COLLEGE'S POSTAGE METER COMING TO END OF THE LINE.Byline: Naush Boghossian Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - The postage equipment at College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. has been processing mail since when stamps cost 20 cents, but the noisy, clunky, temperamental machine has accepted its last postal rate hike. The 20-year-old faithful servant - a Pitney Bowes  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . mail scale and metering machine - cannot accept another chip now a new 37-cent postal rate becomes effective June 30, so the technological relic cannot be updated. ``It works fine. When you get a prized old car or a good old pair of shoes, you get comfortable with that and you think, maybe we can keep it going,'' college spokesman John McElwain said about a machine that has processed more than 1.6 million pieces of mail. ``But it's technologically obsolete.'' School officials had hoped to make it through 2002 before another rate hike, thinking they could spend the remainder of the year researching for the unit's replacement. But the unexpected midyear hike has forced them to rethink their options. At its meeting Wednesday, the COC See chip on chip. board will consider a new rental agreement A rental agreement is a contract, usually written, between the owner of a property and a renter who desires to have temporary possession of the property. As a minimum, the agreement identifies the parties, the property, the term of the rental, and the amount of rent for the term. with Pitney Bowes Mail Equipment for a state-of-the-art machine with features that permit the school to take advantage of rate savings offered by the U.S. Postal Service The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) processes and delivers mail to individuals and businesses within the United States. The service seeks to improve its performance through the development of efficient mail-handling systems and operates its own planning and engineering programs. . ``The new machine would be several generations newer, and it will be more streamlined and much quieter,'' McElwain said. If the board fails to approve a new lease, the school's office workers will have to print out 37-cent strips and affix affix v. 1) to attach something to real estate in a permanent way, including planting trees and shrubs, constructing a building, or adding to existing improvements. them manually to each piece of mail. In an ever-changing field, the postage machine has lasted longer than industry professionals would expect. ``The mailing industry has changed dramatically over the last 10 years and continues to do so. There are features and options available both in hardware and software we couldn't have dreamt of when the college first got the machine,'' said Bob Belz, a certified mail and distributions services manager and president of Time Critical Communications. ``There's a lot of transition in the business, and it comes down to 20 years of, hopefully, enjoyment of the equipment, and this forces them to be modern.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Mary Wright, communications clerk at College of the Canyons, works the school's 20-year-old postage machine Monday. David R. Crane/Staff Photographer |
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