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trai centre- iff frfi economistsun the tribune the insurers 4461 no 7 hvvy unionville insurance for home ufe auto business 4775000 third section 29422006402100 wednesday may 8 1985 unionville merchants prepared to suffer despite some opposition many unionville main st merchants are prepared to face summer construction for street beautificaton and re placement of antiquated wa ter mains it has to be done sooner or later said old firehall sports shop assistant mana ger janet millar it will be nefit the area in the long run she and other main st mer chants agree that flooding caused in the area because of leakage from the old water mains should be repaired now even if the summer con struction will affect their businesses isobel chadwick longtime unionville resident and queens pantry owner agrees with the efforts the town of markham is taking to fix the water main and repair side walks she said its not just a beautification attempt to attract customers but a ne cessity im looking at it as a per son who loves this commun- ityshesaid whatdowedo just let it decay markham firm has potential 1 million deal a markham computer company has reached a agreement in principle with a british firm on a deal worth more than 1 million mr knechtel vicepresident of markhams spectrix mic rosystems recently spent a week as a member of a seven company trade mission to the united kingdom in an effort to explore the market as a result of this trade mission a uk firm has agreed in principle to sell a spectrix multiuser microcomputer mr knechtel declined to name the firm involved until the deal is finalized because the disclosure of this information could cause problems with wang canada he explained that in the international market spectrix microsystmes focuses on wang compatability if spectrix made this deal public before it was finalized wang could interfere while in the united kingdom mr knechtel was also looking at how wang canada does business he thinks the three-year- old markham firm can learn from the larger company spectrix now does over 80 per cent of its business in canada but mr knechtel hopes to increase spectrixs exports to 25 to 30 per cent of total sales by the end of the year the trade mission which was sponsored by the ministry of industry and trade toronto is expected to boost sales of ontariomade computer software and allied products a report issued by ontario house in london england predicted these sales would reach 25 million over the next year in the report mr knechtel is quoted as predicting sales in britain of between 850000 and 12 million over the next 12 months town of markham chief engineer dalo keliar told the economist sun that union ville residents and merchants were very receptive to the construction plan and said if will probably be ongoing from june to september he noted that the most time consuming aspect of the pro ject will be taking existing phone and hydro wires down and reinstalling them under ground i was very pleasantly sur prised about the response he said i guess people real ize that it cant be done over night he added that the town is currently awaiting a 200000 grant from the ministry of housing to help pay for the project in an effort to reverse the effects the construction will have on main st businesses two unionville ladies have an idea they hope will help mer chants pat beatty and sandy walker coowners of the two pine doors gift shop said they have formed a group and hope to have construction sales to encourage custom ers to come in and buy this construction is being done out ofnecessity mrs beatty saideveryone will have to buckle down and try to encourage people to come in she added that the group will have to really promote this thing to get people in the stores if we dont some of the people may have to close down she said just a few doors down from the two pine doors jug and basin owner raylene murphy echoes the opinions of the two other ladies the residents want it done she said the side walks are a mess and have to be done anyway this is an artists conception of what the beautification of fixing sidewalks water mains and placing the telephone main st unionville will look like when construction is com- and electrical services underground before repaving main pleted later this summer the town of markham will be st tandem opens new halifax office tandem computers cana da limited announces the opening of a new branch office in halifax to serve the companys expanding busi ness in eastern canada tandem is one of the lead ing suppliers of fault- tolerant multiprocessor computer systems and with the addition of its new halifax branch the subsidiary now maintains sales and service offices in eight major cana dian cities coasttocoast tandem continues to oper ate its canadian headquar ters from markham tandem designs develops and manufactures multiple processor computer systems for users requiring con- tinuous availability and in tegrity of data tandem is the originator of nonstop sys tems the first commercially available computer designed to operate around the clock without failure country living in stouffville located on a quiet street in stouffville this older home sits on a large 100 by 125 foot lot the unique rounded verandah gives the ustedfor a large century home on aquiet street in stouffville is our home of the week it is 5 located at 82 obrien ave just east of the inihthtirie and south of hwy47ona 100 by 125 foot lot built of brick and two storeys high the house has a landscaped lot and a double attached garage i inside there is a large formal sitting room iwith arifahtique fireplace which has a carved oakeii mantel piece and inlaid tile behind it is afatnily room now used as a imusic room -v- a formal dining room adjoins the kitchen which hasall tbemodern conveniences and ialsoplehty of cupboard space there is a main floor laundry room arid a cosy sun porch off the kitchen with a walkputto the sideyard arid patio v upstairs there are three bedrooms with 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