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thursday march 232006 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 28pages1 including gst 3 800000 jobs by 2031 predicted for region opinion 6 calendar 21 sports 22 classified 24 publication mail agreement 40007673 spirited hug for overtime hero staff photobill roberts stouffville spirit captain ian brunt right congratulates teammate randy johnston who scored the serieswinning goal in double overtime sunday night at the stouffville arena the spirit won the provincial jr a hockey leagues north conference championship in six games draw ing more than 1000 people to the final game the spirit opens the northwest iinal tonight at 730 at the stouffville arena newcham bymikehayakawa staff writer the stouffville spirit enters unchartered territory tonight and they feel good about it the spirit makes their longawaited debut in the provincial junior a hockey leagues semifinals against the oakyille blades who captured the west conference title by defeating the hamilton red wings in four straight games hosting tonights first game at 730 the spirit earned the right to be in the leagues final four by dethroning the fourtime defending north conference champion aurora tigers sunday at the stouffville arena y championship celebration goes from arena to town hallpages 18 19 the spirit won in dramatic fashion before an enthusiastic throng of 1050 with a 43 double overtime win in the sixth game of the bestofseven series it sure feels good said spirit general manager ken burrows who has been asso ciated with the club since near the start 11 years ago it was a little longer and harder than what i thought thats for sure randy johnston scored the gamewin ning goal just 17 seconds into a power play opportunity after referee terry hobor called a penalty on tigers defenceman nathan oke mr johnston who also scored an over time winner in game 3 blew an icelevel shot past tigers netminder ryan dickie from the right wing for his second goal of the game to hand the spirit franchise its first conference championship the spirit players piled on mr johnston in a corner of the ice surface as the crowd erupted the tigers were incensed by the call oh mr oke whose apparent elbow sent donivan see aurora page 20 queens park protest precedes budget were by joan ransberry staff writer sitting on a broken tractor parked at the ontario legislature gormley farmer john doner has a message for ontario agriculture minister leona dombrowsky farmers have nothing left to lose mr doner said if the provincial budget being delivered today doesnt include sub stantial money for farmers the indus try may not survive v while ms dombrowsky wouldnt speculate on what the budget might contain she did stress the agricultural sector is a priority for her government as well ms dombrowsky is sug gesting farmers real fight is in ottawa the fourday protest organized by the unified voice for agriculture began monday much like the industry mr doners tractor has seen better days its better that it broke down on the steps of the government than in the field im going to have to get it towed out of here mr doner is not alone keswick farmer john hpltrop aban doned his 4500acre crop operation to join the protest that initially involved about 25 ontario farmers having farmed for 42 years mr holtrop has seen good and bad times but nothing compares to now we need immediate money mr holtrop said we especially need a riskmanagement program while the province tables todays budget the two york region farmers see aging page 13 m 6427474 sroiifecfiinicca main st tfofe train station to dr sheldon lazier dr waseema ali dr dina ghobriai dr dan kobric ed edwards dehtumt ring inspection and polishing rarthau jewellers 6312 main st stbuffwillc bjiandjdmarodiido6ai