Leonard Karl Soliday Obituary | Retired Huntsville Mail Handler

  Leonard Karl Soliday Obituary | Retired Huntsville Mail Handler

"...Having lived in the Ardmore area for 18 years, Mr. Soliday was of the Christian faith and enjoyed fishing, car races and cooking. He proudly served in the United States Navy, retiring after 23 years and was also employed by the United States Postal Service. ..."

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This mail handler uses his free time to acquire miniature vehicles [Links Added]

  This mail handler uses his free time to acquire miniature vehicles

My name is Dan Hammond and I’m a mail handler in Winchester, VA.

After the workday is over — I’m on the 3 to 11:30 a.m. shift — I work on my Hot Wheels collection. I stop at the Target and Walmart on the east side of town, then the ones on the west side of town, to see what’s new.

Right now, I have a little over 10,000 cars. My favorite is a Hot Wheels Camaro that’s 6 feet high — it’s as big as me — and used to be displayed above the Hot Wheels collection in a local Toys R Us. It was kind of my holy grail.

Early on, people were always looking to me for information on how and where to find new stuff. This was before the internet. Someone said that instead of me telling everyone individually, we should have meetings. So that’s how the Winchester-Shenandoah Valley Hot Wheels Club got started.

Then I began a newsletter that published once a month, about 10 pages long. I had subscribers from all over the world. Again, this was before the internet. I took those newsletters and rewrote them in article form for Die Cast Digest, a magazine for model car enthusiasts. The column was called “Wheels Are Spinning.”

I gave up on the newsletter because Facebook came along and I could post daily, live. Now, if I find something, I put it on my personal page or the club’s page.

I have about 50 miniature mail trucks and cars in my collection. There are Jeeps, LLVs, cargo vans and a tractor-trailer.

I devote about two hours a day to my collection, but never on weekends. My wife, Mia, makes sure I don’t touch anything collection-wise on the weekend. On the weekend, I’m hers.

“Off the Clock,” a column on Postal Service employees and their after-hours pursuits, appears regularly in Link.

Reference: USPS via NPMHU 317
 

Saint Patrick's Day

  Saint Patrick's Day

"Saint Patrick's Day was made an official Christian feast day in the early 17th century and is observed by the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion (especially the Church of Ireland) ..."

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Montgomery County Board of Registrars: 4,600 people received erroneous voting information

  Montgomery County Board of Registrars: 4,600 people received erroneous voting information

"Snipes estimated the postcards were sent around Jan. 15. He said the Board of Registrars realized the error on Jan. 23, fixed the computer glitch and updated their systems so that voters are listed in the correct district.

Snipes said the Board of Registrars plan to mail some 6,600 postcards to voters indicating their correct voting district in several days. That doesn’t necessarily address the issue of sending incorrect information during the initial mailing, but Snipes added there were other efforts made to ensure people had the correct information. ..."

Reference: alabamareflector.com
 

USPS will hold more than 50 career conferences this year

  USPS will hold more than 50 career conferences this year

"The Postal Service is encouraging employees to attend one of its career conferences this year to take control of their professional development and create a better future for themselves within USPS. The organization will hold more than 50 conferences across the nation. Each meeting will include networking opportunities and interactive sessions designed to equip participants with career development tools and resources. Newly developed sessions will provide managers and supervisors with..."

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