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newmarket golf 3 country club golf dinner from 1600 for your best deals on golf clubs- tournaments memberships i call tou free 18002633222 second section sports classified sues service pasts nmum4 kingchurch nissan hy 2- wt ot uvwpool rd pldatig 1207 kingswi rd w 6860555 a metroland community newspaper wednesday april 10 1985 a ride on the wild side by the looks of things these guys were sure prepared for stouftville district secon dary schools bed race run through the halls the race brought out some of the 3 schools more bizarre inhabitants these fellows in particular hockey not in plans for towns old arena stouffville soccer club has pitch full of woes by brian kirlik sports editor while the exact use of the old arena remains in limbo until the fall when the deci sion is finally made hockey and figure skating wont be included as possible uses weve done cost studies and its absolutely ludicrous to operate two arenas at two different locations said recreation director george schlukbier twould l t0 encour age competition between the old arena and the new arena he said however the town wont be supplying the funds if somebody thinks they can operate it put the plans on paper and ill glad ly put it before the parks and recreation com mittee no official decision on the possible uses of the old are na will be made before the beginning of november un til then schlukbier says he has several events sche duled including a dog and magic show according to schlukbier the ideal situation would be for a private investor to step in to operate the old facility but he says the costs of such a venture could be pro hibitive in 1984 stouffville had ab out a 30000operating de ficit on the arena for starters schlukbier warns that the refridgera- tion equipment like the pipes and compressors for the ice is not reliable and is suspect to a breakdown at anytime also major alterations are required by the end of 1985 to meet upgraded fire regulations and the build ing requires a structural in spection every three years furthermore says schlukbier unless the pre sent arena receives a major facelift who will want to play games in the old arena when you can play in the new facility since the old arena is situ ated on valuable land schlukbier said the town has no plans to sell the prop- j erty if someone is willing to operate the facility it will be done so on a lease basis the ice surface in the old arena is scheduled for re- moval in about two weeks the whitchurch- gtouffville soccer club has a serious shortage of soccer fields for their upcoming season says league presi dent alfons rubbens were so far behind its not even funny said rub bens recently in an in- ceview the town built the hew arena over our best soc cer field if they had torn the old arena down before they built the new arena well thats exactly what theydid to us said rubbens compounding the prob lem is the fact that several fields the club was counting on using this summer wont be ready until 1986 included in the list of un usable fields are the ones at the high school and recrea tion centre because of re- sodding that took place last fall according to recreation director george schluk bier the york county board of educations land use agreement says a field must not be used for one year af- 4 resodding similarity if a field is seeded the wait is two years theyve promised us things for eight years and given us nothing said rub bens we have spent a great deal of time and money on soccer said mayor tom wood im sure well get there its just a matter of time the fact that several fields will be available in 1986 offers little consolation to rubbens theyre just giving backto us what they took he said however schlukbier says hes confident that through negotiations with the york county board one of the fields at the high school will be made available for use this summer were working on it as effectively as we possibly can said schlukbier not ing the town has spent ab out 100000 on rejuvenating area fields furthermore the town is now working on aquiring more land for the soccer club said schlukbier the club recently prop osed a plan that would give them a facility to call home senior c team went to semis stouffvilles senior c girls hockey team adv anced to the semifinals in this years brampton cadettes ladies hockey tournament as last years senior c champions the girls were moved up into the tougher senior c division no junior b in 1985 earlier reports of a junior b franchise moving to stouffville for the upcom ing 198586 season were pre mature says recreation director george schluk bier were setting our priori ties for the 85 season on the teams already in town said schlukbier however he did agree the town would be very in terested in acquiring a jr b franchise the following year stouffville lost semifinal 30 to lakefield we had our chances said manager cliff dunk- eld we just didnt put them in i really thought wed take them in their first game stouff ville blanked st catherines 40 sandy ramer dee dee keith marina zenk and gloria mintz all connected for stouffville between the pipes terri piette and de bbie coxworth shared the shutout tavistock provided the opposition in the second game with the homeside coming in with a 31 victory nans anter a cool frosty drink you know spring has arrived in stouffville when the buttermakers slopitch team gets hauled over the coals for their desire to hold an outdoor beer garden on the final sunday of their annual tourna ment for the past few years this community group has approached council for the permits to operate such a facility but each time the simple request is blown all out of proportion it just doesnt make sense for council to allow outdoor drinking on friday and saturday and not on sunday is unfairly hypocri tical you either allow it for the whole tournament or you dont allow it at all this is not a group of hippies getting drunk these are your neighbors doctors lawyers teachers and bosses enjoying a cold drink nothing evil or illegal is happening baseball and beer have been part and parcel since abner doubleday firstinvented the game drinking in moderation is not antisocial excessive drinking is dont forget everybody benefits from the sale of beer during the tournament because the buttermak ers graciously donate a portion of the pot toward the local baseball organization as sure as death and the last place finish of the maple leafs sports and alcohol will always be re lated and you can bet your last vanilla girl guide cookie that stouffville wont be the only place on the continent where beer and baseball wont be allowed to hold hands to 99 percent of the population having a beer is like consuming a glass of milk or cup of coffee its done out of pleasure and habit like it or not beer and other alcoholic drinks are a part of our society and nobody is ever going to change that den hagg has a terrific time stouffville added another chapter to its longrunning rela tionship with interna tional hockey when the girls senior c squad took on the hoki j de vils from holland the devils were in canada to compete in the 18thannual bramp ton cadettes dominion ladies hockey tourna ment and although the team failed to win any of their four tournament games the girls were content just to partici- pate in the easter- weekend tournament prior to the tourna ment the devils played stouffville in an exhibi tion game losing 20 af ter the game both teams gathered in latcham hall for a banquet ice hockey for dutch women is only about five years old their league consists of four teams with about 80 players the devils eight games in canada last week equals the number they played in their entire season the members of the team werq billeted in the community for a night and from all reports anybody that billeted the girls thought the girls were just terrific said organizer cliff dunkeld members of the stouff ville squad took the de vils to a sporting goods store where the girls went on a hockey equip ment- shopping spree gloves shoulder pads and sticks were the hot items with the dutcb girls claiming the payed less than on third the price they would have payed back home stouffvilles karen brodie had the honor of taking the ceremonial faceoff mayor tom wood presided over the evenings events that included the presentation of town pins to each devils member jed stonchouse the president of the chamber of commerce presented the devils coach with the towns flag and you thought being the mayor was a tough job before the banquet started mayor wood took some time to entertain some of his fans from left to right gloria mintz leonjel burg and laurie taylor two or the hokij devils best fans aage negenman and arend passchier cheer their team on during last weeks game at stouffville arena negenman said he has to work lots of overtime to make the trip