road unionville 94017x0 i i i v u