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saturdayjuly 52003 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville h 36 pages1 includinggst player shutout hyhoekey politics bymikehayakawa i staff writer in early mayi2fyebldhke player gepgaira was on cloud hinev but bythe end of the monththe grey boy was devastated its so bad how hes debkfeng whether to play the game again or not theyoungsters plight b6gan i wbenhe left the mississaugaireps brgaiiizatibn this spring to try put with the rival markham islanders aaa peewees he played the last tibee greater torohto hockey v league seasons with mississauga bjut markham was closer to home piegthltiis perhaps me higfr est profile minor hockey leagyein the world graduates induienife stars brendan vshanahan 0etroit red wings eric lindros new york rangers and johnmadden hew jersey devils islanders and three yaiighan- xorganfeauns ithe kings rangers- and panthers belohgotiie gthl f v 7 wl iwwkt genip passed the audition and was told he would be- oneof sikv defencemen on the team for the 200304 season j- he was also given first choice of what number he wanted on ws islander tprm he picked nine the number he has donned since hewasatyke utari envelope sent by the- islanders to ihe caira household may 30 sent them ihta a tailspin enclosed was a cheque with a full refund ocgenips registration fee x no explanation was given v after a series of phone hies- sages the islanders acknowledged see hockey page 11 i c diversions community theatre j j j thrives on york region stages letters 6 registration 14 sports 17 classified r 18 igshcrt whitchurdistouffville soccer club player chris dier 9 takes his turn in goal during team practice demonstration at the 19th annual strawberry festival in memorial park last weekend bill roberfs photo on the rouge north marwiam park plan slanimed emronmentalists bymikeadlerv j c markham is about to betray a vision of rouge park the town has supported for years conserva- tionistsxharge special protections promised for the river are missing in the proposed official- plan amend ment to create a rouge parkj north in majkhara glenn de baeremaeker president of save the rouge valley system said this week hetcallef the town document- a useless mishmash of mother hood- statements that really mean nothing into whitchurchstouffville passage of ftrie amendment at markham council xesday ieveriihg would produce the first york region stretch of rouge park meant to protect the rouge- river through markham to its headwaters in whitchurch- sfpuffville and richmond hill the plan about eight years in themaking has already come too late for the fiver in richmondhill where it was ruled this year to have ripbinding effect over the- towns remaining- undeveloped land and in whitchurch- stpuffyille iihas become redirri- 1 dt through provincial legisla- 1 tibn protecting tlie oak ridges moraine v mr de baeremaeker and jim robb president of friends of the rouge watershed both said they believe town staff in efforts to make the amendment less vul- i nerable to challenges have effec tively sabotaged the plan seejehvironmentaupagew 27 heritage re markham 1948030 fbaxficontoer vmvau town and country realty ltd 6400888