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s economist suntribune sports thursday jan 24 2602 21 ok toronto youve lost one the toronto blue jays begin spring training in five weeks who cares the toronto blue jays have acquired brian cooper and dave berg who cares the toronto blue jays have cut 8 million from last years pay roll who cares what fans do care about the few fans that willbe left is putting a contending team on the field management wont do it by shipping the likes of billy koch paul quantrill and alex gonzales off to other clubs they wont do it by replacing koch quantrill gonzales and others with secondraters nor are the hatchetmen through brad fullmer has also said his goodbyes and chris carpenter could be next the end result a sadsack squad at best back in the 50s i was a rabid cleveland fan id sit with my ear glued to the radio as jimmy dudley described the heroics of bob feller bob lemmon jim hegan al rosen larry doby george stickland and others jim thomas then in 1977 when the blue jays came to toronto i switched allegiance and ive stuck by the boys of summer ever since not just dur ing the glory years but every year until this year ive hadit not only with toronto baseball but baseball in general its no longer a sport but a business its a business where fans at least toronto fans- are treated like buffoons that day is done and so are the jays blue jays president and ceo paul godfrey appears to have all but accepted an alsoran posi tion when he agrees torontos payroll cant match that of new york by the same token the yankees will play to a full house every game while the jays wont draw a corporals guard take your pick poor team poor crowds great team great crowds remember the plus four mil lion fans in 1992 remember the seasonlong sellouts in 1993 a blue jays game was the hottest ticket in town and the blue jays team was the talk of the town this season if the slash and burn policy continues theyll be the laughing stock of the town wrong i hope sol ive been surprised before but at this point in time i see no roberto alomars no pat hentgens no joe carters and no paul molitors on the horizon theres only a brian cooper a dave berg and several additional- triplea status nonamers that are new to the team isnt it sad how far weve fall en as carlos delgado described it the first challenge this spring will be getting to know every one the first challenge for fans will be bothering to know any one athletic council work not all fun aiid games by jim thomas correspondent athletic prowess isnt a requirement of an athletic council president at stouffville district secondary school but it helps alanna schad 18 should know the oac stur dent is a multital ented athlete excelling at ice hockey field hock ey and rugby but this isnt a prerequisite the ballantraearea teen insists more impor- tantly she says is wanting to be involved for schad involvement is top priority she heads up a committee of 30 rep resentatives who meet twice a week the vicepresident is shane timms the secretary is bethany jacobson teacher advisors are jamie hewitt and heather henricks council subcommittees help light- en the load schad explains including fundraising heather taylor- and andrea chalkias scorekeeping jessica carnrite and allison wannop inter- mural sarah reid and dereck lee ath- leteoftheweek lindsay hermanson- and andrea meyer and athletic ban quet lianne mcmullen schad praises her council co-ordi- alanna schad sdss athletic council president nators for their dedication and co operation the council she says wel comes suggestions from the entire school with all meetings open to stu dents wishing to attend fundraising is done throughout the school year with the athletic banquet the largest expense this event is scheduled for june likely at sleepy hollow golf and country club the sale of refreshments at local track meets helps pad the account the athletic council works in clos cooperation with the student council schad says with a successful christmas food drive a result of this the student council president is polly hawkes the vicepresident is bethany moore lunchhour intramural sports are big at sdss says schad including bas ketball volleyball badminton and soc cer schad claims she doesnt feel undu- ly pressured by this extracurricular post its a lot of fun she says i want only to do whats best the athletic council she explains helps break down barriers between younger and older students since it involves everyone from grade 9 through oac the councils set up so at the con clusion of each year a student expert- enced in its operation is ready to take over schad was coordinator of fund- raising in 2000 2001 the personable sdss senior admits shell look back on the past 10 months with great joy and satisfaction york region car r your community career choice serving york region through the erabanner the liberal the vaughan citizen the economist sun the stouffville suntribune the advocate monday friday 800 am 600 pm 18007433353 wwwyorkregioncom careers careers 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