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jm stouffville sun whfcfturehstouflvilte public mm thursday may 22 2003 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville b 36 pages1 including gst t g shooting for ontario finals if sdss athletes on right trade letters 6 entertainment 16 calendar 17 classified 20 children escape vandprf blaze two children ages 4 and 13 heard a smoke alarm at their vandorf home saturday afternoon tfey escaped and called the whitdiurdistouffville fire department damage is estimated at 200000 no one was injured and firefighterereed the family bird bill roberts photo make splash on nhl draft list byjim mason staff writer the whirlwind year of mike sullivan keeps getting crazier and better the only thing holding the 18yearold stouffville resident down these days is recov- ery from hernia surgery two years ago he was playing a level rep hockey with the midget stouffville clippers now the stouffville spirit junior a star is fielding calls from nhl teams and waiting to attend college on a 150000 us scholarship there are five players from the ontario provincial junior a hockey league on the final north american rankings for the 2003 nhlentry draft released last week the top two are members of the spirit secondyear winger kevin jarman is the topranked junior a player in canada leap ing from 129th in the midseasonrankingsto 99th kevin who lives in aurora will attend the university of massachusetts on a full- scholarship this fall sullivan uriranked earlier in the year jumped into the ratings at 161st the six- foot threeinch centre a stouffville resi dent has accepted a full ride to clarkson university in potsdam ny the nhl draft will be held june 21 arid 22 in nashville there are 18 junior a players from across canada on the draft list only the vernon bc viperswith five players in the nhl rankings had more players on the list than the spirit the spirit just completed its most suc cessful season in the franchises eightyear history going three rounds deep in the play offs in front of standingroomonly crowds including nhl bird dogs at the stouffville arena brian perrin entering his sixth season as head coach of the spirit knows how rare it is for junior a players to be ranked but it was crazy this season the number of nhl scouts at- some of our games the see spirit page 10 homes ok golf course subdivision approved despite fears by hannelore volpe f staff writer although neighbours came to object t clublink capital corporation received the go- ahead from whitchurch- stouffville council tuesday to build 80 homes and up to 15 overnight units in the preston lake area the homes would be on pro posed expansion lands of the emerald hills golf arid countfy- club on warden avenue north of bloomington road the course is i being expanded from 18 to 27 holes local residents came to coun cil worried about the impact of the new residential development on preston lake and on local wells and the fact further devel opment could occur clyde smith president of the pride arid preston lake ppl environmental group said in an interview we could have all of v other golf courses being converted to resort residential and have them all over the rural areas the wheels were put into motion in 1998 for the emerald hills development with the re- designation of its golf course as resortrecreational this allows residential devel opment in a major recreational- facility m resident michael crang and mr smith noted the water level of preston lake had already gone down and were concerned about further stresses on hydro- geological systems in the area andrew mcneely the towns see lobbying page 5 hfc vatthnactmamcrta central vacuums fwmr sales service installations 9054794273 4355 hwy 7 unkmvllie boslde railway tracks 5kvi i f- skffassibkswtmssbmmkfh o l d 3 m o bile norte oh v ro l t the little dealership with a big 5336 highway 7 just east of mccowan 2941440 toll free 18008922209 w w w nor summer air conditioning special summer is here so dont get caught with no air conditioning plus ask about our coolant flush special ee us for details wye candy barthai so jewell 6312 main st stouffvflic 5905 64046 j