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E coLuMN hile I'm not a judge in the (lhristmas‘home decoration com- petition. two properties on Stoutfville's Katherine Crescent will undoubtedly attract attention. "It's only a start." said son Andrew with assistance provided by sisters Alison and Laura. One of these is the home of Rick and Susan Wannop and the other the residence of neighbours Ken and Lynda Kelly. At the Wannop home. a 50-foot spruce is adorned with 1.500 coloured lights. in addition. a beautiful wreath hangs atop the garage and a sweet-side mailbox is aliagiow. A crane had to be mobilized to crest the tree with a silver star. "I! was much easier when the tree was smaller." said Wannop. “it keeps gmwing every year." So does their light display. They won the lions/Sun-"Iribune contest in 2012. “Should we win, we'll give the money back." she said. “The Lions do so much for our town." Across the road. the Kelly home is beautifully illuminated by 2.000 lights. Annie. Mr. Kelly's mother. supervised the project. Entries foi 'Stouffville-area homes only are welcome until Dec. 0 Private suites with ensuite bath and kitchenettes ' Meals freshly prepared by our Executive Chef ° Weekly housekeeping and linens laundered 0 24 hour health care supervision ° Social and recreational programs ° And much more. Katherine Crescent all lit up for Christmas â€"-â€" RETIREMENT RESIDENCE STOUFFVILLE CREEK Is it time for a change? Warm up this winter with us. ONE BEDROOM SUITES STARTING AS IDW AS Schools Ilka performing 14. Send (jmason@yrmg.com) or phone (905-640-2612 ext. 23) them to editor lim Mason. The 22nd annual Student Music Scholarship Concert. entertaining a standingWoom-only audience at Stouffville District Secondary School Nov. 21. was an amazing success with 500 young people representing eight Whitchurch- Stouffville schools taking part. But what of the choir. band and dance directors who gave volun- tarily of their time and ‘alems to make it all possible? They ihclude the following: Susan Whitebread. St. Mark; Kris- ()2 Roaming Around with Iim Thomas ten Stewart and Katherine lvic. Ballantrae; Peggy Keeler. Stoufl’ville Christian; Lisa and Emily 'laylor. Glad Park; Lisa Katie Boy- lan and Kelly DeGrace. St. Brendan; Diane Marlatt and Miriam Sellick- Smith. Stoulfville Distn‘ct Second- am Allan Alexander. Wendat Vil- lage and Brendan Rawlins. Sum- mitview. Appreciation also to Glad Park for filling the vacancy when Oscar Peterson School surprisingly withdrew. So what were the band. choir and dance leaders' responses to the concert? In one of the organiz- ers. here's what they told me: Whitebnead: “It's always a good evening. a yearly highlight for my choir. The children enjoyed it. especially our 30 Grade 1 boys and girls. I! was their first time." Parkes: "We were honoured to be a pan and would be delighted to participate next year.” Stewart: “The children had an awesome time. We had something to work towards during September and October. We're almady looking forward to next year." Marian: "We always look for- ward to this night. It's such 21 won- derful evening to celebrate great musical achievements within our Taylor: "Thanks for providing so great an opportunity for our chil- dren. It was a lot of fun." Sellick-Smith: "We love this con- cert. It's always a wonderful night. Count us in next year." Alexander: "It was our pleasure to be a part of so wonderful an evening and see all the preparation come together." family of schools. " During the past 22 years. admis- sions and donations have totaled more than 5102.000 with all monies returned to participating schools to assist their music programs. Recently. while northbound on the Ninth line approaching Mus- selman's Lake. I spotted over my right shoulder. a red light. Thinking it was maybe Rudolph out for a pre-(Ihristmas run. I slowed down slightly for a closer look. To my surprise. it was not jolly old St. Nick checking his bag of good- ies fmm the interior of a brightly coloured sleigh. but a grim-faced York Regional Police officer bran- dishing a radar gun from inside a mum-timed cruiser. Hey, you're not Rudolph "Gotcha." he undoubtedly said to himself as he later handed me a $55 ticket bearing no resemblance to a Christmas card. "I could have let you go." he said somewhat apologetically. "but you were a little high. (54 km/h in a 40 Town workers honoured zone)”. Oh yes, a last resort plea as a Stouffville school crossing guard didn't change his mind. Stom‘roady for Santa With the arrival of Santa Satur- day. Main Street stores will be all dressed up in their Christmas fin- ery. Already attracting attention is The Hearty Artichoke operated by Suze loyce. immediately following Halloween. the seasonal change over took place. She was assisted by Dario Valente and Laura Cusack. Honored were: Peter Alcorn. 45 years: Connie McVicar. 35 years: Sharon Norton. Janet Ruhl and Dianne Camrite. 25 years; Marc Pourvahidi. Mark Busse, Trevor Wawryk. lohn Mnters. Kirk Walker and Andrew McNeely. 15 years: by Mashinter. Kelly beveck. Mark Car- roll and Rob Raycroft. 10 years. Fifteen employees were pre- sented with long service awards Saturday when the town of Whitchurch-Stouffville held its annual stafi Christmas party at the Royal Canadian Legion. JirnnromasisaSIOuMIIeresm-ntwho haswnnenforareanewspapersformre than