{"id":3311,"date":"2008-09-20T12:59:14","date_gmt":"2008-09-20T19:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/?p=3311"},"modified":"2008-09-20T15:50:35","modified_gmt":"2008-09-20T22:50:35","slug":"post-office-partys-like-its-9-20-08","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/?p=3311","title":{"rendered":"Post Office Partys Like It’s 9-20-08"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Our favorite Carlsbadistan<\/em> letter carrier Conrad Beck<\/strong> organized a a pretty big party at the Carlsbad Post Office today to celebrate that fact that today’s date (9-20-08) also happens to be our zip Code.<\/p>\n

\"92008<\/a>While Mayor Bud Lewis<\/strong> did not make the festivities as promised, nearly 70 people along with the Carlsbad Lancer Cheerleaders, Miss Carlsbad Dana Ducommon<\/strong>, the Army & Navy Academy Atkinson Warrior Marching Band <\/strong>and some of Carlsbad’s most appreciated postal workers (and family) did.<\/p>\n

Lorraine Ludowsky<\/strong>, Sheila Mata<\/strong>, Lola’s Connie Trejo<\/strong>, Michelle<\/strong>, Michael Januzzi <\/strong>(starting center for the CHS football team), Cathy Kardas<\/strong>, the Post Office’s most senior employee Mack Mata<\/strong>, the youngest carrier C.C. Vallejo<\/strong>, Mike Alston<\/strong>, and Sharra Kliebenstein<\/strong> helped Conrad count-down to the big event at 9:20:08 AM. <\/p>\n

Then it was all silly string and music from the Army & Navy Academy Atkinson Warrior Marching Band<\/strong>, free cake, and for a dollar all the philatelists<\/a><\/strong> in the crowd could get a special commemorative postcard with a custom cancellation stamp.<\/p>\n

Click the link for all the photos.<\/p>\n


\n(Click on images to see them full size)<\/p>\n

\"Natanthem-1\"<\/a>
\nAll eyes on the flag while Sharra Kliebenstein sung The National Anthem.<\/p>\n

\"Ana<\/a>
\nThe ANA Atkinson Warrior Marching Band making it all official.<\/p>\n

\"Centerline\"<\/a>
\nCarlsbad High School <\/strong>football team starting center Michael Januzzi <\/strong>has obviously run this gauntlet before.<\/p>\n

\"Number2\"<\/a>
\nMack Mata<\/strong> has been working at the Carlsbad post office since before Zip Codes existed.<\/p>\n

\"92008<\/a>
\nBack row: Miss Carlsbad Dana Ducommon, Lorraine Ludowsky<\/strong>, Sheila Mata<\/strong>, Lola’s Connie Trejo<\/strong>, Michelle<\/strong>, and Michael Januzzi<\/strong>. Front row: Cathy Kardas<\/strong>, Mack Mata<\/strong>, C.C. Vallejo<\/strong>, Mike Alston<\/strong>, and Sharra Kliebenstein.<\/p>\n

<\/strong>\"Cake\"<\/a>
\nExactly what we were all there for. Celebrate 92008 and have some free cake.<\/p>\n

\"Cake<\/a>
\nWhat to draw a crowd on Saturday morning? We suggest free cake.
\n\"Tkarnold\"<\/a>
\nCarlsbad City Council candidate (and Encina Power Station hater<\/a><\/strong>) Thomas K. Arnold<\/a><\/strong> out on the campaign trail with his family.<\/p>\n

\"Zipday<\/a>
\nThe card and cancellation stamp you could have picked up if you’d been at the party.
\n\"Conrad\"<\/a>
\nSpecial thanks to our favorite Carslbadistan<\/em> letter carrier, Conrad Beck<\/strong> for making this entire party happen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our favorite Carlsbadistan letter carrier Conrad Beck organized a a pretty big party at the Carlsbad Post Office today to celebrate that fact that today’s date (9-20-08) also happens to be our zip Code. While Mayor Bud Lewis did not make the festivities as promised, nearly 70 people along with the Carlsbad Lancer Cheerleaders, Miss […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3311"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3311\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}