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In 1946, the Aymant Lions Club helped to create a five-team hockey league to be known as the Ontario Hockey Association, which had teams from Aurora, Bradford, Markham, Newmarket and Stoufivifle. Sun-Tribune columnist Jim Thomas, who covered the team as a sportswriter after its first seaâ€" son, doecn’t know. We do know the Stouffville Red ngs were grounded so the Clippers could set sail. How exactly did the Stoumrille Clippers get their name? White not sure why‘ a hockey team from a landlocked 'com- munity adopted the moniker of a Local legend has the name having ties to a Main Street bar- ber shop that sponsored the then men’s team during the 19403. But there’s nothing official to back it up that we can find. Polly Minton, who played on the first Clipper team, says he’s been “asked the question a thou-. sand times," but doesn’t know. 294- Hoi'ffibs 21mm BIL, How did Clippers get their name? KNOW? The league had two divisions DID YOU BY SANDRA BOLAN sbolanermg. com See TEAMS, page 12 IO' 'II3 SKTURDAY,DEC.12.2009 I SERVINGTHECOMMUNITYOFWI-IHO-IUROi-STOUFFVIUE I 24PAGESI$1NCLUDINGGST 15 Ringwood Drive, Stouffville 905â€"642â€"5777 STOUFFVILLE’S FREE CHRISTMAS DAY DINNER RETURNS CALL 905-852-3534 Tyson Rozario as the littlest Christmas Tree gets left behind in the woods with no families picking him to be their tree. But no matter, the little bunnies of the forest Emma Williams (kneeling), (hmryn Deeks and Parker Sandiford (right) decorate their tree in the annual Mother Goose Academy Christmas Pageant at Springvale Baptist Church on Monday. “mm-v1... 0H, CHRIST MAS TREE! STAFF PHOTO/SJOE RD WITTEVEEN 29Tm9um mama‘s-mu zoChuchSmu. Um “7. Run fill-w Sundch “35851-7382 “5-7777 705-357'316I "Your ConfiJent Smik is Our goal” A BE PROUD OF YOUR SMILE! Hospital death rate rebounds Markham Stouflville Hospital scored 86, a significant improvement from the previous year’s 129. “We are not the lowest. Regina, with 66, is the lowest," said Dr. David Austin, chief of staff at MSH. “But it puts us in a group of hospitals that have very favourable numbers." The Hospitalized Standard Mortality Ratio is a measure of patient safety that compares a hospital's mortality rate with the average Canadian rate. When the CIHI publiclyreleased the morâ€" tality ratios for the first time last year, he said medical staff at MSH were disappointed and felt the number did not reflect the quality of care they provided. On Thursday, the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) released the 2008- 09 mortality rates for 75 large acute care hospitals and 35 health regions across the country except Quebec. “This has been refened to us as a big-dot indicator, meaning it's an indicator of quality in the hospital," Dr. Austin said. “Death is an inevitable consequence of running a hospital, but the expected ratio is 100. that is if the deaths occurred in your Markham Stoujffuille goes from highest to near lowest in Canada BY LH. TIFFANY HSIEH thsieh@yrmg.com What a difference a year can make. Markham Stouffville Hospital went from having the highest death rate in Canada to one of the lower ones. Guitars, Lessons, lnsmunents and more! We Rock School ofMusic, Downtown Swufivillc “HOLIDAY GIFT CERTIFICATES” See OLD, page 8‘