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wkend st f 1 i j ft t t i i them a j fitness aerobics centre 190 bullock drive 9054717671 no spirit in support of junior a club sport notes b r u c e s t a p i e y oil andwater thats what lies at the heart of the current crisis that could see the spirit of stouffville pick up stakes and leave town ed hakonson the spirits actionoriented shoot-from- thehip owner is a breed apart from the arena officials hes blaming for failing to provide his team with practice ice time this past season eds longstanding beef with public sector employees is that of any selfmade entrepreneur ie those on the public payroll get paid every week no matter what they contribute to the people they serve whereas hes never had a guaranteed payday in his life ed is frustrated to be sure and thats understandable when you consider the spirits lack of support after two sea sons you dont spend 100000 a year on a hockey team and be where we are and not be a little down he told me but he should understand that the arena staffs allocation of scarce ice time prior to the coming of the second ice pad is not the issue to use in a philo sophical debate over those who draw from the public purse for now is the time to get back to the business of establishing a first rate junior a hockey club in keeping with stouffvilles distinguished hockey tradition mayor wayne emmerson no slouch with a hockey stick is offering to help ed and the spirit stick handle their way to a solution that will see the club entrenched here for years to come emmersons plan would give ed what he wanted in the first place a hockey club with an effective board of directors along with the overall support arid involvement of the town the truth is that ed is 100 per cent committed to his team and his town his renovations to the rec centre are proof of the way he operates when his heart is into something but even hes aware that public relations is not a strong point while he aims his invective at the people paid to run the rink and at a local minor hockey association he accuses of holding back ice time from his team hes unaware that hes causing some hurt at a time when the coming of the second ice pad should be erasing all past pain involving the yearsold ice time squeeze leslie mabley a long time vol unteer with the whitchurch- stouffville minor hockey asso ciation wsmha of which her husband peter is currently president summed up the asso ciations shocked reaction to eds recent statement in the local press pete just feels he got kicked in the face she lamented we feel we did all we could for him leslie recalled the flack her husband received from angry parents every time the associa tions house league schedule was moved around to accommo date a sunday spirit game this season but the wsmha believed a junior a team was a plus for the town so they did what they could leslie said to try to pin the blame on the towns facilities superintendent john crawley wasnt fair either insisted leslie crawley did the right thing he had a legally binding con tract to honor the commit ments made to the various user groups he ed knew he only had to struggle through this year like the rest of us until the second ice pad came but eds unique entrepre neurial qualities and big vision for stouffville are badly needed the towns recreation office staff along with the wsmha executive may be good at what they do but they could never have enough clout or cash to see a junior a club through its formative years in the end all three entities need to work together to make it succeed despite some of the petty knocks against ed and his hockey club if everyone works together the rec centre could become the place to be on sat urday night if the spirit can eventually flourish come on ed wayne peter et al lets all get together and work this thing out stouffville district secondary schools alison crowder left gets her arms up to block this shot taken by a markham district high school player during action in wednesdays yraa junior girls playoff game at stouffville district secondary school photosteve somerville junior spartans spike win over markham in playoffs the stouffville district secondary school spartans junior girls volleyball team responded to a home court wake up call to advance to the next a round of the york region ath- playoffs 8yraa5 vi 111 htxurnt jtwx-latkn- letic association wednesday the spartans romped to a 159 win in the first game of their bestofthree south east division open ing round playoff set with markham dhs but had to overcome a 105 deficit in game two before rallying to win 1513 to sweep the set we just werent focussed said spartans coach heather henricks about her teams play in the early stages of the second con test hopefully its a lesson we learned for the next playoff round the spartans were led by danielle trimms tanis mcknight alison crowder and sherry hartnett the spartans now go on to play in the eightteam second round playoff tourna ment tuesday at bayview ss the top two teams play for the yraa title two days later at st roberts chs in thornhill at wednesdays playoff at sdss unionville hs downed markville to join the spartans as the other south east divi sion representative at tuesdays second round tourney midget spartans hold court danny hill hit for 29 points as the stouf fville district secondary school spartans midget boys basketball team ended their season with a 6156 victory over middlefield ss recently mark burkholder had 16 points for the spartans who led 2827 at the half before nursing their lead through the second half bj james had 11 points and allan reesor- mcdowell added five points the spartans were 13 for 22 from the foul line with burk holder hitting for eight of 10 free shots it was the second win in a row for the spartans clippers advance to quarter finals w its on to the omha quarter finals for the bouwmeister midget clip pers the clippers captured the lakeshore division crown when they defeated cpbpurg 31 in a hard fought road contest feb v- v il -ly- gave the korb ryan king and d the best- boyd 11 the win stouffville squad the best- boyd offive series three games the clippers open their to one kyle harrison quarter final series with brett boyd and dan tardella were the clip pers marksmen assists went to brandon crossen bradford on the road tonight in bradford game two is scheduledfor sun day at 630 pm atthe rec