FAIR OAKS RANCH — Add “nor lack of gas” to the familiar motto of the U.S. postal service — “Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night, stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.”
Just ask mail carrier Aden Shields, who received a nod of approval from Mayor Greg Maxton after Shields’ truck hit empty on the petrol gauge Oct. 3 and he continued delivering the post on foot.
Though Shields called a supervisor to bring him a gas can, he didn’t want to postpone his “appointed rounds.”
With temperatures rising to the low 90s, Shields, positioned at Fair View Valley and Fair View Bluff streets, spent an hour delivering the pre-sorted mail and packages from home to home.
A resident saw Shields making rounds the old-fashioned way and called Maxton to commend the postal worker.
“They saw him running up and down the street going mailbox to mailbox,” Maxton said. “He (Shields) just said, ‘Hey, I am going to keep delivering mail.’” Maxton said he was so impressed by Shield’s efforts that he met the courier in the neighborhood and snapped a photo for The Star.
“I went out there and talked to him and got a photo and his name,” Maxton said, adding that he wanted to make sure Shields’ efforts were lauded.
For Shields, the recognition was unexpected. A Boerne Champion High School graduate, he credits his commitment to his job as a lasting lesson he learned during his Army service.
“I really can’t take too much credit because I did get some help from the military,” Shields said. “That’s who I would give the credit to.”
However, Shields said he is glad to have a working vehicle again so his job serving the community is a little less strenuous.
“ They saw him running up and down the street going mailbox to mailbox.”
GREG MAXTON Fair Oaks Ranch Mayor
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