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c12 sv rekai johnson barristers solicitors 49 main street east 2nd floor stouffville ontario 6408100 or 6493555 leasing s easy way to drive larry cotter leasing 6404541 as makes and models a metroland community newspaper wednesday may 3 1989 dismal turnout mars wsmha annual meeting sliding home stouffville district secondary school is set to defend its softball jackson and rob blundon geared up for the year with a slide into crown in york region action the team was practising for the home plate the season starts thursday upcoming season last thursday from left dan bell glenn softball team set to defend title by bruce stapley the stouffville district secondary school boys softball team hits the diamond tomorrow thursday may 4 putting its york regional title on the line coach doug mccammon who helped guide the sdss club last season says his roster will be trimmed down to 14 for the opener against toronto waldorf at the bathursthwy 7 school it is essentially the same lineup as the towns midget team except for a few players scott evans will head up the pitching staff again with chris burkholder taking over when evans takes time off to try out for the canadian national midget team he is already a member of the on tario team that will compete for the canadian championship in saskatchewan this summer newcomers to the sdss squad could include chris english jonathan hall joel butcher glenn jackson kirk smythe and basil luciano with final cuts being made prior to tomorrows game the team will play a sixgame schedule followed by league playoffs then the regional finals al piette will coach the schools girls softball team which will play slopitch this spring by alan shackleton lack of interest was the highlight of the whitchurch- stouffville minor hockey associations wsmha annual general meeting thursday night at the recreation centre with the exception of the 10 member executive there were only three members of the public and one newspaper reporter in attendance this was probably the shortest and least attended meeting in wsmha history said house league convenor wal- ly crowder as the meeting broke up just over an hour after it started joanne steel president of the association said the meeting was poorly attended for a number of reasons as always we have a really big crowd for this meeting she joked in her opening address i guess a lot of people who might have been here tonight are at music mania instead they cant be two places at once also an nhl playoff game bet ween the pittsburgh penguins and philadelphia flyers featur ing stouffvilles own keith acton may have kept others from attending unfortunately joanne said the lack of interest in meetings translates to a lack of parental volunteers for the association its a challenge minor hockey associations across canada have had to deal with and she said things arent getting any better we still have a big problem with parental volunteers said joanne its only getting worse at the start of the 198889 season the wsmha also faced a problem with lack of players the shortage was particularly acute at the pee wee and bantam levels where house leagues in both age groups had to be cancelled and players refunded their registration fees so they could be freed to play hockey in the wsmha was forced to re fund about 6000 worth of registration fees last season because there were no teams for the boys to play on total registration for last season was approximately 357 boys which was actually a slight increase from the 198788 season she said however she added shes con fident next year will be better and there are reasons to be optimistic losing the pee wees and the bantams hurt us last year that wont happen next season though as the association intends to ice at least four teams for 1315 year olds instead of being grouped into either pee wee or bantam teams these players will join together in a major division said crowder well be giving the older boys some hockey next year he said also a number of 13yearolds played house league in the atom division last season and those players will now move up to the major level joanne steel hopes the fact that there will be hockey for older boys will bring some of the players who sat out last year back to the game some of the pee wees who played with the atoms last season will be moving up to the new division and they know for sure theyll be playing hockey she said hopefully theyll talk to their friends and more of them will come back while times are tough in the older ranks the outlook seerrjs bright in the younger age groups the novice division is especially healthy i last season there were eight novice teams in the house leagtfe and those numbers could grojv next season also there were eight teams in the house league hockey school for four five arid sixyearolds and four teams in the atom house league which was with much fanfare st andrews golf club opens by bruce stapley wcckday memberships to date iththie clarisutherland pipe andrews is aifuliyappoirited and waiting in the wings mayor golf facility- sporting a state-of- kfransaiiisbury cut the ribbon tbthetarf practice ranga well- officially open st andrews fgolf stocked pro shop and an elegant andt country club saturday lounge area y v ffthe 18hoje course set on the members who buy into the 127acre site that had been the club with a i j35000 initial irive property of exward 2 councillor v ment pay 2 100 iri annual dir jim rae is located on the nor- macwilliam originally futil vest corner of the bloqmingtbn j took a partnership in the op road and seventh concession f tion with david paterson with fnrae and his wife evelyn who owned the property from 19461987 were among the throng that looked on as the 13 million facility became whitchurc stouffvilles newest luxury golf operation bill macwilliam the clubs director of golf called upon club ember and toronto radio per sonality wally crouter to run the i greenside proceedings both the raesi and 90yeardld otto barkey who owned the property from 193 6194 6 were acknowledged crouter referring to the stiff late april breeze that chilled fi bystanders noted that the course f had an elevation of 1300 feet the same as the dining room at the cn tower in toronto with 250 full members and 100 the opening up of the club to ihiami ww iv background i founding of the dyhamicgolf centre ihvtoronto he was head golf professional at the westview golf club and head pro and owner of the dundas golf and country club in kitchener ont macwilliam claims st an drews will be for the use of members only and that it will not boast an unwieldy membership list here will be no tournaments so our members will be able golf every weekend its niall quiet operation the course has been under con struction for two years and features elevated tees and a i somewhat rolling terrain saturdays onlookers were treated to the bagpipe playing of the markhambased sutherland v as well as refreshments after the official proceedings the first official day of golf on the course was monday rtfftv o round golf pro gary price prepares to start the 1989 season the st andrews golf and country club opened last weekend after two years was spent on its construction the private club which already has members signed on was officially opened by mayor fran salnsbury amid the screel of bagpipes neighboring associations such as made up of players from 10 to p uxbridge and markham yearsold j at the ontario minor hockey association omha level there was one team in the novice ban tam and mdget divisions and two teams in atom and pee wee j the most successful of the squads was the novice tearh which won the regional championship john hutchinson the associa tions omha convenor said the large number of teams at the novice and hockey school levels is encouraging with all the new people coin ing into town were in a rebuilding stage and its the lit tle guys that we have to start it with she said we start there and hopefully we can keep those boys interested in playing hockey right up to midget age hutchinson added that having two omha teams at the atom and pee wee level helped generate excitement amongst the players j it helped having those second teams he said it brought ja number of players up to the omha ranks and kept the in terest in hockey im hoping those players can come up through the ranks and grow to be some of our better players i other items discussed at the meeting included sponsors and the problem of ice rental costs phdobbucestwley michael pride gold medal michael pride registered a firstplace in preliminary men skating in both the flight and the final at a skating competition in scarborough april 2830 michael is a grade 6 student at st marks public school nicole jeffrey came 7th in flight in the junior bronze ladies a competition janine jeffrey came 3rd in flight in the senior bronze ladies b section she was 13th on final and elizabeth oavia came 7th in flight in the junior silver ladies b section two stouffville players to compete on york team president picked by bruce stapley two stouffville residents have been selected to play for the york region summer hockey team in the midget aaa division chris winn and jamie showers both students at stouff ville district secondary school will skate for the squad winn a forward played for the jc uxbridge bruins this past season helping them make the playoffs the last game of the season he played with the whitchurch- stouffville midget rep team the previous season showers played defence for the markham travelways junior b entry last winter he was also a member of the towns midget rep club in 198788 after coming to stouff ville from collingwood the two are seeking sponsors to offset costs incurred by their participation each has been asked to find two businesses to contribute 300 in return for which they will have their company name on the boys team shirts the sponsor will also be noted in all team programs ann pride has been elected president of the stouffville figure skating club for thje 198990 season joan hamilton is past president linda kelly vice- president and test chairman jo- anne gunther secretary pauline miller treasurer i marilyn mcleod takes over registration jane hachey iri- terclub representative judy smith canfigurc elizabctp barbcau susan mckinlay and michelle barker canskatb michelle wednesdays sally boyd pro liason cathy sclwyp purchasing chris jeffrey publicitynewsletter caraj boyd patch and sandra rozarip and mary ellen pcgg music j