-i- v j tvg 5v o c 3ttr z economist surilthbune community snapshots saturday may 6 2000 l v vj3 v leading the way for legacy cheryl mallins let heir bassets hound klollylead- the way at last weekends legacy walk fundraiser x for the markham stouffville v hospital foundation do your papers has been the battle cryinthe babifamily home for many years in fact delivering the markham economist and sun is a family tradition spanning 13 consecutive years eyababiksfour children have all had paper routes each delivered the economist and sun they delivered it in one piece on time and in all kinds of weather j r fi today david babik is a busy- 22year old university student majoring in economics and life sciences at theuniversityrof toronto david was introduced to theworld of commerce when he was only nineyears old when eva agreed to let her first borri contact the economist and sun to apply for a paper route she had no idea that it would be the beginning of trend in the years to follow a section of the front step and at times- thejront of her home has beentakeri up with piles of newspapers and flyers as well a handmade carthas occupied a corner of the babik home the cartwas desigriedand built by children ithas one purpose to make paper delivery more efficient meanwhile eva doesnt want to know how many times shes asked the question are your papers done when david became a teenager he gave up his newspaper route and landed a job as alife guard at canadas wonderland now during the summer months rdavid comes home from university and each day reports to a markham pool where hes a supervisor of swimminghealso drives a coca cola truck and when theres time david helps his little sister insert the flyers into the newspapers w christine babik inherited her brothers newspaper route when she was nine- years old while a decade has passed eva is sure the newspaper route helped prepare her daughter for adulthood the route has taught the children responsibility said eva its also given them someinsight into managing their money theyve learned that raiii or shine the papers are delivered the work ethic was passedon when the route was passed on t christine 19has set her sights on queens university in the meantime after school and on weekends the grade 13 student isa cashier at no frills christine adheres to the principles of diversity her resume also includes waitressing and babysitting v r krystle babik 14 was the third in line to take over the family newspaper route like hersister and brother before her krystle contacted the newspaper and asked that the route taking in cairnsdrraymerville drfand clendenon j court be given tohen officials at the newspaper quickly agreed to the eighv yearolds request i v r j1 like siblings karolyn delivers to 56 householdsthree times a week it takes the grade 4 student about 45 minutes to sort the papers- insert the players load them into the trusty bid cart- whijeit takes about an hour to deliver them karolyn was only seven yearsfoldwhen she inherited the route ive had it for two years i really like it- said karolyn over theyearst the newspaper route has generated about 10000 forthe babik children autinies the babiks buyhighticket items to be used by the entire family webbught ajtrampqlineforjheback yard saidkarolyn as- eva expetkemarldincononust ancfsun will continue to play a rolein her family lifefora few more vvarseve does wonder jhoweven which of her frz fourilladbpttheoiacart- w vv v t