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town library new art gallery dream come true 1 the librarys latcham gallery is undergoing a metamorphis next month it will shed its amateur chrysalis and burgeon into a newly- fledged showcase for professional artists the event on a local scale will be as momentous as the argos win ning the grey cup or the government balancing the budget well maybe thats a bit heavy on hyperbole but the point were making is that the emergence of the new galery is a special happening thats important to the library and to the- cultural growth of our comm unity if youre old and bold enough to cast your mind back to the days when libraries were as sedentary as defensive chessmen youll realize that many exciting and even inovative moves have been made since then for our library the major move was one of location when we took oc cupancy of a suberb new building during stouffvilles centennial since then the facilitys latcham gallery has become increasingly important to the librarys image and impact for its primary function has been to display and promote local artistic endeavour this concept will be heightened rather than changed when the gallery makes a second debut next month its focus will be on professionals to achieve this an arts committee under the directorship of ron baird a noted canadian artist and sculptor who resides near goodwood has been formed its aim is to sponsor and develop the art program promote local artists and ultimately begin a permanent art collection for the community with the first two aims firmly in mind the newly- fledged gallery will flap its wings in spectacular style on sept 12 with an opening display of works by fourteen nationally- known professional artists who reside within or near whit church stouffville this is the first in a series of 3week exhibitions already scheduled for the upcoming months so if you wish advance notice through the gallery mailing list or would like to comment on the art program please dont hestitate to contact the library we hope no lets say were confident that the responsive folk in our com munity will not only encourage the gallery fledgling in its efforts to get off the ground but will help and watch it mature with a certain amount of pride fair queen liked cne the tribune thursday august 2s u7t 3 markham maybe she didnt win the miss cne title but she bad fun trying markham fair queen cathy case describes what it was like to represent ber town in the pageant held the opening day of the exhibition it was great i think its a valuable ex perience for any girl i would certainly en courage others to at least try it cathy was crowned miss markham fair last october and went on with 9i other girls to par ticipate in the cne contest the girls represented local fair queens from all across ontario a recent ryerson grad cathy has received her diploma in business admmstration and says shes going on for her degree after six years working at murray wilson shoes on main st shes now proud to be the manager of the store although cathy says shes not a farm girl shes an active markham fair worker shes looking forward to this year when she will sit on the contest committee and crown the eighth fair queen as this years queen her duties have taken her to the annual agricultural convention at the royal york in toronto in february and to the markham spring festival in may she says she met many new friends at the toronto pageant but since they were together for such a short time and live so far from each other she doubts the friendships will last how does cathy feel about not winning the title to her it means more to be the markham fair queen than it ever would to be miss cne on trial a pilot project designed to expose juvenile offenders to federal prison life has been announced by keith norton minister of community and social services the program is ex perimental and volun tary mr norton ex plained it will begin sept 1 and include visits to the federal peniten tiary at milhaven near kingston the way it will work a group of about eight boys from either the champlain training school at alfred or brookside training school in cobourg will be taken to milhaven for a tour of that facility and talks with the inmates each visit will last about three hours wilson shoes s- dont forget september 1 1th lanny macdonald in person lanny macdonald adidas bauer north star if youre a regular patron at the success steak and seafood house in stouffville youve likely met pam shes a parttime waitress there most other times shes on the ice considered to be one of the finest figure skaters to come up through club ranks at uxbridge jim thomas wilson shoes sedour sports footwear department track tennis golf curling soccer skates selection in all price ranges murray wilson shoes 7 main st stouffville 6402429 124 main st markham 2941 189 bean artoodetoo metoo with official va fl j here now star wars sneakers and joggers for children young ladies and young men stop in and see these popular styles today murray wilson shoes 124 main st markham 2941189 7 main st stouffville 6402429 i z jflli- j girl next poor star on ice patrons at the success steak and seafood house in stouffville arent likely to complain about the service when its provided by 18 year old pam thomson pams a parttime waitress mere and our girl next door no stouffville cant lay claim to this pretty and personal teenager actually she now lives east of leaskdale and before that near siloam she has one sister patty 16 mention pams name around uxbridge and most folks will remember her as one of the finest figure skaters to come up through the ranks of the local club since the age of five skatings been her life and it very well could be her career some day shed like to instruct maybe even at uxbridge she enjoys helping others just as others once helped her whatever success shes enjoyed to date pam says she owes to her parents theyve been behind me two hundred per cent she said even to the point of getting up at 3 am to drive her to the rink i have a lot of respect for them theyre unreal she stated pams come a long way since the af ternoons and evenings when stouffvilles karen lewis guided her through various tests during the season of 197576 she won the provincial prenovice ladies class shes skated in buffalo montreal port huron columbus ohio and even copenhagen denmark she hopes to return to copenhagen next summer pams next goal is her gold and then maybe shell turn pro perhaps with the ice follies the ice capades or stars on ice oshawa is presently her home club her teacher is judy jackson while skating occupies much of her time pam has other interests including horseback riding swimming downhill skiing and judo she loves horses par ticularly a welsh pony called babe and a halfarab foal named independence shes participated in several shows in cluding a few hosted by als tack shop on the vandorf road while skatings her first love pam thinks she can incorporate teaching with another profession- possibly public relations work in the field of tourism figure skating pam admits takes a great deal of concentration and dedication and yes there was a time when she almost quit but she didnt and shes glad for skating is what she does best and nothing but the best will do za