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p20 weekender saturday october11 1997 st the tribune rts got a score call our hotline at 6402100 mfchete and fsank ago i gjb h 90 cx wj practice makes perfect members of the whitchurch stouffville girls hockey association pcewee girls hockey club go through a practice session at the rec centre on wednesday here goal keeper danielle paterson goes down in an effort to watch this screen shot looking on is goalie jes sica allen iy lorn immirso spirit edges muskies jeft marshall finally got to play his game thursday night and the result was a big plus for the spirit of stouf- fvilie the second year spirit defenceman scored two power play goals in the first period and assisted on darcy kings second period marker with the man advantage to lead his team to a 32 win over the visiting lindsay muskies in a tight checking match the victory snapped a four game stouffville losing streak and put the spirit within a point of fourth place in the provincial junior a hockey leagues six team phillips division im an offensive defenceman 1 like to be the fourth man in the rush said marshall after the game it seemed everything came together tonight marshall shared the spotlight with spirit goal keeper cory lloyd who was in top form as the muskies held a 3018 advantage in shots on goal cory stood on his head for us he was outstanding raved spirit head coach dan larmer lloyd credited his defence for help ing keep the muskies at bay with a physical style of play our defence played really well there were a lot of blocked shots said lloyd king and kevin edgar assisted on both of marshalls goals geoff keillor also assisted on kings marker the spirit return home to host collingwood next thursday night bruce stapley connell deserves a little respect sports notes bruce staple you can under stand why dave connell feels a lit tle like joe carter these days carter the home run hero of the toronto blue jays 1993 world series victory and a leader with the jays since coming aboard in the early 1 990s was almost booed off the field this past season when his production dropped somewhat although he still posted stats most ball players would be more than happy with connell has a similar glorious past a 29year veteran stouf fville district secondary school phys cd teacher coach and all round go getter and promoter of all causes he was acknowl edged stouffvilles sports personality of the year in 1991 he earned the award after joining forces with former resident gcd stonehousc to build the long awaited stouffville track facili ty next to the high school connell personally headed up the schools own fund raising drive to help defray costs of the track facility which vvas unique in that it was taken on as a joint effort between the york region board of education and the town when i asked him back then just how many hours he had contributed towards the track project connell said he hadnt been keeping track but that it was probably several hundred hours not a bad contri bution to the sons and daughters of stouffville residents pre sent and future connell told me he took on the job of school leader in the project after thensdss student council president julian franklin singlehandedly convinced the school board to put up a grant towards the track for years and years jim rehill now retired long time sdss phys ed head and coach and i went to the various prin cipals of the school and told them to get us a track but noth ing ever happened council told me in june 1 99 1 but when julian went and got the grant from the board i realized that someone from the school was going to have to get involved and involved he got going through my back issues his cre ative fund raising projects kept popping up everywhere he even succeeded in getting the students involved in things like laying the sod around the track so they could feel a sense of ownership as well as helping spearhead the track councils list of contributions to the sdss sports scene through almost three decades is endless so you can understand how betrayed he felt when certain members of the community vented their wrath in his direction after he and sdss girls phys cd head sheila coleman made the decision to shut down the schools extracurricular program at the start of the current school year to protest cutbacks in time allocated them for administering the schools huge and vital sports program a recent unsigned letter in the tribune berating this decision proved extremely unsettling to him since then the smile is gone from the face of the guy who keeps you up to date on the school sports scene sure 1 guess you could accuse council of being a little naive of not fully understanding that when one makes a deci sion of the magnitude he did there are always going to be those who strongly disagree that was made pretty clear at the recent parentteacher meeting teachers and others in the public sector sometimes find it difficult to hold their situations up against most of us in the private sector who have had to greatly increase our output while seeing little or no increase in remuneration or benefits over the past six or seven years and thats not to mention the thousands of victims of downsizing who must still continue to pay the property taxes that support public sector employees but like joe carter council has always given his best on the job and deserves the respect of the parents of the thousands of kids hes gone to the wall for again and again i only hope the old dave and his friendly welcoming smile returns soon get a transponder i yo u 1 1 pay i ess d own the road every time you drive the 407 etr without a transponder you pay an extra 100 charge pick one up at most driver vehicle issuing offices within the greater toronto area for 1150 call 1 8884070407 for more information zip actoss to w h this fee is a one time only payment not an annual fee 407 express toll route