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p4 weekender january 4 1986 mmammmamammbmmamm iniiiwi ihii weefcender mmen private delivery needed although canada post has been unfairly attacked in recent years there is little doubt that the crown corporation is in deep trouble both managerially and financially and the incoming president of the post office will have his work cut out for him in turning things around intractible unions layers of bureaucracy and overall ineffi ciency have prevented canada post from streamlining its operation perhaps the federal government should take a different approach it might be best to eliminate canada post altogether and allow private firms to take over mail delivery in areas where mail service is not profitable such as in remote parts of the country the government could provide a modest subsidy to keep postal rates at a reasonable level it would provide a fresh start for mail service and would quickly eli minate the current problems of making a large government cor poration both profitable and respon sive to the needs of customers dismantling canada post is the quickest way to solve the problem its drastic action yet that is whats needed to provide improved cost- efficient mail service weekender mailbag jlwtbbitrctl u 7fe ueekendep town in good hands dear sir markham i would be very pleased if you congratulations to the would print the following letter citizens of markham for elect- to the citizens of the town of ing their present members of mdhs concert was first rate dear sir i will be pleased if you are able to publish the following acknow ledgement to the organizers and members of the mdhs band the concert in december at the markham theater for perform ing arts was first rate the band members seated in their uni forms immediately created an atmosphere of anticipation and excitement you had the feeling that this band will perform well which they did everyone seemed to have thoroughly enjoyed it i know i did in addition to the beautiful musical entertainment the concert was an example of the high standard that mdhs stu dents have achieved i appreciate as im sure the other parents do the time effort and energy that mr walker miss garner and mr jull devote to our children their dedication in the pursuit of excellence will indeed be difficult to equal well done and thank you diana pearce markham council i had occasion to be present at the planning commit tee meeting recently and was greatly impressed with mayor carole bell the planning com mittee chairman elson miles the planning director tom januszewski and all the other members presiding all gave their individual views in a forthright manner on all the matters before them and their decisions arrived at were certainly very wisely made as a fairly new resident of six months in markham i can safe ly say that i feel confident as should the rest of the citizens of markham of being in the hands of such a discerning council i might add these same mem bers had already attended a previous meeting and their for bearance and humor is much to be admired thank you citizens of markham j p unionville drop us a line if you have a beef or want to pat someone on the back sit down and write a letter to the weekender deadline is noon thursday prior to publication names may be withheld on request at the discretion of the editor under no cir cumstances will anonymous letters be published the address is 9 heritage rd markham ontario l3p 1m3 delightful playing in dear sir theres good news in markham these days theatre 48s pre miere production the valiant tailor opened dec 21 and runs through jan 12 it was a pleasure to be in the audience everyone enjoyed the proceedings and the cast under the direction of rd reid per formed with energy and style the companys first venture de serves our support and its ideal show markham family entertainment congratulations are in order to john kozak executive director because the start of a young peo ples theatre in markham is a most promising one best wishes for the duration of the run and im looking for ward to the next production sche duled for march 86 tom newall markham em economistsun thethbune weekender bruce annan publisher 9 heritage rd markham l3p1m3 2942200 4959440 6402i00 6492292 published every saturday by motroland priming publishing and distributing at 9 heritage rd markham ontario l3p 1m3 tel 2942200 second class mail registration number 1247 the weekender is one of the metroland group of suburban newspapers which includes tho acton frco press ajaxpickering news advertiser tho aurora banner brampton guardian tho burlington post tho burlington weekendpost the etobicoko advertiserguardian tho georgetown independent the markham economist and sun the milton champion tho mississauga news tho newmarket era tho willowdalo mirror ookvillo beaver oakville friday beaver oshawawhitby this week oshawawhitby this weekend the richmond hill liberal thornhill liberal tne scarborough mirror tho stouffvillo tribuno and vaughan liberal metroland 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