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Terrace Bay News, 28 Mar 1984, p. 13

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by THE PROPHET As the minor hockey season winds down, there will be less to report. The regular sea- - son games and playoffs are now finished for all teams. The only items remaining are a couple of tournaments and possibly a few exhibi- Terrace Bay-Schreiber News, Wednesday, March 28, 1984, page 13 tion games. The Pee Wees tra- velled to Geraldton for the TBAHA Zone Championships on the weekend of March 17- 18. The combination of a long day both on the road and on the ice helped lead to their eli- Funeral Announcement mination. They came away with 1 win, 1 tie, and 1 loss. Longlac won the Zone and now advances tothe TBAHA Branch finals. Longlac strengthened their team by asking Richard Brassard to play with them in Fort Fran- Schreiber Figure Skating Club News Congratulations to the following members of: the Schreiber Figure Skating Club who re- cently com: in the Thunder Bay Open Free Skating Competition: Barbara Roen, Stacy Shack, Rejean Johnston, Kellina Cooper, Edith Figliomeni, Tara Halo- nen, Ryan Singleton, Lynette Gauthier, Bon- nie Roen, Darla Dooley, Leigh-Anne Campbell, Patti Quinton, Petrina Mainstream Canada Taylor, Lynne John- ston, Tamara McPar- land, Andrea Stortini, Tonya Zborowski, Nicole Gauthier and Sandi Cooper. Winning medals in their events were: Postal "experiement" should be stamped out by W. ROGER WORTH The Canadian Fed- eration of Independent Business is upset about a decision by the government-owned Ca- nada Post to get into the retail business. With 64,000 members operat- ing small and medium- sized enterprises, more than a third of them re- tailoutlets, there's little wonder the organiza- tion is complaining. 'In a vote on the issue, almost 90 per cent of our members were opposed to such a pie ."' says the CFIB's ecutive Director, Le- Affairs, Jim In its Canada Post has set up catalogue kiosks for con- sumer goods, in co- operation with retailer Consumers Distribut- ing, at eight postal sta- tions, although the plan may eventually include all 8,000 postal of- fices. Canada Post expects to earn extra revenue from the retail system, in addition to the fees it charges for delivering the product. On the surface it may seem a reasonable plan. The problem, of course, is that it creates unfair competition for re- tailers and particularly smaller merchants who have invested heavily to service a local market. Here's why Canada Post's President Michael Warren should not be proud of this new "venture."' e Canadian taxpay- ers, including small re- tailers, subsidize Cana- da Post to the tune of $300-million per year for what is, many times, lacklustre service. In layman's terms, that's an average $30 per year direct cost for every worker in the country. e That means tax- payers will directly sub- sidize the new retail op- eration through the $25,000 per year sala- ties paid to the posties, as well as time spent by executives such as Warren, who earn an estimated $119 per hour © The subsidized post- al mises were paid. for by the Canadian pub- lic. Now these buildings are being used by Con- sumers Distributing, at cut-rate costs, to com- pete with private sector firms that built retail businesses with no pub- lic support. In fact, un- like Canada Post, these retail firms are heavily taxed on their invest- ments. For Consumers Distri- buting, of course, all this is one sweet deal. That company wins the advantage of using tax- yer financed build- and employees to compete with ordinary retailers. This is not the first time Canada Post has intruded into the private sector. In an earlier move, the giant Crown corporation incorporated a system designed to create advertising com- " petition for the media, including weekly news- papers, again using sub- sidized postal workers to handle the job. Yet, while Warren is directing these unfair and questionable for- ays into the private sector, Canada Post is losing $300-million per year with a single letter rate of 32 cents, while the United States sys- tem is profitable with a 25-cent (Canadian) rate. Canada Post says its eight-location retail op- eration is a 90-day ex- periment. That's good news. It means the post- ies can, and _ should, quietly close up retail shop at the end of the period and go back to running the basic deli- very service. Then tax- payers won't be unfair- ly subsidizing one retail- er at the expense of an- other. _ action Allan OR Action Realty Group Inc. 402 Memorial Ave. 345-6171 ® .* construction, Asking 78,500.00 SCHREIBER: Two year old custo of built-ins four bedrooms, two bath- rooms, dining room, large sundeck, 2 x 6 hillside panoramic view, a must to see. m built bi-level, lots " lot with a Lynette Gauthier and Ryan Singleton - Bronze in both Pre-Novice Pairs and Novice Dance; Nicole Gauthier - Silver in Juvenile Ladies; Edith Figliomeni - Silver in Pre-Juvenile Ladies '*A"; Tara Halonen- Bronze in Pre-Juvenile Ladies "A"; and Ta- mara McParland - Gold in Pre-Novice Ladies '6 'Ae? The Club's two Pre- cision Teams also com- peted in Thunder Bay. The younger team of the "*Snowonders' consist of skaters from the Club's new Canskate and Can- figureskate program- mes. Both teams, the Northstars and Snow- onders, as well as all other club members, will be performing in the Club's Ice Show "Dreamland"' to be held on April 7th and 8th. HIGGINS Mrs. Florence Kathleen Higgins, age 95 years of Birchwood Terrace and formerly of Badanai Manor, Thunder Bay passed away on Wednes- day, March 21, 1984. She had been a former resident of Schreiber for 46 years and had been employed at the YMCA! A member of the Rebeccas and Golden Age Club. Survived by her daughter, Kathleen (Mrs. B. Thorsteinson) of Terrace Bay, five granddaughters, 17 great grandchildren, three great, great grandsons and neices Irene (Mrs. F. Harness) and Mavis (Mrs. A. Slater) both of Schreiber. Predeceased by her tuusband Arthur. Rested at the King Funeral Home. Funeral Services were held on Saturdy March 24, at 2 p.m. from St. John's Anglican church. Interment Schreiber Cemetery. ces. Good luck Rich- ard. Again congratulations to all the players and coaches Ted Coupal and Tom Pollard for an ex- cellent season. The team is now preparing for an exciting end to the sea- son - their week-long trip to Arnprior and Ot- tawa for a Hockey Jam- boree in that area. The Midgets are in Hornepayne next week- end for a long-awaited invitational tournament. Township of Schreiber PUBLIC NOTICE COMMITTEE MEMBERS REQUIRED Volunteers are required to act on the Committee of Adjustment, and the property standards committee. This is an opportunity, to contribute to the Community, by acting on one or the other of these committees or both. : Neither committee is demanding of your time, and each commit- tee is a necessary part of the Zoning By-Law, and The Property Standards by-Law. requested to contact the Municipal Office for further details. A.J. Gauthier, Clerk-Treasurer Township of Schreiber, P.O. 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