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c12 economist suntribune january fc 1988 markham pcs plan to elect riding executive the founding meeting of the new markham progressive con servative federal riding asso ciation is scheduled for 730 pm on thurs feb 11 at markham district high school at that meeting riding associa- tion members will elect an execu tive for the new riding coming up jan 28 at 730 pm is a markham pc membership re ception at the chimo hotel the purposes of this reception are to provide information on the founding meeting to present funds sent to us many people in ontario will be watching the united cerebral palsy telethon this weekend but few realize that all money pledged will be used to support services in the united states says shirley mcrae a board of direc tors member for participation house in markham most people who phone to make a pledge in ontario expect that money will be used in their hometown mcrae told the eco nomist and sun but when i phoned to make a pledge during last years telethon i learned that all the money is sent out of canada those wishing to donate money to help cerebral palsy victims in markham should contact parti cipation house at 2940944 the facility has 32 apartments for disabled adults and all work is done by volunteers participation house is a project of the cerebral palsy parent council of toronto i dont want to downgrade the telethon because they help a lot of people mcrae said but ever since the canadian networks stop ped running the telethon with that money staying in canada a lot of money has been missed in ontario matters of interest to markham progressive conservatives and to provide an opportunity for mar kham pcs to meet and communi cate with one another while membership is not re quired for those attending this re ception membership applica tions will be available at the door dress is informal and light re freshments will be provided all membership applications received to date have been sub mitted to the york north riding association membership secret ary according to a press release due to the large number of re sponses membership cards will probably not be available until the end of january members are urged to call 2941017 if cards have not arrived by that time the new federal riding of mar kham will include the town of markham and the town of whitchurchstouffville current ly markham is part of york north riding and whitchurch- stouffville is in york peel riding from down under a precision skating team from brisbane australia will- be competing with 42 teams from across ontario for gold silver and bronze medals saturday at markham centennial arena 830 am to 830 pm the event is hosted by union ville skating club and central ontario section spectators are welcome admission is s3 adults 2senmrsand 1 children off the ice the union- ville team is billeting the australian team and enter taining the skaters theh the team is off ofjraser michigan and finishing up a tqur in western canada a wocjdbbu e arkadieff mary bre vei itney featherstooc dcnlse whi er absent from photo arc donna villa gardone risiormte featuring fine italian cuisine is now open for businessmens lunches wed fri 11 30 am 300 pm dinner served daily 400 pm 1000 pm takeout also available i 346 main street worthy maricliam v 2947331 visit the village pub downstairs 125 main st markham going out of business sale off 50 60 all merchandise all furniture fixtures also at greatly reduced prices the alternative 125 main st markham j