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thursday sept 7 2006 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 28 pages1 including gst pa 3 in praise of the plow old young meet their match opinion 6 calendar 20 sports 22 classified 23 staff photosjoerd witteveen welcoming committee isabelle demelo 8 welcomes grade 3 classmate elliott moors 8 back to summitview public school with a big hug tuesday morning renewed interest as jr a hockey team opens defence of titles town hopes spirit willing again by mike hayakawa staff writer it seems everybody loves a winner in stouffville the exploits of the stouffville spirit during last springs provincial junior a hockey league season had the town abuzz they captured the north conference and northwest titles and lost the championship of the 36team league to the toronto st michaels buzzers and the buzz didnt end when the season was over with the spirit set to launch a new sea son sunday when they play the huntsville muskoka otters at the stouffville arena at 430 pm the reverberations of last season hockey club unveils banner new roster against huntsville sunday page 22 still linger people still talk about the run we had last year spirit coowner zeev werek said it sure felt great to go that distance there hasnt been a day thats gone by where peo ple dont stop me to congratulate us on what the club did mr werek a stouffvillearea resident who owns the club with david laren said the success has generated a terrific spinoff for the new campaign our advertising support has increased where weve got more rink board advertis ing and more advertising for our program all of the money that we get will go back to the club to allow us to get more things like more ice time and equipment he said new volunteers have come out but we could always use more he added heightened spectator interest has also been evident the club has been receiving telephone calls almost daily during the off season to see when the new season will see businesses page 1 1 anderson haulage moving to gormley entre comin by hannelore volpe staff writer if youre an enthusiastic shopper youll soon have a second major shopping centre to visit in stouffville area construction of a large commer cial and retail plaza on the don anderson haulage ltd property west of tim hortons on main street is slated to begin next spring it will include a junior depart ment store and wellknown big box stores possibly a home building store and smaller retail shops restaurants and services retail and commercial space will total about 330000 square feet the 30acre development will be the second one being built minutes from stouffvilles downtown core a regional shopping centre anchored by walmart is under construction on hwy 48 south of main street walmart is expected to open this fall no other retail outlets have been confirmed for the 460000- squarefoot centre across from farmer jacks don anderson haulage ltd which began with just one truck in 1960 will move its operation to the gormley industrial area next august operation manager bill cornelius said the business will be able to see centres page 8 exclusive forever the worlds most brjixtant diamond parthau jewellers 6312 main st stouffville 9056404646