We all take for granted what it takes for our mail to magically appear in our mailboxes every day. The USPS motto is “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” If you notice, this doesn’t include many of the situations we regularly experience in our area such as extreme winds, mud, powerlines down, falling ice, and bridges out just to name a few… And then there are the ice storms! Darla OBrien, one of the Hennessey rural mail carriers said “One of my tools for delivering mail this week includes a hammer.” The storm that blanked the Hennessey area this week made it difficult to get mail into the boxes. Obrien said, “You could tell when I delivered because the ice was off the box.” Obrien has been with the Hennessey Post Office for 14 years and travels about 125 miles per day and delivers to about 425 mail boxes. All 4 of the rural carriers said this line of work is really hard on vehicles with all the county roads and weather. All the Hennessey carriers agreed that the people they deliver to are amazing. Some of the things residents have left for them include; hand sanitizer and toilet paper. During the holidays, people make them hot chocolate and treats. The Hennessey Post Office services 2101 customers not including the PO boxes. Their rural delivery area includes Hennessey, Dover and Loyal. The Hennessey mail carriers include; Sherrie Cross, Cindy Wilczex, Tammy Plaster, Dawn Kunkel, Darla Obrien, Scot Meier, Rebecca Riggs, Arron Hyatt and Bryclyn McCreary. The Post Master is Jason Witt.
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