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p20jrdejnei3i5newiq92 ffl eglinton equestrian club manager readies for olympic appearance bruce stapley correspondent having played the role of bridesmaid with the bronze medal winning canadian dres sage team at the 1988 olympic games in seoul korea marti na pracht is ready to go up the aisle in barcelona this sum mer pracht who served as gener- wr irva- olympic hopes al manager with cedar valleys eglinton equestrian club for two years qualified for the fourperson 1992 canadian team in last months olympic trials in quebec pracht held the position of reserve rider with the 1988 canadian team a team which included martina mother eva pracht the personal highlight of the seoul games for martina was being given the chance to run the test ride for the grand prix event i went there to watch my mother ride martina recalls cux marina pracht manager at the eglinton equestrian club has quali fied for the canadian olympic team shell be competing the dres sage event in barcelona at the beginning of august but i got the opportunity to do be riding for canada on her the test ride it was an honor i really loved it they usually offer it to someone from the host country but this time martina will go train service expansion stouf fville line stouffville to goodwood notice of study go transit the interregional public transit service owned and operated by the province of ontario is carrying out an environmental assessment study to examine the rail and associated infrastructure needed now to relocate its stouffville train layover facility to the goodwood area and for a new goodwood go station in a future extension of the limitedservice stouffville line north to goodwood the existing service operates between toronto and stouffville during morning and evening peak periods only the study will address alternative station and train layover locations rail property and utility requirements social and natural environmental impacts proposed mitigation measures phasing options and costs the rail infrastructure changes to be considered include additional track bridge widenings and culvert extensions this is a go transit class b undertaking and will follow the process setout in gos environmental assessment class document an environmental study report will be prepared made available for public review and filed with the ontario ministry of the environment before construction may begin the public will be notified at the time of filing if go transit ministries or agencies of the crown or other interest groups or individuals determines that the environment in the immediate area of the proposed project is particularly sensitive the undertaking may be redesignated to require a more extensive review and approval the public is invited to comment on this undertaking before any design decisions are made go transit will hold a public information centre this fall to discuss its plans and any recommended alternatives a notice will be published to inform the public of this information centre and again of the completed environmental assessment report when it is filed with the ministry of the environment anyone wishing to be notified individually of the information centre or the filing must specifically request so preferably in writing please address comments or declarations of interest to either go or its consultant for this project ray whitefield project officer go transit 1 1 20 finch avenue west toronto downsview ontario m3j 3j8 416 6659211 ext 405 john josselyn senior project manager morrison hersh field limited 4 lansing square north york ontario m2j 1t1 416 49931 10 transit ontario horse emirage a chestnut gelding swedish warmblood she is hopeful that the canadi an team can pick up where it left off in 1988 when it cap tured the first canadian dres sage olympic medal ever im pretty sure our team is strong but theres going to be stiff competition the sport has been tradition ally dominated by the euro peans she added martina is a third generation olympic dressage rider in addition to her mother her grandfather dr josef necker- mann was a member of six olympic medal winning dres sage teams martina was born in ger many where she eventually chose dressage over competi tive gymnastics after her par ents bought her a horse when she was 12 years old she came to canada with her parents in 1981 and was on the team which won three golds two silvers and two bronzes in four years at the continental young riders championships she took the individual silver and her team won the gold at the pan am games in indi anapolis in 1987 when shes not riding at the eglinton club pracht is busy as vice president of kids king dom a newmarket business which provides unique parent and child programs designed to enhance the motor and social skills of children she feels that dressage has been a misunderstood event in the past in canada but thinks that is beginning to change dressage is a classic sport its a discipline like ballet on horseback there is a specific routine you have to go through if s like ice skating was many years ago before the public here knew what to look for but dressage has grown tremendously in canada and there is now quite a selection of dressage horses here there were hardly any when i came here in 1981 pracht plans to warm up for the olympics by competing in a show in her native germany the first week of july the olympic dressage event is scheduled for aug 2 to 5 im very excited about it she said of her upcoming barcelona experience its my first olympics