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lori thompson markham fain saturday- sept 2m887page 11 mi miss markham fair reflects on year by nancy hoskin lori thompson never thought shed be crowned markham fair queen but recently finished a year full of fun and excite ment leaving her reign as miss markham fair 198687 encouraged by a group of friends 20yearold lori said she would do it all over again the annual pageant to choose the queen is not necessarily based on beauty or talent the winner acts as a public relations representative during the year for the markham fair board although lori has lived in stouffville all her life she had never had any real experience on a farm but did well in answering questions pertaining to farm life during last years contest ten girls competed ten girls ranging in age from 18 to 24 competed for the 1986 miss markham fair title we had private interviews with judges mingled with guests at the dinner and answered an impromptu question on how the fair brings rural and urban communities together lori explained lori fulfilled her year reign with the help of first runner up kelly little and second runner up jill taylor i entered the competition for fun and probably did well because i was relaxed and myself lori said i never realized that id stand a chance to win while the queens biggest public appearance is at the annual fall fair awarding winning ribbons acting as a good will ambassador with visitors and paying special attention to children activities are varied throughout the year october is a busy month with the queen attending the presidents ball the big thank you dinner given to honor all those volunteers who contributed to the success of the fair in late october she attends the district 5 meeting the fair board area in which the markham fair is a member in december the queen rides in the santa claus parade and in february she attends a conven tion at the royal york for fair queens across canada to prepare for the competition held at the summer cne as lori was absent for this last event she was able to enlist the help of kelly and jill lifelong friends made the cne pageant where miss cne is crowned was held aug 16 to 19 where 114 girls competed for the title lifelong friends were made during this threeday extravaganza where the girls were present for the rededication of the princes gates and toured the eaton centre queens park cn tower and rode the subway draped with their sashes and donning tiaras when we were at queens park a group of japanese boys were also touring the complex and though we were movie stars lori laughed although lori went home exhausted from the cne competition without winning another title she explained that she wanted to do her best for the markham fair 198687 fair queen lori thompson of stouffville recalls her 1 reigning year here she looks over the scrap book she compiled jof an interesting and busy year the highlight of her reign was jthe queen of the fairs contest at the canadian national exhibi ition where she had the opportunity to meet 114 fair queens fi i across ontario nancy hoskin hibi- i rom i skin a je demonstration al green body alive demonstration 100 pm mini aerobathon beginner to intermediate 130 pm karate demonstration 230 pm mini aerobathon intermediate to advanced 245 pm bring your gear work out with the pro free admission everyone welcome golf ittlttss rk fids dining 470 crossland gate newmarket ontario tel 8535500 toronto direct 773755 codl building supplies ltd celebrating 75 years bring in this ad for 10offs nut coal firewood cannel coal packaged blacksmith coal fire logs delivery available valid til sat oct 1087 north 319 uerton street 4s9112s east 2296 gerraro street e 6942118 8 station street unionville 4771732 west 1020 dupont street s3379s1 s354161 head office 6912171 j