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thursday may 3 2007 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 28 pages1 including gst 1 l- rrfijkmfd young stouffville idol hopefuls shoot for tomorrows finals opinion 6 calendar 9 sports 21 classified 23 iing dan mcneils memory alive award honours youths 15 years after death by mike hayakawa staffwriter the memory of dan mcneil lives on in whitchurch- stouffville in the likes of carter kroen as a minor hockey player carter has been described as a leader on the ice the 15yearold is unselfish and gentlemanly coaches say just like dan during last thursdays whitchurch stouffville minor hockey association annual gen eral meeting carter was hon oured as this years recipient of the dan mcneil award carter is the 13th recipient of the award first handed out in 199495 there were seven nominees dan a former stouffville clipper minor hockey player himself died in 1992 following a twocar collision near goodwood a member of the uxbridge bruins jr c team at the time dan 19 was returning to stouffville from a hockey game when the collision took place his death rocked the close- knit community the mcneil family was well known dan was the boy next door known and loved by many stouffville united church was packed for his funeral a benefit hockey game was played in his name plaques were erected at sec award page 7 hydro invests 10 million but weather location still factors byhannelorevolpe staffwriter hydro one has invested 10 mil lion during the past seven years to improve hydro delivery to whitchurchstouffville residents and businesses but youre still experiencing more power outages than comparable areas thats largely due to the size of the distribution system and stouffvilles location at the end of the power grid it means theres more chance of transformers hydro poles and lines and under ground cables being damaged by high winds freezing rain car acci dents and other calamities there were four significant storms last year that played havoc with electricity distribution sys tems it seems we are getting more severe weather hydro one spokesperson al manchee said including what he described as minitornadoes in the municipality itself how ever outages are on the decline because of the utilitys improve ments to its system during the last five years he said in 2001 when whitchurch- stouffville sold its local hydro utility to hydro one we knew there had to be a lot of work done mayor wayne emmerson said at council tuesday after a presentation by hydro one officials the town didnt have the resources to make all improve ments needed in the face of growth mr emmerson said see power page 19 smooth move pal staff photosjoerd witteveen jesse johnston 15 gets his smooth dome touched by mindy antinucci 16 and admired by melinda alexander 15 during headshaving day af stouffville district secondary school friday ten people went under the razor and raised 3500 for the canadian cancer society bringing the fouryear total to more than 15000 speciauzing in volkswagen audi porsche european asian hybrid 138sandiforddrunit5 9056422886 1877410aut0 www410autoca stouf bent wmmmjj da sheldon hazier dr waseema ali dr dan kohric i5t dehturist fbee consultation leon koimandd 9056427111 www smileclinic ca 6212 main street just east of the train station mdimw parthau jewellers 6312 main st stouffville 905 6404646 fchjiotyfcliiroauinoflaooiti