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stouffville suntribune thursday oct 11 2007 5 unicycle latest craze for towns big wheels only in the circus you say if so then the spirit of barnum and bailey is surely alive in stouffville remember the penny farthing most seniors will this twowheeler invented by james stanley in 1866 is thought to be the inspiration behind a phenomenon thats sweeping our town its called the unicycle theyre everywhere one of the foremost uni- cyclists in the world is kris holm of vancouver says holm unicycles turn the world into a play ground thats waiting to be ridden its become one of the fastest growing types of cycling youd better believe it whether on sidewalks roads or trails young people most ly boys are taking to the rec reation like ducks to water one of these is 13yearold adam kostandoff a grade 8 student at glad park public school while comparatively new at the sport adams balanc ing act enables him to per form all kinds of tricks some astounding adam was prompted to enter the unicycle craze last month after three friends jordan barkey kaleb winters and isaac steiner mastered their machines he ordered a unit through the internet from the united states when it arrived in eight parts he and his father pieced it together following the first few practices i felt like giving up adam admits then after several falls it all came together now its fun balance is the thing he confirms adam takes no chances he appreciates the hazards of riding a singlewheeler in todays heavy traffic and while he knows of no strict rules and regula tions governing the sport he always wears a helmet even during routine rides and shin pads while doing tricks i sometimes take tumbles when attempting something new he says he has a few bumps and bruises to prove it common sense is most important he stresses a base unicycle carries a 200 price tag says adam professional models run as much as 650 adam knows of only two dealers locally one in markham and another in toronto stouffvilles boyds source for sports has no unicycles in stock but if requested can order one theyre here to stay adam says adam claims the unicycle oddity creates excitement everywhere he goes people stop and stare and motor ists honk their horns he notes for safekeeping class teacher mr hamilton allows roaming around with jim thomas him to store his unicycle in a locked school cupboard unicycle competitions are popping up everywhere adam says including one in ottawa friend isaac steiner entered the ottawa event and scored two seconds adam hopes to compete next year the 2007 world champi onships were held in spain while unicycling occupies much of his time adams also an enthusiastic athlete he played bantam house league softball this past sum mer and patrols left wing with the stouffville minor bantam clippers he also enjoys public school volley ball and fencing payment received from umpiring helped cover a por tion of the unicycles cost while mastering the uni cycle initially presented chal lenges this is nothing com pared to what adam has in mind following secondary school graduation he hopes to enroll in royal military college in kingston and train as jet plane test pilot and after that prime minister of can ada he says thats my goal and after that a nation al tourist attraction per haps with unicyclist adam kostandoff travelling to and from his hopedfor home at 24 sussex dr jim thomas is a stouffville resident who has written for area newspapers for more than 50 years our frozen entree feature of the week will be our stuffed chicken breasts we make these with our airchilled chicken breasts boneless and use our sage onion stuffing they are then seasoned and slow- roasted and finally drizzled with a dijon mustard cream sauce theyre amazingly good as hbrfa you could th ps imagine reg 1795 serves 23 mushroom oup for the last long while weve always made our mushroom soup with brandy and we still do but for those who can do without the brandy weve made a more traditional mushroom soup with lots of mushrooms k fh ml its a great soup jp i ohf reg 599 ea this week j off this week doreens rice this is doreens dustedoff recipe from the past its a bowl full of 1 oldfashioned goodness j with or without raisins reg 499 440 ml size this week these are a great sausage full of flavour a bit sparky heat- wise and a little larger than usual as most things in texas are so that you wont have leftover room on your made daily reg 399 lb ripork cutlets weve made these at the meat counter for many years they are slices of pork sirloin which we bread and season with french herbs youll need to fry them golden 1 portion usually serves 1 each h f j1ach partridge ermes weve received a shipment of these berries which while called partridge berries here are called lingon berries in europe theyll be available in the produce area and well have recipes to make a great sauce with these from newfoundland these are the pear of choice at our house bartletts just dont store as well as other pear varieties so the best time to eat them is when you see them luckily theyre grown in both hemispheres so they come around twice a year these being from washington lb cbroccoii anj auliflower we couldnt decide which of to feature so well do both are locally grown and at their best when you get them from ontario these they broccoli and cauli alad well be making very large bowls of this amazing salad every day maybe even twice a day at the deli this week veggies especially local ones are good for you a reg 159100g ianns ju lweeki each all of our pumpkins are now in we have them in various sizes priced from 500 to 1000 each as well as a bin of 99 personal size ones the colour is orange and th excitemen is big prima seedless red rapes you know that the california grape season is winding down when these beauties appear prima is a brand i of late harvest grape with j actually these are not quite square unusual sweetness and crunchiness weve been selling them for a couple of weeks now and the supply is coming to an end we bought quite a few for this week the best way to enjoy these is cold right out of the fridge a great postgame itvti 99 from 3 f i while california bg they last square d eal i but theyre definitely squares of decadence they come in many a flavours triple chocolate brownies cream cheese brownies nanaimos rocky road squares pecan lemon coconut and iced lemon squares ive made a study of these much like all of our desserts and these must be enjoyed at room temperature never straight from the fridge no matter the temptation reg 249 m b off to 299 ea this week specials in effect until closing sunday october 14 hours mon 1100700 tuesthurs 900700 fri 900800 sat 900600 sun 1000500 548 carlton road unionville independent grocer w 9401770 wwwtlievttlagegrocercom