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1 p1 4 trtbune twursdavtstptember 1997 festivities to commence in october st from page 13b the association is asking anyone who can assist in securing old articles is asked to call andy cartwright at 6406796 the 50th season will kick off with a gala opening night in october the night is to include special ceremonies honouring success ful wsmha alumni teams of the past and indi viduals who contributed greatly to stouffville minor hockey over the past half century two games will be played that night with the clip pers unveiling their new uniforms the wsmha has experienced unprecedented growth in recent years registration grew by over 100 players last season with a similar increase this year the association expects the arrival of the second ice pad to take it to the next heights as the new century approaches a recent press release stated the leadership of president peter mabley and the determination of all the volunteers in the organization will provide continued improve ments in the program and increasing success in competition said the statement wsmha teams experienced considerable suc cess in the 199697 season including champi onships in the novice rep and novice select divi sions the minor bantam and midget rep teams advanced to the ontario minor hockey associa tion semifinals the wsmha has evolved from the junior and senior stouffville red wings prior to the 1948- 49 season when the town has an informal minor system called the stouffville sports association in 194849 the name clippers were given to the junior and senior teams and the stouffville minor hockey association was formed the association added whitchurch to its name with the coming of regional government a quar ter of a century ago got a score call us at 6402100 or fax them to us at 6405477 a better way to buy a used car selection value pricing and professional servic from a name youve come to trust i tlj c3- 1992 dodge spirit white auto air cond stkv1183a 6787 xt 1 cb family i w ibs luxury mini vans 1993 olds ciera maroon loaded low kms ftfte stkp1809 9995 1994 pont grand prix maroon loaded low kms 0 stkp1858 51370 1996 buick century maroon loaded low kms ftfl stkp1801 510088 1991 buick park ave white loaded stk v269a 1992 buick roadmaster maroon loaded stkp1733a 1994 olds delta 88 maroon loaded stkv013a 11888 13998 15878 1991 ford aerostar grey loaded only 60000 kms st v222a 1 0888 1992 gmc safari awd blue loaded all wheel drive st v1746a 5 1 3995 1995 gmc safari black air cond running boards st p1 825 1 6798 120 pt goodwrench inspection professionally detailed warranty customer exchange privilege used cars sssj 4592 hwy 7 unionville at kennedy rd 4771 666 answers needed to prevent another fiasco from page 13h umpires were calling them ips some werent to make things worse he said he was unable to get an answer from the umpires when hes gone out and asked them what his pitchers were doing wrong dave allowed that while techni cally some of his pitchers offerings may have been illegal the umpires ruined the game by calling pitch after pitch its mentally taxing he said dave said the zero tolerance idea was probably implemented too quickly leading to the inconsisten cy in umpire interpretation he sug gested some umps fixation on ips led them to miss other important calls such as base runner lead offs he agreed that while cliffs video idea has some merit its all in a umpires interpretation there are 10 different zones for umpires in the province maybe five of them are going to call it bill johnson who coaches the weston produceangies eatery stingers bantams understands why the zero tolerance concept was adopted but agrees the inconsisten cy has been hurtful to the game in one sense the players and coaches are to blame theyre try ing to get every edge said bill but if zero tolerance has a differ ent meaning for every umpire in the province one can only hope this column ends up on the desk of the powers that be at softball ontario to help prevent another fiasco like the one that occurred in kingston last weekend clippers set to hold fundraiser the defending eastern ontario omha champion stouffville minor atom clippers are looking to buoy up their finances for the coming season by holding a fundraiser this saturday the event to be held in the empty lot just east of stouffville chrysler from 7 am until 4 pm is to include a car wash a yard sale and an m and m meats barbecue espositos blast was a smash hit kim espositos home run was the difference as pizza pizza edged fair- gate homes 1110 in tuesday night ladies fun softball league action on aug 26 ingrid hutton homered to lift fuller- tons past colley borland and vale 17- 15 with canguard downing white rodgcrs 2715 in the other contest