The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

rekai johnson banisters solicitors 49 main street east 2nd floor stouffville ontario 6408100 or 6493555 k s i i a jed leasing today s easy way to drive larry cotter leasing 6404541 ai makes and models forihei mi some of whom were 14 years old in 1962 she was allround gymnastics champion invthe metro toronto gymnastics championships in the 16 and under class m by thetime she was 13 marilynn was- central ontario junior womens gymnastics champion and canadian junior j trampoline champion andwas beginning to look like a genuine contender for the olympic team of 1968 at that time i olympic competiforshad to be atleastl6 participate her dream avas realized when she was selectedto reprfeent canada at theoh imes in october of that yea new challenge withcountlesftt tice i and the pressure o vwork itwould y flcult foremost time to sleep- let r alarilynn not pnlyrparticipatedin bthevac- tivities shemanaged to e at all ofuiemlshewasju hall of fame ln july 1964 marilyriris name was added to the hall of famerecrcatiori honorrxoll atf birchmount stadium strict the list of awards and medals kept on growing on november ll jchwjimtf anbiapsmtfe cedarbrae second and was crbwrie borough i che parkin t whenjshe wtsiu she participated in track and field horseback riding and soft- ball she was a member of the by kate gilderdale with the start of the 1988 summer olympic games athletes from all over the world will go throughrohe of themost overwhelming emotional ex periences of their lives for former olympic gymnast macilynn hayden nee marilynn minaker the memory of that experience will stay with her forever marilynn who moved to stouffville in july was a member of the canadian womens gymnastic team which j competed in the 1968 olympics in mexico city it was the culmination of years of gruelling work and sheer deter mination on the part of an athlete who entered her first competition at the age of 10 coming second overall at a ineet in buffalo i natural aptitude marilynn trained with the scarborough winstonettcs and the scarborough police youth club but even before her for- mat training began she showed fa natural aptitude for athletics sand was often to be found hang- ing sipside from trees mdulg- f iiig in heartstopping backsw- flings- or cartwheelingto church al theageof seven not all her friends shared her talent however and one- over- ambitious girlfriend who was staying at the familys cottage broke her ankle trying to i emulate marilynns athletic day oneday i went into the capers quite a few people neurosurgeons office arid did didnt want to come up when handstand l letting by he following march she attention that was shower recalls was hack and competing hi the her in tier youth when 1 metro toronto gymnasticmtt championships where she finished a close second in the w summer of 1967 marilynn cohv 3s m 1965 just berore her 16th birththe school bandvshe was day disaster struck vvheri she an iavidpihtersmuch orlhe fell during a workout at theg gym and tests revealed a gth bloodclot on the brain i i vwna 1 was told i vvouldnh be ab to work for more than a yeariv j marilynn remembers iishe couldnt even stand up and j maril walk down the hallway she tfaa recalls hearing hecmother jcryj much of the i drive and en- li i mmmmr encouragementgandjfff kisss m rwas atthe gyw5 emthtim vji her determination to com- pete in the 1966 world games ispibi and her refusal to acceptwfiat the doctors told her won the agssf manlyhn ha vden as she appeared duriiift t fetfk height of her career as a gymnast the stouf f- competed in the 1968 mexicocitj years later the membriespf enitilino- there are four ifirigt a for aeanttbbe a christian athlete in 1977 she maldpsomething of a homecomu j j imi i i is- month rml toured canada gtcxpci a vuiu fttheysawjwnat t tliemselves in i with a gruv jf 1961 marilynn then 11 won a gold medal in the metro toronto championships meet- competing against 31 canadian v and american contestants- peted in the panamericsin t games in winnipeg arid in chris uieex- fs led her andwf t of thjefilfsiswng fgymhastics in jonada- andworkedjorsome markbam but or now shr other athletes toured time with the federal govern- wants to spend sometime will atiswss cities pro- mem ally she- opened 1 her children i rdon j i rmn commit mysr away studi also she udspnher tranirig t wasn iirfflisis jf itriessand sport among lungpopleifor a number of years she worked for air nada in sales and public relations -c- her ovyn- cosmetics became girls for mbvii heise hill team crowned york champions i by bruce stapley 1 while paramount films was 1 staging a modern day war of the j worlds just metres away on the l victoria square community cen- tre parking lot friday night don 1 lofthouse and his heise hill i brethern of christ church team 5 mates were staging a drama all their own the american film company j had come to victoria square to do a few scenes from its upcoming television series on an invasion 5 by extraterrestrial aliens but j lofthouse stole the show capping joff a day that saw him celebrate both his own birthday and the birth of a baby boy he helped his team dethrone gormley mis- sionary church in the stouffville sarea christian league softball finals heise hill that carried a one game lead into the second game of the best twooutofthree fseries was blanked 50 by the fgormleyteam in friday nights first game this forced a third and deciding contest j heise hill dug down deep and jcame up with a 62 victory scor ing four times in the sixth inning to put the game away but it was lofthouse who came up with the timely fielding gem of the contest in the fifth inning with heise hill up 21 gormleys mike boadway beat out a bunt and andre ertl was hit by a pitch both runners advanced a base on a sacrifice fly lofthouse then dove to his left to snare a hot grounder throwing the runner out while still lying on the ground this ended the inning and saved at least one run the play inspired his team mates to come up with their big outburst in the sixth cen- trefielder brad hogg who made several outstanding catches in both games singled to lead off the inning sandy todd lashed a wicked grounder past gormley shortstop mark simpson consecutive walks to scott steckley don lofthouse and dennis lofthouse accounted for two runs then pitchercoach gary shropshire put the icing on the cake with a tworun double to left shropshire won the iron man award for the night pitching the final four innings of the first game as well as the entire se cond contest while he allowed seven hits in the championship game he was able to get the big out when he needed it and was the benefactor of a determined heise hill defence the game was a sharp contrast to the earlier contest in which gormleys steve sayers was skating club registration the stouffville figure skating club is accepting registrations at the trade fair thursday fri day and saturday these include both figure skating and power skating location is the town recrea tion centre children preschool and up are invited for additional information call 6404062 skate exchange the stouffville figure skating club is holding a skte exchange sept 12 and 15 from 7 to 830 pm at the rec centre early dropoffs will be ac cepted at 478 elm road stouff ville evenings flawless on the mound striking out nine heise hill batters and giving up only four hits sayers had the big blow as well in his teams shut out victory a threerun homer in the third inning he started game three as well but was replaced by paul boyn ton after surrendering two runs in the third but after boynton had trouble locating the plate in the fourrun sixth sayers was brought back to finish up gormley had won the league ti tle three years in a row and seven years out of the last eight heise hill team manager laurie pugh had sensed her team would come back after the white washing theyd received earlier in the evening the guys werent into the first game at all she admitted but they were there for the second game they wanted it we always play better under pressure the heise hill softball team were winners of the york region christian mens softball league crown in the back row from left marlin sparky rcssler pastor don lofthouse bradd hogg sandy todd jim cadieux ted boake pat logco laurie pugh manager and scorckceper in front from left arc gary shropshire playercoach ted bennett dennis lofthouse dale wideman scotty steckley geoff logeo lee wideman batboy bruce stapley stouffvillcs keith acton presents a cheque for 10000 to laura cole director of the childrens wish foundation the proceeds were raised at the recent williamson molorskcith acton celebrity golf tournament the childrens wish foundation is dedicated to granting wishes to terminally ill children also on hand for the presentation were peter left and sandy williamsonchris garbutt maybe its the line of the season or the fact that both winners and losers in baseball can become accustomed to their position but whatever it was they were- all dumping on umpire john white at the ball park wednesday as the highly rank ed port perry softball team pasted the lower level stouff ville peewees 101 stouffville coach cap cowan appeared rankled from the start taking white to task again and again on a night of oddities rare calls and sloppy fielding by the stouffville outfit and on the other side of the diamond the port perry brain trust not content with an easy win were hurling their share of abuse at the umpire as well to whites credit he handled himself well being forced to use the extent of bis knowledge of the rules to ensure that justice was carried out on the diamond ipdrt perry started sloivly and led 30 after three innings but they poured it oh in the jeff card and chad venning held the stouffville bate at bay as the duo combined for 10 strikeouts t meanwhile stoiiffvlliestim lavcll laboured through five in nings striking out seven port perry jiitters with jddy mur nari throwing the final inning stouffville finally broke the shutout with a run in the sixth but it wasnt without a struggle brandon pridham the solitary games second half scoring bright light offensively for the two runs in the fourth and fifth frames and cashing in three more in the sixth and final inning the port pitching tandem of home squad led off ine inning with his third base hit of the night a hard sinash that bounc- cd of f pitcher venning j