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6 stouffvuksuntribunemthursday july 5 2007 0t stouffville hb suntnbune 6290 main st stouffville on l4a1g7 wwwyorkregioncom publisher ian proudfoot editor in chief debora kelly business manager robert lazurko director interactive media technology john futhey directoradvertising marketingpakinerships distribution director barry black debraweuer director circulation systems lynn pashko york region printing general manager bob dean editorial a festival to remember strawberry fans take a bow wwtchurchstouffville take a breather strawberry festival committee the 23rd annual edition of our annu al summer festival ended with the final blast of canada day fireworks sunday it was five days packed with almost some thing for everyone main street was jammed with fest- goers saturday afternoon under ideal early summer weather the centre of memorial park was walltowall with thousands of fireworks fans sunday the festival tent was filled for fridays comedy show the festival has grown from the mar riage of a canada day breakfast and craft show with a massive slopitch tournament in the early 1980s sponsors have come on board almost all local service clubs and churches are involved what did you think of the 23rd annual strawberry festival emailjmasonyrmgcom the love stouffville campaign of ser vice and good deeds was a welcome addition hats off to the stouffville ministerial association and its crew of volunteers residents arrange their summer vacations around the festival but theres always room for improver ment what about our youth there were events geared to young children seniors young adults and families but what about our teenagers we talk a lot about our youth we want to keep them involved and off the streets and out of trouble how about an outdoor concert to complement the skateboard activi ties invite the local bands that play concerts in the gta what about our newest citizens the festival is a golden opportunity to include the people who have bought the new homes that line the outside edges of stouffville slopitch softball the bread and butter of the old buttermakers tourna ment at the festival is not the draw it was but residents enjoy highend fastball in this town the international womens exhibition game and provin cial elimination tournaments of recent years drew solid crowds want to get involved the festival is always seeking volunteers look for the committees annual meeting this fall its your chance to give input and praise letters to the editor heres how to reduce crime re whats left for vandals to steal letter to the editor by s winn june 2 j whats the answer to question not much its a nowin situation many people today have no respect or understanding of the hard work that went into acquiring possessions a possible solution could be the removal of cow bells church bells the town managers and their followers that say everything must be paid for by someone else removing the source of all these dingalings should reduce crime somewhat larry brasseur whitchurch keeping hansens dream alive this year marks the 20th anniversary of rick hansens man in motion tour his round-the- world wheelchair odyssey to raise awareness and funds for spinal cord research and acces sibility on june 10 whitchurchstouffville contin ued its involvement in this cause with its fourth wheels in motion event thanks to the support of this community almost 200 participants and volunteers raised more than 10000 in support of research and improving accessibility for all wheels in motion events held across the stouffville suntribune welcomes your letters to the editor all submissions must be less than 400 words and must include a day time telephone number name and address the stouffville suntribune reserves the right to publish or not publish and to edit for clar ity and space write letters to the editor 6290 main st stouffville l4a 1g7 email jmasonyrmgcom or fax 9056408778 canada return 50 per cent of funds raised to the community to be used to enhance accessibility it is with the support of this community that we have been able to help individuals with needs in their own homes as well as automated doors at our local arenas two churches in the community have also benefited from this qualityoflife program and received funding to address accessibility issues this summer the town of whitchurch- stouffville will be constructing accessible picnic tables for memorial park as well as a platform in pad a of the stouffville arena to improve seating options for spectators confined to wheelchairs rick hansen wheeled around the world fuelled by the dream of a fully accessible and inclusive society and a cure for spinal cord injury you have helped keep this dream alive stouffville martina bartley and wayne feasby stouffville wheels in motion off the top with jim mason showing us the love stouffville it was a lovein under a tent stouffville christians packed the magnificent white marquee in memorial park sunday morning for a message hope renewal they got all that and a pep talk of the best kind scott clubine the youth pastor at eastridge evangelical missionary church addressed the annual inter- faith church service at the 23rd annual strawberry festival hes a local kid who grew up on tr donuts and clipper hockey games his only time away from his home town came while attending university while scotts classmates at stouffville district secondary school couldnt wait to blow this town he couldnt see any reason to leave his family has more than 200 years of deep roots in the community everything he wanted was here so he stayed or at least returned after school and now leads theyoung- est of our residents in this towns newest church he also led the love stouffville cam paign which hit town like a friendly tornado over the last week of june the project of the stouffville ministerial association was intended to show love to local residents participants in their nifty tshirts with the love stouffville logo a small town version of i love new york one guesses tshirts washed cars cooked lunch handed out bottled water and newspapers to commuters and cleaned the park in preparation for the festival all for free no strings attached ill take the free car wash but i wont eat a free hotdog one resident told scott as if not wanting to fall under a spell fair enough until he wolfed down three dogs no plans were announced for recur ring love stouffville acts of kindness thats a shame a town in transition needs all the love it can get jim mason is editor of the sun- tribune letters policy the suntribune welcomes your loners all submissions must be less than 400 words and must include a daytime telephone number name and address the suntribuncrcservcs the right to publish or not publish and to edit for clarity and space letters to the editor the suntribune 6290 main st stouffville on l4a ig7 jmasonyrmgcom editorial editor jim mason jmasonyrmgcom interactive media marketing advertising manager dawna andrews dandnwsyrmgcom 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