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* S tor tuture reterence PAGE 10â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JANUZ MAIL FOR DELIVERY TO THE U.S.A. For your convemience clip out this rate table for future reterence MAIL FOR DELIVERY WITHIN CANADA CANADA POST CORPORATION MAIL FOR HEEEL NEW POSTAGE RATES IN EFFECT ASOF ... This rate applies only on metered and permit mail that does not include postal code or meet postal standards (eg size) All letters bearing postage stamps and all standard letters remain at 30¢ until the 15th of February. when the rate will be 32¢ A variet{ of rates apply to different types of mail. You can have complete ( information by contacting your local Postmaster or Sales Representative. Nonâ€"standard letter rate (0 â€" 30 g) Parcels (to 30 kg) Local Detivery (2 kg) Vancouver to Winnipeg (2 kg) Special Services Cerutred Mail* Reqistered Mail* Special Delivery* Ottawa to Halifax to Montreal (2 kg) JAN.15 The following is a selection of postage rates which will apply. as of January 15th, 1983. tor the delivéry of Canadian and International ma Complete intormation on ali postage rates is available at you" tocal post office FEB.iD Letiers. postcards and greeting cards _ (0â€" 30 g) 37¢ Airmail letters. aerograms and postcards (0 â€" 20 g) 64¢ Unsealed greeting cards â€" airmail (0 â€" 20 g) 48¢, Unsealed greeting cards â€" surface (0 â€" 20 g) 374;\ The following postage rate will apply as of February 15th, 1983 Standard letter rate 1st Class Letters (0 â€" 30 g) Toronto (2 kg) 1st Class . Parcel Post 1st Class . Parcel Post 1st Class . Parcel Post 1st Class Parcel Post *Plus applicable postage Ca 1 i a da $1.70 $1.59 $1.91 37¢ Casey Philippi (right), an instructor for the Canadian Hearing Society, demonstrates to Renate Gros some of the signs which will be taught in Beginner Sign Language courses offered by the organization. The courses are due to start in various tocations in the Waterioo region Jan. 25 and Jan. 26. Pat Arbuckie photo Pat Arbuckle Chronicle Staff In an effort to remove the barriers that exist between the deaf and the hearing, the Canaâ€" dian Hearing Society is sponsorâ€" ing its second session of classes in Beginner Sign Language. The 12â€"week session, due to begin in Waterloo Wednesday, Jan. 26, 7 to 9 p.m. at St. Jerome‘s College is designed‘"‘ to provide students with basic communicaâ€" tions skills" of American Sign Language, said Lesley Korody, coâ€"ordinator of sign language classes for the Canadian Hearing Society. Similar classes will also be available in Kitchener at Rockâ€" way Gardens Senior Citizens Cenâ€" tre and in Cambridge at the Preston Centre. Deirdre Chisholim. lecturer in fine arts at Wilfrid Laurier Uniâ€" versity, will have a show of her own prints and drawings this year at a prestigious art gallery in Japan. She has been invited to show her work by the Gallery Marrione in Kyoto, a large city in central Japan. The exâ€" hibition will be held American Sign Language is described by Korody as a sepaâ€" rate language from English in the sense that it has its own syntax and grammatical structure. It is also the language that is used by deaf people when they are speakâ€" ing to one another. Korody warns that students should not expect to be fluent in sign language at the conclusion of the session but they should be able Sign language program helps remove barriers WLU lecturer to show works at Japan gallery The invitation was extended during Chiâ€" sholm‘s visit to Japan last year. It is considâ€" ered a special honor to be asked to display works in Japart, since it has a great reputation for such work by its own artists. May 10 to 17, 1983. She will show about 25 of her works The course concentrates on the teaching of conceptual language through the use of stories, skits. mimes and natural gestures. in addition to the signs themselves But according to Korody. ~half the battle is getting students to loosen up and use their bodies to communicate." Although it is still parents of deaf children or those in direct contact with a deaf person who tend to come to the classes, the learning of sign language can be a valuable tool for anyone, in Korody‘s opinion. to communicate with a deaf per son. "It is not a difficult language to learn," she said, ‘"but you need practice. People who want to become fluent cannot just take classes. They must be involved with the deaf community and therefore use their sign language all the time." Cost of the classes is $45 pe person and interested persons are asked to preâ€"register since classes, which are limited to 20 persons, tend to fill quickly. To register, contact the Canaâ€" dian Hearing Society at 744â€"681! before the Jan. 21 deadline. After graduating in 1976 from the Ontario College of Art with a major in printâ€"making and drawing, Chisholm lectured at the Univerâ€" sity of Waterloo before moving to Laurier three years ago. A show of work by he" students was he!0 !* cently at the Concourse Gallery at the universiâ€" ty.