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Show ; ,- - ' 4 If fc. i -. r r ' . I - -'- ...,. -- k - ; After 19-12 years of stick-to-itiveness, Panguitch postal clerk Karen Swanger was named last week as the new postmaster to replace retiring Postmaster Dennis Armstrong. Swanger, excited about her new post, hopes to continue the open and friendly atmosphere at the facility and is grateful to postal customers for their support over the years. Karen Swanger Named New Postmaster For Panguitch PANGUITCH - The U.S. Postal Service has often been the victim of jokes, but Panguitch residents think the Postal Service outdid itself in naming long-time clerk Karen Swanger as the new postmaster replacing departing equally popular pop-ular Dennis Armstrong. Swanger, 52, was officially named postmaster Oct. 5 and though both excited and pleased, she is not overly alarmed by the daunting task. After all, she has been doing a large part of the job throughout the past 19-12 years while postmasters post-masters have come and gone and many were taken away for long stints as they trained at other locations. She began as postal clerk in 1983, spending a week back of training in Richfield. At periodic period-ic intervals throughout the years there has been additional training train-ing in IRT machines, POS computers com-puters (those specialty computers comput-ers at the window), bulk and second class mailing and use of , credit cards. Swanger has seen technology advance from manual sorting, cancellation and accounting to totally automated post offices. The post office facility itself has not changed in size but has undergone transformation sever- ; al times with the addition of new postal boxes and parcel lockers. There is currently potential for some 1110 box holders, with the present usage at 9 1 6. Swanger postmaster will now go to working a normal five-day week and will have weekends off after all these years. , Her right hand and close friend and confidante is 16-year postal veteran vet-eran Arlene Davenport, whom she praises for her skills and attitude. Both these postal agents appreciate their positions of trust with the community and enjoy being able to keep in constant con-stant contact with so many in the (See POSTMASTER on page 3) Postmaster From Front Page r area. It's a small office with lots of challenges and variety. They equally have appreciated the support they receive from the community and hope to keep excellent lines of communication communica-tion going. Swanger has at least eight more years until her own retirement retire-ment but sounds like there's no hurry. Now that the children are grown, she enjoys travels with her husband, painting ceramics, reading and spending time visiting visit-ing her girls. The new postmaster is mar ried to Rick Swanger, state manager man-ager for Mallard Cablevision in Utah and Montana who serves as a city councilman and is active in the Lions Club. Coming from Salt Lake City 26 years ago, the Swangers have reared their children in Panguitch and been active in the community. They are the parents par-ents of Kim (Greg) Barton of Panguitch; Candace Swanger of Provo and Kris Swanger, also of Provo. They have one grandchild, grand-child, Talon, age two. |