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whitchurcftstouffville public ubraiy stouffville thursday jan 29 2004 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 28 pages1 including gst s8i 7 train derailment a first for whitchurchstouffville farmer opinion 6 calendar 21 sports 22 classified 24 pro hockey fighter battles demons on off ice by jim mason staff writer brandon sugden is tough just ask him mats sundin sat out a game for throwing his stick into crowd the sixfoot fourinchtall 225pound sugden served jail time for the same indiscretion on the website of all things related to hockey fighting wwwhockey- fightscom he gets more action than tie domi or matthew barnaby one of his nicknames sugar is tat tooed on his back after his front top teeth were chipped in a junior game he told the dentist to pull them out rather do a repair it would toughen the look but it was no onice brawl that near ly knocked the whitchurchstouffville resident out of hockey for life in toronto tonight mr sugdens long and strange jour ney to the nhl stops in toronto tonight but not at the air canada centre a few kilometres west at the new ricoh coliseum mr sugden who turned 26 friday and the rest of the syracuse crunch tangle with the toronto roadrunners in an american hockey league contest syracuse is the top farm team of the columbus blue jackets and the roadrunners parent club is the edmonton oilers its the highest level at which mr sugden has played a year ago mr sugden was playing in a weekend quebec beer league and practising with the stouffville spirit junior a club with little hope of a reprieve he had been banned for life from the east coast hockey league and sec hockey page 18 staff photosjoerd witteveen stop the cold please stouffville crossing guard sharon norton is bundled up against the 15 c cold friday afternoon as she guides her charges from summitview public school shes been on the job at the corner of main and stouffer streets for 15 years elizabeth hader died at musselmans lake ranch horseback death acquittals appealed by jeff mitchell staff writer a jurys acquittal of two men charged with negligence in the horseback riding death of an aurora girl in whitchurchstouffville sever al years ago has been appealed by the crown attorneys office ontarios appeal court heard sub missions last week on the appeal of the october 2001 verdict that cleared james coultice and scott tarpey of criminal negligence causing death the men employees at the wagon wheel ranch at musselmans lake were charged after 10yearold elizabeth hader died in a riding mishap april 18 1999 the crown launched the appeal shortly after the court case came to a close but it has not reached appeal court until this month father pleased elizabeths father paul hader of aurora said he is happy the case has finally been heard the haders who also launched a civil suit against the defendants were left disappointed and bitter over the original verdict i was very disappointed by the decision and very happy to hear there was going to be an appeal mr hader said among the points argued before the appeal court last week were matters of evidence not heard by the jury as well as a ruling preventing an expert on horse handling being heard as a witness mr hader said the appeal was handled by a lawyer from the attorney generals crown law office bob mccreary head crown see hew page 20 vacuum cumwbw vacuum repairs to all makes models sales service installations 0347s8273 4355 hwy 7 unlonville bosido railway tracks b barthau jewellers c 6312 main st stouffville 2i 901