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e ytt tfit j si r tf o st weekender january 4 1997 p 19 minor atom clippers advance in silver stick hockey tourney its on to the next- round of the annu al international silver stick hockey tournament for the stouffville minor atom clippers the clippers went all the way to the finals at the woodbridge silver stick qualifying tournament over the dec 28 weekend eventually falling to new tecumseth 32 in the final the team demonstrated consistent defensive team work outstanding goal keeping and nonstop offensive drive as they held the opposition without a goal in four round robin games shawn gib son earned all four shut outs the clippers played both oakville and south point to goalless ties before bouncing vaughan 100 in a hard fought semifinal rematch with south point the clippers pre vailed on a third period goal the stouffville squad showed more of the same in the final against new tecumseth but ended up just short the finalist performance allowed the clippers to qualify for the next silver stick qualifying round in newmarket at the end of the month clippers mvps for the five games were shawn gibson and cale tanaka two mvp awards each and joshua spang scoring points for the stouf fville team were tanaka six goals justin lyons five assists jonathan wonch one goal three assists spang two goals one assist lee maxwell and richard little one goal one assist each cameron mackenzie and david salvagna two assists each len spi- teri and todd nesbitt one assist each puwrrnenin spoots now open markham minor bantam clippers earn win and loss the- aikens ida minor bantam clippers came out of recent- week end play with a win and loss david brown had a goal and two assists to help lead the stouffville squad to a 62 win over the caledon hawks in their first outing ryan jones had a goal and an assist while geoff dunn ryan zon- nekyn casey maude and brent meyer had the other clippers goals peter smit also had an assist and graham smith was strong in the stouffville goal hosting markham on sunday the clippers wound up on the short end of a 54 count in a penaltyriddled game jones matt sullivan justin heyworth and brown scored for the clippers assists went to brown 2 blair cain heyworth and jones 5 isffl ave fsb suiuttplaii i hvy7 9054718652 timup repairs adjustments hydro rates will be 2 lower in 97 for markham customers if you warmed up to frozen hydro rates try snuggling up to a 2 decrease the temperature is dropping and so are your hydro rates how often do you see prices go down for anything at your communityowned power company we think the answer is not nearly enough which is why were so pleased to be able to bring you a 2 rate decrease in electricity rates for 1997 youll actually be paying less than 1993 after reducing rates by 15 in 1994 holding the line in 1995 and 1996 this will be the fourth straight year of frozen or reduced hydro rates in markham this years 2 decrease means that residential customers with a monthly consumption of 1000 kwh will pay 155 less per month than they did in 1996 and 283 less per month than they did in 1993 part of the reason for the savings is continuous cost control and with the continued growth and vitality of markham new revenues also allow us to spread costs among a larger base of customers as a community power company were on your side today markham hydro is one of the most competitive utilities in the industry allowing us to offer one of the lowest electricity rates in the greater toronto area it all starts with an attitude that were working for you weve weeded out unproductive costs weve developed our people constantly challenging ourselves to do better to do more for you with lessto deliver savings and service to the people who matter most the people of markham local accountability and decisionmaking let us work on your behalf a true member of the community should contribute to the community at markham hydro we can give you our assurance that delivering the lowest possible rates to our community is always foremost on our minds remember at markham hydro were doing everything in our power to keep hydro costs affordable 1997 bimonthly residential service rates energy charge first 500 kwh 1158c balance per kwh 696c minimum bill 720 residential or business monthly water heater rental water heater rental rates have increased slightly to recover costs of operating the water heater rental program 40 gallon 510 60 gallon 590 100 gallon 1295 administration charges change of occupancy 900 various charges may apply for nonpayment of an account or a service call depending on the nature of the call 1997 monthly business service rates demand charge m markham hydro fe compan 8100 warden avenue po box 4100 markham ontario l3r 8h7 telephone 905 4773810 don mckee paul hyatt bill burnett don mcnabb mayor don cousens chairman v icechairman commissioner commissioner commissioner first 50 kw nc next 4950 kw 495 balance 1241 minimum bill under 50kw 720 per kw over 50 kw 60c per kw based on the highest billing demand in the pre 1y charge first 250 kwh 1158c next 12250 kwh 752c next 1862000 kwh 553c balance 354c