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st uvvj tribuneaugust is 1993 p9 search soon to begin for new miss markham fair rouge park should include federal lands julie caspersen staff reporter the 1992 miss markham fair will give up her crown this fall but she looks back proudly on her year repre senting the famous event sarah jane mehargs latest appearance on behalf of the fair was prior to the opening of the canadian national exhibition when she compet ed for the honor of opening the one last wednesday meharg said making it as one of the seven semifinalists of the competition was one of the high points of her year as fair ambassador although she calls her tenure a real learning experience that any one would benefit from miss markham fair is not just a pageant to enter it builds speaking skills and good public relations said the 21yearold markham resident who made a speech to 4000 people at the cne competition her topic focused on visual izing goals and used the farmer as an example of a person who can see the end result of his or her labor as the fourday contest pro gressed meharg said she dis covered her goal of promoting herself changed to spotlight ing markham fair when i went into the com petition i was thinking about myself but after a couple of days i realized i wanted to represent my fair the markham native said shes never missed a year of the fair which has some thing for everyone the university of guelph student in her fourth year of landscape architecture said her interest in farming the land and especially her love of the fair makes her an ideal spokesperson for the event and she said hopefully many people especially from the multicultural community will enter the 1993 pageant stouffville residents are encouraged to enter the pagent with her term almost over and a new miss markham fair to be chosen at the start of october meharg wants to keep in touch with the markham fair board sup porting the new ambassadors and continuing to boost the annual event julie caspersen staff reporter some 5000 acres of federal land should be added to the rouge park plans instead of being let go at firesale prices say rouge valley allies the federal government is selling off a number of lots on the out skirts of federallyowned land expropriated more than 20 years ago and destined to become an international airport some of this land lies in southeast stouffville and in the northeast corner of markham save the rouge valley system is proposing these excess plots of land be included in the plans for the rouge valley park an 11500- acre preserve announced by the province that is supported by the promise of a 10 million federal grant we cant just save a piece here and a piece there and hope that they add up to a healthy environment said srvs vicechair glenn de baeremaeker srvs wants a forest planted on the 5000 acres land contained in the oak ridges moraine trees would help protect rivers from pollution and link the water sheds of three local rivers providing a barrierfree migration path for wildlife calendar sarah jane meharg miss markham fair for 1992 was a semifi- nalist at this weeks competition at the cne volunteers needed markhamstouffville hospice needs volunteers for com- panionship assistance with meals transportation and errands light bedside care and fundraising training sessions for those willing to doante a few hours each week to help families who are facing life- threatening situations start next month i if you can help call lindsey for a application form at 4725014 if you want information call lois holder at 6401382 evenings and weekends big brothers of york needs help for september and october roster for information call maddy at 7271251 or 18003639558 preregistration preregister now for menopause workshops sponsored by york region public health department featuring five continuous workshops exploring the changes and adjustments related to menopause on sept 13 20 27 oct 4 18 from 6459 pm at markham community library 6031 hwy 7 markham free of charge to 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