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stoiiffvilk suntribune mthursday augl92004 7 nursing home caught w our marinated hucaliforni in ki r m f j lank jdlagk w stdssp 4 ww roaming around witz jim thomas in buckpassing game ifs a game called pass the buck politicians play it all the time its become a national pastime exceeding the popularity of hockey baseball and soccer bureaucrats at the provincial level are the most skilled when criticized or cornered on an issue they will unhesitat ingly redirect responsibility to another authority or agency former toronto mayor mel lastman was brilliant at this he would pass the ball to former premier mike harris who in turn would complete a handoff to former prime minister jean chretien they had the tick tack toe routine down to a science now it seems this play has seeped into our municipal sys tem faced with a request from parkview home for the aged to have 184000 in development charges waived on its new 128- bed facility council has conveniently lobbed the ball into york regions court requesting it take the lead and eliminate its share of development fees totalling 228000 while acting on a resolution from council it goes without saying mayor sue sherban must have sent her letter of request to regional chairperson bill fisch with tongue firmly planted in cheek why we ask would seven of eight municipalities comprising the region of york support dropping development charges when whitchurchstouffville where the project will be constructed is unwilling to show good faith the region would never be duped into such a deal nor should it what is whitchurch- stouffvilles commitment to improve the quality of longterm care here why cant whitchurchstouffville waive its share of devel opment charges first then request the region do the same talk about putting the cart before the horse 12 million short adding the towns share to the regions equals a sizable chunk of money too much when the parkviews fundraising committee is 1 2 million short of its objective unlike pieinthesky schemes sometimes proposed by politicians the parkview project was not a board of direc tors choice it was forced by the provincial ministry of health because in its opinion the present facility didnt meet certain criteria nor did the ministry give parkview much of a time line it was a case of do it now and do it or else the else being the province would shut down the facility the board decided to act in 2002 a campaign team head- ed by ian mackenzie and including norma card loretta laveu and ken prentice was created with joanna reesor- mcdowell named director of resource development to date almost 18 million has been raised an amazing achievement when one realize other major fundraisers are taking place jja the target figure is 3000uofltwith the total cost of the ven- ture nearly 17 million project promoters hope to turn the first sod in october with completion set for 2006 the present parkview on rupert avenue will be sold the parkview team returns to council tuesday hoping members will have since seen the light and reversed their stand the committee will ask the town to amend its current development charge bylaw taking into consideration parkview home is a nonprofit charitable facility mr prentice a former town councillor and passionately supportive of this project will speak on parkviews behalf hope for regional support ms reesormcdowell parkviews florence nightingale is certain town support of the committees request will prompt the region to follow suit if it doesnt then the mayors appeal at the regional level is undoubtedly doomed charity begins at home said ms reesormcdowell parkview has quietly and effectively been serving this community almost 40 years we have received gifts and pledges from almost 800 local donors now we need you council to stand by us at this critical time if you do not support us in a tangible way we believe youre out of step with the citizens you represent amen to that jim thomas is a stouffuille resident who has written for area newspapers for more than 50 years weve had a problem getting an adequate supply of these of late i had an opportunity to buy a bunch of them a few weeks back and it just so happened that bruno there really is a bruno was at one of the meat plants that i frequent and saw the load of these and asked who could they possibly be for there is no store that can sell that many they must be for a distributor the owner of the meat plant let him know that they really are for a store all 8 skids of them theyre a popular item for us because a we make an amazing marinade for them b theyre easy to prepare and serve c thejre relatively r v inexpensive rr arid js jg v d theyre very delicious j igm this reg 895 lb jffls berries weve got a good supply of these this week it seems that the crop is fairly abundant joe our resident produce guy thinks that theyre a bit tart but i the resident week replacement dessert guy thinks theyre as they should be if more sweetness is needed add vanilla ice cream and enjoy container wild ontario stock our these mums is now good both in medium and large sizes as well as some mixed plantings of grass and harvest foliage something new this week are those amazing little decorative pepper plants in different colours over the last good many years weve promoted these one week during the berry season in the 11 quart basket its the ideal time to freeze them away for the winter and maybe have a feed or two as well to make a 9 pie youll need about 1 lb of berries from r northern s if 11 ffl ontario ff 11 quart c sweet orn i cant help but think that if youre a romanticallyinclined individual you should be having this corn for dinner its so sweet that it leaves a sugary residue on your lips you arid your mate will love it seriously sweet local corn from scotland ontario jlv dozen gai v lvoluuv j3jl 199 new zealand these are the originals from new zealand and as in any crop cycle at its peak theyre big and sweet now normally we sell fairly large kiwi at 2 for 99t at a profit but for this week these are so big that we get to sell them at 2 for 99c at no profit its a great time to enjoy them on us texant sausages contrary to myth texans eat things other than beef these sausages are an example as theyre made with pork like most things from texas they are bigger theyre a bit sparky and theyre barbque flavoured lasso yourself a few this week and have yourself an old- fashioned a b0 cook out 399 lb 25 this week whats happening witbotjr this year you wont find many happy farmers and diane is one of them the crop which should have been ready for this week and last just isnt ready should be good for next week granshaw melons its the time of the year that these fellas are at their best slightly chilled with a hint of lemon juice squeezed over and voila what i think is the perfect melon these are very large as well good news bad news after more than 10 years of hard labour j were retiring our kitchen stoves in favour of new ones and more of them this will allow a little more variety in our prepared food counter and more of it the bad news is that our kitchen will be closed this coming monday the effect will be no prepared food and just a limited range of salads on monday oz village grocer quality foods specials jn effect until closing sunday august 22 hours mon 1100700 tuesthurs 900700 fri 900800 sat 900600 sun 1000500 548 carlton road unionville 941l r