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One of the biggest fears in delivering newspapers back and forth across the mountain comes in the form of snow & ice. Last night/this morning was our first battle with serious elements and with a little help from Above we managed to complete our routes within the time restraints of 6:00 A.M.! ___________________________________ Kudos to the trucking company for bringing the newspapers on time and to the entire team for a solid effort of battling the back roads of both Page & Shenandoah Counties. We can only hope that it will warm up enough today to melt the snow and then stay warm enough to prevent it turning the slush in to ice. ___________________________________ Here is hoping that Round 2 is postponed until the start of 2011!

Back in the good ole days when the job only required roaming the streets of Luray at night I had set out to create a way to give back to the community. The idea I came up with was a site that promoted local high school athletes in a positive manner and a few adventures mixed in. Around The Valley in 60 Days was the name and there are nearly a thousand posts between the two sites. ________________________________________________ This site here was the original site and on the front page of this site is a link to the sister site we created. Sadly as the newspaper job became much more labor intense over the consolidations the time was no longer there to continue at the same pace. But we kept both sites up and running so that folks can still look back at the stories and pictures. ________________________________________________ The main goal of this site now is to allow me to try and communicate with a customer base that has us distributing 2,600 Sunday newspapers between Page...

One of the biggest changes that occurred during the past five years has come in the billing department. The split had been about 50/50 between the number of customers that paid their bills directly to the Post and the number that paid their distributor every four weeks. _________________________________ The change was made to take the billing 100% in house about 2 years ago. Every customer that receives the newspaper from the Post is expected to pay the Post directly now. The invoices are mailed back to Richmond, Virginia and processed there. While the Post has taken over complete control of the accounts and they generate the customer invoices they list my name and number on the top of the paperwork. _________________________________ The idea is to give the customer a local name and number to call if they have a question about their statement. Solid idea but it can lead to a bit of confusion when a call is placed to me with a concern because I was not the one to genera...

A large number of our customer bases receives their newspaper in a Washington Post tube. The purpose of the tube is to try and protect the paper from the elements as much as possible. For those of you that do not currently have a tube and would like one at your home here is a few things you should know. __________________________________ * There is no cost to the customer for the tube. * In most cases we can have a tube installed inside of a week. * If the tube becomes worn out or damaged we can replace it. *If there is a change in your subscription we can remove the tube per your request. ___________________________________ Hope everyone was able to enjoy their Thanksgiving !

Each year the Washington Post publishes a Special Edition of the newspaper on Thanksgiving Day. The goal is to get everyone for Black Friday, especially the ones that are brave enough to hit the stores before the Sun rises. ___________________________________ The product is the largest Daily newspaper of the year and requires assembly that is a challenge for us and then comes the special delivery instructions. Step 1-Take the papers to the local stores with a retail price of $2.50 in the outer market. Step 2-Deliver a copy of the newspaper to all of the 7-Day customers that would be expecting their typical Thursday newspaper. There is no extra charge for the Home Delivery customers. Step 3- Take a free copy to each and everyone of the Sunday Only customers. Both the set that fall inside of the daily boundaries and the folks that reside in the far reaches of our beautiful Valley. ____________________________________ We have learned that some of the four previous Distributors had not be...

On Monday October 4, 2010 the next addition to the growing list of products took place. In the final steps of eliminating the use of their own carrier force USA-Today made a deal with the Washington Post for Agency #8514 to become responsible for all three of their products in the majority of Shenandoah County. There is no current service for the products in Page County. ___________________________ USA-Today, Sports Weekly and the Sports Special magazine were added to the delivery lists from Mount Jackson up to Strasburg . You can check out some of the previous postings for more information on the availability of all three products. ___________________________ Each time that there is a tap on the shoulder and more work is issued there is a slight moan but only slight because the choice of taking on more work versus losing what you have is not that difficult when you stop and think about it!

04/19/2010 - The Washington Post produced the initial copy of its weekly business magazine today with high hopes of success. Capitol Business will be printed each and every Monday and made available in all 7-Day service areas to home delivery customers. ____________________________________________ .