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hurmram air condmoning systems 131wesngsonsteunt7 4711748 raftsnuiiisljip mie thethbune community heating air conditioning 4418 hwy 7 upstairs rom umowse video 4791290 weioni vith the commumif for the commaait serving whitchurchstourfviile uxbridge and area a metroland community newspaper wednesday- may 27 1987 gymnast vaulting into stouffville by denise mcdonald gymnast andrea thomas will join the ranks of stouff villes best- known residents when the uni versity of georgia freshmen re turns home next month the former markham resident a 14th allround finisher at the 1984 summer olympic games will spend her summer holiday with mother rita and sister tracey who relocated to blake st in stouffville last august according to her mother andreas gymnastic prowess was evident at an early age particu larly to her nursery school teacher who informed mrs tho mas her daughter had excellent coordination at first i didnt believe her rita explained andrea was forever running into things and i had thought she had a co ordination problem 1 even once considered taking her to a doctor i had no idea she had any sort of exceptional ability shortly after andreas eighth birthday mrs thomas enrolled both her daughters in a universi ty of guelph gymnastics class marking the beginning of an end less succession of teams and coaches wanting to tap on andreas ability one week after entering their first class both girls were invited event in brief bs68febw bmbb stouffvillearea man legally impaired when he crashed an atv into a police crusier last spring has been sentenced to 15 months injail dennis smith received two concurrent terms after he was convicted of dangerous driving causing bodily harm and driving with more than the legal amount of alcohol in his system in handing down sentence friday in whitby district court judge er lovekin said the public must be protected from motorists who drink and drive judge lovekin suspended mr smiths driving licence for five years and also placed him on probation for two years upon his release from the ontario correctional institute the judge recommended the 40yearold rr 3 claremont man serve his sent ence in that brampton facility so he can take part in a rehabilitation program for alcohol abusers and also receive skills training related to an injury suffered in the accident a district court jury found the ac cused guilty march 31 of the two charges and another related impaired driving offence stemming from a crash in north pickering april 27 1986 mr smith lost part of his left leg and a passenger on his all- terrain vehicle sherri wannop was seriously injured when the atv struck a marked durham regional police car court was told that police officers richard bates and paul mooy had earlier pursued mr smith after they received noise compaints from residents on cone 8 near sideroad 30 during sentencing the crown called for maximum im prisonment of two years less a day while mr smiths defence lawyer asked for a minimum jail term of three months stouffville mission expandingchristian blind mission will expand to more than double the size of its existing facility on stouffville rd near kennedy rd several area dignitaries will take part in a groundbreaking ceremony onsite june 12 at 2 p m according to mission centre coordinator john bettsworth plans for the whitch- urchstouffville missions new community outreach project will also be announced at that time m8 tis work of rwf capel a wellknown toronto artist who sketched with members of the group of seven is featured at stouffvilles blue orchid restaurantgallery until june 1 the exhibit includes some of the late mr capels original oil paintings and watercolors plus originals by his granddaughter lyn marnoch- wenger of rr 4 stouffville the blue orchid is located at 124 main st east the ndp riding association for durham west will hold an 8 pm nomination meeting thursday june 4 at caw local 1090 140 hunt st in ajax two people vying for the ndp nod to date are bernie emoff of pickering and ajaxs jim wiseman norah stoner has already gained the liberal nod in the newlycreated pickeringajax riding while mpp george ashe will represent the prog ressive conservatiives dxbridge chamber choir per forms bob bobowitzs rock cantata the creation june 6 at the music hall tickets costing 750 for adults and 5 for senior citizens and students are available at yellow brick road in uxbridge or at the door to compete at the provincial level with the guelph saultos howev er after moving swiftly up the ranks they soon joined the cam bridge kips and began competing in nationallyrated events shortly after traceys gym nastic career was tragically cut short when a severed tendon in her hand developed into nerve damage thus ending any hope of competing on uneven bars continuing on alone andrea moved through several teams be fore meeting up with david and judy holmes of markham who she trained under for a year and a half while under their tutelage andrea secured third place all- round at the 1983 commonwealth championships was a member of the 1983 canadian world cham pionship team came second all- round of 1983 elite canada and was second on beam at the 1983 preolympics she was also rank ed second allround in optionals at preworlds in hungary first in allround 1984 elite canada first in allround 1984 second olympic trials fifth in allround 1985 usa vs canada as well as being a member of the 1985 canadian world championship team after graduating from high school the 18yearold star athlete began searching for uni versities in order to pursue both her academic and gymnastic careers she received scholarship offers from several highly- respected american institutions but finally decided on the uni versity of georgia where shell enter her second year in september it was a hard decision mrs thomas said after weeks of in decision i finally made her fill out all the forms sent her out the door and told her not to come back until she mailed one of the envelopes looking back shes really glad she chose georgia while eventually planning to major in business andreas im mediate goal is to maintain her position on the universitys ncaa championship gymnastics team the lady dogs andrea cant compete nationally any longer but shell still continue to play an active role on the team her mother noted damage to the rotator cup in her shoulder has prevented her from working on the uneven bars you have to be able to compete in all four disciplines to qualify nationally according to mrs thomas andreas shoulder injury was due in part to excessive wear and tear particularly during her famous onearm handstand on the balance beam however the injury did little to prevent her from posting an im pressive thirdplace finish on the beam to earn allamerica honors at last months ncaa gymnas tics championships in salt lake city utah andrea is such a good kid and extremely disciplined mrs thomas claimed not only does she have the energy for studies and her team somewhere she still finds enough to have a good time too