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to observe the postal practices and procedures at the Lakeview
post office. As a result of his duties as postmaster, Avilla
testified that he was familiar with petitioner's last name
"Clevenger". In 1983 and 1984, the Lakeview post office had 300
post office boxes and the Nuevo post office had 594 post office
boxes and one highway contract route for street delivery that
extended into the Lakeview area and had about 500 deliveries.
The Bell Avenue address was not located along the highway
contract route. According to Avilla, it was the policy of the
Nuevo and Lakeview post offices to deliver mail to the residents
of Lakeview and Nuevo based upon the resident's last name rather
than street address. For example, mail received by either the
Lakeview or Nuevo post offices that was addressed to a resident
of the Nuevo or Lakeview area with only the resident's name and
city on the letter or package was still delivered either to the
resident's post office box or to the resident's street address if
that resident was receiving mail at the street address.
Petitioner's witness Edna Morrison (Morrison) testified that
she, her husband, and her son resided at the Bell Avenue address
from mid-January 1983 until December 1983. Morrison was unable
to produce any documentary evidence or records to corroborate the
dates she claims to have resided at the Bell Avenue address.
Morrison testified that during the time she claims she resided at
the Bell Avenue address she never received any mail that was
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