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BY MICHAEL HAYAKAWA mhayakawa @yrmg.com When the Stouffville peewee AE Clippers began their hockey season, they had one goal in mind â€" to win the Ontario Minor Hockey Association title. ‘ Lasi season, 1he team came close after losing in the OMHA to Qakville.‘ A lake Espey scored twice for the Clippers while Tyler Wright, Braydon McNeil and Taylor Peterson each added singies. This time around, the Clippers claimed the coveted title after sweeping their best- of-five afiair against Caledon with a 5-2 win in Stouffville Saturday. lames Merksamer, Mario Rosario, Nathan Watson. Josh Carlin, Luke Burk- holder and "Iiitan Thompson each collected one helper. 'lyler Ryan handled netminding duties. “I think the whole team believed we could get as far as we did." an elated Clip- pers' head coach Steve Wright said. “The boys set a goal at the beginning of the year to win the OMHA's and we kept reminding them of the goal that they had set. “It feels absolutely great to win an OMHA championship with this group. I’m extreme- ly proud of all the players. my coaching stafi' and the parents. They were all supportive to each other and it was a wonderful group to be part of. 7 7"I‘o see the boys go crazy at the end of our last game and hear all our fans was a feeling all of us will never forget." Peewee AE Clippers grab provincial crown over Clippers Team redeems last year’s loss to Oakville in final iTrib une See BALANCED, page 10‘ THURSDAY. MARCHZSJOIO I SERVNGTHECOMMUNWYOFWHH’CHWW I ZAPAGESI$1NCUJDNGGST VIVID OPTICAL ° 2 for I From» On selected Frames and Sunglasses Limited time offer, can not be combined with any other offer ome and C elebrofe our Tuesday afternoon, council approved the $5.25-million purchase of 111 Sandjford Dr., which is the home of Cook Canada I Town stafi finally have a place they can call their own. Once renovations and repairs are made, the total cost ofthe new town hall is expect- Town offices to get new home BY SANDRA BOLAN sbolan@yrmg. com Al and Trudy Yetman perforni during a fundraiser at Latcham Hall Sunday. All proceeJ‘s from the event went to help with the Haiti re-construction fund. The Caribbean nation is still recovering from the effects of a dev- astating earthquake Ian. 12. STBUMMING UP FUNDS FOR HAITI The Cook Canada facility is about 62,000 square feet and sits on 43 acres offully ser- viced land. ed to be $9.56 million. “I've been through the building and it's in great shape and impeccable in its cleanliness and construction," said Dave Cash, CAO for the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville. According to a 2009 long-term accom- WHITCHURCH-STO modation study, the municipality will only need 43,989 square feet to meet its needs upon full build-out of the town in 2021. A _ “The Cook facility provides us with the ultimate space we will need," Mr. Cash About 340 per cent of the Cook Canada building is office space, which will be reâ€" UFFVILLE See mun, page 204 E PUBLIC LIBRARY STAFF PHOTO/SUSIE KOCKERSCHEIDT