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By MELANIE WAAGE Miss Maplewood, Vicki Plaster, did this Maplewood, she felt the contest was
year." worthwhile. She admitted not knowing
The Miss Maplewood pageant may not She was referring to the fact that much about selling advertising and some
be abandoned. Plaster wasn't able to attend a number of of the other particulars to running a
But its future hangs on the decision of events because of the lack of chaperones pageant,but she said she would be willing
members of the Maplewood Community to escort her. Langenfeld explained the to coordinate and get other people in-
Arts
group. public appearance policy. It is necessary volved.
FIVE OF ITS board members ex- for at least a single woman,or a couple,to "I don't think this should be a burden to
pressed interest at a meeting Wednesday, escort Miss Maplewood to all public people, but should be fun," Plaster said.
organized by the North St. Paul- appearances,otherwise she cannot attend "People should want to get together and
Maplewood-Oakdale division of the North as Miss Maplewood. have a good time."
Suburban Area Chamber of Commerce. She told the group,most of whom have The suggestion was made that if they
"Our board will agree to supporting the been involved in the pageant before, that didn't have time to have a pageant this
Miss Maplewood pageant,but we can't do there is a lot more to the pageant then fall,they could give the title for next year
it alone," Cliff Mottaz, 1732 S. Rosewood finding chaperones. It is necessary to to the current princess, Debbie
Ave., chairman of the board, said. have a sponsoring group, a coordinator Bryniarski. She would be eligible to
"Before we agree, we need to know and a number of interested couples. compete in the next Miss Minnesota
there will be a number of Maplewood The coordinator would have to be Pageant. Then, there would be plenty of
couples committed to this, because we committed, Langenfeld said, to many time to organize a new support group for
don't have enough people to do it our hours of time. The pageant itself would next year.
selves." take approximately eight weeks A PAGEANT could still be held this fall,
After meeting with Maplewood's Mayor preparation time,which includes finding in October sometime,if a solution is found
John Greavu, and Barry Evans, city contestants, sponsors, planning a fun- swiftly. Mottaz said he would speak to
manager, members of the chamber in draiser, preparing a booklet, organizing other members of the Community Arts
vited interested persons to the meeting supplemental groups to handle stage Board and get a consensus on whether
Aug. 15 to discuss the future of the Miss design, show production and related they would be the supporters. His
Maplewood pageant and work on activities. organization will then get back to
solutions. VICKI PLASTER said she was in- Langenfeld and Dave Thurston of the
The organization that once backed it, terested in volunteering to be the coor- chamber and another meeting will be
dinator, because after her year as Miss called.
the Maplewood Boosters, dissolved after
10 years. Two of the members, Jim and
Jeanne Hafner, discussed the necessary
elements for the pageant. They told the
group it would take about $3,000 total to
have the pageant.Approximately$1,800 is
used for scholarship money.
The Hafners also explained the
necessity for there to be a coordinator for
the total project to handle the scheduling
problems.
FIELD DIRECTOR of the Miss Min-
nesota pageant, Kathy Langenfeld, was
on hand to answer questions and give
suggestions.
"I want you people to know that I will
not grant a franchise to Maplewood for
the pageant unless you can prove to me
the interest is there for a year-long
commitment,"Langenfeld told the group
of about 20 citizens."I don't want a future
Miss Maplewood to go through what our