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st weekender january 25 1997 p21 f wa rfos i v r spdljaricrehabtngiiicely after minor surgery by mike hayakawa sports editor while the winter months are sup posed to be a time for rest and relaxation for a major league base ball player if s been a rather busy one for paul spoljaric the toronto blue jays relief pitcher and stouffville resident has been occupied during these dog days of winter in preparing for the rigors of the upcoming major league campaign after undergoing an acromioplast whitchurchstouffville girls hockey assoc junior houseleague pizza pizza 4 vs credit union 4 pizza goals andrea sadowski 2 lindsay hanv bleton crystal pearce assists meghan bradbury megan miller pearce 2 sadowski credit union goals shannon blackman 3 ashley hill assists hill 3 lindsay wortzman sarah hill intermediate houseleague ems carpets 9 vs pronto automotive 2 ems goals brandy ferrill 4 kate ross 2 lind say cameron 2 alison grant assists grant 2 ferrill 2 cameron 2 dee nagymarosi 2 emily shinn 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championships hardmans rink earned the honor by winning their zone title recently at the sutton curling club the win by the hardman entry was their third zone win in as many years and his first as a skip hardman is presently in grade 9 and attends markville secondary school don valley north lexus toyota 3120 steeles ave e east of the ivi ma 404 pkwy 475022 paul spoljaric operation on his left shoulder during the current off season spoljaric is presently in the midst of rehabili tation everything is going well actually revealed the 26- yearold kelowna bc native from his stouffville res idence on thursday its just a slow process but ive got to build my arm strength back up spoljaric recalled the injury to his throwing shoulder took place last season in august he was then placed on the disabled list but returned to active duty in september while spoljaric managed to com plete the regular season the pain in his shoulder however cropped up over the winter months there were times when id wake up and my shoulder would throb and ache spoljaric noted i went to the team doctors and they said lets fix it with the operation a success spoljaric said hes now throwing a baseball and is doing it five days a week for some 20 to 25 minutes a day and playing long toss up to 120 yards i should be ready for spring training said an opti mistic spoljaric who posted a 22 record and 308 earned run average in his first full campaign with the blue jays last year as for the upcoming season spoljaric is caught up in all of the fervor with the offseason moves the blue jays made in an effort to bolster its lineup in a highly competitive american league eastern division with an improved lineup on paper spoljaric realizes he will to our hard working carriers having a birthday in january 1997 anna durante michael wagg brian montgomery jonathan hermanson bradley keen lisa dyball gerald cowan daniel grimshaw sean greaves danielle debnam john wood geoffrey clodd tyler bogaert to be part of the 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