e oris lawn bowling is featured this week se paige 10 ar aba brochures in todays tribune the towns recreation department is issuing the fell and winter brochure to all whitchurchstouffville residents this week in the tribune winter hours commenced on sept 3 the department announced the hours are monday to friday 830 am to 9 pm and saturday from noon to 4pm v it v r s p for further information or if you have any questions call 6406527 or 1- 800267play if you did hot receive a brochure in todays trib stop by our office at 6244 main st and pick one up calls for end to strike roger belgrave staff reporter m local mp bill attewell is urging the prime minister to end the national postal strike attewell marldiahtvvtiitchurch- stouffville mp has written to the prime ministers office asking par- i liament be- recalled to endthe- strike r he is also asking for legislation declaring postal service an essen tial service be introduced that would render any strikes in the future illegal he explained vi the federal representative iritro- duced a similarprivate members bill in 1988 but it was quashed however the events of the last week have prompted attewell to suggest the matter be considered again his office has been flooded with telephone calls from people who are angry with the current situa tion he indicated 1 attewell said the strike will be one of the top issues discussed at the ontario caucus meetings sept 9 other mps from all three federal parties have since taken upjthe call to end the strike and last week a veiled threat was issued by the minister of labor marcel danis danis suggested he wanted to see progress through this past week- end from both sides in the dispute f on fridayv atkinson the conservative member for st catherines also called on the gov ernment to recall mps to legislate the cupw employees backto work on saturday employees of the post office were permitted to deliyer government cheques after the corporation gave in to demands from the public and gov ernment officials ss i i 1 t i br i b 1 i- m i i it- f if- f h i roger belgrave staff reporter a day after some confusion and frustration canada posts tempo rary mail pickup depot in stouf fville finally opened plans to open the site at 82 sandi- ford dr were delayed according to canada post information resi dents should have been able to pickup their mail and government cheques at the vacant storage unit last thursday but like so many other temporary depots across the greater toronto area it never opened it wasnt until friday morning that some mail arrived however there was still an air of mayhem 4nd disappoint among some local residents looking for mail the depot was staffed with sever al postal employees from the ottawa head office large broken boxes were being used as make shift tables while work- went on to connect electrical power within the premises there were no long lines or pick- eters outside the unit yet many walked away empty handed although the facility is meant to carry all personal mail only pen sion cheques were available friday seyentyeightyearold doug bacon was at the depot friday morning its an inconvenience because i dont drive much he said but there was no hassle at all people were friendly bacon came expecting to stand and wait in 30 degree weather for his cheque others like darlene tustiri was expecting a cool wel come from postal union picketers wheftshe arrived at the depot she was so apprehensive about coming she arranged to come with a friend while relieved by amicable sur roundings tustin was disappointed to hear her unemployment cheque was not yet available theres nothing i can do she remarked fm more than a little upset with a mortgage due and other bills to pay her cheque is about a week and a half overdue tustin has to wait at least 10 days before canada employment may help like others who left the depot without mail friday tustin will have to come back and try again but those staffing the facility didnt know when any other mail was expected v mail pickup centres are sup posed to be open from mondayto saturday 8 arh to 8 pm school is iig once again residents of whitchurch- stouffville are reminded that school has started up again this week york regional police are warning motorists to be extra cautious now that the school buses and children are on the streets again after the summer break police say they will be keeping a close watch on local motorists in the coming weeks qverheard- if it wasnt for the charity of friends and my mother id be really bad darlene tustin prilhe 99 effects of the postal strike brand new now open tel 416 6422929 fax 6424242 vy mas stouffville m mm wwnw for bur valued guests we would like to welcome you to stouffville inn whether travelling oh business or pleasure v stouffville inn has been uniquely designed with you in mind with a choice of fifty tastefully decorated guest rooms for providing quality accommodation at affordable prices and conveniently located we take great pride in our 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