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Friday night some of the best skateboarders from the Toronto area and beyond demonstrated their skills at a reception. Wearing their mandatory helmets elbow and knee pads and gloves! they zoomed up and down the sides of the concrete pits, while relatives, and friends of the owners and Markham dignitaries looked down from above. David Frank from Dundas, skated in 5-") “e9 Qfite 0 _ 19°. A I POWDERED’ DETERGENT The Markham skateboard track opened two Saturdays ago at 8 am. with a line-up of kids at the door. The first pair said they had been waiting since 5 am. More than 3,000 youngsters were put through the track in the first six days. The cost if $1 for club‘ mem- bers and $1.50 for non-members for one hour. All prices shown in this ad guaranteed effective Enthusiasts are kept up-toâ€"date by four different glossy magazines and 22 countries have sanctioned skateboarding as an Olympic sport. Best on boards open track One of them in fact is the shape of a swimming pool that skateboarders have adopted for their own, said Bob James, the skateboard park publicist. The first skateboard pérk wés built in California two years ago and there are now about 200. The floor is flat in a few places, wavy in others and has been scooped out to form what looks like a series of empty, rounded swimming pools in others. The place almost defies description, but it looks like a laboratory where they used to study water waves that has just been rediscovered by kids. 0n the outside, the place still looks like a cowbam but the inside has been transformed into the first skateboard track in eastern Canada. The skateboard, that wondrous device that makes a kid feel he is on cloud nine by getting his feet three inches off the ground, is threatening to become an industry as fast as it is becoming a sport. Last week, Markham businessman Doug Meharg and two out-ofâ€"town partners launched Ontario Skateboards Parks Ltd., from a former cowbam on the old Markham Fairgrounds. TI D E L POWDERED' DETERGENT “£3.39 V We pick the best for your Food Dollar CLIP THIS COUPON AND REDEEM FOR EXTRA SAVINGS! ROBIN H000 FLOUR MANNING BISCUITS m 79 NQWC Powdered Doan Highland Shmcnka 16-01, Maple Crums 16-02, Arrowroot 15-01, Pam Baum 450 g PRIMO PASTAS 9 4%) 01> 2-": ¢ 00 Spaghetti, Ready Cut Macaroni, Spagheclini mammmamzfimtfimmfimmmmamaxmwmmamzfimmxmxm m- 2% Thurs. 8 Fri. Open til 9 o’clock - Closed I ,, x r r ‘ War 9 , 7”" ‘WQ “’fi‘w‘mfi E3 All Purpose something resembling a swallow-tail ‘coat. The trip was worth it, he said. “Everybody who is anybody is here." That was in the skateboarding world. Most of the Markham council was there along with the town’s ad- ministrator, recreation director and deputy planning director and Rich- mond Hill Mayor David Schiller who said a skateboard park had been considered for the former Dominion Store building in the Hill. That was after some legal negotiations to give the town control over the property use without spending any town money. The Town planners decided the park was an allowable use for the open space zone it occupies. After the speeches, Doug Teramoto Markham mayor Tony Roman said “Doug (Meharg) came to me several months ago saying he had something really exciting. When I saw the plans, I got really excited, too. I never saw anything go through council so quickly." BABIES ONLY PLEASE :9 of rolls December 10th, 1977 Bathroom Tissue White, Pink, Yellow guaranteed eflectiw through Saturday SWEETHEART lIQUID 89¢ HEINZ JUNIOR roons 3/89; Pink or Lime Detergent FACELLE ROYAlE Meatless Varieties lISTERINE IOOTHPASTE 1.59 Facial Tissue â€" White, Pink, Yellow, Lilac 300 ml Pkg. of 4 Tubes MM G3 K A&P GIFT CERTIFICATES AN IDEAL GIFT SUGGESTION SOLVE YOU“ GIFT-GIVING PROBLEMS Availible in $5.00 and $10.00 denomin-Iiom 5.. Al? sum Mung-r (or eminnm Doug Teramoto shows skill in snake pit Reg Prize 1.33 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Fflday Sflrdav The presentation, to be held in the Blue Flame Room of the Consumers' Gas Company, 500 Elgin “Tax Topics“ is the subject of the final seminar in the Richmond Hill Chamber of Com- merce series, planned for Wednesday, December 14. demonstrated the most difficult run through the long, twisting “snake pit.” Teramoto was the club “test pilot” during the track’s construction. Chamber seminar offers tax tips The visitors went back to the snack Box of 100 sheels FriIo Lay, Home Style, Regular & Ripple 2:3: ¢ 32-fl-oz plastic bottle POTATO CHIPS Action Priced! Regular Price 7:5 fl-ox jar 99¢ 9 a.m 9 a.m 9 a.m 9 a.m 8:30 a.m 8:30 a.m Mills Road East, is open to all members of the public. The 8 to 10 pm. meeting will feature two chartered accountants. Roy Hogg' and George Decourcy, both of Arthur Andersen and Company who will offer advice on a variety of tax problems. The agenda includes Several admitted to suddenly feeling old. bar which was serving something stronger than soft drinks for the first and probably the last time. TOMATO JUICE 6 pm. 6 pm. 9 pm. 9 pm. 9 pm. 7 pm. Regular Price Heinz, Funcy 77¢ discussion on the new dividend tax credit system, tax planning for small businesses, stock options, corporate sur- plus accounts and other changes in the tax system. Pre-registration is not necessary. Just show up at the door. 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