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stouffville suntribune thursday june 23 2005 5 music town recipient c is proud mom first m overwhelmed this was laurie daless- andros response to news she had been selected to receive the 2005 music town ontario award a surprise to her per haps but not to the hun dreds who over the years have come to know and appreciate her amazing vocal and instrumental tal ents the list of involvements and achievements is almost endless next wednesday this community will say thanks thanks to someone who since coming to town con tinually puts aspirations of odiers ahead of her own laurie will be honoured at rhe 16th annual music festival at stouffvilles united church an event that marks the start of strawberry festival weekend the con cert begins at 8 pm laurie churchill was born in willowdale one of four in the family of bob and elaine churchill now of markham while still young her parents moved to london on where she remained until age 12 then to markham where she attended john xxiii elementary school and st robertas high school following graduation she obtained her degree in secre tarial and- administrative studies from ryerson university in toronto it was while attending st roberts laurie met and later married lorenzo daless- andro they lived in scarborough until 1984 then moved to stouffville in 1987 while business was her strength music was and still is her specialty she began taking piano at age eight under the late grace bailey of markham she has her grade 9 conser vatory and grade 4 history in school she played the sax ophone and later in her teens took up guitar music has taken laurie down many roads all of which shes enjoyed initially she was part of a folk group at st patricks church in markham at st mark church in stouffville she teamed up with lesley oconnor and eugenie landry to perform at many community events delight ing audiences but that was only the beginning she has since served as chorus director of music mania played piano in the music mania band was music director for the york durham association of the performing arts in the pro duction of joseph and also played the keyboard for oliver in addition she was music director for the unionvilletheatre company in the production of oklahoma roaming around with jim thomas she is a member in the alto section of the bach to blues company directs the musical discoveries program at stouffville library is a director of instrumental music at st brigid catholic school and gives piano les sons to 30 boys and girls with all this on her plate laurie still has an additional goal to obtain her artc certificate in piano theory for laurie family is top priority sara 18 has com- pleted her first year at university of western ontario crislina 16 will enter grade 10 at brother andre catholic high school in markham and rebeca 10 is entering grade 6 at st brigid in stouffville while sara leans toward the arts cristina and rebeca have many of their mothers music skills in addition to taking vocal lessons cristina plays the piano the guitar the clarinet and french horn rebeca also plays the piano and clarinet and had roles in ydapa musicals joseph and seusical appropriate it would seem on the night laurie receives her music town award- she and daughter cristina will share a piano- vocal duet as part of the pro gram other participants include the men of note chorus the german harmonie choir soloist susan brown and the vocal- instrumental duo- of vince parry and gary burke wayne hill director of ydapa and last years award recipient will make the pres entation donations will be accepted for the whitchurchstouffville food bank proceeds from the freewill offering will go to the student music scholarship fund lauras a strong propo nent of the town thats been her home the past 18 years its a wonderful place to raise a family she says we also appreciate the many friends weve made since coming here the welcome mat will be out wednesday jim thomas is a stouffville resident who has written for area newspapers for more than 50 years for those of you who havent done well in pork anatomy these are the strips of narrow ribs rather than the wider bone and larger side rib slabs theyre the ones to have if youre barbecuing when we bone our pork loins we leave these with a generous amount of meat on them so if you want meaty ribs ask for ours we just dont haveenough of 6ur own so we buy some in these are cut closer to the bone so theyre not as meaty but some like them just like that whats common between the two types is that they dont have that insipid little tail dangling from one end r- in nineteen years weve never sold them like that reg 895 lb ps touhl need some montgomery jnn rib smce m s k 52e lmiv ras mf iik b this now in stock jskm wljfweek honey blaze ectarines many years ago when cathy and i- were yisitihgjtaly i tried quite a number of versions of this tomato and bocconcini salad but none were as good as the one which we make at the store we use thesmall bocconcini italian for little cheese- balls the local grape tomatoes good balsamic vinegar and olive oil some secret spices aha sea salt its been my fave for years reg 269 100 g i serve at room temperature congarne these are a treeripened nectarine so youll have to them now and enjoy them you will because theyre very juicy low in acid and exceptionally sweet not to mention full of flavour too but youve got to eat them soon because they won last a long time big size too lags these are sausages of a spanish character with a j medium amount of spice a higher amount of heat and i a maximum amount of flavour they are great in j cooked dishes and barbecued on a bun reg 399 lb muskoka organic keens our assortment of these amazing lettuces will include green and red leaf green and red oak leaf romaine red butterhead boston and a copious amount of green onions great fresh produce igrate cherry omatoes these sweet little nuggets of flavour have replaced croutons in our salads at home for a bit of added richness in flavour flambe them in some brandy and then use them as a side or in your salad but stand back while the fires happening if- ybur eyebrows areg fv important to j tyjp you full pint ea been quite a while since youve this on our counter but its smoked black cod is such a because its a really delicate flavoured fish unlike our salmon the bones are more difficult to remove so youll have to work around them well worth the trouble a glass of wine to go with this a young chablisor a mondavi fume blanc whats well be roasting lots6f our amazing stuffed deli roast pork loin this week not only will it be available cold to slice for sandwiches it will be available warm every evening to take home for dinner if youre on- the run which ikhow most of you are the seasoning is our sage and onion bread stuffing fa arfo n 199100 g j fig 99 125 ea ea puff pastry and jazzedup blueberries reg and lastly our new style very deep dish blueberry pies usingwild blues youll love these for- v v sure rev all these items will be on sale at at leastwtil my wife finds out ea off- this week oh giiqger specials eefect untibclosing sunmt june 26 hours monil007004tuesthuis00700 tri90qf800 sat9002k00siiri10005ff0 sat900- our frozen entree feature for this week is our chili it cbmesfully cooked so youll need to either pop it but of the foil pan and into the micro or g v oven warm it m prm bjealgodd reg 1195 ofe this week fveek jaana is having a much deserved holiday this week so rochinaand stephanie have put together a spread of j features which look great the theme is blueberry aiid well have r vanilla bean and blueberry creme brulee these are with cultivated blues- only because the wild arent in season as of yet white chocolate and blueberry j cheesecakes topped with a spread of fresh blues and drizzled with white chocolate r smaller sizej regular lemon wdblueberry muffins my wife cathy who is the left hemispherical component ofour operation is aghast at how cheap wesell our muffins these oeirig no 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