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Residents don’t want another vacant building in the city.

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By Marc Katz, Staff Writer 10:44 PM Wednesday, September 14, 2011

TROTWOOD — Bruce Kettelle took his fight to keep the city’s lone post office to city officials Wednesday, hoping a public campaign can convince the Postal Regulatory Commission from closing the office.

Kettelle and his supporters held a press conference in front of the Trotwood office to present the more than 3,700 signatures they have collected from residents who oppose a plan to close the post office at 34 Beardsley Road.

The signatures were given to Trotwood Mayor Joyce Sutton Cameron, who said she plans to send them to U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman and U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, for their support.

Kettelle is leading a grassroots group called Save The Trotwood Post Office. Trotwood is one of 120 post offices in Ohio and almost 3,700 nationwide being studied for possible closure because of the U.S. Postal Service fiscal problems.

As customers conducted business inside, Robert McDaniel, a postal service customer relations coordinator, said he was sympathetic to the concern. But he said “it’s too early to tell what’s going to happen. We’re in a period of study.”

The U.S. Postal Service is reeling from declining revenue and rising debt that has occurred as people reduce their need for the traditional service. Last year, the postal service moved more than 167 billion pieces compared to 213 billion in 2006.

Cameron said Trotwood is not just concerned about closing the post office, but potentially adding another vacant building to the city.

“This building belongs to them (the U.S. Postal Service),” the mayor said, but “it becomes just another blighted building in our community.”

Closing means the two closest offices are six miles away in Clayton or eight miles in Harrison Twp. A decision by the federal commission is expected within the next six months.

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