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5 i t- i s4- r s x c v h- fc5f 4- 5i- x fl fcononwrsuatriibttnluljb z hicmissins thornhill oldumefsx league jostneatfy 18000 s s by patrick casey i staff writer york regional police are close to makingan arrest in the disappearance of nearly 18000 in fees from a local mens hockey league more than two years ago v players from the thomhill oldtimers hockey league paid ice rental fees totalling 17738 a member of the organizations executive for the 199798 wintersckedule but a large portion of the money was never turned over to the town of markham according to const chris palfner players were unaware of the situation until they tried to organize their hockey league for the 199899 season and town staff informed them money was still owing for ayeafearlier back a portion of themoney by conducting raffles and draws the town offered some forgiveness for some of the money and that wasgreat and any money that is recovered willbe reimbursed to the town ramsay said we have also done a lot of things to make ourselves solvent i we just want to go out and have a nice game of hockey without worrying where the money has gone this is a gentlemans league and the calibre is pretty good it was an unfortunate incident a cou ple of years ago and now the police are trying tofol- low through on it 4 police declined to release the name of the sus pect until an arrest is made the type of fraud experienced bythe thomhill hockey league is fakly commonpalmer saidespe- when attempts to settle the situation them- cially since the level oftrust is high between people selves failed police were eventually called and involved in an organization for numerous years asked to investigate this guy knew the guys for years he has been the eightteam league was formed more than playing hockey with them he said yesterday 20yearsago and features teams from thomhill thesearepfofessional men doctors lawyers markham and aurora l- chiropractors and vicepresidents including several former national hockey- they jure just handing over the cash or making league players the recreational league plays every the cheques payable directly to him as opposed to tuesday from october to april jimramsayleague president for the past two years said the organization pays about 25000 each year for ice time plus another 3000 for insurance referees and prizes he said the league has reached a settlement with the townpver the missing funds and has paid the outfit they are playing in the thornhill oldtimershockey league he had the sole signing authority over the business and nobody else was keeping an eye on him some of the money was going to the town of markham and some to him these guys have been playing for years and never had a problem before this he added charges laid in schdol brawl by kathleen griffin staff writer i two 18yearbldmen and a 15yearold girl have been charged with assault in fridays huge school brawl at thornhill secondary school s four teens were hurt in the fight between two groupof 15 to 20 youths at least pne manwas armed witlapellet gun and york regional police are still trying to confirm the use of knives a base ball bat and other weapons vfurtker arrests are expected said det eric strong jwp toronto men have been charged with dangerous weapons we do not have it in our possession but state ments have indicated the use of a pellet gun strong said a thornhill girl faces one count of assault although police believe they know what prompted the fight theyre not saying were still investigating and were notputting that out yet strong said i- the fight began about 130 pm when one group arrived at the dudley avenue school in sev- eraf cars whenohe student was hurt three others who came to his aid also suffered minor injuries all four were treatedjbr scrapes and bruises at- assault assault with a weapon and possession oi j hospital and released- ifeflaaimseriibis die in icy crash by kathleen griffin staff writer t two seniors were killed and a third criticallyinjuredina weatlierrelated 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