WI-IITBY FREE, PRESS, WED NESDAY, JANUARY 13 1988, PAGE 1I1 ..rjJANUARY STOREWIDE 3 DAYS ONLY 9-6 Thursday Jan. 14. -8 Friday- Jan. 15 105Saturday Jan. 16 up to 50 off on giftware, jewellery crystal, silver, pewter & brass Fitz & Floyd, A TOUCH 0F'GLASS » Downtown.Whitby >, 668ï-3722-. 1'~ Don't foret shop. MERCA NTILETM Semi-Annual Gigantic Storewide Clearance Sale Continues ... Second Big Week! 2O-5Of? Quality Brand Name Mens' & Ladies' Clothing Sale includes aliRems in stock. Shop early forbest selection. Store Hours: Mon. - Thurs. 9 -6 Friday 9 - 8 Saturday 9 - 5:30 321 Brock St. S Whitby 668-3468 DOWNTOWN WHITBY ROXANNE REVELER News & Fectures Editor fi le Phone 655-3637j Reflections of a Golden Age By MABEL M. McCABE Just before the, Christmas break the TV news reported the postal dept.had passed the word that they had handled more packages than ever before. This.was considered by them as a great success. 0f those parcels* handled how many got to, the proper destinations or postal depots? I've been told of horror stories in our local facility. If you were the recipient of one of those cards telling you to corne and pick up a phrcel, read it carefully. It seems the packages are not at the post office on Dundas St. but over beyond Thicks'on Rd. on Garrard St. N. in a storefront operation. Where the card states the facility at the new location is open from 8 a.m. be advised it is not. t does not open until 9 a. M. Several have been victimized by this so-called misprint. If the card says your parcel is here for pick up and you go for it that day you probably will be told it is not there. This happened to a businessman recently. He,. however, became angry and demanded his someone had to work to find it -how sad. One incident that annoyed me very much concerned a woman in her eighties who, upon receiving such a card, quite naturally went to the post office she had aâlways« known. She does not drive. It was> a winter month and the walk-was sever&al blocks. She was told by the worker at the'counter that the facility was in the process of. being closed in the nearý future--and her parcel was at the aforementioned location on Garrard St. This would mean she had to spend money on a taxi or bus, or walk more blocks. This is a great inconvenience to the seniors of Whitby. The real capper was. when she gave her adult daughter a special note ,to make the pick-up for her. The wornan arrived at the time mentioned above and'was*'turned away. This lady asked if theywould please re-deliver the item an d was informed her mother would have to pay extra. Tý thank God it was a mild day when that senior walked to the original post office. In a normal winter.she could have caught cold or because our postal officials do not think we deserve proper delivery and service for the extremely inflated fee schedule they have set. There is no more consideration for the customer in this department and if we cannot have door-to-door service for aIl taxpayers then it's time for them to admit they cannot do the job. Do you suppose the Grinch has moved from Whoville and taken ut> residence at the Catnadian postal dept.? They are sure working to spoil the joy of getting and sending mail anywhere, at any time. Can they be as inefficient as they appear, or are they just trying to mix things up SO much that noone will ever be able to untangle them agaîn? 1, for one, think they are not fit for the job and it's time to put postal services into the hands of proper business people and get the gove .r- nMent out of il romfplet ely. Local~ artist displays his latest works Local artist Bill Fraser gave Broolin residents a chance to view two of his latest works last week when he assembled themn in Vipond's field, just north, of the Baptist Church, for a few days. Fraser, born and raised in Brooklln, entered the two pieces, 'Harvest Wheel' and 'Stone' in a recent' juried competition spon- sored by the Oshawa Multicultural Society. The competition for multiculturalisin symbolism and art drew about 25 adult competitors as well as displays, from Durham. College and students throughout the region. In ail there were somne., 600 works of art on display. Fraser's works have been chosen to be included. in a book, Multiculturalism Art Symbolism, to be printed later this year. Accordinig to Fraser, the works reflect bis outlook on farming. 'Harvest Wheel' despicts the cycle of the seasons while 'Stone' par- trays the changeover of wild lands to farming land and eventually to residential developmnent. He scoured garage sales, auto wreckers and people's back yards for the materials used ini his work. The large wheel atop bis one work, along with various size rocks, earth and ears of corn, camne from the very field Fr aser chose to display his art. Fraser is well known in art cir- cles throughout the region, par- ticularly through bis involvement. with the art camp sponsored by Durham Board of Education. LOCAL ARTIST Bill Fraser assembled Harvest Wheel in a'Brooklin field hast week' so area residents couhd view the symbohistie art in its natural setting., The work is'to be included in a.,fortheoming.book oný art. -É ree Press photo ........ .... .... ...........