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runs to victory in perrier race unionville waitress claims title by donna cox staff reporter shes 18 from unionville and the fastest little waitress in southern ontario donna bradley a parttime waitress at the unionville house restaurant won the third annual perrier waiters race for the toronto area last sunday bettering her fourth- place finish of last year she admitted winning the event was a big surprise they called out the second place winners name and it was someone i had beat said ms bradley who was upset be cause she thought she had been disqualified ms bradley explained that the person who had placed first was disqualified for touching her bottle on the tray and spilling too much water rules state that contestants were not allowed to spill water past the top of the label on the 750 ml perrier bottle that amounts to approximately one inch of water ms bradley who lost very little water during the five- km run was then awarded first place she now advances to the canadian cham pionships in montreal the weekend of august 16 her en tire weekend will be payed for by perrier unionville house owner terry cowan said he might close his restaurant for the weekend and take the staff to montreal to cheer ms bradley on ms bradleys chances of winning the canadian cham pionship appear to be good at least if previous winners are any indication for the past two years the women who top ped the toronto area competi tion have won the canadian championship a victory in montreal would qualify her for the the north american cham pionship in beverly hills later this year id like to do well said ms bradley but the people in montreal are good i wont come last though she prom ised ms bradley who runs ev ery day thought she won be cause of her training and by pacing herself better this year ms bradley said that she didnt enter the competition the first year it was held be cause she had a softball game but the next year she entered thinking it would be fun first place prizes included the sponsorship to montreal a silver cup a perrier patio umbrella a perrier tshirt a perrier sun visor and several bottles of perrier this september ms brad ley will be in grade 13 at mar kham district high school when she graduates she hopes to go to university and take physical education ms bradley is interested in many sports including basket ball volleyball windsurfing and running she also plays softball for a markham repre- sentitive team the competition took place at the four seasons sheridan in downtown toronto donna bradley toronto champ mills named new head of regions united way dennis mills is the new chairman of the 1985 york region united way fundraising campaign mr mills a onetime aide to former prime minister pierre trudeau is vice president of corporate affairs at magna in ternational inc a diversified manufactur er of auto parts and one of the regions largest employer mr mills said he accepted the challenge because he views united way agencies as an essential part of the social fabric of the region in addition magnas corporate dennis mills new chairman philosophy advocates a strong social com mitment to the communities in which their employees live he sees his first task as building a cam paign team of community leaders and is well under way having already recruited key corporate and community volunteers who will head up local campaigns in all towns and areas mr mills says that their job will be to broaden the base of support for the united way i was surprised and a little dismayed to learn from united way data that the entire responsibility of financially supporting the united way is being borne by only 270 com panies and a few private individuals he said there are over 8000 businesses and companies in york region and i have just sent a personal letter to each one urging them and their employees to become in volved in this years campaign i view united way as a part of the whole community shared and supported by all he continued and our campaign team will work to get everyone in york region involved to broaden that base of sup port mr mills says a campaign goal will not be decided upon until late this summer after the united ways agency review pro cess i know the dedication of agencies volunteers and staff and the help they offer to everyone in the community i know their requests for support arc legitimate if the community understands that no mat ter what the goal im sure the people of york region whi meet it rotary club wants you calling all recently settled rotarians and senior active members the unionville south markham rotary club is looking for rotarians whove just moved to this area and senior members for club membership for more information contact club pres ident rick crispi at 4750003 or michael cubitt at 4927633 town files suit against travelways the town of markham has filed a lawsuit against travelways over twoyearold fare discrepancies the town is charging that there was a shortfall in funds from fares turned over to the town by the firm which operated markham transit for 11 years town officials refuse to comment on the issue until it goes to court a court date has not yet been set earlier this year markham coun cil decided to end its contract with travelways and hired miller paving to take over markham transit at that time poor service was cited for the decision to switch transit oper ators weekender f tofflffist and nordair join forces a buttonville firm has taken its first step into the big leagues of the canadian airline market torontair which operates out of button ville airport has joined nordair to form a new company that will operate turbo prop scheduled flights feeding into pearson in ternational airport in toronto according to a press release the two firms will retain minority interest in the new firm which has yet to be named other partners are expected for the joint venture according to bg smith marketing mana ger for torontair the firm will operate beech 99 and fair- child fh227 aircraft currently owned by torontair and nordair a comprehensive network of local routes will feed into lester b pearson in ternational airport mr smith said these will link up with longhaul domestic and international flights he said in the partnership torontair will supply operational support and nordair will pro vide marketing and sales expertise mr smith said he noted that the firm was established to take advantage of expected derepulation in the canadian aircraft industry according to michael sifton president of torontair the new climate of deregula tion will be a boon to efficient turboprop service nordair president jean e douville noted that cooperation between sche duled turboprop and jet service will prove to be a powerful competitive tool in a de regulated air industry environment both men stressed that the new firm could provide smaller communities with more frequent service and greater capac ity as the exisiting torontair network is expanded later this year torontair currently provides commuter service from toronto to trenton kingston brockville ottawa elliot lake and syra cuse new york nordair flies to northeastern quebec the arctic various centres in ontario win nipeg as well as pittsburgh and fort lauderdale in the united states york liberals host reception local business people will be given the opportunity to meet with senior members of the new provincial government mon day aug 12 ron maheu provincial liberal candi date for york centre in the last election is hosting a reception at the parkway hotel which will include mpps elinor caplan alvin curling murray elston bernard grandmaitre monte kwinter ian scott and greg sorbara the purpose of the gettogether is to allow the policy makers to talk to people who will be affected by those policies and to raise money for the york centre liberal campaign v the reception is scheduled from 6 to 8 pm and tickets are 125 cocktails and hors doeuvres will be served inilitlva hip call display advertising 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