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fi7 tmlonstf hockey t5 big changes in front office of languishing spirit by bruce stapley correspondent a call for help has brought the local cavalry to the aid of the stouffville spirit past whitchurch-stouf- fville minor hockey associa tion wsmha president wally crowder has agreed to take over as general man ager of the first year provin cial junior a hockey league team while area resident dave probert will assume the position of marketing and public relations direc tor the moves were announced thursday culmi nating a whirl wind week which began with talk of the possible take over of the team by a newmarket- based consortium manage ment problems experienced by the spirit had led the clubs ownergeneral man agercoach george stavro to turn to local interests for assistance it was learned that a group of spirit spon sors headed up by choko design owner ed hakonson had shored up the teams finances in the past two weeks as well crowder a member of the from left wally crowder general manager steve stavro ownership partner and coach and dave probert marketing manager and public relations represent the new front office of the stouffville spir- clubs original board of directors said he responded to a need to have more local involvement with the spirit george stavro asked for my help in the management area said crowder whose son graham is a defence- man with the spirit it was crunch time they needed more local participation with the connections we both he and probert have locally hopefully we should be able to fill the stands crowder said there would be several more meetings held over the next few days to determine the course to be followed by the new man- the enchantmenffiiof lookslbe estled in the heariof richmond hill you iii find an outstanding retirement residence 1j r brookside retirement residences honsi the tranquility of a rural all the amenities of a large urban centre are close at band flexibility and attention to detail arc our prime focus at brookside youll find care levels geared tuecific needs the quality of which iswparcilleled brookside also bficrs a respitcconvales- cent program as well we feature a special tuhitor the memory impaired agement team he said a promotion package would be put together to sell the club to the town he added there would be no change in the teams ownership stavro said it was his desire to win over the people of the stouf fville area to the spirit on a long term basis basically were restructuring the management i want to get the community behind us for many years to come stavro said he would continue on as coach for now but that he would reassess his position with the team to see where he best fits in i want to see how much time i can give to this this crowder and proberts involvement frees me up somewhat stavro said it was important for the team to convince the town it was healthy we wanted to do away with the fears were not going to collapse hakonson who attempted to bring a junior squad to stouffville in the early 1990s told the tri bune it was important to stabilize the team in a time of uncertainty he said his and the other sponsors financial assistance in recent weeks was simply an attempt to get the team back on track and that he had no interest in pur chasing the team he said he hoped to analyze the teams financial situation over the next few weeks we just wanted to stabilize the team look after the fares etc it wasnt a mess there were just some hiccups i wouldnt like to see it fail after all the work george has put into it he said the team has talented players but has suffered a man agement blip we now have a local person to take over theres a terrific work load more than one person can do he said the new moves will go a long way towards helping the team win on the ice the players were a little unnerved theyd heard some rumors now they can settle down he said its time for the community to get behind the spir it and said he hopes to see the for mation of a spirit booster club current wsmha president maureen markle told the tribune thursday that while she still had nt heard confirmation of manage ment changes the situation sounded positive it cant hurt she said saying the move would see the spirit and the wsmha become more closely entwined she said stavro has been hampered by a lack of man power at the management level at brookside ue with the best surrounded by g sessional brookside retirement residences 980 elgin mills road east richmond hill brookside 9058849248 if j welcome to the opening of bolot formerly bridle trail salon join us for wine cheese sunday november 12 12 noon to 6 pm 50 off hair products goldwell paul mitchell igora schwarzkopf scruples valid un november 30 1995 effective nov 1 new location 33 bridle trail centre unit 7 unionville 4770023 15 off gift certificates for skin care valid until december 30 1995