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B “E052 x392: ‘ efore someone is seri- ously injured or killed. "no left-turn signs" should be posted at exits onto Main Street from west-end Stouffville‘s Metro and Shoppers Drug Mart plums. With four lanes of traffic traveling in a 50 km/h area. the risk is great. Several collisions have recently occurred there. in. Sun-Tribune I Thursday. Maven E Congestion problems? Solutions to our congestion, collision problems While early-moming and late aftemoon tmflic congestion con- tinues to pose a problem in many areas of Stouffville. nothing can compare to the bottleneck at the exit/entrance to St. Brendan Cath- olic School near the intersection of Hoover Park Drive and Ninth Line. While patience is a virtue. motorist endurance is undoubtedly strained to the limit. Stouffville District Secondary School will echo to the sights and sounds of more than 500 students Nov. 21 when St. )ames Presbyte‘ rian Church hoSts its 22nd annual scholarship concert at 7:30 pm. The evening's emcee is Sun-“i~ Students set to shine again 67 Automall Boulevard (Millard 8: Hwy. 48) 905-888-7777 0 stouflvillohyundclxom bune editor lim Mason. Eight Whitchurch-Stouffville schools will be represented. including St. Mark. St. Brendan.WendatV11lage. Ballamrae: Glad Park. Summit- view, Stouffville Christian and host SDSS. Adult admission is $5 with all receipts returned to participat- ing schools to assist their music programs Why no HalIowaen pie? On garbage day foilbwing Hal- loween. hundreds of jack-o-lan- tems were lined up along Stoufiville boulevards awaiting garbage pick- up. lnstead of ending up on a land- Roaming Around with Iim Thomas EQUUS Golf Cowse “whoysaroback? The Springvale Boys. vocal ane- facts of Springvale Baptist Church. had supposedly retired after one of their members moved to Kitch- ener. Supposedly but not actually. 'l‘his celebrated assemblage of gospel choristers, recipients of the 2012 Music Town. Ontario award. will re-gmup and participate in the annual Celebration of Life service at the O'Neill Funeral Home. Dec. 3 at 7 pm. Mthout formally say- ing so. we hope this is a re-start to a group that's tnily missed in this community fill site. hundreds of pumpkin pies could have resulted. What a waste! Leafs could use this my What was Toronto Maple Leaf management thinking when they let Stoutfville's Michael Del Zotto slip through their collective fingers? Here for the picking was a stel- lar defenceman who could have shored up a sometimes pathetic leaf reaiguard. During his seven seasons with the NewYork Rangers. the 24-year-old Del Zotto scored 29 goals and picked up 104 assists for 133 points The Philadelphia 20 Autumn" Boulevard (Millard Hwy. 48) 905-888-6680 0 stouflvillcchmlct.com Flyers obviously saw something in Del lotto that the Leafs didn't. On Nov. 6. he scored a huge goal in the Flyers' 4â€"1 win over the Florida Panthers. Round dancing, as Stouffville once knew it. may be a thing of the past. However. old-fashioned square dancing is still alive and well. Proof of this occurred Oct. 23 when Stduffville’ 3 Young Life orga- nization hosted a do-si-do dance in the lounge above the Stouffville Arena. The floor was filled with dippers-and-divers ranging in age from 30 to 80 with everyone calling for more of the same. With apologies Dancers not ‘squares' 'Ib err is human. Whoever. from the distant past. coined this adage. didn't account for bloopers follow- ing an election ballot count. My apologies. ln ward l, veteran coun- cillor Ken Ferdinands retained his seat over rival Elizabeth Johnston. but not by the majority indicated in my Nov. 6 column. The spread instead was 202 votes with coun- cillor Ferdinands gamering 495 to lohnston's 293. In ward 2. new- comer Maurice Smith collected 1,884 votes over opponent Adam Schickedanz with 661. My thanks to clerk/returning officer Michele Kennedy for setting the record straight. Hand to believe but Christmas is only six weeks away. A reminder of this is the fact the Stouffville Lions Club's order of 400 trees will go on sale Nov. 29. one week earlier than usual. They'll be displayed outside the Canadian Tire Stone in the Wal- mart Plaza. Prices. unchanged from last year, range from $30 to $60. Jim Thomas IS a StouflWIe resnent who has writtenforareanewspapers formore than 60years A gremlin also crept into my list of long-service awards pre- sented Nov. 1 at Markham Fair's president's banquet. Stouffville's Bill Burnett was honoured for a volunteer commitment spanning 40 years. Of interest. too. is the fact the last four fair presidents - Roi) Miller. Phil Redshaw. Lesley Eng- lish and Kelly Winnitoy â€" have all been Stoufi‘ville residents with Bry- ant llulshof. also from Stouffville, waiting in the wings. “115 the season Golf Course