whitchurchstouffville public library 2000 winner ccna better 750 newspapers m competition a weekly newspaper serving whitchurchstouffvill volume 21 number 7 tuesday feb 18 2003 spirit prepares for newmarket xtke stiuffvfflespirit is in themidstofaneightday break froratke provincialjg junior a hockey league play- offs the spirifand newmarket hurricanes open fsfecbridrourid seriesk thursday night in newmarket game 2 is tentatively set for saturday at 430 pm in stouffviile spirit coach brian pernn hopes his team plays better than it did against newmarket during the regular v i season seepage 8 ff slept with pigs s jody king of mountsaiht rajslbfthitchurbhr stouffviile a happy if smelly g man friayihewoht ml hariey davidson iix- thelnssleepingwith a beating biit nine bthei- ponytun rd quote of the week arena net rcsultsl brad paulette fires home a shot at the buttermakers pad at boyds source for sports in stouffviile recently there is no charge to skate or play hockey at the covered outdoor rink for more photos see page 3 a hockey marathon to benefit accident victim luke anderson will be held at the rink this weekend steve somerville photo gets new by joan ransbefry stouffviile sun a 132000 valentine deliv ered by tourism and recreation minister and oak ridges mpp frank klees to whitchurchstouf fville friday will be used to help replace the roof on the stouffviile arena- while the town is in the process of trying to recover 80000 from the contractor who put the original roof on the 17yearold arena mayor wayne emmerson is con tinuing to lobby the federal gov ernment to agree to enter into a threeway infrastructure partner ship to help pay for the roof total cost of the roof replace ment is 485000 with 132000 from the province through a superbuild grant and an equal amount from the municipality its hoped that oak ridges mp bryon wilfert will come through with 132000 in federal funds the roof started to leak almost immediately after the 19 million arena was built in mid1980s explained mr emmerson the roof was put down during the win ter months i understand it was never sealed properly it was sup posed tobe a stateoftheart roof it certainly was supposed to last longer than 17 years interior leaks in the existing roof are damaging the ceiling walls and other building compo nents while water damage to the ice surface has caused the cancel lation of hockey games and skating lessons added the mayor mr klees said he approached the municipalitys request to the province for financial help as a health and safety issue i heard town staff was dealing with the see town page 5 i-nhoustow- rf l w m wm1- iflb wm riw jttwswti j5b b yty lib some conditions apply houston m fowtd 9056404541 wwvybillhoustonfordcom 5786 main street hemmnbk our customers are the focus of everything we do