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the markham economist sun sports saturday september 30 2006 13 york region resident hopes to hoop it up in the big apple by mike hayakawa staff writer they say blood is thicker than water in glen grunwalds case it might be appropriate to say the association he developed with isiah thomas during their collegiate basketball days and with the toronto raptors was far greater than his time heading the toronto board of trade after pondering an offer he received a couple of weeks ago from thomas general manager of the new york knicks the 47yearold whitchurchstouffville resi dent tendered his resignation- today to accept a front office position with the struggling nba club ill be assisting isiah thomas and ill be involved in a lot of different things my role will evolve over the course of the year grun- wald said a former front office exec utive with the denver nuggets and raptors for which he served as general manager before joining the board of trade in january 2005 grunwald acknowl edged the decision to leave his current post was difficult but he said basketball remains in his blood i love this city i love this job and the toronto board of trade is involved in great work but i could not turn down this offer to rejoin my old friend isiah thomas and the sport that i love he said basketball is a great sport and i had to take a chance to get back in the nba while grunwald will be work in the big apple he intends to shuttle to and from his temporary new york residence to his whitchurch- stouffville home as often as possible his wife heather is cur rently attending law school at york universitys osgoode hall while son gabe is a goal- tender with the stoufrville clippers minor bantam team the former markham and aurora resident also revealed he has some personal proj ects hes actively involved with in the greater toronto im not going to be cut- area ring my ties here he said registration piano imssoisss friendly encouraging environment rcmpop jr mbk call rosemary 4fip to 9054791163 wr crushers record first win at expense of spirit village animal clinic 6060 highway 7 east across from the markham village community centre 9052949395 whats wrong with the stouffville spirit the defending provincial jr a hockey league north conference and north- west champions fell to 3301 after a 32 loss to the orangeville crushers 1-5-0- 0 at the stouffville arena thursday orangeville formerly of the midwestern jr b loop opened up a 30 second- period lead and held on for a 32 win their first of the sea son rookies greg oliver and corey trevino had the spirit goals both in the third peri od the spirit outshot orangeville 3721 trevino who scored on a pretty wraparound was named farmer jacks player of the game the spirit which played at collingwood last night hosts the toronto jr canadi- eris formerly the wexford raiders thursday for more gb stouffvillespiritcom to dr leslie brangers is pleased to announce the return of dr carolyn woodward to the village animal clinic in addition dr kathy hopkins is happy to be able to offer her services on tuesdays as well as thursday evenings new clients welcome visit our new website at wwwvillageanimalciinicinfovetca because animals are for life reading writing math spelling grammar science french study skills tibbs 3ffee vhibl eobe first oxford learning pinpoints how your child learns then we create an individualized program that goes beyond tutoring to teach your child to learn and study more effectively for better grades motivation and confi dence contact oxford learning today ruthl readers ages 3 to 6 years grades 1t0 12 to catch up to get ahead to prepare for the hurdle year contact us today for more information learning wwwoxfordlearningcom steeles ave brimley 90520183 72 sixteenth ave markham rd 90520 1 2700 hwvi 7 between kennedywarden 9055138186 today ith be sure to open your bonuspak envelope in todays paper for money saving coupons giveaways you can also logon to yorkregioncom for an electronic version of the coupons markham m a k a n a m v economist sun featurzd sponsor enter the word of the day from your cup at wwwagooddayca contest closes november 26 2006 see in store or agooddayca for details copritry styl to place your coupon in the bonuspak envelope call your local bonuspak representative at 9052942200 coo- look for other special offers from these advertisers- metroland o caa owas coi kpet minute chw miiv sou usa joeouf rioi ucog moo j soio swf- sod w jcsssssmi 10 i india ii tyina s f