How did you remove the footer code? Did you edit footer.php? You should know that making changes to theme files is not recommended. If the theme gets updated because of feature enhancements, bug fixes, or security patches, or if the theme has to be updated because of a change to the WordPress core, then your changes will be lost. Instead, create a child theme and make your changes to a copy of whatever file you need to modify.
You can find individual files in the Sugar & Spice theme subversion repository. Just click on the version you are using (e.g., 1.3.2, then click on footer.php and you can get the default code for the file.
