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s economists sun stoufiville tribune saturday oct9 1999 3 sports ownership group expanded for spirit owner improving fan base a priority by bruce stapley correspondent the spirit of stouffville has broadened its ownership base goodwood resident zeev werek and richmond hills larry goldberg have become equal partners with spirit owner and president ed hakohson the provincial junior a hockey league club announced monday hakonson will continue in his role of sprit president the thrust of the club will be the three of us working together as a unified force he said for werek a development and construction business operator who has lived in the area for 15 years this is a first foray into the business of hockey r he expressed interest in buying into the belleville bulls of the ontario hockey league ohl last year after watching his nephew play on the team but decided against the jdea werek and goldberg who runs an advertising agency decided to join forces with hakonson and the spirit while watching their sons play aaa level summer hockey in stouffville this year we decided we wanted to get involved werek said adding he had originally considered offering to purchase the spirit on his own hakonson said owning the spirit is too big a load for one per son after purchasing the spirit in 1995 1 would soon find out what a tremendous job it is to build a junior a club he said werek and goldberg represent a perfect fit for the spirit over the years i have considered several partners but in most cases i felt that their reason for joining 2 the hockey club was not for our true goal which is to help young gentlemen progress along lifes path receive a great education from their hockey efforts and maybe even reach the nhl hakonson said these two gen tlemen werek and goldberg are interested in the growth of our team hakonson said the demands of his business along with a desire to make more time available for his family made it difficult to apply himself fully to the business of running the spirit i really didnt want to walk away from the club ive come this far werek said becoming involved with the spirit is his way of putting something back into the commu nity v im not going into this to make money but the communitys been really good to me ive played mens hockey and ive made a lot of lifetime friendships through my sons hockey 1 really like the way the team is run yd be afraid of coming in and wrecking the chemistry by making changes but if meres things we need to do to improve the team well do it werek said he and goldberg arent looking to push for immedi ate changes in the way the club is run i really like the way the team is run id be afraid of coming in and wrecking die chemistry by making i changes but if theres things we needjtp do to improve the team well do it he said he and goldberg would apply themselves to broadening the fan appeal of the spirit he suggested die team might intro duce a mascot at home games along with holding special nights at the arena we want to get the people to come out and see what a great product it is hakonson said werek and goldbergs presence would make for a better team on the ice with larry and zeev promoting this team in a professional manner it will give brian perrin spirit head coach and his team more sup port he cited a fast start this season with the spirit in third place in the eight team north conference as proof the organization is heading in the right direction finally we have a team to be reckoned with although it cer- tainly takes time we built solidly he said the growing support shown by me stouffville business community proves that the spirit have become a vital part of the community we have over 90 local businesses supporting the team and all of our players are sponsored for me first time staff photosjoerd w1tteveen parkland public school grade 4 students wait outside the offices of mpp dave tsubouchi thursday the students and their parents are protesting their being bused to another school parent goes provincial by kathleen griffin staff writer recovering from six hours in a jail cell wednesday parkland public school parent desmond ali took his fight to mpp david tsubouchis office thursday and the york region district school board also upped the stakes in the monthlong dispute with par ents by issuing a letter thursday threatening to obtain restraining orders against them if they caused any other disruptions at flie school markham mpp tsubouchi was not at his woodbine avenue constituency office when ali two other parents and eight grade 4 children knocked on the locked door only ali was permitted inside and he was told the issue remains between the school board and the parents unfortunately all the doors are closed now it just keeps going aroundand around in circlesmeanwhile no orieis taking responsibility ali said but hes determined to continue the battie against the board and its decision to bus grade 4s to miuiken miils public school for a year because of crowding at parkland tsubouchi said in a later interview theres really not much he can do about the situation v i met with board chairperson bill crothers and he said he would dohis best to resolve the issue in the best interests of the children i have to believe he will do mattsubouchisaid i have already passed the concerns along to the minister of education but atthe enclbf the day the decision was made that me issue is between die school board and the parents theres not much more i can do than that v meanwhile a letter issued by toronto law firm keel cottrelle warns all parents not to disrupt classes at parkland or they will face severe legal consequences safety concerns examined ds from page 1 fourway stop signs traffic lights or speed bumps were all cited as possible ways to get people to slow down and observe traffic laws i dont know if bumps or the washboard effect devices will do the trick theyre no good in the winter time with the snow brnmersonsaid but i do know soniething is needed wehave to look atthis j council accepted la staff recommendation asking yorkregion to carry out a sight distance study at the intersection at vivian road ahd warden avenue peterse said there are many problems at the inter section including speeding drivers and poor visibility due to fences trees and weeds her solutions include fourway overhead flashing lights for the intersection some residents are calling for a speed reduction from 70 kmh to 60 knih police enforcement through spot radar is the only effective means of controlling speeding public works director paul whitehousereported adding a fourway stop wiu not control speeders whitehouse told council he inspected the vivian road and warden avenue mtersectiony and said there are some visual concerns for drivers heading south on 0 -warden- the sight distance to the east can be affected by the roadway vegetation if it is hot cut on a regular basishe said- also the intersection is skewed and the road profile i approaching the intersection could make it difficult for motorists to judge distances especiauysoutiibouhd motorists looking eastward traffic calming devices isiich as speed bumps are riot recommended on rural arterial roadways whitehouse added traffic calrhing is more conducive to residen tial areas within urban centres where there is more v demand and where it has been proven to be both appropriate and effective he said y- i 8280 woodbine ave markham south of hwy 7 west side wwwtqrqntqcomlwoodhimpe jeeps jeeps jeeps jeeps jeeps the 2000 jeep grand che 47 v8 tnllor tow group amfm com with 10 din 00 ohanger and infinity pesket antl spin traniaxle pull spare p8480wi ahtemin tires power sunroof windows a looks power hooted leather seats tilt orulse and muoh muoh more frflnr ffsii per- mo r 01 jjsjfjsjft mm wb8lahl bflt ttttttt f f l- il o ffl3 03 c r lo a o m highway 7 407 ijilitl 401