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whitefiurchstbiiffviile public librarj 0 stouffville sun thursday june 262003 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 36 pages1 including gst 7 jim thomas and liz fraser on opening night for 19th annual festival letters 6 calendar 20 sports l il classified ls spirit players make history at nhl draft by iim mason staff writer a day after being picked in the nhldraft it was back to reality for two stouffville spirit junior a hockey players a few hours after taking a flight home from the draft in nashville term kevin jarman was writing a religion exam at cardinal carter high school in his home town of aurora mike sullivan was working in the shop at betz pools in stouffville monday morning taking ticket orders from coworkers yah everyones bugging me for seats and even private boxes for nhl games laughed the stouffville district secondary school grad columbus los angeles kevin was picked in the third round iu3th overall by the columbus blue jackets mike was taken by the los angeles kings in the eighth round 244thj 1 the 18year liriemates are the first players in the i eightyear historyof the spirit franchise to be dredmtprjtie nhl they repre- sent half of the four players drafted from the 62 teams in the ontario hockey associations junior a arid b leagues r nhl scouts a rarity at spirit gaines in past years were common jplace last season says a lot about kevin and mike because they really worked rhard ken burrows general man ager of the spirit said as a team weteli our kids if they work hard theyll achieve goals a lot of people will tell them they cant reach kevin was mvp of the spirit last season and mike rookie of the year and playoff mvr kevin sat through the first day of the draft before being the second player picked on day 2 it was a long day saturday see nhl page 13 stouffville linemates drafted kevin jarman left ofthe stouffville spirit junior a hockey club was selected by columbus in the fourth round and linemate mike sullivan was picked by los angeles in the eighth round sunday at the nhl draft in nashville the players were doing dryland trainingfbrtheupcomingseasontuesdayattheconnellfranwintracknexttothestouffvillearena steve somerville photo west nile musselmanv lake mosquitoes first with virus in canada this year by lisa queen staff writer york regions unenviable record of firsts with west nile virus this year may have more to do with art aggressive surveillance campaign than the region being particularly susceptible to the disease the asso ciate medical officer of health says druhanif kassarii doesnt deny york along with peel halton and toronto have become canadian hot spots for the virus at the same time the virus appears to be making inroads into cottage country a dead crow dis covered north of barrie this month tested positive for the virus but dr kassam credited the regions education promotion and monitoring program with cover ing several incidents of the virus iri- rlcw j r on monday he announced a mosquito colony found in wwtchufch is the first in- canada to test positive for west nile this year on april 15 canadas first dead xrqw carrying the virus in 2003 was discovered near leslie and mulock streets in newmarket a second crow was found in early june in aurora earlier this month a richmond hill man was believed to be canadas first human case this year- although he was eventually cleared oftheiuness i think we actually have a very good surveillance system dr kassam said at a news conference tuesday explaining why york con tinues to lead the way in unearthing cases v he pointed out surrounding regions have been only days see west page 16 inokti ohbvrolbt i the little dealership with a big 5336 highway 7 just east of mccowan i i i wwwnorthpolntochovoldscom 2941440 toll free 1 8008922209 to keep your car running at top performance all summer change your oil every 3000 miles or every three months lube oil filter special plus taxes t includes 30 point inspection