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emhdmisisurinrtburie news tuesday march 282600 drama on the ice as cardinals grab gold by mike hayakawa staff writer they came they saw and they conquered markhams brother andre cardinals senior boys hockey club topped off a nearly perfect season grabbing gold in sudbury saturday the ontario federation of school athletic association cham pionship was the first in the teams history during the fourday tourna ment the topseeded cardinals overcame all comers including the feisty upper canada college squad which took brother andre to quadruple overtime in the end the cardinals defeat ed the eighthseeded leaside lancers 64 in saturdays champi onship the title capped off a vintage campaign which saw the cardinals finish with a 4612 season record the guys just carried on from what they did the whole year said a jubilant cardinals head coach dave turner the same type of formula that worked in the tourna ment was what we did all year we talked about discipline first then using short quick passes and hav ing three lines going the gold medal win was the first captured by the school in a provincial team sport the kids are proud of their school and proud of the fact that they were the first team to win a provincial team title turner said the support from the parents and staff has been a big part of our sue- cess the allontario win is as far as the brother andre catholic high school cardinals topped off a near- perfect season by bringing home the trophy this weekend the cardinals can go since there is no national tournament our discipline was important cardinals 17yearold defence- man matt bahen said we didnt take stupid penalties we werent selfish and we worked hard what had the makings of this years goldmedal match took place in saturdays semifinal when the cardinals met the fourthseed upper canada college blues the game was finally decided in the fourth 10minute overtime period when jesse boucher scored his second goal of the game with 251 remaining to give the cardinals a dramatic corhe-from- behind win their defenceman just mis handled the puck from behind the net he went one way the puck went the other way i just got it and wrapped it around boucher said of his gamewinning heroics matt bahen macri and kevin cribari added the other goals for the cardinals turner was quick to give praise to goalie jerry brens and scott badali a junior call up who pres sured the blues defenceman into coughing up the puck leading to the winning goal i just told him to go out there like a jackrabbit and use your wheels turner said of badali who saw his first action in the final over time period the final was almost anticli- mactic coming off a highly emo tional win just hours earlier the cardinals sensed a possible let down in the final against the lancers realizing his players were tiring turner used four lines instead of three the move paid off as the cardinals lit the lamp four times to take a commanding 62 lead after two periods rig backs down over funding from page 1 jaffary stated it is estimated a full omb chal lenge would cost the taxpayers about 250000 while rigs legal bill could have reached 100000 we couldnt ask the taxpayers to pay out these amounts major said still the appeal to the omb will cost taxpayers some money town lawyers were in the process of putting together a case when the hearing was cancelled well take a week or so and tally the cost it did cost some emmersonsaid for the past 18 months rig members waged strong opposition to the project charging that memorial park south was a poor location for the complex and that the town should have explored building a community pool near the stouffville recreation complex or in the vicinity of stouffville district secondary school while rig did not stop the twin complex from being built the group has not failed its members are maintaining we were able to bring this issue and other issues to the pub lics attention we dont take this as a defeat major said in his appeal sword insisted a traffic bypass be built before the complex while a bypass is planned for the area it will not be built until growth takes place development will not be approved until the big pipe carry ing sewer service makes its way to stouffville councillor sue sherban said stouffville firm earns kudos for mine technology by dawn liersch staff writer its just a small thing the tiny woven label that displays the brand name of clothing and shoes but its meant big business for markhams fred kwan and mirni chau the husbandandwife team which runs wah lung labels canada inc in markham was honoured saturday night for hav ing the most improved business during the chinese canadian entrepreneur awards at the sheraton parkway hotel in richmond hill two other york businesses mine radio systems inc of stouffville and vitatech laboratories of markham also received honourable mentions chau and kwan who came to canada from hong kong in 1991 have seen their business grow from a small office with one employee to a large company that employs 60 people and is the designated label supplier for such highprofile com panies as roots canada fairweather tip top tailors walmart canada and vogue wah lung labels satisfies the demand for products by running its specialized weaving machines 24 hours a day seven days a week producing about 15 million labels a day help for mines improving on technology earned mine radio systems inc in stouffville an honourable mention the company was founded in 1985 to address the limited com munication capabilities in the mining industry unlike communicating above ground tunnel walls prevent radio communication beyond about 1000 metres sometimes miners can see each other but cannot talk said patrick waye current coowner of mine radio systems the company introduced the leaky cable system in 1987 to over come this difficulty because the cable is used as an underground transmission replacing the need for air and a base repeater above ground waye and partner ken morrell purchased the company in 1992 and further expanded on the tech nology developing the flexcom multichannel radio system flexcom is capable of han dling 16 video channels and 32 voice and data channels providing a communication highway for underground mines system is superior full or partial automation of the mine plant and equipment allows operators to control their machines from the safety of a control room there are other competitors but we feel our system is superior waye said pointing out that flex com has an iso 9000 quality stan dard reports show its cleaner and there is less noisea mine radio systems is looking to take its technology to subway tunnels and highrise buildings and is developing a new product called flexalert which would allow singlechannel communica- tion without the use of the leaky cable system it will be more costeffective waye said the company now serves cus tomers in 18 countries and rev enues have increased more than 16fold since 1992 mine radio employs 30 people at its offices in stouffville and sudbury and subsidiary companies in south africa and australia vitatech honoured markhams vitatech laboratories also received an hon ourable mention for its contribu tions to the veterinary and medical fields established in 1984 by bio chemist dr alfred choo to provide laboratory diagnostic services for animals the need for speed and accurate tracking led the company to develop computer software for the pc platform to report test results in some instances the software reduces the waiting time for lab results to 612 hours from six days i0ust0i hf sim gph wsslkm bsgg- j ii i lease rates from as low as financing from as low as 29 see dealer for details bill houston ford ltd 6404541 wwwbillhoustonfordcom ju 11769 highway 48 stouffville aambaai 5 ttmhwifm 5 our customers are the focus of everything we do