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most markham merchants are opening sunday by bruce etheridge other benefits that influenced the majority of storeowners in the merchants decision to open old markham village have sunday was reduced traffic weekender mk1l9i9gjw agreed to open their shops tomorrow business improvement area spokesman dayle rasmussen said that 15 out of 17 businesses indicated they would open for business on sunday at a meeting last monday night kim lennie coowner of the presents of mind shop in mar kham village lanes said she was not initially excited about the prospects of opening sunday when other merchants said they did phenomenal business on sunday mrs lennie said she and her husband reconsidered now sunday is quite a busy day she said merchants have reported doing up to 30 per cent more business on sunday as opposed to regular daysoftheweek there have been concerns voiced by church groups that sun- day store opening would prevent families from spending time together but mrs lennie said she has more families walk through the store on sunday than any other day of the week sunday is often the only day people can get out together as a family she said its also the day most families make their ma jor purchases mrs lennie added particularly the absence of trucks and parking congestion on main st mrs rasmussen said with the major malls closed people will turn to the smaller businesses mrs lennie said she also pointed out it will create part- time jobs for people especially youths in the area and encour age tourists to visit markham on weekends with her store open sundays mrs lennie said she has been able to hire another parttime staffer most are quite willing to work on sunday theyre glad to make the ex tra money she continued sun day is a shorter and busier day so most dont mind working mrs lennie hasnt received any complaints in the yearandahalf the store has been open on sunday of the two stores remaining closed on main st the kitchen door owner betty keller said herstore would remain closed be cause none of her staff wanted to work on the sabbath athough not keen on the idea of sunday opening herself mrs keller said she is in a different position than most store owners i have staff most of the other merchants are working on their own police runners seeking sponsors more than fifty york regional police officers will take up the torch in a run for the special olympics on june 3 its the first time a canadian police force has sponsored a torch run for mentally handicapped athletes the torch relay will move down yonge st and finish at varsity stadium in toronto for the open ing ceremonies of the special olympics international floor hockey tournament officers are soliciting pledges for the run through the police de partments adoptacop cam paign police are going doortodoor seeking local sponsors and the public is invited to make pledges at any york regional police sta tion all donations will go toward sports training for the mentally handicapped ed and clatidette health food passengers injured four people were sent to hospital following a threevehfcle collision at denison st and warden ave wednesday afternoon it took markham firefighters 10 minutes to free the passenger of the subaru from the wreckage using hydraulic cutters he was bleeding pretty badly said gary lyons driver of the chrysler involved in the accident at left ambulance attendants also put a neck brace on the man seven people were in volved in the three vehicle pileup bruce etheridge mp roman supports markham lobby group by paul pivato staff reporter new homeowners without door- todoor mail delivery are being discriminated against says local mp tony roman its pure discrimination says mr roman canadas only independent member of parlia- ment the same service should be provided for all people- the york north mp is backing ram residents against mail boxes a local lobby group opposed to the lack of home mail delivery this is probably the most adversely affected riding in the country says ram organizer and spokesperson anne derrett we want mr roman to make it a major election issue rough estimates indicate there are close to 50000 new homes in york region the bulk of them in mr romans york north riding many of the new homeowners are coming from areas that had doortodoor mail delivery and they could become part of a broad base of disaffected voters says mr roman mr roman has included a ram clipout coupon in his latest news letter from ottawa and urges con stituents who want to fight the lack of home delivery to express their support on the ram coupon he also says that he has pre sented several petitions in the house of commons and discussed canada posts controversial new policy with various ministers i disagree with the supermail- box policy and ive expressed that in no uncertain terms says mr roman anne derrett says ram wants the following issues raised in the house of commons the impact of the new super- mailboxes on the elderly and dis abled the effect of the supermail- boxes on the market value of homes ram believes that the lack of home mail delivery can decrease the market value of a i the effect of he siipermail- i boesqn hq assessments j raw aysrhttviomeowwetvifr tony roman i disagree with policy winnipeg had their property value reassessed and lowered be cause of crownowned mailboxes on their property the results of a government- backed survey that said 94 per cent of canadians supported the supermailboxes ram says the survey is misleading since it lumped satisfied and somewhat satisfied respondents in the same category ram also con tends that surveyors interviewed people in areas such as stouf f ville who never had home mail de livery of course they would support the supermailbox says mrs derrett theyve never had any thing like home delivery to com pare it to but she said ram officials have not seen the actual survey and are trying to obtain a copy from ndp postal critic cyril keeper mr roman agrees with ram that the lack of home mail deliv ery is a major problem in grow ing areas such as york north saysmrroman theresalot of determined people in my riding who want this changed theyre putting a lot of political pressure on the government we deliver we can deliver your flyers for as little as 35c each call advertising at 2942200 or distribution at 2944244 1987 flyers delivered economist suntribune 17j6500 mclroland distributing 44987900 david green flyers with weekender k canadian tire longos f3 ap brices kids slop paylcss drugs cadillac lumber crothers ida contour windows scars a markham word processing 2cllers 2 lames white florist i vck j v t vv wv fi