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stouffville suntribune thursday feb 10 2005 13 exgm gmnwald still involved with basketball from page 1 and create new jobs so the community benefits he said thats our hope and goal advocating for things that will help the business community one of the projects mr grunwald will be involved with is the merger of the board of trade and north york chamber of commerce as well he will be mak ing frequent visits to ottawa to talk with federal government representa tives on issues important to the toronto business com munity he says his new and old jobs are as different as night and day hes not liv ing under a microscope he was with the raptors its all a part of the game i knew that my contract was up and we werent doing well it wasnt much of a surprise but im still a raptors fan and try to root for them theres a transition going on right now hut theyll get things straightened out take 1998 when mr grunwald addressed the crowd at maple leaf gardens after the raptors ended a brutal 1666 sea son with a 29point lossi understand your senti ments mr grunwald told the booing fans the high point was being a vince carter jumper away from the third round of the 2001 playoffs theres far less pressure in his new job especially from the media you dont have the same gamebygame win- loss pressures here he said its not so focused on one thing the game and theres not as much travel as there was with the raptors here with the board of trade though we want to make a difference to be successful to help the business community there arent a lot of people talking a lot about us on the radio or television national program while mr grunwald might be out of the profes sional basketball limelight he still maintains a hand in the game hes on basketball canadas board of direc tors including the commit tee searching for a new head coach for the mens team hes also a minority partner in a consortium installing seven indoor basketball courts at the downsview park hangar in north york we intend to put in first class wood courts he said of the project which is slat ed to be completed by may to be known as the hoop dome mr grunwald said the courts would be utilized for tournaments youth league games and instructional camps a markham resident when he joined the raptors in 1994 as the clubs vice- president of legal affairs and assistant general man ager mr grunwald har bours no bitterness at how he left the team he still follows the daily fortunes of the team and remains optimistic the new regime under his succes sor rob babcock can right the ship its all a part of the game i knew that my con tract was up and we werent doing well it wasnt much of a surprise he said of his firing but im still a raptors fan and try to root for them theres a transi tion going on right now whats new heidi has moved formerly of fame international heidi is now located at hm ufovfo in the dainty plaza 905 6404937 or 6472743745 heidi invites all her clients to visit her at her new location but theyll get things straightened out living in aurora along with wife heather bird a former toronto sun colum nist and their twoyearold son will they will move to whitchurchstouffville later this year mr grunwald has already been a frequent vis itor to stouffville as his chil dren from his first mar riage emma 11 and gabe 10 attend whitchurch highlands public school playing house league hock ey for the past two years in newmarket gabe is also a firstyear goalkeeper with the stouffville minor pee- wee ae rep squad having played basket ball most of his life mr grunwald finds it refresh ing to be a hockey parent its a lot of funsaid mr grunwald who at sixfoot nineinches is usually the tallest hockey dad in the rink the kids on the team are fun to be around as long as my kids like it then ill remain around dual citizenship obtaining dual citizen ship in 2001 along with emma and gabe mr grunwald said theyve enjoyed living in york region its to the point now where he doesnt fore see moving in the near future 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