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What a hollow victory! Not only does Canada Post pursue relentlessly its nickle-and-diming-todeath of the Canadian taxpayer, it simultaneously does so through discriminatory reduction and elimination of service, and with delivery that belies the statistical success management spews forth. Some of our complaints: why does our Kitchener sister paper receive mail, especially from Toronto, at least a day earlier than us regularly; why did it take four days longer for award results from Toronto to reach us than it did to reach our sister paper in New Hamburg when both were mailed the same day; although we admit to an error in the last two digits of an addressed envelope we sent out, why was a package addressed to Bingeman Park, with the correct postal code affixed, returned stamped "no such address? Is it policy? Working to The cries came in over the phone lines to our office late last week, and it was hard to discern whether they were cries of anger or cries of despair. Likely both. "lsn't there something we can do?" sniffed one caller, bemoaning the announcement by Canada Post that it would be raising the cost of mailing a letter in Canada from 37 cents to 38 cents Jan. I, 1989. Well, there isn't much, especially when the hike is sur- rounded by self-congratulatory talk from our most publicized Crown corporation about the fact it can boast its Ftrst. operating profit in the past three decades. Canada Post head Donald Lander, faced with a federal government goal of achieving a $26 million operating profit by the end of the 1988-89 fiscal year, has a tough task, without a doubt. We understand his comments on inflation, and innovation, and keeping up with the competition. But in antagonizing the Canadian taxpayer with the nickle- and-dime approach, and by attacking the deficit by citing problem "Y" when everyone else knows the problem is "X", Lander is costing himself dearly in the areas that Canada Post most needs to bolster: image and respect. We stand to applaud the appointment of Kathy Durst to the position of Commissioner of Recreation and Culture this week, announced Monday by the city offWaterloo. __ _ A A - Durst, who replaces the retired Ken Pflug in the slightly-al- tered portfolio, becomes the rtrst woman commissioner employ- ed by the city. - . PAGE a - WATERLOO W. WEDNESDAY war a. a! But this was no token gesture on the part of the city. Durst, a congenial and effervescent bundle of energy, has headed the seniors division of the city's community services department for 13 years, and is eminently qualified for her new role. A brilliant individual in technical areas, Durst more importantly brings to her position an understanding not only of the pressing issues of the day, but of the needs of individuals young and old. She has exemplified the best of professional and personal attitudes, has more than earned her stripes, and we wish her nothing but the best as she tackles her newest, challenging astsignrneqt, Opinion _ tttttears',',": r'gfit't"ilt'l1l'lllttt' 'tth-tttst-tttie)). 1tgittygt2flr* Chiiiiificle 5&5“me Wtstar%rattits,ortr8i. tt.,tlhtai%tAhtt.NNtM. magnum”; "rtitttietBiirsee6atn. Watar1mtCtmtetieletdtkais ktstatdirrthe9,Whitrr 1.rrdtit0ttirdirqtemr manna-M). T Who profits? Great choice You Said It 'Tm going to Grand Bend. It's, an opportunity to get way with my friends, do some drinking, and soak up some rays." So what's happening on the long weekend? Second Class Mail Registration Number 5540 established 1854 1yrt,r.tthret""tetstttt hurrah, Mammmw tin Kirk?” (new) but in“ (mm! Tim Allensen Waterloo if R I V. = ' I "cs, ‘ "ta / A l . A) l _ . ' ' , t a i x ‘ x ‘ ' > a - "ilSiiiii2 . ' k cq1ry02", , ( . ‘ I Fl _ . “e0 Ac, 7 w k . M. _ l T s 'Tm camping at the Elora Gorge. I'm bicycling up. Last time, I got lost in the middle of a rainstorm, so I hope that I have better luck this year. f'" tuChnmid-ltmttmktte" to an editor. M dttrttld be MW!) and with an. IBM- and “W number 'ttd.itrt-tiiMhraemratt, NitattdgttMkttttitriOetittb “.1“!th Ill-Wham. 1trtltitrptidti-trtrt)u Kathleen McSpurren Waterloo ml FG"".'.', 130 PM 0mm . tt'l8heg'td.' “W "I'll be driving people to the airport for Airways Transit. There is an increase of domestic flights on the long weekends. N like to go up to Tobermory, but I have to work. iiii',iii?:'iiiti and a . ”than *elhtttttarattiott in would mm m their concern to the Ontario PM attttdl,4thntar,M1tiag8tmet 1kat,Nmtrt,thttarktttrCtigr, Thtaektr0ttmttiekiiotaNiited 1mrr,6httsshrie Mark Perkin Kitchener