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p12 weekender july 20 1985 the 19th hole golf shoppe in markham summer sale golf clothing a complete range of top lines mens ladies available ail year round top line golf equipment hogah torkos tnt pga ping lynx ryder cup bui smiths 471golf 8515 mccowan road markham ontario northeast corner of highway 7 mccowan rd surveyor fred watt checks the alignment while to a loss of business during the construction dave rendimonti looks on during main st con- period struction in unionville merchants seem resigned i sjoerd witteveen shop eeonomistsun the tribune before you shop the stores traffic disruption not too bad merchants d seaway pools spas 25 heritage road markham ontario 2948030 your swimming pool and spa specialists save over 00 jacuzzi bbq model bq3224 twin burner dual controls reg 255 00 1st come 1st served b oval pools includes 15 yr warranty free solar blanket 7 top rail jacuzzi filtration doltyourself cedar cabanas prehung door 5 x 6 from 1295 00 specials only while supplies last early construction dates for inground pools phone 2948030 hours weekdays 98 and saturday til 5 prices in effect while quantities last dust noise and traffic jams those are the three aggravations on unionvilles main street while the route undergoes re construction and beautification but despite the disruption most mer chants are content with the situation and anxious to see the final results the project involves replacing water- mains burying hydro and telephone lines repaying the road laying interlocking stones between the sidewalk and the street and improving the streetscape with lamp posts benches hanging plants trees and shrubs only one store representative refused to speak to the weekender fearing that nega tive comments might affect the efficiency of the construction workers other store operators had nothing but praise for the workers and perseverence for the inconvenience joan belne owner of the kettle creek canvas co said the construction work ers are super theyre fast and polite and the customers are coming in talk ing theyre excited about whats going to be here she continued laurie beckwith assistant manager of the old firehall sports said business hasnt suffered too much during the con struction it has suffered but not as badly as we expected theres still a steady pace com ing in merchants have tried to encourage that steady pace by organizing a sidewji s ir which began thursday and continu j tint tomorrow sunday july 21 the stitching niche is on the other side of the street where the sidewalks have already been laid salesperson isobel moore doesnt see the construction being much of a problem if anything it has helped the customers discover parking off the main st people dont realize theres as much parking as there is i hope when everything is finished the parking will be more clearly marked and for the workers she had nothing but good to say theyve done everything they can to make it easy for us the store manager at down to earth agreed although she said the work has caused somewhat of a slow down in busi ness rita gandha said there has been a de cline although i cant say its extreme the customers find it kind of disappointing to come for an afternoon of shopping and find this but she was quick to add once its done its going to be beautiful site foreman giovanni ostella of dag- mar construction co expects the project to last another three or four weeks cars have to squeeze through on a single lane during construction on unionvilles main st the work should continue for about another month sjoerd witteveen