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stouffville suntribune thursday dec 112003 stoufiville says by hannelorevolpe will you be spending more or less for gifts this christmas asked in stoufiville sil massa more i find that prices are really good this year because of competition stores are offering better deals and better service vic sanders ur bhk jh l fsfc sp w5l lgjfe plf hlwlbky tiii wmmm wm l2bim egtpaim iwill probably be spending a lot less because last year i gave a very elaborate gift to sever al people which i wont be doing this year vera damtsis i have spent more this year i finished shopping early so now i am picking up extras which i really should not be doing chris tinker less instead of buying things for people i will give most of them money i never know what to get the teenagers early risti3ias staff photobill roberts gladys bolton left and ann prentice check out gifts from santa during the annual seniors christmas luncheon and party at christ church anglican in stoufrvjlle last week lights plague school hockey by mike hayakawa staff writer dont fight dont abuse offi cials president steve shantz wants the warnings to his col- leagues in the york region athletic association boys hockr ey circuit to be crystal clear vfuhderftelrules fight ing or abuse require a hearing before the associations board of reference often those found guilty are suspended for the season what disturbs mr shantz is the alarmingly high number of hearings through the first two weeks of the regular season 17 in the senior and junior ranks ten stemmed from fighting including seven from one game nov 27 between unionville and keswick high schools as well a coach must appear before an executive review of conduct for alleged abuse of an official hockey hearings last year- accduhtedfor close to 55 per cent of all of me yraa hearings in an e last week to 150 york region hockey coaches principals and other officials mt sharitz warned these hearings must be immediately curbed t the toronto star hint- ed sunday the warning could lead to the end of a season if the numbers continue to increase mr shantz insisted it wont cancelling hockey is not bur intention the email memo that was sent was an awareness thing i just want the coaches to take the time to go over with the student athletes the code of conduct thats in the yraa con stitution and talk to them of their personal philosophy towards sport said mr shantz who teaches physical educa tion at stouffville district secondary school f mr shantz isnt the only one concerned with what has tran spired in the yraa hockey cir cuit some coaches think the game has evolved into a good extracurricular activity arid shouldnt be shut down if someone on our team fights our rules are that the player is kicked off the school team and is suspended from school for three days it would be a horrible thing to do to cancel the high school hockey season said dave turner iri his 17th year of coaching senior boys hockey at brother andre catholic high school in markham schools like markham district high and stouffville district have done a good job with their kids and our club has been known provincewide as being a classy team mr shantz said rules as drawn up in the yraa coaches handbook were designed to educate student athletes on and off the playing field what we do in the yraa is to treat ejections froma sport as real- life situations how can you learn from them so it wont be ongoingiri life not just hockey but other sports too he said j were educators first here said mr turner who has had one player go to a hearing whatever rules they have for basketball football or rugby are consistent for what our associa tion does for all sports some school teams have added their own touch of disci pline if anyone incurs a major infraction if someone on bur- team fights our- rules are that the player is kicked off the school team and is suspended from school for three days said jamie hewitt stouffville district secondary school senior boys head coach what mr shantz and other coaches see as the root of the problem is players or coaches who come from community programs and do not adapt to high school rules theres supposed to be no fighting in the high school game mr hewitt said father hurt son charged police arrested a stoufiville man early monday morning after his father said his life was threatened the victim said he was grabbed by the neck several household items were reportedly thrown at the victim and some minimal damage was done to door frames and kitchen doors inside the home before police were called when the victim asked that the suspect be removed from the home police say the suspect came toward officers in an aggressive manner was physically resisting and was handcuffed before being taken out into a police car a 39yearold man is charged with assault with a weapon uttering death threats resisting arrest and destruc tion of property under 5000 man claims harassment police have charged a scarborough woman whose estranged whitchurchstbuffville husband says he was harassed police say the couple who has a oneyearold daughter have been legally separated for more than two years but only moved apart six months ago since that time the husband says he has been constantly followed his landlordsaid he was phoned 70 times in one day by someone looking for the victim police say the mans life may have been threatened a 33yearold scarborough woman is charged with criminal harassment threatening death and interference lights contest deadline saturday is the deadline for entries in the 14th annual stouffville christmas lights competition email entries to jmasonyrngcom phone 9056402612 for more inforrnatioh quotewi a person who is retired or elderly seems to be taken in by frauds more easily j const carline young on holiday scams see story on page 5 contacting us have a news tip please phone us at 9056402612 email us at jrhasonyrngcom visit us at 34 civic ave stouffville 1 ftp v mm ybcifllras jtweiit u mm jvv lovio l j- jnews hatspia 1181 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