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National Newspaper Association welcomes possible postal reform
The National Newspaper
Association recently greeted a
comprehensive bill to reform
the U.S. Postal Service as
a welcome step toward new
legislation.
Merle Baranczyk, NNA
president and publisher of the
Salida (CO) Mountain-Mail,
said NNA hoped Congress
would complete work on a bill
this year to avoid disruption
in the mail and the threat
of substantial postage rates
increases.
“We appreciate the leader-
ship of House Oversight and
Government Reform Commit-
tee Chairman Darrell Issa in
pulling together a legislative
package that reaches out to
all postal stakeholders,” Mr.
Baranczyk said. “It is a daunt-
ing job to reform an organiza-
tion with 490,000 employees
and underpinning more than
$1 trillion in private sector
economic activity.
“More importantly to com-
munity newspapers, it pro-
vides the network we count
on to deliver the news.”
The bill would prompt nu-
merous changes in the way
USPS operates, including:
• gradually end “to the door”
mail delivery and replace it
with cluster or curbside boxes;
• end Saturday delivery of
newspapers, First-Class mail
and advertising but continue
package delivery and would
require opening rural mail-
boxes for publishers’ use on
Saturdays;
• prohibit no-layoff clauses
in new workforce agreements
and reform workers compen-
sation rules;
• ban Negotiated Service
Agreements that would cause
“unreasonable disruption of
the marketplace; and
• mandate two percent an-
nual increases above inflation
for mail currently not covering
at least 90 percent of costs,
such as periodicals, but only
after adjustments have been
made for costs created solely
by excess postal capacity.
NNA Postal Committee
Chairman Max Heath said the
Issa bill is a welcome catalyst
toward postal reform.
“This bill is a stronger piece
of legislation than the one
marked up in the House last
Congress and we welcome the
progress,” Mr. Heath said.
“The enormity of what must
be done to save universal
service and keep the Postal
Service running is not lost on
any of us. Everyone is going
to be affected. In fact, newspa-
pers have already been deeply
affected. We are looking for
legislation that helps USPS
management get costs under
control without destroying
service, and that is a very
tall order.
“We also recognize that Con-
gress has to stop the federal
government from spending
postage money that may not
have been rightly put into
some of the workforce funds,
and Chairman Issa is taking
some steps in that direction.
There are still some major
concerns that our Postal Com-
mittee will be raising after we
examine the bill more closely,”
he added.
NNA has long expressed
concern about the effect upon
weekend newspapers if Satur-
day delivery ends.
In addition, it has objected
to the Postal Service’s direct
interference in the local ad-
vertising marketplace and
is a party in a federal court
proceeding challenging dis-
counted rates offered by USPS
to Valassis, Inc.
“We appreciate Congress-
man Issa’s recognition that
the Negotiated Service Agree-
ment can be a disruption to the
marketplace,” Mr. Baranczyk
said.
“That is an important step in
getting to fairness while also
permitting the Postal Service
to support new business lines.
I think we will have more
work ahead of us in this area
before we arrive at rules we
consider fair.
“We are gratified to have
had a role in shaping this
bill so far, including the new
mailbox access. Our board is
looking forward to productive
conversations with Congres-
sional leadership this year.
This is the time to get a law
passed.”
Lights of Hope to shine in Washington, D.C.
CYNTHIA KLINE_
Rusk
NEWS
Jacksonville chamber seeks items for 9th
annual Back to School Fair
Money, school supplies, clothing and door prizes are
being sought by the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce
for the Aug. 1 Back to School Fair.
Clothing may be taken to the Chamber office at the
Norman Activity Center, 526 E. Commerce or the Clothes
Closet, 314 S. Main St.
Money, school supplies and door prizes should be taken
to the chamber office.
Persons who would like to have an exhibition booth may
call Kayla Stephenson at (903) 586-2217.
For more information, call Father Mark Kusmirek at
(903) 586-4538 or Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce
at (903) 586-2217.
Alto church sponsors auction Aug. 10
Calvary Tabernacle United Pentecostal Church, Highway
21 E. in Alto, will host its annual benefit auction beginning
at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 10.
Preview of items will be from 6-8 p.m. Aug. 9 in the
church fellowship hall.
On September 10, the U.S.
Capitol Reflecting Pool, will
be aglow with thousands of
Lights of Hope - lighted bags
created to honor those who
have survived or are fighting
cancer or remember those
who lost their battle with the
disease.
I will be there in person as
a volunteer for the American
Cancer Society Cancer Action
Network (ACS CAN), and
I invite you to become part
of this poignant and moving
event by making a $10
contribution per bag to ACS
CAN.
I will personally light
bags in honor of my father
who is battling cancer and
in memory of my mother,
Patricia (Pat) Tucker who
passed away from cancer only
a few short years ago. We
will honor and remember all
those that have been effected
by cancer and support their
caregivers. If you would
like a bag lit in honor or in
memory of your loved once,
please contact me or purchase
them online.
Contributions for
Lights of Hope can be
made by contacting me at
cherokeerelayforlife@yahoo.
com or by visiting www.
acscan.org/lightsofhope.
The Lights of Hope ceremony
is an unforgettable reminder
that we are all touched by
cancer in some way and that
we need to make the fight
against cancer a national
priority.
Holding this event at the
U.S. Capitol sends a clear
Now through August 4, 2013
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message to our elected leaders
that we need to continue
working to find cures and
improve the lives of cancer
patients in our country.
The Lights of Hope
ceremony is part of the annual
American Cancer Society
Cancer Action Network (ACS
CAN) Leadership Summit and
Lobby Day. Volunteers like
me from every congressional
district in the country will
meet with lawmakers to
discuss cancer-related issues
including increasing federal
funding for cancer research
and supporting legislation
to improve quality of life for
cancer patients.
To learn more about these
and other issues, visit www.
acscan.org.
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Gonzalez, Terrie. Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 164, No. 23, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 31, 2013, newspaper, July 31, 2013; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth614635/m1/2/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.