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io economist sunsuntribune holiday season 2006 saturday dec 10 2005 limited time only video dvd movie blowout othmg ov shop early for best selection new arrivals daily 9833 hwy48 unit 1a just south of major mac belated wishes christmas card spends year in mail by chris traber staff writer as a retired parole officer marion ballard knows a thing or two about keeping tabs on people christmas cards however have her stumped last monday the longtime markham resident received her mail included in the delivery was a christmas card she posted 12 months prior despite the correct postage recipient and return addresses the mail went awol for a full year and was finally returned with a label suggesting the addressee had moved im not complaining just laughing and wondering where the post office would have stashed it for a year ms ballard said with a giggle i figure they knew it was almost christmas and they better return it i was really surprised i double checked the address and called the friend who i mailed it to obviously she hadnt moved we had a good laugh the intended recipient of ms ballards seasonal greetings marjorie douglas lives only a few kilometres south of markham both women got a chuckle out of the cards serendipitous detour ms ballard said the situation is rare canada post spokesperson keisha mcintosh said 7-r-7- im not complaining just laughing and wondering where the post office would have stashed it for a year marion ballard sender of christmas card a year ago in the 2004 fiscal period canada post processed 109 billion pieces of mail and achieved an ontime combined service per formance score of 968 per cent against a tar get of 96 per cent ms mcintosh said cana- staff photochris traber marion ballard had a christmas card she mailed to a friend in markham returned 12 months later da post is committed to providing quality customer service the glitch that stole her christmas card wont deter ms ballard from sending her tra ditional large batch of yule tide messages i send a lot of them every year she said i pick a special card for each person and i personalized it with a note it takes me two days to write and send my cards i just love christmas and i really enjoy sending and get ting cards canada post welcomes questions concerning mail ser vice call 18002671177 or visit wwwcanadaposlca valley retirement residence our services include peace 0 mind ok ic at rouge valley retirement residence you can trust us to provide the very best in retirement living our skilled and caring staff is here to provide support and assistance when you need it seasons greetings the staff and residents at rouge valley would like to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday- call 9052941 1 14 5958 1 6 avenue markham on fu chartwell wwwchartwelfreitxa