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Solution said simple Toll-free service would cost Damascus gets phone facts to mailing delays Ever think your Christmas gifts were sent on a slow boat to China? Have you received thank-you cards for Easter gifts from Aunt Mavis in Australia—gifts intended for Christman? The solution is fairly simple, says Sandy Postmaster John Metsger: Mail early for all those overseas Christmas gifts. Although “ anticipation is sometimes better than the g ift,” Metsger asks people to check with the post office to make sure gifts intended for Christmas are received on time. “ We w orry about the packages we see still in the o ffice on C hristm as day,“ Metsger notes. Metsger also adds the post office is still receiving mail with out-dated route and box numbers According to the Sandy postmaster, the route numbers haven’t been in effect since 1975 although the post office is still getting material with these addresses. This has even caused problems with income tax returns. He suggests that persons notify friends and associates of the five-digit street numbers and names. Following is a chart with appropriate dates for overseas mailing. Mailing Dates for Christmas 1 o as*urr the timely arrival of international civil and overseas military mail for Christmas delivery, all mail should be deposited at loral post offices before the follow ing dates Military Mail Parcel Airlift Damascus area can nave toll-free service to Gresham right now—if they’re w illing to pay for it. Damascus Community Association members were told Thursday that toll-free dialing to Gresham would co6t an ad ditional $5.35 a month beyond the base rate. Vem Chesbro, president of Continental Telephone of the Northwest, said extended area service for the Sunnyside exchange ( inc luding Damascus) is being studied. “ We are capable and willing to provide extended area service to Sunnyside,” Chesbro said. “ The problem is how to pay for it. “ It doesn’t make any difference to us if it is installed or not. The question we ask is, ‘ Is it fa ir? ” ’ Chesbro said a recent survey showed that 23 per cent of Sunnyside’s 3,000 customers never called Gresham during the test month. He said 2,051 customers called Gresham an average of less than nine times a month. “ Eight calls could cost about $2. But the cost of extended area service would far exceed that,” Chesbro pointed out Chesbro came from Continental’s Seattle office to speak with area residents on phone service, an issue that has bubbled controversially for several years. He and his entourage of 11, including customer service managers, employe representatives, district engineers, design managers and public relations specialists, nearly outnumbered residents and ran into a hostile crowd. ‘‘We get hit with the highest costs and the most rotten service of any place I ’ve been in the United States,” one resident harangued. “ The problem is, you’re dinky. If Ma Bell came in here, the rate would drop.” He urged residents to go to the state public u tility commissioner and have Continental removed. Chesbro told the man that in the past the Bell system has not been interested in rural service because it was unprofitable. “ We have less than one customer per mile throughout our system and that is the problem. The number of customers is not important—it ’s the cost of service that affects the b ill.” Chesbro also told the man Continental was not dinky and said the man would not do anyone any good by trying to em barrass its president. He said telephone companies cannot add an indefinite number of hookups to existing lines like the power companies do He also said the $5 35 additional cost for extended area service would be affected very little by an increase in customers. “ And no one could do this any cheaper,” he said. Chesbro also said that Gresham (meaning General Telephone Co.) isn’t interested in extended area service to Sunnyside. “ The demand just, isn’t there so we would not have a reciprocal agreement. The result would be that we would have to make up their lost revenues from handling ou r calls ” He said other costs would come from the equipment required and its maintenance. But, he added. Continental is looking at the problem and “ we’ll keep you posted on our progress. If we can do it, we’ll find an economic way to provide the service.” Complaints from the audience, when specific, focused on disconnections, faulty sound systems and dialing problems. Chesbro said the company was aware of the complaints and said help was in sight. A new switching system w ill be installed in Sunnyside in 1979 which w ill offer all services available at that time “ This w ill speed up touch tone dialing and should solve most of the mechanical problems,” Chesbro said “ The new office should be the final answer in problems of this kind.” Chesbro told DCA members that phone companies are moving toward usage sensitive pricing, where billing would be proportional to usage “ It would be a metered system where even local calls would be billed per call. The users would pay and would also be able to control their bill. Thus, those who use the phones the most would pay the most and those who don’t would not pay so much. “ Public utility commissioners all over are saying charge the people that use the service. This is the trend the industry is taking and it looks like something we’ll have to do down the road,” Chesbro said. 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Elected as DCA council members were Kathy Kelley, Tom Tyner and Vic Thompson. All four were elected by acclamation and w ill serve two-year terms. Poor light Too Late to Classify can cause problems More indoor plant problems are caused by poor light than any other aspect of en vironment, according to Gray Thompson, Clackamas County Extension agent, home-urban horticulture. Now that the sun is tracing a lower angle in the sky and the days are getting shorter, a check of light levels on indoor plants is advisable, Thompson says. The ideal position for most plants, especially flowering ones, is a large window with a southern exposure. Foliage plants generally need less light than flowering varieties and most of them can be grown well in all exposures. Window light can also be supplemented with a rtificial light. “ If you are unsure of a plant's light requirements, inquire at an indoor plant store or nursery.” Thompson adds. High indoor temperatures in the fall and winter may also cause plant problems, it was noted. House plants respond best to temperatures from 60 to 74 degrees F. They also need a definite change in temperature, just as occurs in nature. This means a five to ten degree drop at night so that plants can build up new tissues from the food supply they manufactured during the day. “ When the room is too hot, plants tend to become spindly and less resistant to disease and insect attact. They also produce poor quality flowers,” Thompson explained. W atering and fe rtiliz e r requirements are decreased also with shorter days. 7 TOP ENERGY USERS N ea rly h alf of the agricultural energy demand in the United States is con centrated in seven states: Texas, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, California, Kansas and Minnesota, according to the Agriculture Department B IG TOOL SALE B A N D SAW: wood stove, platform scale; m otors, lots more. Friday only. 9 a m . -5 p.m . 17435 E. Burnside. M 44t M O V IN O : HOUSE full of furniture must go, including custom built coffee and end tables, Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 5 and 6. 13031 N .E . Richey Rd., Boring. 663 6155. » Deluxe Colonial Storm Door Rog. *4 5.9 9 - Rog. *64.99 «12» P orch or Bodroom Texture Paint Additive D el Val Lighting Full 1-inch thick • #25T 32 or 3 6 ” wide Right or loft hand swing Complete with handlo, closing hard ware U ° Uunl <?y ib< • • tgtb • Watorboso point a d d itiv o p ro ducás toxturod coating. Rog. *2.29 1 -inches thick, pro-hung Suck dosign in w hito acrylic „mei . ompored glass 36 ” wido • #75T • • • 9 ’hlo for O tax credit . . . As of April 21, 1977 . . . energy or a naw tax brook Such things as storm doors and windows, insulc s tr ip p in g and caulking. 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