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The grant lemons are ready and warring Joshua Proksch has decoâ€" rated the streets again with about 50 signs adverusing his annual oneâ€"day lemonade stand today at 170 Elgin Creâ€" cent in Waterloo The signs, made out of giant cardboard cutâ€"outs of lemons, bring attention to Joshua‘s fundraising efforts for the United Way. In the past, Joshua has been highly regarded for his work, receiving CHYM‘s Human Touch Award and also a philâ€" anthropy award for being an outstanding young volunteer and fundraiser. For the past four years. the 10â€"yearâ€"old has been serving up cold glasses of lemonade to the thirsty citizens of Waterloo Kirk said it was the perâ€" fect comingâ€"out party for Jessica, who just finished her latest round of chemotherapy and who was still recovering from a painful operation that removed a bone in her left leg and replaced it with one from her right. Field of dreams (Continued from page 1) Lemonâ€"aid: The juice is ready to flow He fought back tears as she caught a high pop fly and returned a throw to Cruz Jr. Jessica said the catchâ€" ing was the favourite part of her day. "It was great, I‘m glad 1 could be here," she said. And her dad was happy she could be there too. "So far treatments are going really, really well," said Kirk. "This is a great culmiâ€" nation to the trials and tribuâ€" lations she‘s had." The clinic was part of Bell‘s Pay of Champions, a special fundraiser for the residential camp near Parry Sound, that allows children with cancer to attend the camp for free. In addition to taking part in the clinic, the kids also got tours of the SkyDome and CN Tower before returning for the game against the Baston Red Sox that evening The event has raised more Charles Kuepfer Spec ial to the Chromicle Jessica Smith, above, throws down her crutch and catches a grounder. than $70,000 over the last six he _ years, with $20,000 coming )2 that day from a special media _ NV Te hitting challenge, plus W aid _ $1,000 for each Blue Jays hit niâ€" _ that night. nt Joshua Proksch‘s lemonade stand is up and running today. Last year, more than 210 _ much money as he brought in glasses were served, raising _ during his first year of operaâ€" $437.05 for the United Way. _ tion. That‘s almost five times as _ Joshua said he is supplied "It was just a great time to There were no Babe Ruthâ€"like promises of hitting the ball out of the ballpark for the campers that day, but it didn‘t matter. The kids sull B cheered with every swing And though the Blue Jays were down 8â€"0 by the ninth, none of the campers wanted to leave It was another simple lesâ€" son of life. They knew the game wasâ€" n‘t over until the last out. come out and see the smiles on their faces, and to just teach them some things," said Cruz Jr. "Everybody‘s happy. "These kids have a lot of fight in them. They‘re all smiling and happy to be here and that‘s how it should be." His moin, Nancy, says that the publicity helped bring peoâ€" ple out "When you get a httle bit of exposure on the radio, people are in their cars and they just sort of drive by And the next thing you know, you‘ve had a 100 people there that you didâ€" n‘t really realize (would come}," said Nancv. and ready for this years event He is anticipating serving up 300 glasses this year Joshua‘s fundraising efforts have been well documernied by the local media from the beginâ€" ning She also expects an increase this year in the number of glasses of lemonade being served. Despite the success of his efforts, Joshua doesn‘t think the lemonade stand will become an institution. "I‘ll keep doing it for a couâ€" ple more years," he said. }ul )«tmmtind(y henewned stheet dnu@mm; Gm (ot; vfi 5&&6)5&& muypuuw./ i F;u, QM“"&X Bfla TR“’*"*‘X 5:36 pm â€" 6:30 pm Oposig Coameis Fhoghy 3+ 30. . m â€" Kite Day 1 pmâ€" 5 pw Frideg sposocd ty WOpd | x * * FRIENDS | _ Setundey uts Aate flighs Shew 1138 ow EmvinOSNENT Uaudeville Show Sunday fappented by. ftugu}t 26 â€" 29 Street, I/ntowsn Waterd fras TMâ€"frademark of Clarica Life Insurance Company * Tested and proven in 1000‘s of commercial and residential installations all across North America BATH FITTER® CLARICA® A&tvuum "“f““ Foundation Supported by Conada Trust to CENM from _