Community - The News-Herald

Wanda New, rural letter carrier for the Owenton Post Office, was among 22 employees honored as heroes and hard workers during a luncheon on Nov. 1 at the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville.
Gordon S. Brown, president and CEO, Home of the Innocents, provided keynote remarks prior to the presentations, which was emceed by Mark T. Lamkin, cast member of season four of The Apprentice TV show and president of Lamkin Wealth Management.
With about 700,000 employees nationwide, postal workers are often portrayed as local heroes for providing virtually uninterrupted service to their communities in the face of natural disasters and other adversities. But because of their daily contact with customers, they are also in a unique position to provide assistance, sometimes life-saving, while performing their duties. Many area unsung heroes have done just that.
Among those honored were Louisville letter carriers Bruce Woods, who assisted a man who was robbed, knocked unconscious and locked in the trunk of his car; Xavier Scott, who answered cries of help from a customer who had fallen and broken his hip outside his house; and Alisa Moran, who provided assistance to a man who had fallen on a glass tabletop and sustained serious wounds.
West Point rural carrier Garry Stone was honored for helping a disoriented woman who had abandoned her car in reaction to medication and required medical assistance. Rural letter carrier associates Gary L. Dyer of Lanesville, Ind., and Jamie Knight of Salem, Ind., were also honored. Dyer rescued an 80-year-old customer who had passed out in a briar patch, suffered heat exhaustion and sustained cuts. Knight noticed fire from an outbuilding spreading into a nearby house. She was able to alert the resident and help evacuate pets and valuables before the house was destroyed. These and other compelling heroic stories were remembered during the presentation.
Alisa Zanetti of Louisville’s Annshire Station, received a national award for diversity achievement, one of five such individual awards given across the nation, for her efforts in diversity awareness, community outreach and employee appreciation.