[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8695]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                      RECOGNIZING STELLA WILDRICK

 Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, today I want to recognize the 
devoted service of Stella Wildrick, who will retire on April 27, 2007, 
after 15 years as Postmistress for Lake Minchumina, AK.
  Lake Minchumina is situated near the geographical center of Alaska, 
65 miles north-northwest of our great Denali National Park. A remote 
and rural community accessible only by air, Lake Minchumina depends 
upon mail service for the delivery of food, clothing, and supplies, as 
well as correspondence.
  As Postmistress, Stella has been a very important person in this 
community where everything that cannot be harvested or made from the 
land must be flown in.
  Throughout the past 15 years, Stella has also been an asset to the 
U.S. Postal Service as a professional, friendly, dependable and always 
helpful representative. With advances in technology, Postmistress 
Wildrick has overseen many changes to the mail service in Lake 
Minchumina.
  The people of Lake Minchumina and Alaska are deeply grateful for her 
sacrifice and willingness to go above and beyond the usual to ensure 
quality mail service.
  I commend Postmistress Wildrick for her dedication to the Lake 
Minchumina community and wish her all the best in her well-deserved 
retirement.

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