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top talks by locals take first by jim thomas twelveyearold jodi fleish man a grade 6 pupil at dicksons hill public school loves baseball so much in fact she wants some day to play for the toronto blue jays however aside from ability and she thinks she can be good enough theres another catch that could forever relegate her to the role of a spectator jodis a girl while jodi may never bat clean up for her beloved jays she proved herself a firststring speaker in the junior division of the elementary teachers asso ciation public speaking contest at et crowle school markham tuesday her speech asked the question why cant women play major league baseball it won the hearts of her audi ence and top marks from judges joanna french a markham trus tee mary storey a computer education consultant with the york region board of education and linda logansmith presi dent of the york region elementary teachers associa tion second place went to alexandra sciouris of milliken i love baseball i also love the blue jays i watch them on televi sion and i listen to games on radio but unless they change the rules i and others like me will never beable to play just because were girls its not fair said jodi a ferndell circle unionville student it was her third time in area competition but her first area win she represented woodland s school thornhill in grade 4 and dicksons hill in grade 5 first in the intermediate divi sion was jeff millar of et crowle jeffs topic you can fight city hall related to a suc cessful bid to obtain a natural ice rink at his school jeff 13 and in grade 8 is president of the stu dents council at et crowle it was a reallife experience said the garnish green mar kham student frustrations re lated to his rink appeal were further increased he said when after the project was finally approved the weather turned mild and the ice disappeared runnerup was sarah charles- worth of milliken judges were beverley brooks principal of roselawn public school richmond hill diane brown english consultant york region board of education and linda logansmith jeff and jodi will ad vance to the regionals march 31 at glen shields public school in concord principal honored parents have organized a tea in honor of ken lloyd principal of milliken mills public school since it opened seven years ago mr lloyd took on duties as new principal of wilclay public school scheduled to open september 1987 the tea will be held in the school gymnasium from 130 pm to 3 p jn march2sjyejyone is invited weekender march 281987 p9 et crowle grade 8 student jeff millar took first place in the contests potential blue jays fielder jodi fleishman of dickson hill public intermediate division with his speech on fighting city hall he did and school won top marks in an area speech contest with hers on why hewon the fight and this round ofthe contest jodi and jeff advance women cant play major league baseball to regional competition sjoerd witteveen sjoerd witteveen the menger gallery spring show 87 oils and watercolours by the keirstead family of artists j v sl kw vmsr 2 f sr m i m v xm iftff w hahr 8 c and iiilroducinii rosy checked mums watcrcolour by pie until april 12 the menger gallery stouffville rd between hwy 404 woodbine ave gormley tuesfri 1 pm 9 pm closed monday 8875795 saturday 10 am 5 pm sunday 1 pm5 pm spring sale off central air conditioning or heat pomp ao i el novm cum low monthly payments super quiet 2 speed fan 79 financing guaranteed for up to 5 years 4797645 reupmolster with toromark reupholster i sp with markhams oldest upholstery shop since 1950 599 fj come back selected fabrics w vi 2 pc suite j basic style only your suite will come back like new ask your friends or neighbours how good we are 5 year guarantee on workmanship free 6 monthly payments no extra charge for free estimate call us toromark furniture l 4772055 hwy 7 just mmkmlleair heating air conditioning house ltd in the iga plaja hwy 48 nf reupholster with toromark