lies! JUST WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR! | 4 LADIES WEAR, is coming to town. WATCH FOR THE GRAND OPENING of OUR SECOND STORE at BEACON and 3rd in ‘SIDNEY Husqvarna me _ built :< on: the integrity. of one Man... be You don’ t need reminding that almost. : 2 me “evarything costs a lot more now. than It did. “almost 3 years ago =~ the time ot the last postal increase, “©. - But, ean you Imagine how much operat. “ ing costs have risen for the postal system =" that serves the second largast eownty! In. . the world? .. ,; “transportation network, the cost of essen-. _ otlal eauininen and tha cost of our work ” force have all risen substantially, offacts of these increased operating costs” have brought Canada Post to the point. where It does not have the financial — ‘resources necassary to follow through: .on Important steps boing takon to Improve - service. Some of the steps we want to take ara: “Introduce more oxtonsive quality control. - we, Canad ata consistent mall serv co within nada. : a The cost of operating and fualing our vast . In spite of our best efforts, the combinad &s omer, 2 She Ler aban © eveaee oe pa bine tenon LLOYD A. JOHNSON BARRISTER & SOLICITOR IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE _ THE OPENING OF HIS LAW OFFICE at 210 - 2405 BEACON AVE. SIDNEY, B.C. (UPPER MALL - TOWN SQUARE) Monday to Saturday Tel. 656-0934 DESIGNER / BUILDER “sroney, Bc: 666-1708 o* LRESIDENTIAL DESIGN/PRAPTING, RESIDENTIAL ‘CONSTRUCTION gf FINISHING, CARPENTRY CABINETS /FURM TURE of one design engineer. reas “He Spends a lot of time engineering it. And.a Jot more time ‘out: in the woods ' _ ae working with the prototype. He may decide it needs to.go back to the drawing boa rd. Sa ~When he's’ satisfied himself —he's satisfied the. toughest critic -he. has. : ‘That's. why.the Husqvarna chain.saw you buy .will exceed your. expectations. :- Because. it’s: not-created by. the. ‘compromise. of, a committee: sit'se. J: - 10134 McDONALD PK. RD. fe Implement anew sorvice: monitoring . process which will improve rellabillty.: oe Expand lotter carrier dolivery within many . “ gommunitias to Provide more complate ~~. garvice, - 3 Increase. tho avallabitit of specialized '” mall services such as Priority Post, Spec Dalivary and Electronic Mail... ; Taking positive action, aoe ; - > By soon becoming a public corporation, . Canada Post will have the freedom to | operate as a moro responsive and efficient. . business, and eventually stop being a sub- __ Sidized arm of government with Its rasulting burdon on the taxpayer, But no business can be healthy oralfi: ‘ clont if it falls to racognize and adapt to the economic realities In which It must ‘-function. ve - And the present reality is that the oxlsting postal rates do not reflect the costs © involved in running Canada's mall sorvice the way it should bo run. - ~ {tle for this reason that Canada Post — plans the Implementation of new postal Talos garly noxt year, _Canadit_ THE REVIEW Parkland Parade By K.M.PENZ Panther play is well underway for. this school year. On the field, the senior boy’s soccer team kicked. off a 7-1 win over Lambrick Park but was headed off by. Vic High 1-0. The girls’ field hockey suffered a On the other side of the net, the senior boys volleyball team served up. another victory over Spectrum 15-12, 15-7 and are volleying for an Island berth. The senior girls squad, which began practices the first week of school, set off to Castlegar last weekend for a tournament. Both junior teams begin _ their seasons within the week. _Meanwhile,. the senior boys’ basketball team are vigorously preparing for an up- coming ‘exhibition game on Oct. 10 versus the comically skilful Harlem Clowns. *Parkland’s performing arts crew, chosen the cast for this season’s musical, Carnival — runaway girl who joins the circus. A unique feature of this production will be the use of ‘puppets in addition to live actors. eStudent council’s traditional grade 9 initiation day, which committed this year’s freshmen to the dictatorial mercy of their grade 12 ‘‘masters’’, added a bit of colour to - both the school and the grade 9’s cheeks. .°Finally, a drenched . community recreation 12 class returned last Thursday after a two-day survival trek through the west coast wilderness. This: week’s classes _wWring out tents when: you’re chest- acer in rod and tears..’ | ~ Fall Tune-Up Special _ on CHAINSAWS * ; “(compete tuneup - includes sharpening) q tO wipe We carry: es: - chains, sprockets, bars, files, and accessories 101348 MacDonald Park Rd. _ disappointing 0-5 loss against Edward Milne. Grassroots,’ has completed auditions and a lively operetta’ about a * give plan bylaws. Philp said he ~ will probably include lectures on ‘how to. ' " Jetters he. proposal, i specifics || Grant's se Small. ll Motors : Council still wavers on proposal Everyone seemed to be. a bit at cross purposes at a special meeting of North Saanich council with the advisory planning commission — last - Wednesday regarding George Aylard’s proposed develop- ment on. -80 acres south of Wains Road. » two APC — Only members __ attended, Obie Philp and Joe Lott, and they. didn’t agree as to why they were there. Some council: members: wanted to know why | the commission had recommended council approval in principal to. the project, which would require changes in the official community and several hadn’t come prepared. to discuss that. Lott - said he had. Aylard: and | Peter. Burchett attended with maps: and with from ~ the and the. giving . ad- engineers architect ditional on the. 61-dwelling but Ald. Alan _Cornford: -told ‘them that too. many were. ~ still lacking: , ; Philp. : overall ‘“*tremendous’’, called ‘plan with | only afew housesona . the- small: part . of property, but he said the approval Some of. these planned rates can be seen in the following table: - jet Class latter in Canada 0-30 gm. 30¢.. “= same city. = ‘at Class letter to U.S.A. 0-30 gm - 356 Parcel Post. A kilo $1. 10° Ast Class Parcel” _ 6.9, Montreal to Vancouver tkilo $3. 35 Special Delivery. . $1 plus ist Glass Postage " Cann Post has a national responsibility {o provide the most rollabto and complato mail service possible, The implementation of theso new rates Is nocessary If revenues are to bo brought moro In line with operat: ing expenses... nocessary to oase tho ‘burden of a doticit on tho taxpayer. And most vid eg of all, naceasary to allow Canada Poat to become, through improved - gorvice, one of the bost mall systoms in me weld. - Canada Post- setting things stright for te future, ae _ese77ia ] ; Ee problems te thought the basic plan . “> Sherwood > Saying -farm.”’ Aylard said the. “land involved had no agricultural. potential, : ‘|). andthat the best way > “to preserve farm land. was to make farm. — favored a _ Aylward _tersection "provincial. ment would. pay. half. 1 the cost of a traffic. offer shinee alternative | was - status quo. to anything. - bit was sound... - Mayor. such a development “would. bring cats and dogs and. kids into an agricultural area until ‘farmers will we. operations econ- omically healthy, Ald. information meeting without prior. ap- proval: in. principle. said had already been one. Rangel. suggested -- council hold a special .- - meeting to discuss the proposal’ and make a . it. ~ Sherwood agreed to decision | on. set a imecting «for: 20 Dp my Oct. 6.5, a a. sno Je ww fs By HELEN LANG -\. information: . ~- they’d been around. “the _- ultimate ‘height, and spread, of each shrub, ‘Fecommendation : 7. for. aa 1 ‘principle: was just. so 3 “the whole thing could «- wad] 20 tO. public: hearing. 7 “He didn’t think that- -would: commit: council : especially if the names (and some of them are: : = -Cornford. thought’ its: ae would: . -Lott said--he.» ba = patient: spouse. ‘could. - see. ‘Many. the: 2. “Brig: “Songested out just a-hair less than 30: ‘pounds of fine ‘be u can’t. “centre is hollow. Jay ~Rangel’ “public there: Sete cee ace Wednesday, October 7, 198] That rain certainly didn’t do much for the petunias. Poor lambs are looking just awful, but most.of them will put out another lot of flowers if the rain doesn’t continue too long. “It is beginning to look like fall in earnest now and the gutters will be filling with leaves. “Ah me... . The starlings arrived in a screaming horde ‘a couple of days ago, thinking to. clean off our grape vines. Only the day before we had admired the ripening clusters and decided we should put netting over the top. If they hadn’t been so noisy, I’d never have noticed them until too late.. As it happened the door was open, and I arrived almost as soon as they did, screaming likea fire siren, and shaking my fists and generally behaving like a mad housewife. We got. busy immediately, and picked almost all the ripe ones — the grape jelly is sitting on the kitchen counter, as a result. Half an hour later, and silently, this time, the starlings were back, and there isn’t one ripe grape left on the vines, but as usual, they ‘left’ a collection’ of unpleasant ‘“‘calling =f cards’ all over the steps. just to:let us know Time to put in a lawn, if you ‘are land- scaping, and to think - about putting. in shrubs. Do try to plan. your garden before you go to a nursery, so that you get shrubs: that. will do well in your special location. Most: good garden ‘books tell you what to © buy for a shady location (or sunny one), the | whether it. flowers, or has berries, “if. it is . fragrant, etc. etc. If you don’ t have. sich: a book, and.don’ t want to: buy. one, your library. should be able. f “to -supply. you. .with “some good reading. Books with’ pictures are wonderfully helpful, Ns =. horrendous) don’t mean too much to you: as: This is'also’a.great time to: pot. up: -sorhe ‘parsley. plants,. chives,.: and even: a couple. of mint roots, : ‘to bring: inside for winter.use: T- “hope. you. “have. wide -windowsills, » and a ~ build a house with windowsills that: ‘slope, sO. ‘that nothing - may be put on: yahem. = t : -understand why: ot a Finally. dismantled my ‘potato. ‘container ; (made from two large stacked tires) and dug © _ large: potatoes, so this method of growing is u to. be recommended. Some of them.are — ‘| almost a pound apiece, doubtless because of: - all the concentrated watering - they were - given, Haven't ‘cut one in. half yet ‘to see if the wl don’ { want to Spoil my reputation! _ »\.. Those of you. who haven’ t the room for a garden or weren't able to get around to _ planting one this year, might.really enjoy a ~ drive through the countryside, where all sorts of nice people have vegetable and fruit stands... Tomatoes, apples, cucumbers, squash, cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, potatoes, and pears are fresh, locally grown, . and abundant. They. will never be cheaper, 80 if you want to stock up your freezer, now is the time. 7 Tf you want applies and pears that will last. almost . all winter, try to. get. Spartons, MacIntosh Reds, Granny. Smiths or Golden. Delicious, but if you want. something =» delectable, for immediate use, try Tydemans - Red... the juice runs down your chin. Bartlett. pears are also to be used as soon vas they smell ripe but’ D' Anjou, Comice or: Winter Nelis will last. for months if kept iva cool dark spot, Happy shopping! .. ” come ‘under fire North Saanich public works . com- mittce will. seck a mecting - with the minister of highways to. discuss ‘the ‘in- Bay Highway, ~ Ald, Jim Cumming told the conmmittee the light, and moved the “be accepted, the. only ‘the of) Tryon, Road and the Patricia - govern- | providing.-a lane - for ©. local traffic. In other news; > their: names be made Ald... Edgar Far public, thing moved. to ~The committee decline the offer and decided: to replace the seck an interview with large bin’ in the the minister, The. parking: lot. with - committee favors an. smaller containers by — overpass’ or some the. picnic - tables, rearrangement although | Cumming warned: if containers were too small people - would steal them... People: wha dump People who run houschold garbage in’ their “dogs in Bazan and. around the ° Bay Park. will be container at Bazan — asked to.use the newly Bay Park came under) acquired. park fire, with Ald. Jay — property.» between Rangel. suggesting Lochside and. the | highway instead.