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v v ip economist and sun jqj the tribune i lawyers predict advertising will cost the client by greg coates business editor despite a recent ruling which allows individual lawyers and firms to start advertising in janu ary markham and stouffville solicitors dont feel it will change things much an informal survey taken by the economist and sun shows that local lawyers may not even use the service and if they do it will be to a small extent it was agreed however that any adver tising that does take place is going to cost the client markham lawyer ted read said most of his clients are refer rals and predicted he wont adver tise at all the advertising you see on american television is just awful i cant see myself advertising and ive not heard any feedback from anyone that is he said its dif ficult to advertise especially for a service which is never the same it seems to me if i were to advertise i would have to pass the cost on to the consumer added mr read its going to be like any other advertising the consumer is going to pay for it said mar kham lawyer marvin bongard mr bongard however said he is not against lawyers advertising as long as it doesnt become huck- sterism ill go along with it if its in good taste he said but the query is what is good taste and is the public really being served id be interested to see whos going to be first a big law firm downtown or some small firm lawyer stephen brown of mar kham agreed saying he hopes as a profession they will not advertise in the manner some us lawyers do i see nothing wrong with list ing specialities and fees he said i have no objection to it stouffville lawyer eric button doesnt think the advertising wi be very extensive itll probably be more like business card type advertising he said it will be interesting to see what happens but i dont think it will be a big thing stouffville lawyer andre kozak doesnt think there will be much change at all but noted the public should benefit im definitely in favor of it the public will have a better idea of who theyre dealing with in stead of a blind eye when it comes to choosing a lawyer he said to advertise it has to be in good taste or the public wont re spond national trust helping make christmas better national trust at markville shopping centre is getting into the christmas spirit john jamieson branch mana ger announced last week that they will be collecting childrens gifts and clothing for the mar kham clothing centre this collection of gifts reflects national trusts corporate com mitment to each community it serves we encourage all our bran ches to get involved in their com munity by supporting its needs activities and culture said brian mehlenbacher executive vicepresident and chief operat ing officer christmas is a special time for everyone but particularly chil dren he added we wanted to do something to help make christ mas happy for all children in the area markham clothing centre seemed a natural choice mr jamieson invited residents to visit the markville branch for a coffee and drop off a gift before dec 22 staff at the branch will arrange delivery of all gifts to the mar kham clothing centre for dis tribution to children on christmas day i irril