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st weekender october 12 1996 p21 i o 1 4 4 plenty of time effort spent on second ice pad by bruce stapley correspondent with the towns long awaited and somewhat contro versial second ice pad taking shape in the october rain jim hamm cringes at a light hearted suggestion that someone might have to spearhead a drive for a third pad some 10 or 20 years down the road if the town should experience a growth spurt it wont be me said hamm who served as the spokesman for the user groups who first began peti tioning council for the second pad four years ago ill be curling or lawn bowling by then with the debenture for the no frills 11 million facil ity being assumed by the user groups and all subsidies and special rates taken away from users of the original rec centre rink and the new pad the advocates of the second facility have insisted all along the deal wont cost the tax payers a penny but when pressed as to how much hamm and his cohorts are out of pocket after four years of pushing for the second pad it became apparent that some tax payers have already paid dearly hamm estimated hes spent around 1000 in phone calls auto related costs as he combed south ern ontario arenas and visited contractors and design ers in an attempt to come up with the ultimate cost- efficient ice pad he was quick to point out that every one who helped get the thing in motion has also taken time off work at their own personal expense as well he said the branick group the stouffville based con tracting company which was awarded the contract to build the facility has itself thrown roughly 15000 into the pot by way of agreeing to build a change room for free sue harmsen who wears three hats as secretary of the fund raising technical and building committees suggested the local contracting outfit has rewritten the good corporate citizen book harmsen said chairman andy cartwrights fund rais ing committee has to date raised 35000 of the 100 gs theyve targeted the remainder of the debenture is to be paid through user fees over the 10 years upcoming fund raising projects include a skateathon nov 29 and a ground hog day dance next february the com- theirs and were paying for it for them hamm and harmsen both insisted their efforts be seen as just a part of the whole now that the goal has been reached mike burns and debbie forsyth were right there with hamm four years ago lobbying council to put the second pad on its agenda when it became clear there that the chronic ice shortage was resulting in local kids and adults going out of town to find ice time i listened at council as bob mcneil and his mens group lost their ice time and he had helped with the electrical work at the rec centre when it was built remembers hamm garth bell tom brillinger charley ramsey and john white also deserve credit says hamm for their technical contributions with bob mcneely presenting their findings to council the towns john crawley also played a part i dont think a lot of people realize how many hours went into this the meetings research and consulta tions said hamm it would have cost 4050000 to go to an outside group to do this work hamm suggested it might be appropriate to install a special plaque or have a group photo taken to honor those who contributed so much time and effort to the cause with the year round facility scheduled for a mid to late january completion date hamm said its been a helped because without these people the kids would have to continue to go out of town for ice time minor novices win two the birketthassard minor novice clippers were stingy on defence as they chalked up a pair of wins in recent action the clippers got strong goalkeeping from jake balsdon and an outstanding defensive effort in a 3- 1 victory over east gwillimbury brandon walker had the hat trick in a 71 tri umph over aurora at the rec centre monday adam craig opened the scoring from luke mab- ley against east gwillimbury brandon jupp from eric gainsbrook and mab- ley on a breakaway finished off the stouffville scoring in the win over aurora mabley and nick jago each netted a pair assists went to luke harri son chris schell craig and chris normandeau long difficult struggle but its been worth it there are high points and low points wed be kicked in the rear end at one council meeting only to regroup and come back again and youve got to give credit to everyone who stouffville stingers rep fastball tryouts squirt girls ages 1112 yrs starting friday oct25 1 996 630 to 820 pm stouffville secondary school gymnasium stephen buck 9056406930 don valley north lexus toyota athlete of the week jamie garrick played a key role for the markham waxers in their metro junior a hockey- league road contest with the muskoka bears last sunday the 18 yearold centreman delivered two third period goals to help the waxers post a 52 victory their second triumph this season a secondyear member with the waxers the six foot two 180 pound garrick amassed 34 goals and 40 assists in 70 games last season don valley north lexus toyota 3120 steeles ave e east of the mtm abaa 404pkwy 475u722 jamie garrick mittee is still looking for tak ers for personal ized bricks for the new rinks wall of fame at 250 a shot harmsen like everyone else whos poured so much time and effort into this project said its frustrating to lis ten to nay sayers who dont under stand that the rink wont bur den tax payers theres not going to be any egg on our face after were done the town will own it the sec ond pad its sale of furnaceshumidifiers air cleanersfireplaces humidifiers air cleaners no gst on fireplaces furnace service tuneup 8 85 authorized dealer consumers cas 41 clean burners pilot clean blower fan compartment oil fan motor check heat exchanger check fan operation check filter check thermostat operation check system wiring check gas valvehi limit fan limit check gas line for leaks check exhaust vents check chimney for proper venting of flue gases give customer furnace report lennox ahcondmowohewng carrier 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