HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1995-12-06, Page 15Times -Advocate, December 6, 1995
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COMM1JN[TY
Post office rush begins
EXETER - "They're not so much
deadlines as mailing guidelines,"
said Postmaster Keith Ahrens, re-
ferring to this year's hol-
iday season mailing dates.
Although the inter-
national mailing guide-
lines have passed, you
can still write to Santa
Claus at North Pole,
HO HO HO.
"We try to ac- '
commodate (local 1
letters) right up
to the last min-
ute," said Ah-
rens, adding
"We do it company -wide
across Canada now."
Many children write their letters
to Santa at school and the Exeter
post office directs about 200 of
them to the North Pole every year.
On an average day the post office
receives 7,000 to 10,000 letters. Af-
ter a quiet summer, in September
the amount of mail begins to in-
crease until it at least doubles dur-
ing the three-week stretch before
Christmas.
"We've been seeing Christmas
parcels for a month now," said
Ahrens.
Because more
mail must be
cleared through
customs at this
! time of year, he ex-
plained, the process
is slowed down and
therefore mailing
guidelines are earlier.
Normally a parcel
spends one day being
cleared at customs.
For the Christmas sea-
son, Ahrens expects the
post office to sell 14,000 Greet
More stamps to go with Greet More
envelopes which display postai
code boxes. Sending Christmas
mail this way costs 40 cents per
stamp, which works out to a dis-
count of five cents per envelope.
As for other Christmas mail, said
Ahrens, "Most people try to send it
regular mail because that's the
cheapest."
However, there is some demand
for faster mail at this hectic time of
year. A two-day Express Post and
one -day Priority Courier is avail-
able and cost varies according to
package or letter weight and the
distance it is mailed.
There are also special Christmas
stamps to use including Canadian,
United Stats and International ver-
sions.
Flfteen students from Andrea's Dance Studlo in Huron Park recently won medals at the 1995
B.A.T.D (British Association of Teachers of Dancing) Western Ontario Dance compeitiion at Alt -
house College in London. Back row, front left to right, Robin Harvey, Meaghan Wegg, Melissa
Robinson, Jasmine Bender, Kim Wegg, Jackie Glover, Ashley Arnold and Kali Wegg. Front row,
from left to right, Lisa Arnold, Nicole Christie, Kevin Bromley, Andrea Doroshenko, Robyn Brom-)
ley, and Melissa Simpson. Absent is Melissa Angyal.
Natalie Mason keeps up with the Christmas rush at the Exeter Post Office.
Bike shop hit
by theft
AILSA CRAIG - Three new
hikes were stolen Thursday from
Hank's Bikes on Main Street.
The bikes were still in their boxes
at the time of the theft.
Liquor stolen
ZURICH - A quantity of liquor
was taken from the Zurich Liquor
Store Sunday.
Liquor was also stolen from a
residence just north of Exeter last
Tuesday.
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