To the friendly, efficient and helpful…
To the friendly, efficient and helpful employees at the Elway postal station in St. Paul! You're sainted!
By Sainted & Tainted writers |
Sainted
I wish to Saint the employees of the United States Postal Service at the Elway Station in St. Paul.
Whenever I stop in to mail a package they are always cheerful, friendly, efficient and extremely helpful.
I do not know everyone's name but Duane in particular always goes out of his way to help. I stopped in the other day and was not as prepared as I should have been. Duane took charge, organized my packages and mailed them in the most economical way possible.
I would suggest everyone go there but then it might be more crowded than I would like.
Joan Barrett, St. Paul
My husband and our friend, Lori Anderson, went to St. Patrick's Church this past Sunday for their Turkey Bingo (which was a blast). Right after we sat down and started choosing our cards, a young woman came up and asked if she could join us, introducing herself as Mai.
Once the bingo got rolling, we were handed a small paper menu for lunch or snack choices. Mai started taking orders, encouraging us to get something but when we tried to give her money she said was buying!
We enjoyed the next few hours with our new friend and tried to pay her back by buying her Bingo cards — three for a quarter — but she kept buying ours, too.
Her mother later joined us, having gone to the Hmong Mass that St. Patrick's holds the third Sunday of the month.
Mai was a ray of sunshine, her mother was a beautiful, grand lady, but unfortunately we didn't get their full names.
We did find out that Mai works at St. John's hospital as an interpreter and we're certain that those patients she helps are in good hands with Mai.
Sainted also: St. Patrick's generous parish and Bingo helpers for providing such a fun time for over 100 people. We all moaned in unison when Bingo! was called and cheered for the Cover Bingo winners.
Roxanne Furlong, Inver Grove Heights
The Good Samaritan who picked up my wallet the day before Thanksgiving from the shops at Grand and Oxford and returned it without anything missing to the Western Police District for me to pick up.
Charlotte Hanley-Jacobson, St. Paul
Thank you to the City of St. Paul and Xcel Energy for the fabulous grand opening of Rice Park on November 23.
The festivities and stunning holiday lights by Timberland Outdoor Services have become an annual family must-attend event to kickoff the holiday season!
Colleen Sparke, Champlin
Sainted and Tainted
A SAINTED raised glass to the O'Gara's family for keeping their bar in business as long as they did.
And a TAINTED to the pending city regulations that, in part, kept the bar from reopening.
Stephen Borer, St. Paul
Those who helped shovel the snow at TCF Bank Stadium in advance of Saturday's championship football game between the Gophers and Wisconsin should be SAINTED.
So should the University for paying them $14 an hour for their effort.
It's nice to see the U recognize the value of the "volunteers" to assure that the big game is not TAINTED by excessive accumulation of snow.
Marshall H. Tanick, Minneapolis
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