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thetwbnne vol 1 no 16 a metroland community newspaper saturday september 28 1985 25 cents hi ho come to the fair tommy hunter star of show hiho come to the fair the 130th annual markham fair opens oct 2 and what an opening tommy hunter the king of country music will bring his travelling road show to the grounds wednesday night including the talented al cherny one of the top fiddle players in north america time of the event is 8 pm on the racetrack admission to the grounds is the only cost trie tommy hunter show will be preceded by a preci sion motorcycleriding per formance featuring the gol den helmets of the ontario provincial police at 7 pm also on the racetrack an all terrain vehicle pull will be held in the livestock arena at 730 the live appearance of tommy hunter and com pany has the town buzzing with excitement hunter says hes excited too markham fair is 130 years old i wasnt sure id make it or if theyd ever ask credit for landing the canadian television phe nomenon goes to the fair president himself harold snowball harold called on hunter at his mississauga home then went about find ing several wellknown firms to underwrite the cost he did the same for the train that will transport drivers and passengers from the parking lot to the main fair site wang canada li mited is subsidizing this ex- pense markham fairs official opening is thursday oct 3 the hon jack riddell minis ter of agriculture and food will cut the red ribbon at an 8 pm ceremony in the lives tock building mr riddell will be joined on the platform by harold and marion snow ball 1st vicepresident mary cosburn 2nd vicepresident rickwannop mpanthony roman mpp don cousens fair queen marie beckett markham mayor carole bell whitchurch- stouffville mayor tom wood and others other feature attractions follow thurs oct 3 mar kham 4h dairy club judg- ing 10 am opp golden helmets 1 pm ayrshire show 1 pm opp gol den helmets 6 pm hol- stein show 7 pm frl oct 4 markham 4h horseclub show 9 am heavy horse show 10 am school childrens awards presentation 1- pm opp golden hel mets 1 pm pet show reg istration 430 pm pet show 5 pm tractor pull 7 pm country western show 8 pm sat oct 5 arabian horse show 9 am baby show 9 am york 4h beef show 1030am standard- bred racing 130 pm commercial lamb and steer auction 4 pm greyhound racing 5 pm challenge race between a greyhound and a quarter horse 7 pm fiddling contest 7 pm horse pull 7 pm quarter horse racing 730 pm sun oct 6 parade horseshow 10 ampony show 10 am sheep show 12 noon spelling bee 1 pm angus cattle show 1 pm charolais cattle show 1 pm the buildings and grounds open at 6 pm wednesday 9 am thursday to saturday 9 am sunday grounds 10 am buildings admission is 4 adults 3 senior citizens 1 children under 14 wednesday- friday 2 saturdaysunday under 5 years free parking- two dollars race to the finish markham district high school grade 11 physical education students took advantage of the mild au tumn weather wednesday and took to the outdoors with kayak racing on the 16th ave pond jason barlow 16 leads the way followed by vikas chaw- la 16 and bob kerr 16 sjoerd wittevecn whats inside morphys law house move caused prob lems3 directory comment p4 childrens page p7 entertainment p8 to p10 sports p14p15 hes a champ p16 classifieds p21 to p23 no awards jeff johnson feels cheated14