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Consider reason for striking, Says reader tisements in newspapers across Canada, blowing its own horn full blast in a strike in the first place. Canada Post ran expen- sive full page adver- Dear Editor; legislated back to work it is Now that the inside perhaps time to consider postal workers have been the cause of their being on bp i | | i | oT > STRIK YT: Cold bargaining Postal workers were back on the job yesterday after the federal government legislated them beck to work. Memorial was 'soul-touching' Dear Editor: Just a year ago now, Here three of the Midland posties picket in the open- ing days of the strike. A. Cowan of St. Paul's United Church, Midland. lowed by a fellowship hour at the home of Ethel Sandy. of a great Christian person and friend. vain attempt to gull the public with the reassuring phrase: '"'Our committment to better service for you." This was clearly composed by some desk-bound senior bureaucrat with. little knowledge of real postal problems. Probably most of those at the working level could have exposed it as bordering on the ridicu- lous; but sound advice from the lower orders is rarely welcomed in the ivory towers where high salaries are paid to the ig- norant and the incompe- tent. But the postal union had no such easy access to almost unlimited taxpayer funds to get its message across. The chief complaint of the postal workers was directed at the highly touted fanchise outlets, which are supposed to be the answer for postal woes. These proposed locations in grocery stores, etc., would have to be manned by those with only the vaguest grasp of the com- plexities of mailing rates within Canada. To the U.S.A. and international mail, which even those with yearas of experience can find confusing at times. Try sending a 109 gram package of printed papers to Mozambique, registered and special delivery! All the "immediate ac- tions" described in the ad are highly suspect, but con- sider the fourth: "Duty payable foreighn mail, which will be delivered prior to paying customs TANS TEAS VIR NST ON charges." I predict pro- bably 90 per cent of reci- pients would disagree with the amounts of duty assess- ed, and perhaps a similar number would not send a covering cheque until several demands had been made; many of them would simply never remit. "Local resident sent to jail for refusing to pay duty on small gift sent by overseas relative!" The resulting chaos would be nothing less than mind-boggling!"l suggest that the official who dreamed up this postal nightmare about committment should be put out to pasture before he /she commits further bungling blunders.' Sincerely, Stanley R. Redman ° HACKER GIGNAC RICE ° We are pleased to announce the relocation of our Midland Office to 518 Yonge Street, Midland (Corner Yonge St. & First St.) Telephone: (705) 526-2231 BOX 518, 518 YONGE STREET, MIDLAND, ONTARIO L4R 4L3 BOX 599, 142 MAIN ST., PENETANGUISHENE, ONT. LOK 1P0 Francis Sandy, the Native Indian Pastor for Christian In the afternoon a monu- ment unveiling service was It was a lovely Sunday, very fitting and soul Ken A. Cowan 400 Mildred St., Island United Church, held at the graveside fol- | touching, in remembrance Midland passed away - a much revered and respected fellow islander. Francis had served well for a number of years, his home, his church, and his community and indeed in many other areas beyond Christian Island. A training and retreat centre was established in The Five Oaks Traning Complex, in honor of Fran- cis. It has been termed The Francis Sandy Training Centre for Native People. On Sunday, October 4, 1987, an anniversary memorial service was held 'at Christian Island United Church at 11 a.m. worship hour. It was conducted by David Plain, an Indian Native from southern On- tario. David was appointed recently to the Christion Island charge along with his wife and three children. Several people assisted in the memorial service, in- ! cluding David's wife, Helen, who read us poems, entitled God Understands, and The Gentle Gardener. Nicholas King gave the 23rd Psalm in the Native language, it being one of Francis' favorite scrip- tures. Francis' wife, Ethel read a beautiful tribute to her husband, composed by her. The sermon and fest- imonial was given by Ken FOR ONLY Lose Weight Here's A Comprehensive Program That Includes: ® Nutritional, Flavourful, Low Calorie Meals. @ One-on-one Personal Counselling. @ Professional Supervision. ® No Calorie Counting. We succeed where other diets fail you! Our client Elizabeth Olivas lost 1106 Ibs. 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