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st tribune hay 3 1995 p 3 people stouffville umpire gets shot at big league game from page 1 ning out there as if i was going to catch the fly balls instead of the fielders he said he realized it was a dream come true when he saw his name up on the jumbotron at the start of the game he han dled two routine calls in his big league debut which came in front of a crowd of 35000 the game went fine i had a fairfoul call and a check swing noth ing crucial just enough to keep me in the game said dresser who umpired a game between the jays and the canadian nation al baseball team in ottawa in 1991 the veteran intercounty baseball league umpire who is also an umpire and clinic instructor with the ontario baseball associa tion said he was some what in awe when he walked onto the field with the likes of joe carter and roberto alomar at first it was sort of scaryexciting td heard don chevrier and buck martinez blue jays tv broadcasters talk about these players on tv and here i was out there beside them said dresser he said the big crowd didnt prove intimidating because of his attentive- ness to the game tou dont tend to notice the crowd the level of concen tration is so great dresser was among those selected when the american league asked baseball ontario to put together a crew of four of their senior umpires to be ready for backup duty when the delayed major league baseball season finally began last wednes day he came within a few hours of working the exhi bition game between the jays and the new york mets last tuesday but was sidelined when the replacement umpires finally arrived from the united states he was on standby for the jays first three games of the regular sea son before finally getting his chance saturday he said he will continue to be on standby when the jays return to the dome may 9 after a fiveday road trip dresser said he has only one regret about his big league expe rience the article in the toron to star that mentioned me spelled stoufiville wrong he laughed when asked about his first impression of major league baseball players he said he was initially struck by how young they are theyre the same age as the players in the intercoun ty league they make the same plays but they are faster and stronger and they are in excel lent physical condition dresser has been a senior course conductor for baseball canada and has umpired three international championship tournaments and six canadian national championships he attended umpire school in day- tona beach florida in 1985 he umpired mens fastball games in stouffville involving the betz pools mens squad eight years ago just after moving to stouf fville with his wife aileen and the couples four daughters dresser played semipro base ball in detroit until he was 25 and also played junior and senior level ball in windsor grand opening al dresser had the dream of a lifetime come true when he umpired a blue jay game this past weekend photobruce stapley mayor disappointed over forecast delay from page 1 emmerson is however disappointed that council wasnt able to strike a fiveyear capital forecast last week yet he wel comes the move to have council spend two days in midmay to iron out a full scale strategy plan at present time the towns capital project wish list is valued at 22 million and climbing important decisions have to be made said emmerson we will do what we can and well do what we can afford whitchurch-stouf- fvilles wish list includes a new civic centre were down to earth in stouffville we dont need fancy things the same goes for an arena we will keep it simple he said as a mayor emmerson occupies a political seat on york region its dif ferent they deal with millions we deal in hun dreds but i like the region public life suits emmerson he likes the pomp and circumstance complete with rubber chicken and like all of us emmerson has his hero incidentally emmer- sons political idol is don cousens the mayor of markham and former local mpp para paints were opening tormorrow 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