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markham merchants push to open sunday weekender april 4 1387 p3 by paul pivato staff reporter buyer beware sunday shop ping on markhams main st may be just around the corner the markham village lanes merchants association revealed this week that it is seriously con sidering a plan to open the main st mall for sunday shopping the merchants association would first have to obtain an ex emption to the sunday closing law by securing touristarea status and that says mall merchant john walters shouldnt be hard to do if unionvilles main st can be declared a tourist area why cant markhams main st asked the manager of the second sun tan spa calling himself a postbomb merchant a reference to the explosion that rocked the mall last august mr walters said its difficult for markham village lanes to compete with the union- ville shops that open on sundays the foot traffic here in spring and summer is large he said thats a lot of potential busi ness if the merchants asso ciation decides to move ahead with its plan to get touristarea designation it would then seek re gional council approval but association president frank briggs owner of peaches and jeans says the merchants still havent decided what plan of action to take i feel that sunday openings will be good for both the retailer and the consumer he said although he did admit that there is some opposition to sunday open ings mr briggs said that the govern ment is trying to legislate moral ity by forbidding sunday open ings merchants should be given the choice to remain open on sunday he said a lot of people only have one day to shop why not give them sunday as well he argued marg ramsdale of buy the yard said sunday shopping would add to the vitality of main st she admitted that although the mall would gain touristarea sta tus most of the sunday shoppers would be local residents i would be thrilled if we could open she said but fellow merchant greta markus owner of greta fine lingerie is vehemently opposed to sunday openings everyones so obsessed with making a buck said the store owner i think people are being exploited with sunday openings it bugs me just to talk about it people are getting so commer cialized she said why does ev erybody have to shop all the time the mall merchant said she hopes markham village lanes is refused touristarea designation take a break she said cant people stay out of the store for one day board approves new brother andre school by paula crowell community editor a permanent home is in sight for students attending brother andre catholic high school in markham markham school trustee ter ry ryan said the contract was approved at a budget meeting wednesday night division con struction of vaughan was awarded the contract for 11597000 the contract must still be approved at a regular board meeting april 21 and the minis try of education has the final say if the ministry gives the green light its expected the building will be completed in time for the 198889 school year the brick school will be built in front of where the relocatable school now stands on 16th ave east of hwy 48 the relocatable will be moved once the building is completed included in the construction contract are a triple gym 15 regular classrooms specialty rooms for art science family studies vocal and instrumental music typing and office prac tice computer studies and theatre arts there will also be seminar rooms for smaller groups of stu dents a cafeteria a library facilities for the trainable re tarded and special education rooms the space included in this contract will accommodate 1254 students a future technic al wing expansion is proposed ed and claude tte m- m k gee ed i wish my wife was as understanding as yours when it comes to watching the playoffs but not included in this contract if built it would accommodate another 240 students there are 528 students attend ing the school now in grades 9 and 10 only the school will grow by one grade each year the budget committee also recommended that 155000 for cafeteria equipment and 168000 for an energy efficient air barrier be approved hours are open case markhams recreation facility hours could be in for some changes parks and recreation director brian wrigglesworth was directed by standing committee thursday to review the hours of operation of area facilities and re commend potential change that could mean libraries opened on sundays or longer fit ness centre hours according to the committee mr wrigglesworth will do the review with a view to expanding hours where warranted and re port back to council april 14 the direction for the review came from thornhill councillor bob sherwood its time we started reviewing our facilities and the times they are open he said spring clocks ahead dont forget clocks spring ahead one hour at 2 am sunday day light savings time will stay in effect until october 25 the time change three weeks earlier than usual comes after an allparty agreement in provincial parlia ment earlier thisyear got him again unionville firefighter chris rouble was played for a fool for the second year in a row by main st fire hall dispatcher judy walker miss walker and her cohorts wired a sign that said honk at a fool on mr roubles car for an april fools day joke captain chris shepherd and other firefighters from the station followed mr rou ble to the station wednesday morning honking at him all along the way bruce etheridge mcmaster heirs can claim 10000 by steve houston staff reporter william and elizabeth mcmas- ters footsteps stopped in mar kham the former markham couple who left for family more than 10000 in unclaimed american funds about 12500 cdn have baffled a florida private inves tigative firm in its location efforts and according to a spokesman for st petersburgs international locator service time is running out carole raye investigator handling the mcmaster case says descendants of william and eli zabeth have about 1 years left to legally claim their money its a difficult case said mrs raye in a telephone interview wednesday usually theres more information usually its not quite so bleak shes been investigating the case for six months with little in formation and fewer leads the last address the mcmasters had was a markham post office box telephone contact made by the e conomist and sun with t wo of the three mcmasters listed in the markham phone directory proved uneventful no claims of direct relation will be made here and markham post office spokesman pat blainey informed the economist and sun that the mcmaster box number 892 isnt in use today those high box numbers were done away with in 1965 said mr blainey on thursday for emphasis he noted his 20- year employment at the mar kham post office without know ledge of an 892 post office box number mrs raye whose firm will re ceive a finders fee if the relative search proves successful said the case will remain open until the statute of limitations runs out if unsuccessful the legacy will be turned over to 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