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SEPTEMBER 2004 It may not have been quite as glamourous as when the Stouffville Merchants brought home the Ontario iunior men‘s fasttmll title two years in a row back in the early 19905. But Griffin’s Stouffville Storm softball team did get to compete against the best at the Ontario Amateur Softball Association Iunior Mite Championships in the unlikely venue of Enterprise. a forgotten but prideâ€"rich town lying half an hour’s drive up the road from Napanee continued from page 7 fter writing up everyone else's kids' AAll-Ontario sporting pursuits in the Tribune for a dozen or more years, I finally got to hit the road with my own little guy for a provincial tournament on a recent weekend. Politics Let us know when you figure it out Paul And It Is very telllng that the first major announcement from this new government was concerning the decriminalization of The four-team tourney took over the 3993 Stouflville FId., Stouffville Tel: (905) 640-2350 www.mnturymlll.com CENTURY MILL LUMBER “Bringing You the World by the Board Foot” We have lumber for every season Flooring - 1x4, 1x6, ‘1 x8 TG Red Pine Walls - 1x6 TG V-Match Bead Pickwick Boston Panel Home Project - Pine, Domestic Foreign Hardwoods came and Browse m t Frld among-05:00:; will!” Stumbli/gg Stouffville sawi'é'é Life Lessons In Enterprise mariiuana. I suppose Paul figures we all have to be on cheap drugs to think he's doing a good job And then this from closer to home We all know what makes Stoulfvrlle a great place to live A pretty little town. close to the city Lots of beautiful countryside. farms. wildlife. and great ways to enjoy it all. Quiet. uanqu peaceful A friendly town, a safe town. Our boys proved to be no match for the other three outfits, although they did throw a temporary scare into the crew from Orleans before running out of gas in the bronze medal game. It seems the task of playing two games in a row on a warm Sunday afternoon was a little more than these unproven seven and eight year olds could handle But they lined up smartly at game‘s end to receive their OASA participation crests. There were no long faces. They were just happy to be able to town's one ball diamond for the entire weekend, with an opening ceremonies event that included a fromâ€"theâ€"heart inspirational address to the players from the reeve, along with a perky rendition of O Canada delivered by two of Enterprises budding young female vocalists. small town town" bigger. But according to Mayor Sherban. quoted Now that's logic for you. In Too much farmland growing houses” Unfortunately, iudging by what we got in (Sun-Tribune Aug 5). there's only one way Ottawa and Queen's Park she's got lots of to make this town better company And that is by building over the I wrsh it was all as simple as iust keeoine "It wasn't over the plate. Dad, it wasn't," he sobbed after being rung up by the ump on 3 called third strike It won't be the last time he'll feel overcome by an overwhelming sense of iniustice in his life But hopefully it will plant a seed that might help him to accept such setbacks in the future head over to the playground for one last climb on the monkey bars before heading back home to Stouffville. It was a weekend of ups and downs. laughter and tears for these emotionally fragile young athletes. At times the pressure was just too much. On several occasions I had to take off my assistant coach's hat and switch back to Dad mode to comfort Griffy. ' .iiii‘ih {gzgiii 3300:3305; Sin-1.083.. inningilo Essilgstlsé gopgvnggl. . .8838! lggochigg 2.0532823313831235. assuageâ€"“£3055 gagging»: We found out that victories can. and mmmmma. Wpfidflm.flmbemne he’sbeenmmepmmmd. MMMMWM Somebody’s making a house call mine out the wildlik iceluHesssa all by building I out the aking thi a term: making . and m WHITCHURCH-STOUFFVILLE THIS MONTH - l3 wedodflnplhemwedoumwad m.- Pmilnoldd. mama-humane: InvemdedaMnnooMnIMt mmmmnunmmber dwinmnmmdmo! mummhm mmmam 'I knowmy clients wouldn't want an Investment Wmmmwup to wpmmmdmmgm VINO I wish it was all as simple as just keeping our receipts. Edvard Ion-s places a lot ol emphasis on continuing edumion. lld Its Investment minim tnln llterally Wt their area. tedvdd moi invedmems. me mining Isn'lovev. sometimes must. come in many ways in sport. as in life in general. Upon realizing our team was badly outgunned after the first day of the competition, my wife Susan and | conferred with Griff to draft a list of personal goals he might be able to achieve on day two. Simple things like getting a hit, making an out, scoring a run, and making a couple of good blocks of wild pitches from his catcher's position. He ended up ticking several of them off the list, including the long shot goal of being named his team‘s MVP for the bronze medal game. when it was all over, we climbed into the car and drove off. Griffy was asleep within 15 minutes. his red Storm hat lyi‘ng askew on his head, It had been a good weekend Hugo T. Kroon Bethesda