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marilynn minaker ambassador for christ thursday april 6 1972 the tribune page 3 by jim thomas stouffville it was thursday af ternoon almost 5 pm and only a halfdozen dedicated student athletes were still working out in separated gym nasiums at stouffville dist secondary school they spotted the camera and im mediately wondered what individual ac complishment had prompted the unan nounced visit they were soon to find out for minutes later a lovely young girl accompanied by her parents slipped through a side en trance and into the auditorium im marilynn minaker she said sorry im late marilynn who questioned a grade niner standing close by what does she do call me ill bring you ideas on money back life in surance sun lifes security fund endow ment protects your fam ily until you are 65 then returns all prem iums plus dividends heinz u daues clu rju cluremont telephone 6401083 sun life of canada youll see i replied and he did for moments later she was wheeling her elasticlike form up and over the high bars with so little effort the lad and others gathered around were content merely to stand and stare marilynn minaker now 22 is a star and while her name isnt as common to the canadian sports world as a gordie howe a russ jackson or a bobby orr her ac complishments in the field of gymnastics remains unchallenged but for marilynn the daughter of rev and mrs howard minaker alanbury crescent scarboro the applause the cheers the ribbons and the trophies are only memories she has her sights set on other goals even more challenging than endeavors now past shes a leader in a growing youth program at the bethel assembly of god a denomination that meets every sunday morning and evening in the stouffville masonic hall and she fairly bubbles with en thusiasm and ex citement when talking about it it was during the 1968 olympics in mexico recalls marilynn i received a telegram from our member of parliament it read good luck marilynn ambassador for canada later she received a telegram from her church it read good luck marilynn am bassador for christ i realized then and there there was something missing in my life to give of herself completely wasnt easy marilynn now admits there i was marilynn minaker the big super star somehow it didnt seem like the in thing to be a christian athlete but it was all or nothing the results have been fantastic marilynns greatest joy comes from working with young people even younger than herself some kids are all messed up she says theyre missing something and they know it its an emp- tyness that only god can fill although a member of the pentecostal faith she declines to stress this point the denomination is not important she in sists kid today are tired of structure she claims the same rebirth can occur in a roman catholic a baptist or a presbyterian but like her parents marilynn is proud of her churchs erowth in stouffville ul timately they hope to have a sanctuary they can call their own of her rise to athletic fame marilynn looks on it only as a means to an end the only thing im interested in now is working for the lord and working with kids theyre the greatest markham town council hedges on firm antiairport policy stouffville lions club bikeathon saturday may 6 1972 800 am 6 pm registration saturdaysapril 8152229 900 am 1 00 pm at municipal office stouffville riders under 18 years of age need parents consent twentyone year old marilynn minaker rose to the heights of stardom as one of canadas top female gymnasts now instead of concentrating on winning medals shes dedicated to winning young people to christ marilynn along with her parents and brother ken are active in the licthcl assembly of god that holds services every sunday in the stouffville masonic hall las thomas m a r k h a m several efforts to force markham council to take a stand on the airport issue made during a meeting march 28 met with consistent evasion about 25 people belonging to various groups opposing the airport attended the first attack was made by otto maxfield we have built up our property put all we have into it this was our security he said mr maxfield predicted absolute chaos if plans are allowed to proceed and arged council to take some action to help residents mayor tony roman claimed the municipality like the residents is groping in the dark he placed responsibility squarely on the federal and provincial governments and said there is very little the town can do were creatures of the province the mayor said he reminded the delegation that markham has already made a number of moves to ease the situation including a demand that com pensation be paid to people living in the noise zone mrs natalie kalleberg was not satisfied with this response are you prepared to represent the people of markham if they unite to oppose the airport she demanded mayor roman hedged saying council would con sider any proposals brought before us considerable dis cussion followed revolving around the lack of information from senior govern ments mr maxfield returned to the attack i would like to have one of you stand up and state your position he said we are not being dealt with honestly by anybody councillor norm tyndall whose ward is almost completely under the land freeze reminded the delegation he has issued a statement describing his per sonal opposition to the airport councillor james jongeneel defended councils record saying he believed council has already gone much further than the general feeling seems to warrant so far mayor roman made several attempts to terminate discussion but was not successful bill merklinger a resident of the 7th concession attacked prime minister trudeaus recent statement mr trudeau is a garter snake he speaks with a forked tongue said mr merklinger our personal grievances dont mean a thing he continued we have to get together in thousand- s obviously alarmed at the prospect mayor roman replied that it would do no good to bring 1000 people to a council meeting the possibility of violent action was brought up by tony baggio r r l stouffville mayor roman hastily in terrupted him but mr baggio pressed on violence does work sometimes he said although in dicating he would not completely favor such an approach they are taking land from us for personal profit its worse than com munism discussion several times threatened to get out of control and mayor roman only succeeded in ter minating the meeting after an hour of in creasingly bitter debate he predicted that studies will be made on the site and promised that markham will do its best to participate in these reviews the delegation finally left but did not appear satisfied animated arguments were conducted in the hall outside council turned to a study of tenders for calcium chloride and gravel buy a daffodil volunteers of the stouffville branch canadian cancer society will be selling daffodils saturday a doortodoor campaign will also be conducted with an objective of 16000 wood gundy individual investment programs require sound advice and personal attention wood gundy otters a comprehen sive investment service and we invite you to contact our autho rized subagent russell beare 261 main street markham telephone 2941523 wood gundy limited question auto frills stouffville stouffville council plans to exchange the municipalitys ailing 1965 pontiac for something out of the showroom but its optional equipment that some might consider as frills was questioned when the issue came up for discussion recently for example mayor ken laushway won dered why a new vehicle was needed at all suggesting that perhaps a good used one might do just as well councillor merlyn baker replied only that in the committees opinion a new one would be better councillor betty vannostrand ques tioned the need for automatic tran smission claiming the manual gearbox as superior councillor herb simpson said that come tradein time the cars value was higher with automatic rather than manual mr simpson however said he had no use for belted 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