Postal Service Honors Innovative Choreographers on National Dance Day

LOS ANGELES, July 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – The U.S. Postal Service paid tribute today — on National Dance Day — to four influential choreographers who forever changed the art of dance in this country and around the world: Isadora Duncan, Jose Limon, Katherine Dunham and Bob Fosse.

The Innovative Choreographers stamps were dedicated at Los Angeles County‘s Grand Park, as part of the West coast’s flagship National Dance Day Celebration, by Nigel Lythgoe, executive producer and co-creator of “So You Think You Can Dance” (SYTYCD), the FOX prime-time dance reality show, and Ruth Goldway, chairman of the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC).   Read the rest of this entry »

The Baltimore Sun reports that a Maryland man, Neil Edwin Prescott, 28, threatened to “load my guns” and attack a Pitney Bowes mail facility where he formerly worked:

According to an application for the search warrant, Prescott called his former supervisor, Gary Crofoot, at mail services supplier Pitney Bowes in Capitol Heights on Monday and repeatedly said, “I am a joker. I’m going to load my guns.”

He also said he wanted to “see the supervisor’s brain splatter all over the sidewalk,” the search warrant application says. Police confirmed that there was animosity between the two men but said the threat was directed toward “everybody.”

Read more at the Baltimore Sun: Crofton, Maryland man called himself ‘Joker,’ planned mass shooting, police say – Baltimore Sun.

WASHINGTON, DC — Lady Bird Johnson, a highly respected and influential woman in American history, will be recognized by the U.S. Postal Service during the year marking the centennial of her birth with a commemorative Forever Stamp. The new Forever Stamp honoring Mrs. Johnson — who was married to the 36th President of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson — will feature her official White House portrait, as well as the artwork of stamps originally issued in the 1960s to encourage planting flowers to beautify America.

“Lady Bird Johnson’s impact to society continues to be felt by many today,” said Thurgood Marshall Jr., Chairman of the Postal Service Board of Governors. “Anyone who drives our nation’s highways today still benefits from her leadership transforming the American landscape and helping preserve its natural beauty. We’re pleased to honor her with this stamp.

”During her lifetime Lady Bird Johnson was recognized for many achievements related to her advocacy for the environment, including the passing of The Highway Beautification Act of 1965,” said Postmaster General and CEO Patrick R. Donahoe. “We’re pleased to join the celebration honoring what would be her 100-year birthday and also to continue to help further her important legacy of creating a more beautiful America.”

The stamps will be issued for sale nationwide this December.

via Lady Bird Johnson to be recognized on commemorative Forever stamp.

A PROJECT to pinpoint the location of every address in the country is being tested in East Anglia.

The idea is to use the on-the-ground knowledge of thousands of postmen and women who will use sophisticated distance measuring tools to plot the front door of every delivery address. The data will help improve the accuracy of geo-positioning satellite- based (GPS) mapping.

If it is successful, it will be rolled out across the UK.

via Posties pinpoint for map precision – Latest News – Bury Free Press.

TORONTO, Ont. – A Toronto MPP is fighting to keep an historic post office in his neighbourhood open.

It was the site of Montgomery’s Tavern where William Lyon Mackenzie and his followers launched the Upper Canada rebellion of 1837.

via Toronto MPP rallies to keep historic post office – 680News.

Canada Post workers rallied outside their office in St. John’s Friday, saying they are worried about their jobs.Canada Post plans to open a new private retail outlet down the road from the main public postal centre.Postal workers say they are concerned their jobs will be cut to create new ones for private industries.

via Canada Post workers protest over private outlets – Nfld. & Labrador – CBC News.