Published: August 21, 2008 04:46 pm            

LETTERS: Great time in LaSalle

Great time in LaSalle

As longtime residents of LaSalle, it was nice to see an often neglected part of the city be the site of some great entertainment. It’s about time event’s like Saturdays’ Blues Festival in Griffon Park were brought to LaSalle. It was well attended and a nice way to spend one of the few nice sunny days this rainy summer has offered. We were treated to some great music and nice family suitable entertainment. There was plenty for the kids to do. Bounce houses, face painting and a coloring contest kept the little ones occupied while the adults enjoyed the music. What a great and novel idea the planners of t his festival had in providing these activities.

We would like to thank Lisa Routhier and the LaSalle Business Association, the City of Niagara Falls and all sponsors and organizers of this wonderful event. Do it again next year. Someone finally got it right!

Rich and Donna Rotella

Niagara Falls



Mail back post office equipment

Our post office is conducting a roundup. We’re looking to gather up stray mail equipment, hoping to bring them back to the barn.

We know that our flat tubs (white buckets) sometimes wander out of our post offices and find their way into business storage areas or under desks. And the critters are sneaky, getting into homes, too. Before you know it, they’re storing file folders, office supplies, shoes, or stacks of firewood. One little guy was seen at the curb holding recyclables on garbage day. Oh, the embarrassment!

But it’s time for our plastic containers to come home. We miss them and are finding it more difficult to transport mail, 700 million pieces daily throughout the country, to our customers’ homes and businesses. We want them back and we’re willing to take them without any questions. Scouts honor!

For those that don’t know what postal equipment looks like, we’ve branded them with our name: “Property of the United States Postal Service.”

So how about helping us round up our stray equipment? Customers can give them to a carrier or drop them off at the post office. If a whole herd of them drifted into someone’s corral, they can give us a call at the post office. We’ll be happy to make arrangements to get them.

We are honored and proud to serve this community. And we thank our customers kindly for helping us keep our costs down by returning our postal equipment. We’re much obliged!

Thomas Szklarz, postmaster

Niagara Falls

        

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