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a6 tribune december 28 1988 after 20 years of service rural mail courier is calling it quits by kate gilderdale when mail courier barb spin ney hangs up her bag for the last time on friday she will be look ing back on 20 years of faithful service at stouffville post office during that time she has handl ed two major routes spending 17 years on route one and transferr ing to route four over three years ago its one of the largest rural route areas in the community taking in the 5th 6th and 7th con cessions as well as vandorf bloomington and bethesda sideroads and part of highway 48 she services 575 customers driving a route of 50 miles every day and she hasnt taken a break for almost four years im here first thing in the morning and im not finished before 330 or 4 lots of days i do 12 hours no matter how long it takes mrs spinney doesnt leave until al the mail is sorted and delivered in the past year mail has been presorted in scarborough and sent to stouffville for delivery but she still has to do part of the sorting herself i enjoy my job very much stresses ive given the best ser vice i can im not quitting because i want to its because of the cost because the work is contracted out and shes not part of a union she has very little bargaining power she state i cant afford to keep going because of the wages they give me she tried to negotiate a deal she felt was fair but her contractor was not willing to meet her requirements i have to change my vehicle every two years because if you keep a truck longer than that you start having problems if things get backed up and she needs additional help its up to her to organize and pay for it were supposed to have two back ups but i dont have any regular mail delivery is only part of her job on wednesdays we put copies of the sun into every mailbox we also deliver flyers but we dont get paid for that on some days she says there are as many as five flyers to drop off at each box and the extra work makes her day even longer mrs spinney started working as a backup for a neighbor on route two when route one became available she was asked to take it over and she agreed ive had quite an experience delivering mail she smiles on one occasion her daughter was helping to deliver the mail and had just opened one of the boxes on her route she went to put the mail in and screamed she said there was a pigs head in there her daughter wasnt kidding the box really did contain the head it turned out that a member of the household had just got mar ried and some of the wedding party had delivered it as a joke another time her daughter opened a mail box and told her there was something bad in there the smell was so bad they couldnt deliver the mail when mrs spinney checked the box she found a dead cat in side when she reported it to the post office the humane society removed the body the homeowners were as shocked as she was when she told them what had happened mostly though her deliveries are uneventful and her customers friendly and ap preciative several of them have expressed their disappointment that shes decided to leave and one described her as the best mail courier we have ever had bad weather conditions and poor roads dont worry her i dont mind the winter driving she insists ive been very lucky once i got snick on route one and there was nobody around but i always come prepared with sand and a shovel on the occasions shes had trouble her customers have usually helped her out ive never had to call anybody shes taking a welldeserved month off before starting her new job working for a catering com- pany in unionville shell misso her friends at the post office and the many customers shes got to2 know on her rounds ive put a lot into delivering the mail and giving good service she j concludes resale values after one year of driving barb spinney has decided to give up her rural mail route after 20 years she says rising costs are the main factor for her quitting this is her last on the job shell miss friends at the post office and her customers but week on route one editors mail reader believes in jk dear editor as a mothertobe of a jr kindergarten pupil at st marks school in stouffville i wish to state my opposition in the strongest possible terms j to your editorial dec 14 re hav- ing this class withdrawn due to overcrowding i think youre implying even saying that its a babysitting- service and youre partly right but apart from this the religious and social benefits not to speak of the academic advan tages are associations no child should be denied the school board im sure is aware of the situation in stouf- fville and elsewhere yet theres been no hint of abandoning jr kindergarten because our building is bursting at the i seams theres a reason for this the trustees understand even if i you dont sincerely mrs ccciie bewley hr 2 stouffville buying a new excel is a prime example of how to get a good return on your investment as you can see from the chart excel isright up there with 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sheppard ave e scarborough 2912929 iimbcrts motors ltd 95 eagle street newmarket 8953222 auto seven 5829 hwy 7 markham 47 1 0099 kolom hyundai 1957 eglimon avenue east scarborough 7524720 jack frame hyundai 285 old kingmon road scarborough 2837669 vcnmar hyundai 335 rcxdalc blvd rcvlalc 7482555 take notice that 3 public meeting of the liquor licence board of ontario wiltbe hold at the sheraton parkway hotel 600 highway 7 east room 124 richmondhillontarioonthursoay january 19th 1989atthehourof 1000 oclock in the forenoon at which time the board will hear applications in accordance with the liquor licence act and regula tions thereunder the following establishments have applied for a licence of the class indicated and the appricationswillbecnterlainedattheafore- mentioned location and time applications for new licences buddies dell cafe bakery 8362 kennedy rd bldg a unit al markham village centre unionville bypass 17 markham dining lounge licence don cherrys grapevine 8362 kennedy rd markham dining lounge licence and further take notice that any person who is resident in the municipality and who wishes to mae representation relative to the application shall make their submission to the board in writing prior to the date of the hearing or in person at the time and place of the hearing copies of written submissions will be forwarded to the applicant liquor licence board ol ontario 55 lakeshore boulevard east toronto ontario m5e 1 a4 ministry of consumer and commercial relations the liquor licence act