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musselmans memories live on through sam the past halfcentury has seen many changes across york region small villages are now burgeoning towns rural hamlets are urban centres on the other end of the scale some commu nities have disappeared wiped from the face of the municipal map here in stouffville natives have become so accustomed to popup houses they pay advancing armadas of foreign infiltra tors little heed we are for the most part a welcoming populace watching a once tiny period explode into an exclamation mark while the gta offensive strengthens and regional defences weaken other areas are also affected some for the better musselmans lake 10 km to the north is one many will recall when a lake prop erty cottage included could be purchased for the amount of a delinquent tax bill today 1 million homes are common with more on the way but what of the past who can remember sam hendy can while not the oldest lake inhabi tant sams association with this popular resort dates back 53 years he along with his mother stepfa ther a brother frank and a sister jane moved here in 1954 sam still resides on valley road the scarborough natives first fulltime job was at the university of toronto following the familys move to the lake he worked for stouffville plumber ed garnett and later with the veterans construction co headed by shorty morden bert clarkson and fred casde stouffvilles goldfish sup ply co now the site of testa villa apartments was his next tour of duty before joining the staff of green acres nursing home in newmarket he also worked with herb cossey at stouffville greenhouse he retired in 1964 but for a brief period served as a volunteer with york countys emergency mea sures organization when told i might have to carry a gun i resigned he said i wanted no part of that sam retains vivid mem ories of old musselmans lake especially the eaton girls camp at shadow lake east of cedar beach wed sometimes go there on sightseeing trips he says with a laugh stu patrick operated a giant dance hall at glen- dale beach on the lakes south side it was the third largest in canada he also remembers how on occasions the glendale v- v ss1 fill i x- x x m roaming with jim thomas parking lot would be so jammed with cars on a sunday wouldbe bathers were were turned away bob woods operated a snack bar at sunny valley on the ninth line and reg hie had a convenience store on lakeshore road valley road in spring was often a quagmire remembers sam on one occasion walt smith then stouffvilles fire chief became so bogged down in mud he had to climb out the drivers side window back then sam thought nothing of walking from one side of the lake to the other even to stouffville and back he still has his original ccm bicycle photography was and still is a main hobby over the years sam continued to modernize his equip ment even to buying a dig ital camera but i still stick with my 35mm he said sam claims hell always be indebted to ted cadieux of cadieux studios in stouf fville for help and advice along the way he has his own darkroom sam has enjoyed good health over the past 74 years recently however he underwent major abdominal surgery in markham stouffville hos pital and continues to return for periodic checks ill carry a leg bag the rest of my life he says sam recalls his first car a 1953 chev purchased from ross giles of stouf fville annual insurance from thos birkett and son cost 40 he remembers being warned dont ever drink and drive and be careful who you hang around with as for hanging around now sam can be found most mornings at stouffvilles tim hortons and at noon at har veys hes a fixture at both places and a favourite with both staffs hes also a fixture at musselmans lake for me itll always be home he says jim thomas is a stouf fville resident who has writ ten for area newspapers for more than 50 years f whats for this week weve made a mountain of our hawaiian chicken we start with boneless airchilled breasts pineapple peppers onions and a touch of soy its a great dish to have with rice just heat and serve or ga off reg 1495 jajik this senres34 m jpyfeesl drisgoll aspbermes these have been an awful price of late youd be almost broke if you had an addiction with the nicer weather weve got nicer berries and a lot of them from california texan cantaloupes weve been struggling a bit with the flavour of cantaloupes so far this year when i came upon this lot at the terminal i asked if anyone had cut into one and almost everyone who works in the house said yes indeed they had and they are very good so since my truck actually both of them were full of flowers i asked if they had a lot of them and the reply was no this is the only pallet i boughtit and they were kind enough to put it aside for the next day and its now here they are size 6s which is pretty big even by texan standards and sweet too while they last each- this week si sage onion jatjsages well be featuring our old fashioned sage onion sausages this is an english recipe going back a long way that theyre still with us is a testament to how good they are theyre mild and have no garlic if thats important to you these can either be oven roasted or jm gnf a grilled to z perfection w fyk off ttr 3 qo 1h jasssd ffl tms iveg vy id gggg sjweek our fish feature for this week is from the caribbean where the locals call it chicken of the sea the fillets are thick and meaty with a large flake its fairly mild and slightly sweet how to cook it the meat counter folk have a recipe happenin for you sounds and tastes great our beef most of you who read our ads would know that we go to great lengths to make sure our beef is as enjoyable to eat as it canpossibly be our claim to fame is that we are not price shoppers but quality shoppers we never ask the how much is it question first and sometimes not at all if its good we buy it and work out the rest of the details later you may think to yourself well thats a recipe for trouble in the running of a business it probably could be if we didnt buy so much were a good account to have from what i can tell i digress a bit here to relate my surprise when i was reading through some of the many economist inserts and found beef tenderloin for 499 lb at food basics i think now it did say in the corner that it was from ungraded beef which tells you a bit but if you did not understand the rather complicated grading system or you were first and b l foremost a price shopper youd think c lm m a l until you bit down on it m 1 1 1 j from beef thats been selected by tl oh me evan product of ontario reg 2495 lb this week oup i think that our onion soup is one of the best things that we make we start with spanish onions lots of them and cook them down in a combo of beef and chicken stock some guinness port and rosemary and basil to jsjbk bsbtt o name a few ingredients gl ft f reg 649 88 ov serves 34 jlj a w this week whats baking this week its rhubarb week in our little bakery well be making rhubarb pies these are not the deep dish sort but they do have a sugar crust 9 size 9 ea rhubarb coffee cakes we make these with fresh rhubarb apples walnuts golden raisins topped with streusel and caramel reg 9 ea rhubarb custard flans these are made in our shortbread crusts with a baked strawberry rhubarb and apple filling finished with a dusting of cinnamon sugar and shortbread crumbs two sizes 8 18 rhubarb cheesecake these are also made in a shortbread crust with stewed rhubarb candied ginger cinnamon and white chocolate 14 22 ea all these items w ksa o featured at 25 off while they last village grocer quality foods specials in effect until closing sunday mat 1w hours mon 1100700 tuesthurs 900700 fri 900800 independent sat 900600 sun 1000500 grocer 548 carlton road tjnionville 4k 9401770 m stouffville suntribune thursday may 24 2007 5 ywmps happenin f uutside even if you are just driving by you would know that weve got lots and lots of plants happening the closer you look the more you will notice that they are really good quality and well cared for and if you look even closer at the price stickers youll be very pleasantly surprised at how much you can get within your budget well have hibiscus in 6 size for planters in bushes for big planters and in standards from what i hear these are a bit short in supply ferns a further shipment of the outdoor sunshine ferns are arriving today most likely the last one boston ferns weve got a shipment in with another on the way not as big as the early one but really nice mother geraniums weve got these in now various colours with more to come ooleus its available in a whole bunch of colours if you need your shade beds or planters sparkedup a bit begonias we have a great supply of illumination begonia hangers and 4 pots tuberous win be here on friday lots of small pots of 4 to choose from including some hard to find red variety r not known for their flowers but their foliage lobelia weve got these in hangers both fibre and plastic and in the 4 size part sun to a bit of sun is good here patio pots these are in and showing great colour lots and lots to choose firom window boxes both hx mixed colours for sun or shade and some balkan geranium scavola mix speaking of scavola weve got lots in plastic and in fibrepots geranium hangers will be in again on friday as well as ivy geranium hangers and 4 size mande villas weve got the sidewalk covered with them now irs all good mixed hanging baskets now in in various shapes sizes and prices and weve got lots and lots of small stuff for your urns and planters if you bought an urn from us last year and youd like it redone bring it in and well fix it up thats it fir now wwwtheymagegrocercom j