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whitcfwirefisfourtvihe public lftrarf thursday sept 1 12003 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 48 pages1 including gst captain michael lombard leads y spirit intotonighfs opener briefly 3 opinion 6 calendar 31 classified 35 lack of players putssdss football team backonshelf by mike hayakawa staff writer 0 the rejuventated football pro gram at stouffviue district secondary school is no more at least for this year v the schools athletic department announced tuesday it will not field avarsity team for theupcomingyork region athletic association cam- paigh schools were required te ifhake meir declaration that day jamie hewittrstpuffville district secondary school physical educa- ftion headi said the problem boiled iiddwn jo a shortage of players its disappointing and it was tough decision to make he said al young incoming head fqptballc coach had put in a lot of work to get it going but he just didnt gef the lads qut i r the football program was revived at the school after an absence of about 30 years -a- corn imuhity fundraising campaign helped restart theteam v mr hewitt said the double cohort graduating class of last year severely cut into the numbers of reiximmg players coaching last years varsity team hewitt noted close to 75 per cent of the team graduated another ominous sign he added was the absence of a junibrteathj which traditionally serves as a feed er program at other schools ffv last year when i coached we had only two grade 9 players and its tough to feed into that its hard for a grade 9 student to come in and play varsity j0 noting the football program over the last two years was begin- seesdsspagel9 staff photomike barrett gboriented girls four seasons forward lauren rogers drives ifor the goal past tj manufacturing defender olivia bolender during the tcriurchstoufrolle soccer clubs girls iinder10 house league final saturday at stouffviue district secondary school whitghurchstouffville election 2003 sherban promises focus groups by hannelore volpe staff writer couneillorsue sherban promises to get yvhitchurchstbufm dents more involved in local gqyenr- meht if shes elected mayor on nov 10 she wants to see focus groups 1 tackle a yariety of issues i and bring their concerns and information to the town the community should be jbq decisionmaker she said also vying for the whitchurch- stouffville mayors chair are councillor steve pliakes and stquffyille resident randy mole v- mrs sherban unyefied her vision for the municipality duringa cam- cpaign kickoff last week at the willow springs vinery community building managing future growth and encouraging diversified ecq- nbntic deyeloprnent are part of that vision v ibcaj r government shbmd keep residents well informed oh town issues and deyelopmerits the two- time ward 6 councillor beiieves members of the cqrhmuhity have a right to me information they need and want she said r before any developments receive the gbafieadtheapprbpfiate infra structure has to be in place the councillor stressed 10 if elected she pledge to ensure the onfariq governments smart growth initiatives are lfnplemented growth has to be managed effec tively and priorities have to be set for public spending in the rural and the urban parts of the cbmrnunity people are concerned develop ment will change the char r seet0wnpagel6 ia- kmww cumww vacuum repairs vrqxlkmaicbs models sales service installations 90547827k 4355 hwywunlonvllle- boaldo railway track 9 cmarfike dvd jdm 2003 ghafi3d caravans bean i longman markham dodge chrysler je p