mary webster oversees kids work and crafts by nancy hoskin mary webster has been busy at work this year not only serving as chairperson of 18 and under but holding the post of homecraft president for the 1987 markham fair as finishing touches are put on exhibits and displays mrs webs ter can now sit back and relax at least until the doors of the fairgrounds open tomorrow for five years mrs webster has been organizing the 18 and under division a job she thoroughly enjoys i love children she said and have three of my own under age 18 who regularly enter sections and help me for the duration of the fair this year one of mrs websters children chose the medieval theme for 18 and under where many of the projects made will pertain to this historical period in time visitors will see a variety of arts and crafts made with sherwood forest characters and scenes pop bottle characters this year will resemble sherwood forest citizens while last year many visitors will remember how cowboys and indians dressed the tables there will also be papertowel tube castles on display zucchinis dressed as dragons handmade swords princes and princesses made of cloths pegs along with more than 70 other categories of crafts and baking to be judged and later displayed lego castle this years corner attraction in the 18 and under section will be a lego model of a medieval castle made with over 49500 lego bricks this model is complete with movable parts music water falls and torches which light up it took the lego company 795 hours to develop with more than 240 entrants last year in this division mrs webster expects numbers to climb once again this year entries are up each year she explained we may have had only 240 entrants last year but assume that each child entered at least three categories thats a lot of judging mrs webster laughed some of the more popular categories for children to enter are the sixquart covered wagon and totem poles made from paper towel tubes along with all the baking categories where boys and girls can try their hand in moms kitchen each year the committee sits down to decide which categories should remain in the prize list book and which categories werent as popular mrs webster said response from groups lastyear wasnt terrific so we did away with that entire section mrs webster explained that with school usually starting so close to the fair and with many groups such as scouts not meeting until the beginning of october it made it near impossible for these organiza tions to enter a group project i markham fair saturday sept2ft198j pf gq 5 live in concert at the markham fair special attractions tent friday october 2 1200 noon saturday october 3 1100 am free with admission to grounds pick up a golden book video and experience the fun and musical excitement again and again look for the distinc tive yellow boxes in fine book and department stores for under 2000 mary webster wearstwo fiats for the markham fair the local resident is president of the homecrafts division as well as chair person of the 18 and under category this year the higlilight of tlic younger peoples section is an elaborate display of lego building bricks hcrrcspohsibililies take up much of the space in the fairs prize lislbook nancy lloskin visit us at the fair october 1st to 4th s a ffihc e see our highline hazard safety demonstration special appearances by zap the safety bird balloons for the children product information available a town of markham hydroelectric commission 8100 warden avenue po box 4100 markham ont ur 8h7 telephone- 4773810 chairman vicechairman commissioner commissioner commissioner dhcockburn am- walker o wl burnett dv mcnabb mayor c bell gb v- ffwfiaxhtn paul kiriaku see computer hairstyle technology paul from liz n pauls will be at the markham fair to demonstrate to you what computer hairstyle analysis can do for you questions welcome make sure you stop see liz n paul hairstyling skin care for men women one stop salons 20 fred varky dr 600 highway 7 sheraton parkway hotel 4773646 j3m9