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hes got the cutest little baby face weekender july 12 1986 p5 by paula crowell staff reporter if you piled his trophies on top of one another theyd be about twice as tall as him but the awards dont mean much to markhams little william tyler just call me will por- teous this sweetfaced tot is cana- das entry into a baby contest in the united states his charming smile and twinkling hazel eyes won over judges at a local contest and a canadawide competition two weeks ago and hes been invited to com pete in another contest in august 1987 in atlanta georgia where babies from every state may be entered his mother linda is almost apo logetic shes so modest about her only child we read the ad about the ini tial contest at markville shopping centre in the economist and sun and i thought what the heck we might as well enter him she ex plained adding i never expected him to go on to bigger things will was entered in the overall beauty pageant as well as photo genic and sportswear competi tions and won in all three categor ies for his age group under a year and sex the canadian pageant was held at the cara inn on the airport strip where babies came from as far as manitoba to the west and prince edward island to the east markham holdup judging was conducted over two days by 12 judges six diffe rent ones each day the judges nine women and three men are all involved in beauty fashion sports or promotional careers the son of a disposal business owner and a parttime legal secretary will celebrate his first birthday july 23 hes a solid little boy at 30 inches and weighing 21 pounds who keeps his mother slim hes not walking yet but finds it easy going on his hands and knees and while he may not know hes a beauty contest winner somehow will understands that he can right any wrong with his engaging smile and a coo of laughter hell be out of the limelight until next spring when he competes in the markville contest by the time the atlanta pageant rolls around will will be competing in the two- tothreeyearold category mrs porteous explained that paperwork slows the contest down so that socalled interna tional events take place one year after canadian winners are chosen along with his six trophies will received 200 the winner of next years pageant wins a car as well as an undetermined amount of money which could be more than 1000 but this little guy seems uncon cerned about material goods hes content to be the cutest little baby face in canada armed men escape two men armed with a sawed- off shotgun and a snubnose revol ver escaped with an undeter mined amount of cash after a lun- chtime holdup of the canada trust branch at 8545 mccowan rd the men hooded in black balac lava masks entered the bank through the front door tuesday july 8 at approximately 1220 pm police said the man armed with a shotgun ordered customers and staff to lie face down on the floor with hands outstretched the mans partner jumped over the counter and removed cash from trays at the central tellers desk according to an eyewitness account the two men then fled in a red sedan york regional police detective sergeant e kelly said the heist was wellplanned and probably took less than a minute police say the robbery has simi larities to bank holdups in the metro area and are investigating any possible links ttmiiiiimiiiiiw iiwii box heats sizzfin specials watch for the opening of our thornhlll location bacon wrapped filet mignon 8m75 g approx 6 oz boneless skinless chicken breasts 8555 mccowan rd markham bloanoiiholhy7haa9optaa hours mon thurfri fire gutted coppard house just prior to demolition by paul pivato a twoalarm blaze early wednesday morning gutted the historic coppard farm house in the wycliffe homes housing development on mccowan rd when trucks from the un- ionville and milliken fire sta tions arrived at approximate ly 1230 am flames had already devoured the roof of the house and engulfed the ravaged interior after firefighters quelled the blaze all that was left of the historic building were the charred red brick walls markham fire chief ken beckett said arson was the probable cause of the fire the coppard house was slated for demolition later this month after heritage mar kham told council that it felt the house was no longer worth preserving the 6bedroom brick farm house built around 1840 was to be part of the original sub division site plan but the house was severely vandalized over a period of several months this spring vandals smashed windows tore down wall panelling cracked sinks and toilets and scattered rubbish on the floor members of heritage mar kham inspected the heritage property on may 14 of this year along with representa tives of the builders wycliffe property management in a letter to council the heritage markham commit tee wrote that it was astounded and dismayed at the extensive and apparently methodical vandalism the committee further stated that much more could have been done by the de veloper to protect this well documented heritage house and regrets that there appears to be no alternative to demolition not long after heritage markham presented its letter lo council the developers filed for a demolition permit which they received on july 1 the historic coppard house in the wycliffe severely vandalized that heritage markham no homes development off mccowan rd burned to longer deemed preservation feasible the ground wednesday having already been so paul pivato wanted 21 5new homes 1800 to 3500 sq ft to participate in central air conditioning project by install now and receive 99 9306 930 9 9530 isun 1130430 call now financing nq p uau or until labour day 5 hurry offer extended til july 30th bbs