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WhitbY' mai di srupti on*.' continue s By Mario Boucher Theo Wpoe" t office remained closedf as of Tesday as mail service continued to ho disruptod by rotation strikes. >Whitby. residents, including many seniors, srambled laat week to pick u'p mail,.including pension and weffare choques. .And local businesses contended with cash. flow problomis as cheques didn't get through. Temporary mail pickup centres are at 10 Sunray St., Unit 23 (for postal codes beginning, LiN> and 1390 Hopin St.., Unit 8 for psa codiiesbinning LIP and L1ÎR)», open 8a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Taika between Canada Post and ita striking workers have resumed on the'threat of governiment intervention. Both aides were trying to corne up with now offera to end the striko. Canada Post' won a court irnjuniction on Friday, forcing mail carriers te deliver, without pay, pension and, unemployment insurance choques over the weekond and earlier this week, according te a Canada Post spokýesman. Although the Canadian Union of Postal 'Workers (CUPW).- agreed te the court order, 'no other workers were oxpected te return te work yet. Mail was expected' ,te ho delivered in somne parts of the country,, including Metro Toronto. Last week, at the mail pickup location on Sunry St., many seniors waited in air conditioned cars te receive thoir choques. Contractors hired by Canada Post were trying te get cheques through union strikors. The strikers said they had offéed te dolivor the cheques' but were zurned down by Canada Post. "A pension choque is fine no préblm, edeserve tieir prebe, po<e jpostal camrer Charlie Brown. 'We want no problems."« "We don't want te harasa you as individuals," said union member ]Rick 'Morgan at a confrontation between his fellow workers and the contractera. The strikers eventually allowed contractors through the pieket lino te doliver the pension ch1ues. the gvonmnt and the management 100pr cent" said Whitby resident alie Barr~y as she waited at the Sunray location. CANADA POST letter carrier John believed mail was ixed with pension LeBlane puts a stop toinoin mail cheques, eventuafly let the cheques and workers at the Sunray Ct. pickup through. Oins Bovfr photo station last Wednesday. Carrers, who David Andrews, president of Canada Kustom R bber Stamp said the mail disruption coudc have a serious effect on the economy in the area if it lasta to long. "Some people will ho laid off, especially inismal businesses," ho said. "As far as orders, we're i good shape. becauso of moat of my customers use fax machines." Bob Stanley, -president of the Whitby ChambeWr of Commerce, said last week that "a lot of smail businesses could ho hurting quite bad, for --anyboy who relies on through» the mail. ethrually thiiik this particular situation is.,very detrimental tu, the business -community, " ho said. The Durham Board of Educa- tion's new achool rental policy has resulted in draznatic fée in- crosses for some Durham Region YMCAprograms. Fees for school-age child care have gone up 13.51 per cent (te $261 from $230) , children's floor hockey ham increased te $90 from $67; and adult programe ( bas- ketball, filor hockey, fitness) show fee increases from 18 te 43 percent. "Itve very disheartening te us, says Janice Griffith, YMCA general managor. She says YMCA will offer ahl progranis that were previoualy offer.egeistration will ho held this month, so it's too early te Organizations such as the boy determine.if the increased coste, scouts, cuba and brownies will will affect participation. still enjoy free use ofaschools.- <'We are offein them alI and The -YMCA is still t7ing te hoping thell go, said Griffith. determine why the board s «user It'wait and seo what happens. pays" policy was only applied -te Tho YMCA was able te move the YMCA and not te other karate and babysitting trs-ining charitable organ zations. programs out of schools and inte«Vie don't why we were picked Wflitby Baptiat Church to avoid out to pay reut and others pyingrent. weren't,» says Griffith Nww Board trustees decided earlier don't feel we are as «timate as this year .to charge rent on a other organizations. ets kind of cost-recovery basis _for suy achool mystifyiugus a little. used by community organiza-,. "Why single out just us? What. tions. Renta began Sept. 1. are the criteria usedr. It will stop the curreut practice The achool board- set u!p an/i of subsidiziug msuy, but flot al, hoc committee te review the non-profit -groupa, that' rent policyt' but'«So far-.rve heard Schools. nothwng,» said Griffith>..