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st tribune thursday may 15 1997715 i 1 i fl i i 1 8 fv sports a grand opening surrounded by councillors guests and local youngstres mayor wayne emerson cuts the ribbon to officially open the second ice pad at the stouffville rec centre on monday photo by sjoerd witteveen second pad receives official grand opening bruce stapley correspondent the towns second ice pad was officially opened amid a ribbon cutting and free skate that attracted more than 100 dignitaries contributors and youthful skaters to the rec centre monday evening whitchurchstouffville mayor wayne emmerson flanked by members of the sec ond ice pad committee coun cilors york region chairman eldred king and a host of chil dren performed the scissors duties in the foyer leading into the recently opened arena emmerson credited the coun cil of the early 1980s for hav ing the foresight to allow room for the addition of a second ice surface when they approved the rec centres construction they had the vision to put the one pad here with room for a second one he said emmerson credited those who worked to make the sec ond ice surface a reality he pointed to the efforts of pioneer committee members jim hamm sue harmsen bob mcneely and andy cartwright all of whom were in attendance he also praised the work of the branick group which con structed the facility king offered his congratula tions and wished the facility success mcneely who served as sec ond ice pad committee chair acknowledged the sometimes painstaking route taken by his group the road that leads to good ideas is sometimes lonely he said mcneely credited council with making the decision to back the project they council had to put themselves on the line thats the nature of politics mcneely said he also lavished praise on the branick group they went out of their way to give us something wed be proud of mcneely said the town could take pride that the project was planned and built by local resi dents we should all be proud that this was an expression of our common will tony mauro a partner in the branick group also took part in the ceremonies he was accompanied by his two young children matthew and christopher who both wore buffalo sabres hockey jerseys with former stouffville clipper brad mays number 10 on the back the ceremonies were fol lowed by a free skate to allow residents to check out the new facility legion to host track event the royal canadian legion will hold its zone e2 track and field meet at the stouffville track on may 24 the meet will begin with an official opening ceremonies at 945 am legion spokesperson dave mcquaker said local legion officials are pushing to have the legions ontario track and field championships here next year other significant dates for the local track include the ontario masters meet this saturday york region elementary meets may 20 and 22 the york region elementary disabled games june 4 and the york region elementary track and field championships june 17 whitchurch stouffville minor hockey association annual general meeting the annual general meeting of the whitchurchstouffville minor hockey association is scheduled for thursday may 15th at 7 pm upstairs at the rec complex tender sealed bids clearly marked as to contents for the contract listed below will be received by the clerks department at the town of markham civic centre closing date june 11 1997 1000 am contract description t2597 sale of real property 252 main street unionvblle partlot13conc5 a 1000 nonrefundable fee is required for each tender package cheques are to be made payable to the town of markham all tender documents may be obtained at the purchasing department highest or any tender or any part of any tender not necessarily accepted andrew vickery cpp manager of purchasing 905 4754877 101 town centre boulevard markham ontario l3r 9w3 art in the park 97 july 1920 1997 elgin park main st uxbridge artist inquiries 6492292 voj street proofing jour family for the 90 s and beyond saturday may 24 930 am 300pm this education day presented by the sexual assault care and resource centre at york central hospital will cover a variety of topics including keeping our kids safe stress relaxation selfdefence selfesteem assertiveness feature presentation the company of sirens a theatre group for social change through entertainment and education will be performing their critically acclaimed play on antiviolence i paper rock scissors 1 cost is 15 per person or 35 per family including parking and lunch i to register or for more information please call 905 8832239 space is i limited so register now is j