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stouffville suntribune thursday nov 4 2004 7 roaming around with jim thomas english visitors locals bring down the house the front door sign read sold out but still they came the inside tickettaker reemphasized the lack of seats still they came by the hundreds filling the sanctuary and balcony of stouffville united church to capacity the centre of attraction was threefold the 40voice allmale chorus men of note a30voice allmale chorus the dalesmen and soloist susan brown both separately and together they reverberated the rafters like nothing heard here before ms brown and the men of note are stouffvilles own our towns contribution to the music world the dalesmen hail from whitby england while most folks had the foresight to buy tickets early some like me arrived with hat in hand hoping to squeeze in most did although had the fire chief arrived unan nounced the sardine situation might have been uncere moniously resolved for part of the program i stood in the upper echelons of the sanctuary close to the ceiling as intermission approached a sweet young thing took pity on my precarious perch and offered a chair i accepted with thanks but aching limbs aside i would have stayed even if suspended from a light fixture the men of note were marvelous particularly their presentations of four strong winds steal away and ezekiel saw the wheel the dalesmen responded with farmers boy and take me home the combined choirs raised the roof with when the saints go marching in and when i survey the wondrous cross but the loudest applause was reserved for ms brown and her beautiful rendition of the lords prayer followed by going home in company with the chorus many were moved to tears steve maltby director of the visiting dalesmen described ms browns contributions as absolutely fantastic they were so was the entire evening like something stouffville may never see or hear again bustling business at secondhand store stouffvilles care share thrift shop holds its annual gener al meeting monday at 730 pm in the lower auditorium of st james presbyterian church a report prepared and presented by manager elna coetsee will undoubtedly receive thumbs up from everyone in atten dance for without doubt its a business with few equals the store operating under the umbrella of the mennonite central committee has a staff of 90 volunteers these folks representing several denominations help out six days and one evening a week with little storage space donated items are quickly moved from a rear receiving area to store display racks but not until all are closely checked the shop grossed 28000 in september during the last fis cal year gross receipts totaled 200000 net funds are forward ed to developing nations in addition 15 blankets are shipped out monthly wherever theres a need ms coetsee explained during a pioneer relief sale at black creek pioneer village in toronto 23 quilts sold for 6600 while prices are vastly reduced ms coetsee is quick to explain care share is not a place for poor people but for everyoneeverythings in top condition she says any unusual dropoffs i asked one of the branch stores received a box of live kittens ms coetsee said but nothing like that has ever come here at least not yet one morning we discovered nine pairs of mens pajamas and 39 ties ms coetsee noted that was a little out of the ordi- nary stouffvilles care share has an arrangement with the york region district school board where grade 5 students from six area schools are part of a program known as global neighbour activity centre in addition to assisting on site students pack health kits for refugees operating costs are reduced to a minimum ms coetsee explained with only two paid employees an executive com- mittee of seven is headed by lloyd hogg of stouffville jim thomas is a stouffville resident who has written for area newspapers for more than 50 years 1 0oos o f br an d mam e toys lowest prices in canada 60 east beaver creek rd north off hwy 7 1st west ofhwy 404 90s 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