Thank you Haines. It’s been my pleasure to be employed by the Postal Service and to serve my community for all those years (and especially that one extra day for good measure). It was a beautiful celebration filled with an overwhelming number of well wishes and treats from my customers and family. The surprise party later that evening was packed with past and present Haines postal employees, family, and of course, the Alaska Seaplanes mail handlers.

A special thanks to postmaster Gen Bell, Aimee and Phoenix Jacobson, and Carol Clifton, for all the detailed planning, extra personal expense, those beautiful cakes and that cherished 20-minute video that I will always treasure. I was honored to have Candice Kvale, the manager of Post Office Operations, come from Anchorage to present me with a letter and certificate from the Alaska District manager. I could sure feel the love.

Gred Podsiki