Rural Carrier Hero: Minette Hess, Mount Vernon, OH
The cries of “Help me! Help me!” were faint but distinct as Rural Carrier Minette Hess recently delivered mail to a home in Mount Vernon, OH. She looked around and saw customer Brian Boggs pinned beneath an SUV in his driveway. He had been working on the vehicle when it ...
The Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive and rural carriers…
It is that time again. Every year the NALC sponsors the Stamp Out Hunger food drive. In 2010, the NRLCA became an official partner of the food drive. I am not going to get into whether you should help or not as that is an issue that rears it's head ...
Rural Carrier Hero: Sabrina Tibbetts, Bangs, TX
On a recent 112-degree day in Bangs, TX, Rural Carrier Sabrina Tibbetts heard a faint cry for help. She looked around and saw a customer on the ground beside his house, where she’d just delivered mail. Tibbetts, who is also trained as an emergency medical technician, rushed to the man’s ...
Rural Carrier Hero: RCA Angela Emschweiler, Windsor, CA
Rural Carrier Associate Angela Emschweiler was delivering mail recently in Windsor, CA, when she saw a 90-year-old customer walking from his house toward his mailbox. The man lost his balance and fell backward against the garage door before landing on the cement driveway. The postal employee rushed to his side, ...
Step 4-Failure to Post a Route in Accordance with Article 12.3.A.2
This case involved management failing to post a vacant route within the timeframe outlined in Article 12.3.A.2. The parties agree that management may extend the time frame for posting of a rural route vacancy an additional 60 days to consolidate, adjust, or convert a route(s). The 60 day extension is ...
Rural Carrier Hero: Paul Littrell, Clearfield, UT
A Utah man’s recent lunch break left him with a broken ankle, a concussion — and a heart full of gratitude for the postal employee who heard him crying out for help. Harold Muir was home from work when he decided to clear some fishing gear out of his boat ...
Rural Carrier Hero: Ryan Mallow, Jackson, OH
A sharp-eyed postal employee in Jackson, OH, recently got help for the victim of a single-car accident. Rural Carrier Associate Ryan Mallow was delivering mail when he saw an SUV at the bottom of a steep embankment. The driver was slumped over the steering wheel. Mallow called 911 and tried ...
Rural Carrier Hero: Roger Vaad, Omaha, NE
An accident with a circular saw recently left an Omaha, NE, postal customer in dire need of help after he cut off two fingers. “He was alone, couldn’t talk straight, was very disoriented — I think he was going into shock,” said Rural Carrier Roger Vaad, who was delivering mail ...
Rural Carrier Hero: Betty Stevers, Pembroke, VA
A malfunctioning medical-alert necklace recently left a postal customer desperate for assistance after she fell at her Pembroke, VA, home. While delivering mail, Rural Carrier Betty Stevers heard the woman crying out for help as she lay on her front porch. Stevers called the woman’s daughter and stayed on the ...
Rural postal carrier retires after 27 years
LEXINGTON — Through rain, sleet, hail or snow — and sunshine too — Dick Childress has driven about 613,575 miles delivering mail on a rural route that extends to the Custer County line. His last day was Friday, as he steps into retirement, after 27 years. “My dad delivered this ...
Freezing young girl rescued by rural carrier sub (RCA)
Blair, WI, Rural Carrier Associate Mike Ressel was delivering his route when he spotted a very young girl outside wondering around half-dressed in the cold winter weather. He secured his vehicle and went to speak with the little girl. She was looking for her mother who had left the night ...
Rural Carrier Hero: Tony Sizemore, New Salisbury, IN
New Salisbury, IN, Rural Carrier Tony Sizemore was delivering mail recently when an SUV passed him as he was stopped at a highway mailbox. The SUV collided with another vehicle head-on, flipped over and caught fire. Sizemore and a passerby rescued the driver of the SUV before it became engulfed ...
Rural Carrier Heroes: Thomas Niehaus and Robert Vossen, Richmond, MN
A recent workday in Richmond, MN, got off to an alarming start when two rural carriers arrived at the Post Office at 6:30 a.m. and found a co-worker collapsed on the floor. Thomas Niehaus and Robert Vossen rushed to her side, and Vossen stayed with her while Niehaus called 911 ...
Rural Carrier Hero: Aimee Schultz, LeClaire, IA
LeClaire, IA, Rural Carrier Associate Aimee Schultz recently helped a customer out of an unusual bind: The woman had locked herself out of her house while she was outside on a rear balcony. The woman’s dogs were inside the house, so Schultz and the customer devised a plan to distract ...
Rural Carrier Hero: Stacey Scott, Bowman, ND
A controlled burn on a prairie near Bowman, ND, recently got out of control, threatening a postal customer’s home. Rural Carrier Stacey Scott encountered the encroaching blaze as she was delivering mail and got no answer at the front door, so she called the customer’s mobile phone. She learned that ...
NC Rural Carrier Wins $1 Million On Scratch-Off Ticket
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Irene Tillman of Goldston has been the mail-woman for Route 24 in Chatham County for over 10 years. So when the number "24" turned out to be the lucky number on a scratch-off ticket that won her $1 million, she simply described it as fate. "When I ...
Delaware crash seriously injures rural mail carrier
A van pulled into the path of a mail truck in Harbeson, injuring a mail carrier who was airlifted to a hospital in serious condition, according to Delaware State Police. The accident happened about 11:30 a.m. Thursday, March 9, snarling traffic for about two hours in the vicinity of Harbeson ...