Page 10, Portland Observer, December 0, 198/
Postal Service Gives Tips on
Christmas Mail Preparation
With a little bit of care, holiday
cards and packages can arrive on
time and in good shape, says your
local post office
In addition to mailing early, postal
customers are urged to properly
address cards and packages with
the name, house number and street
(or post office box) number, and
the city, state and ZIP plus 4 Code
reserved for the last line. Use of
apartment numbers is also very im­
portant.
It is also a good idea to put a slip
of paper with the recipient's name
and address and your return add­
ress inside parcels, and be sure the
addressing on the outside of the
parcel includes your return address
and ZIP plus 4 Code.
Parcels will arrive at their intend­
ed destinations on time and in good
shape if you follow a few simple
suggestions:
Cusion:
Make sure contents
are well-cushioned and there is no
empty space in the box.
D on't overw rap: Just use your
carton for mailing; wrapping it in
paper is unnecessary.
Seal properly: Close your parcel
with one of the three recommended
types of tape: pressure sensitive,
nylon reinforced kraft paper or glass
reinforced pressure sensitive.
A void smudges: Use smudge
proof ink when addressing all your
holiday package.
Address properly, use ZIP plus
4 Code: Put recipient’s address in
the lower right portion of the pack
age and your return address in the
upper left corner of only one side
of the package. Be sure to include
the ZIP plus 4 code in all addresses.
Remember, a wrong ZIP Code can
delay the delivery of mail.
M ail early. Time it right; mail
early in the season and early in the
day. Small items may be deposited
in collection boxes.
Use the rig h t service: Irreplace­
able items, such as cash and other
valuables, should be sent Regi­
stered Mail.
For in fo rm a tin
concerning
postage, rates and fees, and the
location of your nearest C hrist­
mas m ailing sta tio n , call your
local post o ffice .
C u sto m e rs U rged to M a il Early
This H o lid a y Season
The Holiday Season is here again.
It is the busiest and heaviest time of
the year for the Post Office.
During this holiday season the
Postal Service will handle more than
12 billion holiday cards, letters and
packages.
To handle this monumental
amount of mail, the Postal Service
asks customers to "Mail Early in
the Season and early in the day.
Your local post office's primary
objective for the 1987 Christmas
Mailing Season is, to make it as
convenient as possible for custom­
ers to get their holiday letters and
packages mailed in time for delivery
by Christmas.
The following is a list of special
activities to assist postal customers
this holiday mailing season:
ivlaii Early C ollection Boxes —
Beginning Monday, December 7th,
your post office will begin special
collection runs to strategically
placed "Mail Early" collection boxes
throughout the city.
These "M ail Early" collection
boxes will be marked with a green
Christmas tree decal on their side.
Cards and letters, deposited in one
of these boxes before 11:00 a.m.,
will receive more expeditious hand-
ling, earlier in the day.
The majority of these boxes will
be located along main thorough­
fares in your town. For the one
nearest you, call your local post
office.
Postal co n tra ct stations & Self
Service:
As an added conven­
ience, local postal contract stations
will be open outside normal post o f­
fice hours and Self Service Postal
Units are available to serve you 24
hours a day. Call your local post
office for location and hours.
Saturday Service: Specified
post offices, stations and branches
will be open December 12 and 19,
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., as full ser­
vice and retail mailing outlets. Call
your local post office for the one
nearest you.
W ill Call Service: All post of­
fices will be open for customers to
pick up packages on December 12
and 19 from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Call Postal Info rm a tio n : 294-
2300. M ail early in the season —
early in the day. Christm as is
ju st days away.
Petett Defends Transplants Decision-----
by Nyewusi Askan
When Freddye Webb Petett ap
peared before the Join Subcom
mittee on Ways and Means for
Human Resources, she recom
mended that the state not fund
organ transplants for welfare clients
and, instead, spend the money on
prenatal care for welfare mothers.
Last week, when 7-year-old
Adam Jacoby "Coby" Howard died
of leukemia, his mother blamed the
state for not giving him a chance
to live. Ms. Howard, unemployed
and without health insurance, had
launched a money-raising campaign
after learning that Coby needed a
bone marrow transplant. The fund
raising effort raised $70,000 but fell
far short of the $100,000 needed by
the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Re­
search Center in Seattle to perform
the operation.
Ms. Petett, Administrator of the
Adult and Family Services Division
explained that organ transplants for
welfare clients are expensive, and
that under federal law, if a state
decides to use welfare money to pay
for transplants, it must pay the bill
for all the clients who need the
operations.
House Speaker Vera Katz, D
Portland, and Senate President
John Kitzhaber support Ms. Petett's
position. Their support was voiced
during a meeting of the Legislative
Emergency Board.
There are those, like Portland’s
Democratic Rep. Tom Mason, who
believe that the Legislature's deci­
sion raises serious medical and
ethical questions.
He wants the
state to restore full funding for
organ transplants, and said he
Fred M e y e r to D o n a te O ver
$425,000 to S a lv a tio n A rm y
Fred Meyer, Inc. announced to ­
day that it will donate over $425,(XX)
worth of food, clothing, toys, and
household items to The Salvation
Army in 12 Northwestern cities.
On Monday, December 7, trucks
from the Fred Meyer holiday convoy
will deliver Portland's share of the
donation to local branches of The
Salvation Army and The Sunshine
Division. The donation, valued at
$120,000, will take place at 8:30
a.m., at the Fred Meyer Corporate
Headquarters loading docks. The
docks (which face 22nd street) are
located at 3500 SE 22nd.
Donations will also be made in
Salem, Eugene, Roseburg, Med­
ford, Klamath Falls, Coos Bay, and
The Dalles. Seattle, Tacoma and
Bellingham,
Washington,
and
Boise, Idahok, will receive dona­
tions as well.
The annual holiday donation is
unique in that it was begun over
60 years ago by the firm's founder,
the late Fred G. Meyer.
"M r. Meyer started this tradition
many years ago," said O.B. Robert­
son, Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer of Fred
Meres, Inc. "Since then, we've
been able to expand the program,
and help thousands upon thousands
of our neighbors. It's a joyous tradi­
tion which we re proud to con­
tinue."
Freddye W ebb-Petett
thought the funding could come
from the expected budget surplus
for the 1987 89 biennium. The re­
storation would cost the state about
$1 million a year. Administrators
estimate the budget surplus at
about $140 million, however, be­
cause of the state's current expen­
diture limit, the money cannot be
spent.
At the meeting, it was revealed
that the $36 million in the state s
emergency fund is in danger of be­
ing depleted. The cost of fighting
forest fires this summer, additional
costs for state worker's compensa­
tion insurance and costs for a host
of human resource needs are
blamed for the predictions.
Ms. Petett's position has gene
rated favorable responses in the
Black community. Welfare recip
pGE Briefs
ients,
especially
single-parent
mothers and low-income families
are pleased that they won't be sac­
rificed for the few.
Joann, a single, unemployed
mother of three, explains: "Around
here, ther has always been the feel­
ing that the people in Salem don't
care about what happens to welfare
clients. I know that I'd much rather
see the state spend money in ways
that will benefit a lot of people in­
stead of the few who would bene­
fit from the transplant program. If
the operation cost $100,000 dollars,
you can bet it's going to cost twice
that much trying to pay for the
medical expenses after the opera­
tion."
The state estimates that over a
two-year period, funding organ
transplants may only save 34 lives.
M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty Library O ffe rs N ew O utreach Services
Three new services that will bene­
fit Multnomah County residents
who find it difficult to get to a
library are now being offered by the
Library Outreach Services Depart
ment of the Multnomah County Li­
brary.
The services include books by
mail for some rural boxholders and
eligible homebound patrons, large
p rin t books by m ail for those
homebound persons who Can read
only large prints and library lobby
service to several retirement facili­
ties, senior centers and nursing
homes. All services are free for
those who qualify.
Books by M ail
"Offering books by mail is an ef­
ficient way to serve rural boxhol­
ders in specified zip code areas who
live a considerable distance from
their nearest library branches," says
Sarah Ann Long, Multnomah Coun­
ty Library director. "The program
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also provides books and other ma­
terials to people who, because of
illness or infirmity, find it difficult to
leave their homes."
All branch libraries have books-
by-mail catalogs that contain appli­
cations for the service, says Mary
Ann Miller, manager of Library Out­
reach Services (LOS). Multnomah
County rural boxholders who live in
the northwest section of the coun­
ty (the part of the St. Johns area
with the zip code 97231) and those
who live in the far eastern area of
the county (rural boxholders in Gre­
sham, Troutdale, Corbett, Fairview
and Cascade Locks/Bonnevill with
zip codes of 97014, 97019, 97024,
97060 and 97080) are eligible for
the services.
Any homebound
county resident may request certi­
fication through Library Outreach
Services (221 7722).
Multnomah County Books By
Mail is provided through a contract
with Washington County Coopera
tive Library Services.
Large Print Books By M ail
Homebound patrons who are able
to read only large print may also
request certification by LOS.
A
library staff person will visit the
homes of those who request the
service in order to verify need.
Lib ra ry Lobby S ervice
Library Lobby Service is in place
for retirement facilities, senior cen­
ters and nursing homes. During
two-hour once-a-month visits, li­
brary workers deliver carts of books
to the centers and trained volun­
teers register patrons, check books
out/in and take requests for speci­
fic titles.
Library Outread Services current­
ly staffs 33 bookmobile stops each
month as well as van delivery to 141
homebound individual patrons and
26 nursing and retirement homes.
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W
inter UUpatherization
W eatherization — Decern
ber and January:
PGE employees are participating
in the Community Energy Project,
which is providing free energy edu­
cation and conservation techniques
to Portland area residents this w in -»
ter.
Beginning in December, and con-',
tinuing until January, a project,^.,
underway to provide free weather­
ization to 100 senior citizens in the.
North and Northeast parts of J h ^
city. PGE is providing educational,
materials, and financial support for^
the project. Company volunteers,
will also do minor weatherization,
including
weatherstripping
and-
caulking.
An estimated 100 homeowners
within PGE's service territory have
been selected by social service
agencies to participate in the pro-;,
ject. (The weatherization will occtur,
on various dates throughout the,
winter.)
;
Contact: Carol Dillin, 226-8514.
Santa V isits Kids on Burnside
December 16:
Santa Claus is paying a visit to
needy children, Wednesday, Dec.
16, 3:30 p.m., at the Carousel,
located on SW First and Salmon. •'
For the second consecutive ye.at,
PGE along with Mental Health Ser.,
vices West is providing an afternoon,
of fun and holiday cheer to about.
60 street children. The youngsters,,
will ride on the carousel, receive,
Christmas stockings, and have , q
chance to chat with Santa.
PGE volunteers are also collecting
clothes to donate to the children.,
many of whom reside at the West,
Women's Hotel and others who |iy^(
on the streets.
Contact: Carol Dillin, 226-8514
Kathy Carlson, 220-3131.
Christm as B reakfast at W illia m
Temple House — December 25‘-,-.
PGE volunteers continue a holt--
day tradition of serving Christmas
breakfast to the needy at the W il­
liam Temple House, Friday, Decem­
ber 25, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., 2063 NW:
Hoyt.
Low-income, senior citizens, the
unemployed, and those who don t
otherwise haV&a place to share a
Christmas meal are invited to par-'
take in this special event.
The,
Christmas breakfast is sponsored'by’
PGE in cooperation with Sky-Cheft)
which is providing the food. Ap­
proximately 300 people are expect­
ed to attend.
For the past 22 years William
Temple House has served the com­
munity as a counseling center that
provides monetary, material, ancj
mental health assistance to thosg in
need.
Contact Carol Dillin, 226-8514 or;
Kathy Carlson, 220-3131.
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