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Not everyone is into the sport, just as not all appreciate the opera or soap operas, but it is a community. The event showcased Stouffville at its best; the residents of this still small town caring for each other. Everyone can admire the heari of the hockey crowd. Minor hockey players have donat- ed money to the Terry Fox Run and disadvantaged players in the other communities this year. The Stouffville Amateur Hockey League shone on the weekend. A 20-team shinny tournament raised money for the daughters of Pat Madi- gan, a former president of the 32-tam league for women and men who died in February. And this has been a very special year for Stouffville hockey: 0 Three Stouffville Clipper teams won Ontario Minor Hockey Associa- tion titles. The previous best was one championship. (The bantam Clip- pers, who represented the town in Europe at Christmas, are in New Liskeard for the all-Ontario champi- onships this week.) 0 Stouffville Secondary's boys team won its second straight Ontar- io championship Saturday. The girls won provincial titles in 2006 and 2007. 0 The Stouffville Spirit reached the North Conference Jr. A final for the third straight year in front of hun- dreds every playoff game. A team- record six Spirit players earned full scholarships to US. colleges. But trophies are just hart of the hockey story in Stouffville. Ontario championship banners decorate the rafters of the rinks, dat- ing back to the middle of the last cen- tury. Titles have been won by teams of men, boys, girls and high school students. The ice pads at the Stouffville Arena are the sixth and seventh are- nas in the community’s history. TWO more will be built starting later this year on Weldon Road near Stouffville District Secondary School. Whitchurch~Stbuffville has a proud history with the sport, dating back to 1900 when the first teams were organized. Detroit is the original Hockey Town.. And Whitchurch-Stouffville was not named the grand prize winner of the Kraft Hdckeyville 2008 contest this week. But, make no mistake, this is a hockey community. lETTERS POLICY 6 www-mlnmwmm The Sun-Tribune welcomes your letters. All submissions must be less than 400 words and must Include a daytime telephone number. name and addm ‘me Sun-1mm: m r the run to publfll or not publish and to edit for clarity and space. LM I07 lmuonfimpcom The heart of a hockey town Editorial INTERACTIVE MEDIA EDITORIAL Editor Jim Mason jmasonfiyrmg. mm Find better location for new doctors without displacing bowlers If the Stoufl'ville Bowling Centre is closed then Stouffville will lose another part of its history, as well as the centre for a much needed activity for people of all ages. On more occasions than I care to remember the ruts and potholes have literally picked up and moved my bike a foot or so in unwanted directions. The bike weighed more than 850 pounds. It seems everywhere else,excépt this stretch of road has been addressed. ‘ For the exorbitant amount we pay in taxes, it would be nice to see some of it wisely spent here, before someone’s killed. This stretch of road is, at best, a death trap. In the 15yearswe’velivedinthisneckofthewoods, I've travelsed this section of roadway almost daily, plus many more times on my motorcycle. Well, I sure hope some is earmarked for McCow- an Road between Aurora and Bloomington roads by ogr town council and roads department. Use road money from province on stretch of McCowan, council Re: $535.0001br town roads, April 3. {mm 00 You mm" I noticed we have received money from the t0 JHBSOH@Yfln9.C0m province to be applied to road repair for local roads. MUSSELMAN'S LAKE stlggyfijggggmgggp BY NON-STOP NOISE, It's an old-time bowling alley. No automated Retail Manager Stacey Allen sallen Gyrmg. mm WMW Manage-r Bonnie Rondeau bmndauufifyrmg.com PRODUCTION 'lhm lander Anvmnsmc SWâ€"Tribune PUBLISHER Ian Proudfoot MARK STRAIT WHITCHURCH-STOUFFVILLE WMSL W.ON.IAAIG7 Letters to the Editor Assistant Classified ANDTREfiPWINGATV‘E ShenyDay Mr. White knows all the league members by name and always remembers their shoe sizes. He has created an atmosphere that is welcoming, encouraging and competitive. Yes, we~do more doctors, but surely a better location can be found without displacing a busiâ€" ness that has a history in Stouffville and a propriâ€" etor who has contributed to the community for 11 years. It is heartwarming to observe the respect and kindness showing to the bowlers by John White, the proprietor of the centre. The facility is small enough you can see how the players on other lanes are doing and hear them giggle when not all of the pins come down in place on a re-set. This all helps foster a much friendlier atmo- sphere than at the new larger and more modern centres. On Sunday afternoons, a Special Olympics bowling league takes to the lanes at the Main Street centre. I participate as the mother of a participant and a coach of one of the teams. scoring; scores are calculated with paper and pen- cil by teammates, friends or coaches. HAVE YOUR SAY, STUUFFVILLE b What do you think of these issues? E-mail letters $2336 . 8mm MANAGER Robert Lazurlco Bum): m Cm MI Banana-Wanna You Ramon Pmnmuu Debora Kelly [mu Mm)“ I: DISTRIBUTION Gm MANAGER ' a 'I‘acunowcv Barry Black Bob Dean nuns: Manon lohn Futhey ‘Ianificd {ax DISTRIBUTION 905-640~26| 2 IX ADVERTISING 905-640-2612 ied: 1-800-743â€"3353 xx: 905-640â€"8778 905â€"640â€"261 2 1X: 905-640-8778 EDITORIAI CAROLE HENRY STOUFFVILLE A York Region Media Group community newspaper The Sun-Tribune, published every Thursday and Saturday. is a division of the Metroiand Media Group Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Torstar Corporation. Metroiand is comprised of 100 community publications across Ontario. The York Region Newspaper Group inciudesThe liberal, serving Richmond Hill and Thomhiii. Vaughan Citizen, The Era-Banner (Newmariret/Aumra). Markham Economist Sun, Georgina Advocate, York Region ' Business Times. North of the City. yorkregioncom and Your Region Printing. Duuscmn, Cucuumou Saunas Lynn Pashko So. for whom is 19 on the Park being remodelled and expanded at cost of $3.4 million? Is it too small for the theatre crowd, the same way the second pad of the Stouffville arena is to the hockey and skating community? Will potential users step forward? lim Mason is editor of The Sun Tribune. The cheque-writing may not needed. thanks to the McGuinty Liberals. But the non-financial support of patrons and performers of the facility would be nice. It was stunning to read in this paper last month Mr. Emmerson saying, we have had very little input from the arts and cultural people in town”. Aweek later, nothing had changed, he said. a‘fall wine andrschmooze, with more fundraisers promised. The municipal offices vacated almost in the middle of the night 10 years ago, with the then CAO saying the structure was unsafe. A performing arts theatre was usu- ally the focal point, but today’s council emphasizes that 19 on the Park is more multi-use. And there in may lie the rub, folks. The province is behind it, at least financially. The business and develop- ment community anted up $300,000 at The project launch which will hap- pen at least ceremonially tomorrow, is as almost as overdue as a Stanley Cup parade down Yonge Street. It’s had minor re-births, particularly as artists studios, and more proposals for re-invention than Maple Leaf Gardens. A cheque for almost $1 million will be presented to town officials from the province. (One can only hope that it’s not of the oversized variety, physically not monetarily, the kind of cheque pre- senters assume we in the media love but we really don’t.) It should be a glowing moment in downtown Stouffville tomorrow after- noon. The money is for the conversion of the old town hall into 19 on the Park, an arts centre. with Iim Mason Lack of applause from arts community for 19 on Park? (Sm-Tribune Off The Top