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PAGE 6A - THE POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE, SUNDAY DECEMBER 5, 1993
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Board Certified Hearing Instrument Specialist
Beltone Tip #27:
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MAIL FACILITY TOUR - Livingston
Postmaster Larry Martin explains to Cathie
Carr how mail addressed in handwriting is
sorted by ZIP coding by computer operators.
Carr is a member of the Polk County Postal
Advisory Committee that recently toured the
North Houston Processing and Distribution
Center.
Board Certified Hearing Instrument Specialist
1-800-533-3234
Please call to reserve a time convenient
for you. In-home hearing evaluation
available upon request. Free second
opinions - We will file on your insurance.
Postal advisory committee gets
first-hand look at mail processing
HOUSTON - Members of the
Polk County Postal Advisory Com-
mittee (PCPAC) recently toured the
North Houston Processing and Dis-
tribution Center and saw first-hand
that ZIP-Plus 4 is the best way to
help the post office deliver mail
quicker and more accurately.
The mail handling facility, which
contains some 17 acres under one
roof, has computerized scanning
equipment that can "read" ZIP
coded addresses and sort mail into
property delivery bins at a rate of
30-37,000 pieces per hour. Human
sorters handle most readable mail
at a rate of 60 pieces per minute,
according to Queta Carroll of the
U.S. Post Office, who helped con-
duct the tour.
Advisory committee members
also learned that the cost of sorting
mail by human effort costs
anywhere from $18 to $40 per
1.000 pieces, but using computer
technology to optically scan mail,
the cost is reduced to about $3 per
1.000 pieces. Mail without any ZIP
code increases the sorting time and
overall cost of processing mail.
During the tour on the evening
shift, the facility was in full opera-
tion, sorting mail from as far away
as Dallas, since their equipment
was brdken at the time. The postal
personnel who guided the Polk
Countians around pointed out that
mail from Livingston is taken by
truck to the facility after 5 p.m. dai-
ly and is returned sorted and ready
for box or route delivery, by 7:30
a.m. the next day.
Postmaster Larry Martin indi-
cated that Livingston Post Office
personnel would have to work
around-the-clock with many clerks
to accomplish the sorting and
stamp cancelling ^necessary to ef-
fect similar dclivery7'TTrr~«astJfor
The facility processes an average open during the day for tours. Inter-
of four million pieces of mail a day, ested parties or groups can contact
according to Carroll. It is so large the facility by calling (713) 985-
that supervisors, computer program 4063. It is located at 4600 Aldine
gurus and maintenance personnel Bender, between Interstate 45 and
have all sorts of rolling stock, from U.S. 59, just south of the Sam
three-wheclcd bicycles to golf cart- Houston Toll Road near Intercon-
type vehicles, to scoot around keep- tinental Airport,
ing things running smoothly. There Advisory council members tak-
are miles of conveyor belts that ing the tour were Hollie Stanley,
bring mail from the initial dumping Alvin Holley, Teresa Patterson,
of the sacks off the trucks to the Cathie Carr, Lew Vail, Wayne
various sections to be worked. Baker, Huey Nix, Onalaska
Although tours are discouraged Postmaster Kenneth Dillon and
during the busy month of Decern- Livingston Postmaster Larry Mar-
ber, in other months, the facility is tin.
With The Sixth Annual
Christmas Dollars Program!
Don't use your High Interest Credit Cards for your Holiday
Shopping. First National Bank is now offering...
Jean’s Corner
AT FEEDER’S SUPPLY
CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
25% OFF ALL FABRIC
Top Of The Line Sewing Notions
Sewing Videos
327-8817 712 N. Jackson
DO/APR ON CONSUMER
9 /O LOANS*
UNTIL DECEMBER 24TH
SPECIAL TNANKS TO POLK COUNTY'S
PARTICIPATING MERCHANTS
Just A Buck
Lake Livingston Travel
Lakeside R V
Livingston Lingerie
Lone Star Charlies
Medical Rentals & Sales
Medical Center Disc. Ph.
Mill Ridge
Monique's Boutique
Odom Business Machines
Onalaska Equipment Rental
Owen Furniture
Pah-Pah's Restaurant
Pedigo Furniture
Perry Brothers
Piney Woods Furniture
Pizza Hut
Polk Co. Propane
Putt Watson Motor Co.
Quality Marine Service
Quality Jewelry
Randy's Quality Shoe Shop
Ralph's
Red Bam Builders
Ronnie Loper Chev.
Sears
Shrimp Boat Manny's
Texas Pepper
The Hair Affair
The Water Depot
Automotive Parts
Autry's Advertising
A V S Mufflers
Baskins
Beltone
Best Air & Heat
Bokay Florists
Brookshires
Bud's
Burkhalter Trailer
C H Marine
Car Creations
Car-Tune
Catfish King
Century H Printing
Chassis Service
City Office Supply
Crafty Corner
D & S Reception
Dr. Boultinghouse
Dr. William E. Watson
Drs. Cook & Jenke
Economy Port. Building
Edna's Beauty Shop
El Burrito
Eppes Exxon
Especially For You
Family Photo Service
Floor Care & Interior
Fred Grube
H B Davis & Sons
HEB
H & H Auto
Hines Electronics
House Of Treasure
Hunan Restaurant
Jackson's Hardware
Johnson Air
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?FOR LONG TERM i
^RELATIONSHIPS. *
sorting Livingston mail on an—
average day is far less than the
wages to do it locally by human i
workers. *
The tour included the loading
dock, where 100 trucks can line up j
to load or unload mail at one time; ’
the room dedicated to re-addressing
mail that requires a forwarding ad- 4
dress; sections of the facility dedi- j
cated to Express and Priority Mail
and the sccurity-caged areas for
handling important registered j
items.
County awarded
food, shelter funds
Thompson's Auto Repair
Ultimate Appearance
Vem's Gazebo Gardens
Wal-Mart
Weiners
Woody & Craig Reese
LIVINGSTON - Polk County
has received a $16,444 award from
the Emergency Food and Shelter
National Board program.
Any non-for-profit organization
or local government agency
capable of providing food or shelter
services in the Polk County area is
invited to apply for funding under
this program.
Applications will be received by
the local board at 9:30 a.m. on
Wednesday, Dec. 15, in the Com-
missioners’ Courtroom, third floor
of the Polk County Courthouse.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL
__327-5741
National Bank
MEMBER FDIC
308 W. Church Livingston, Texas
* Subject to certain limitations, ask loan officers for details
Honors list grows
furniture £
r STORE HOURS: Moa-fft - 8:00«n - 5:30pm
ONALASKA - Michael Smith
and Christopher Donate ski were in-
advertantly left off the list of
Onalaska Elementary School honor
students published in Thursday’s
Enterprise.
108 Mil stmt
South Sida of Courthouse-
LMngtton, Texaa
327-8515
Saturday - 8:00am - 4:00pm
$1.00 off for each year of your age
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 97, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 5, 1993, newspaper, December 5, 1993; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth798329/m1/6/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.