The eighth Annual Clearview Tulip Days Festival, held in Stayner on May 16, celebrated the 100th Anniversary of the Royal Canadian Airforce and the role that Canadian soldiers played in the liberation of the Netherlands near the end of the Second World War. Each year since 1945, 100,000 tulip bulbs are sent to Canada as a thank you. The Dutch royal family took refuge in Canada during the occupation and Princess Margriet was born in Ottawa. Clearview Councillor Marty Beelen was emcee for the event. He told the crowd that his father spent most of the war as a prisoner and vowed that if he made it out alive, he would emigrate to Canada. The Tulip Days Festival was presented by the Stayner Garden Club and the Stayner Heritage Society. Stayner Kinsmen hosted a free barbecue lunch and former Clearview mayor Chris Vanderkruys supplied a traditional dutch treat, Oliebollen.