organized conference shes working for peace by steve houston staff reporter markhams celine poirier wishes someone somewhere could achieve world peace without her while waiting the deter mined 15yearold took steps in that direction on her own with help from staff at north yorks etienne brule fran cophone secondary school where she attends grade 11 celine organized a recent con ference trumpeting the peace message for her it was the culmina tion of a peace seed planted in her mind over a year ago at a similar conference in the us this day peace literature sur rounds a small hardbound bahai prayer book a peace- seeking religion celine follows the spirit of peace said celine is something that can be achieved it was a very electric con ference that lasted five days she recalled during talks and workshops i felt this ener gy i felt so confident that i could do something for peace when she returned to school in the fall last year she took those first steps that evolved into late aprils youth at the heart of peace conference over 100 students from french language schools across markhams celine poirier works for peace southern ontario attended section of speakers celine abandoned lunch hours participants included offi- and afterschool activities to cials from the the ministry of bring together an equal cross- culture and citizenship jew ish christian association amnesty international and direction jeunesse the university of toronto and association des enseig- nautes francophones de lon- tario helped fund the event what i wanted to do was share the hope that i found at the us conference ex plained celine it started out as a project but quickly turned into to something bigger with support from teachers annemarie caronreaume and principal ed de- meulemeester celine began contacting dignitaries and guest speakers and trying to receive funding for the event her attempts met with en thusiastic responses and the success of the endeavour left her with plans to expand the peace intitiative she has already discussed plans with a friend who attends unionville high school and together the pair hope to bring off a conference larger in scale next year their goal is to make peace not nuclear disarmament a school activity it was terrific to see all the work pay off she said my friends stood up and partici pated some people really be nefitted from the conference weekender july 26 1986 p17 historic regiment needs you the 78th fraser highlanders are looking for recruits to help reenact the regiments past glory committed to the preservation of canadas history the regiment came to canada from scotland in 1757 and fought in the battle of the plains of abraham modern members of the frasers are involved in bloodless pursuits like parades tattoos and re- enactments of the regiments most famous canadian battle the highlanders are looking to boost their ranks with new mem bers the frasers raise money by making public appearances funds go toward the trainiiif equipment and salaries for high school and uni versity students who work at histor ic sites across canada other projects financed by the regiment include universitylevel research in canadian history and the restoration and acquisition of historic artifacts and buildings regiment volunteers should have an interest in canadian history and be extroverted enough to go out in public in 18th century costumes the frasers travel throughout ontario quebec and the northern united states the three units in clude the honourable guard the musket team and the pipes and drums who are ranked third in the world in 1984 the regiment acted as the honor guard for queen elizabeth ii and prince philip for three days to find out more about becoming a 78th fraser highlander call the fort york garrison at 2932390 m sikijtt waiting for jackie joe sealy at the piano july 23aagust 2 msaturday 830 pm matinee m 200 pm the red barn theatre jacksons point lake simcoe 416 7223249 toronto line 7734577 yorkton securities inc est 1910 executive appointment ed svoboda b comm mba account executive tax specialist rsps 72 main st north markham l3p 1x5 4714433 flea mmtet wednesday only and every wednesday thru to september 24th s i i 1 i m t i 1 1 i i i i 1 i i 1 1 i i i i 1 1 i f i i t i i i i i i i i i i i 1 1 i i i i i i 111111- i newmarket piaza entry form fr name address telephone employees 930 pm 1 2 hours of bargains fun entertainment -llllllllllllfllltlllllllfllttllllllllltllllmtllmmiiietll- enter each week compll thii intry form end ltoo ii in llw tntry boi of any nownwtot ploio porticlpating iter wininri will to onnovnttd oocn wool emptotees owners a operators of newmarket pmza and elea market vendors are not eiicibie plaza south side of davis dr off yonge street newmarket