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vwckurchstouffvillepubucubrary saturday oct 202007 serving the community of whftchurchstouffville 32 pages1 including gst m former cbc radio songstress kicks off house concert series entertainment 3 opinion 6 sports 12 classified 15 staff photosteve somerville erin fowler with headband and her stoufiville glad park public school teammates are all country meet at milne park conservation area in markham wednesday schools from business as they take off in the grade 7 girls race during an area elementary schools cross- whitchurchstouffville and markham competed spirit gm latest to leave jr a team fourth executive to leave hockey club in year and a half by mike hayakawa staff writer the stoufiville spirit is without a general manager again matt gibson in his first year as general manager of the provincial jr a hockey club emailed his resigna tion yesterday to club owners zeev werek and david laren he wasnt at the stoufiville arena thursday night watching the 8-4- 2 spirit hammer the couchiching terriers 70 for their fourth straight win the 33 yearold stoufiville resi dent acknowledged his decision to leave was a difficult one to make he said it had to do with responsibilities he thought he had with the team but really didnt ive never quit in the middle of a hockey season in my life but this decision to resign was a culmina tion of four to five weeks of various items going on the opinions and hockey decisions of what i was look ing for and what they club owner ship were looking for were two dif ferent things he said its the fourth time in less than past two seasons the spirit has had someone from its front office leave mr gibson succeeded longtime general manager ken burrows who was fired last spring also in the off season gerry mcdonald resigned from his post as director of hockey operations after only a few months on the job mr mcdonald had suc ceeded marshall starkman who was turfed a yearandahalf ago mr gibson was assistant coach with the spirit during its north and north west championship season two years ago and the assistant gm last season the toughest decision for me to leave were the kids on the team the kids in the dressing room are a fan- tastic bunch this is a strong team and i hope they succeed he said mr werek said the decision didnt catch him offguard he said mr gib sons young family and new business have been taxing on his time see spirit page 7 matt gibson stoufiville spirit gm resigned from hockey team yester day after five months on job 27 heritage rd markham 2948030 beachcomber stouffvs nectsco llillll a major part of maintaining the vitality of the town is residents support of new businesses or activities in stouffville make it easy to find yournew businesses or activities register how go to wwwtouffvileconnectscotn click on new in town enter your business profile in the spaces provided any questions call ian batt sales representative sutton grouptown and country realty ltd brokerage independently owned and operated office 9056400888 not intended to solicit parties already under contract direct 4168819544 our mission to maintain a thriving prosperous stouffville town and country realtyltd 6400888