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The award ranks right up there with one he received from the Big Sisters of York in 2001 as their Volunteer of the Year, he said. “InasmalltownlikeStouflville, there's a lot of people who could have received the award and a He said the award could easily have been given tp others just as deserving “It wasn’t something I was thinking about It total- ly caught me off-guard," Hum- phreys said . But when the 25th annual Strawberry Festival officially kicks ofi July 1, the 47â€"year-old WtChurch-Stouffville resident will be the one on the receiv- ing end of the Stouflville Sun- 'Il’ibune’s Sports Person of the Year award for 2009. The presentaton is scheduled to take place in Memorial Park at 6 p.111. Sacrificing a good portion ofhis‘idle time to be actively inVOIVed in minor amateur sports in Whitchurch-Stoufl‘ville, whether it be as a coach or administrator, Humphreys felt his time‘could be best served by assimg and in watching others aroundhim succeed. Mike Humphreys firmly believeg it’s better to give than Mike Humphreys to receive Sun-Mb award“ Town’s best sport loves a * chaflenge BY MICHAEL HAYAKAWA mhayakawaGyrmg.com See AWARD. page 17. ifiibune THIJRSDAYJIKZSJNB I SERVNGTHECOMNTYNWW I ZOMSISINCLUDNGGSI' Ethan Werek, 18, started his hockey career at the Stoufiville Arena as a Clipper rep player 13 years ago. The Stoufl'ville Spirit graduate, who now plays for Kingston in the Ontario Stouffville product Ethan Werek can’t wait to hear his name called at the NHL draft this weekend THURSDAY FOCUS STAFF PHOTO/STEVE SOME RVILLE The year before as a member of the Ontario Junior Hockey League’s Stoufi‘ville Spirit, Werek amassed 29 goals and 41 assists in 37 regu- lar season contests. He started playing in the Whitchurch-Stoufl’ville Minor Hockey Asso- ciation then jumped to AAA and played for A forward with the Kingston Frontenacs of the Ontario Hockey league and a member of Canada’s under-18 team, he was ranked 32nd among North American skaters by the league's Central Scouting bureau in their season-ending report. In completing his rookie season with the Frontenacs this past year, the six-foot, twoâ€"inch, 195-pound Werek amassed 32 goals and 32 assists in 66 regular season contests. The first round, which goes tomorrow night, is Werek's dream destination. Some draft prognos~ ticators have him picked as a late first-rounder. Many have him going in the second round. On Friday or Saturday, Werek is expected to hear his name called out by a National Hockey League club when the league conducts its annuâ€" al entry draft in Monmeal. BY MICHAEL HAYAKAWA AND "M MASON mhayakawa®yrmg.com ne more sleep. For Ethan Werek, this weekend can’t come soon enough. It will be a moment the 18-year-old Stouifirille-area resident has been waiting for since he began playing competitive hockey in Stoufiville as a five-year-old. The NHL Madowvideofeaauvwflhb‘than Werek myorbvg'onoom beckons See BIZARRE, page 17 JUNE 25 to JUNE 30 SocowMonngz; PAN DORA" 6312 Main St SfOUfMlle 905-640â€"4646 «mum: WM“