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Show nt : 'All. 1 " ' ' 'uns,. . . . . - ; . ... . ., --. . ; . ...... . , a "81 , " ..... ' --V. , .' . " ' ' . . - , r . . 4 . ; ' : Mi -i ? i m. I , ".iiiow falls on the new Pleasant Grove Post Office as personnel prepare for move Saturday. "New Post Office opens Tues. iew re c It is moving time for the Pleas ant Grove Post Office. ij Those needing to go to the Post con-Office next Tuesday and thereaf-310 thereaf-310 ;er, will be going to the new build- ing at 100 West 180 South for those 8 p-5ervices. to1 1 Postmaster Wally Adams said ec.l( ;hat the post office personnel will 20jSe moving the equipment and office mappings over the weekend. ' Since on Monday the post office q ivillbeclosedfortheMartinLuther " ing holiday, it will open at the iew location on Tuesday. mi The present post office will be ry ;ipen this coming Saturday morn-Nort1 morn-Nort1 ng as usual, he noted, er 1 1 The new structure contains 12,000 square feet of space. It was verouilt at a cost of $ 1. 1 million. There l0n S-s plenty of parking located close to ' Rebuilding, giving customers easy jj ccess to the post office. ! I j It features 528 post office boxes eat jind 26 parcel lockers. 1146 There will be a convenient drive- through mail drop located next to the post office. The Pleasant Grove Post Office employs 23 people, eight part time and 15 full time. There are six city routes, three rural routes and 528 post office boxes. Every day they deliver approximately approxi-mately 24,500 pieces of mail to over 5,200 homes and businesses. That comes to 7,423,500 pieces of mail annually. To serve the local residents, the postal employees drive 266 miles every day and 80,598 miles every year. The new post office is in a convenient con-venient location close to the Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove business district. Postmaster Adams said that they will continue to offer the regular regu-lar mailing services such as first class mail, priority mail, parcel post, registered, certified, insured mailings and more. The postal clerks are more than willing to answer questions and help the public with any postal services they need, he noted. The postmaster mentioned the express mail, their overnight service serv-ice that includes holiday and Sunday Sun-day delivery to many locations. A package weighing up to one-half one-half pound is only $8.75 and is delivered on time or your money back. The post office also has all the supplies for stamp collecting, the number one hobby in the world. They have special stamp collecting albums, sets of commemorative stamps and other items issued for collectors. The post office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. An open house will be held at a later date. The present post office has been in it's location for 25 years. It was dedicated in 1963. |