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Page 2, News, Tuesday, February 5, 1991 Life Members Stella Gusul and Lillian Belliveau were awarded Life Memberships by the Ladies Auxiliary to the Royal Canadian Legion , Branch #223, Terrace Bay, for outstanding service in the Auxiliary and in the community. Dance for Heart soon Dance for Heart will be Campus of Lake Superior High School on Feb. 20. Beginning at 6.30 p.m. and lasting for three hours, Dance for Heart gives participants the benefits of a good workout and the opportunity to raise funds to support research to help reduce disability and premature death due to heart disease and stroke. Participants are asked to collect pledges. This annual event have raised $27,000 in the past four years. Those wishing to par- ticipate, you must be over 16 years of age, or make a pledge can contact the Terrace Bay Recreation Centre. Post Office wants to negotiate a new lease Continued from page 1 Buchan explained. "Either the Postmaster has retired or accepted the incentive package[for early retirement]," she said, "That leaves the position vacant and the corporation doesn't have to fill it. It has fulfilled its obligation not to fire the person." The building in which the Terrace Bay Post Office is located is in the process of being sold by Public Works Canada. Terrace Bay Township Council believes that the sale of the building means the closure of the Post Office is a distinct possibility and is opposed to such a sale. The municipality is circulating a petition seeking public support for its position. The petition calls upon parliament to stop the sale of the building because it could mean the loss of the Post Office and that, the petition y) « says, "would greatly reduce the quality of postal service in the community and would serious- ly impair communications for ~ business and residents in the area. The petition also points out that the building is considered to be a hub of activity for the township and."its elimination would result in a reduction in the quality of life in the area." Christine Desnoyers, of the Winnipeg Office of Canada Post, said the corporation wants to get a new lease from the new owner and maintain the corporate outlet in Terrace Bay. "If we get a new lease Canada Post won't be going anywhere," she said, "Failing that what we would try to do is establish a retail outlet." A retail postal outlet would provide customers with the same service and all of the services they received from a corporate outlet, she explained. "You can buy stamps, post Pani vou Our sincere thanks and appreciation to all the people who (volunteered their time and equipment in the search for Gorden on Lake Nipigon - O.PP. Nipigon, Office staff, O.PP. searchers, KCAX@G--QLAG- mail, get Priority Courier and have postal boxes," she said. The only difference is one of location, she said. The services - would be in "an established business somewhere in the community." Desnoyers said it is possible to have postal boxes for mail pick-up in retail outlets but that. "would depend on the space available at the host business." If postal boxes cannot be made available at the retail outlets community mailboxes [super mail boxes] or mini- parks are provided, she said. A mini-park is a group of - community mailboxes centrally located in a community rather than in various locations , she explained. Should Canada Post be unable to negotiate a new lease -when the building is sold Canada Post will be in. discussion with municipality conceming the various options for continued postal service Desnoyers said. : O.PP. Northwest Patrol, Domtar, Domtar employees, Hydro, Kimberly-Clark, Council and staff of the Township of 2 Trans Canada Pipelines, Trenton Search and Rescue, Ontario = A A Terrace Bay, Shift 1 - Terrace Bay Steam Plant, all those who 'S stood by if we needed more searchers, Gorden's friends for ont our family who was there when we needed them, and to a friend LS who rented a plane and searched himself. Your efforts will always 5 Gre remembered. Thank you for the caring and support from many people who called, dropped in, baked, cooked meals and sent flowers during this difficult time. We will always remember your thoughtfulness. The Ziegler Family Oliver, Norma, Jim & Barry CKICOEH Om EHC MKOEKO)> taking place at the Terrace Bay | Lake Superior High School Principal's Perspective by Balan Menon Balan Menon will be contributing occasional articles about LSHS and the educational scene. In this issue he writes about his personal introduction to the job and the community. Greetings from LSHS to all parents and indeed the community as a whole. (By "the community", I mean, of course the whole geographical region served by this school, including Terrace' Bay, Schreiber, Jackfish, Rossport, Pays Plat and others). My wife and I have settled comfortably in our charming "chalet" in Jackfish. We understand that the winter is flexing its muscles and displaying some of its infinite variety in more than its usual intensity. The beauty, however, is incredible! The woods and hill surrounding us paint our romantic setting in almost pastoral relief amidst a rugged wilderness, with the evergreens wearing white fluffs of snow. And the craggy hillsides are clad in the' crystalline translucence of flowing water held spellbound in the sheer poetry of frozen motion! As' you can tell, the beauty of this area seems to fill our souls with poetic rapture! Let me begin by thanking you all for your warm welcome - it is more than enough to thaw the hardiest winter weather. Jon and Audrey Ferguson, our neighbours, introduced us to the joys of a sleigh-ride. We welcomed the New Year along with the Fergusons and our immediate neighbours, the Knieppes and the Falzettas. Mike Cosgrove is responsible, I believe, for our getting prompt telephone service. Mike Moore has offered to initiate me into the Chamber of Commerce, and Joe Comisso is in the process of "Lionizing" me! Several of you came to meet me at the school and gave me much to think about. We have been greeted and welcomed by people who met us on the streets and in stores and invited us to their homes. Thank you all for making us feel "at home". And we are touched by those who came to meet us at the receptions in Terrace Bay and Schreiber. These events were planned after much informal discussion with members of the community and on suggestions I received as the best way to meet a large number of people. And over two hundred people came with goodwill and offers of help - among them our two largest area employers, the Mines and KC, represents by Mr. & Mrs. Dickson and Mr. & Mrs. Grimm, who came with sentiments of encouragement and support for the staff and students of LSHS in our educational goals and endeavors. I am proud of this community! To the school board, and especially our local trustees, go my thanks for their support. Besides our local trustees, Mrs. Pat Richardson (Chair-man of the Board) came all the way from Marathon, and Mrs. Margaret Cole brought greetings from as far away as Manitouwadge. Director of Education, Ian McQuarrie, and Superintendent of Education, Ted Lake, have gone out of their way to make me feel comfortable and supported in my job. What a wonderful way to start becoming part of this job and environment! These receptions were intended to project my message that the school must be and is, an extension of the community. The school and the community are bound together by mutual objectives, contributing to and enriching one another. This is my vision, as Principal of LSHS. Let me end this initial message with a declaration of our basic philosophy at LSHS: Our watchword is excellence - in all that we aim at and all that we do. The staff of the school are committed to the over-all objective of making this school the ideal place for students to attain the highest possible degree of excellence, both academic and personal. We count on your support to achieve this goal.