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December 2003

Have You Seen Any of These Missing Children?

Please participate in the NALC/USPS Child Alert Program. Tear out this page and carry it with you. If you have information on any of these missing persons, tell your Postal Service
supervisor.

Juan Felipe

Born: 9-11-00

Date Missing: 2-13-02

Missing From: Live Oak, FL

Octavio Farias

Born: 6-2-98

Date Missing: 6-15-03

Missing From: Torrance, CA

Antoine Edwards

Born: 11-14-99

Date Missing: 2-7-02

Missing From: Buffalo, NY

Christian DeLaGarza

Born: 1-15-00

Date Missing: 2-4-03

Missing From: Northville, MI

Brittany Crittenden

Born: 4-25-87

Date Missing: 9-23-03

Missing From: Huntsville, AL

Ana Contreras

Born: 1-21-91

Date Missing: 8-9-03

Missing From: Altoona, FL

Holly Charlie

Born: 11-18-88

Date Missing: 9-19-03

Missing From: Murray, UT

Jimmie Caractor

Born: 6-28-87

Date Missing: 3-24-03

Missing From: Opa Locka, FL

Angel Briones

Born: 7-15-01

Date Missing: 7-7-03

Missing From: Waukegan, IL

Nicholas Candela

Born: 9-7-96

Date Missing: 6-14-03

Missing From: Oklahoma
City, OK

Gio'annah Candela

Born: 12-9-97

Date Missing: 6-14-03

Missing From: Oklahoma
City, OK

Chelsea Bibb

Born: 2-17-89

Date Missing: 7-4-03
Missing From: Fair Oaks, CA

Jacob Barnett

Born: 9-20-85

Date Missing: 8-13-03

Missing From: Cullman, AL

Kimberly Archambault

Born: 9-15-86

Date Missing: 3-31-03

Missing From: Mandan, ND

Cheryl Abasolo

Born: 6-22-87

Date Missing: 10-7-03

Missing From: Henderson, NV

Please call the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Hot Line 1-800-843-5678
TDD 1-800-826-7653

Missing Children Poster Display Instructions

Please display this poster prominently on bulletin boards in retail lobbies of main Post OfficesTM, classified stations, and branches. Operators of contract postal units may display this poster at their option.

Companion posters, authorized for display on bulletin boards maintained by employee organizations, appear periodically in The Postal Record, a publication for members of the National Association of Letter Carriers.

This poster is published in cooperation with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the United States Department of Justice, and the National Association of Letter Carriers. Information appearing on this poster is selected solely by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).

In addition to Postal Bulletin updates, NCMEC distributes information via broadcast fax. Notification of newly reported missing children is sent to designated district "Missing Children" coordinators at fax numbers provided by district managers. Within 24 hours of receipt of a facsimile Missing Children poster, district coordinators should distribute copies to all Postal ServiceTM facilities in their districts. Missing Children posters are to be displayed for 30 days in Post Office lobbies, workroom floor areas, and other Postal Service facilities, unless notification is received (from NCMEC) to remove a particular poster sooner. The broadcast fax network is used to distribute posters and information in only the most urgent cases of missing and exploited children. This system supplements, but does not replace, the missing children information in this Postal Bulletin.

Missing Children posters are available to the U.S. Postal ServiceŽ only as described above. If Postal Service employees are contacted by individuals or local agencies about displaying a sign or poster of a missing child in local Post Offices, the individual or agency should be politely informed that the U.S. Postal Service displays only those posters provided by NCMEC, because it has been designated by the U.S. Department of Justice to be the national clearinghouse and resource center for missing and exploited children. The individual or agency should then be referred to NCMEC at 1-800-843-5678.

This office will be CLOSED

Thursday,
December 25, 2003,

Christmas Day.

Need Postal Service information? Call 800-ASK-USPS, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Or visit our Web site, www.usps.com, for information, stamps, and so much more.

NOTICE TO ALL EMPLOYEES

THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN FACT SHEET

Percentage returns released December 2, 2003, by the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

ANNUAL
RETURNS
G
Fund
F
Fund
LBA
Bond
Index
C
Fund
S&P 500
Stock
Index
S *
Fund
Wilshire
4500 Stock
Index
I *
Fund
EAFE
Stock
Index
1993 6.14 9.52 9.75 10.13 10.08 - 14.57 - 32.68
1994 7.22 -2.96 -2.92 1.33 1.32 - -2.66 - 7.75
1995 7.03 18.31 18.47 37.41 37.58 - 33.48 - 11.27
1996 6.76 3.66 3.63 22.85 22.96 18.52 17.18 6.27 6.14
1997 6.77 9.60 9.65 33.17 33.36 26.61 25.69 1.46 1.55
1998 5.74 8.70 8.69 28.44 28.58 7.51 8.63 20.46 20.09
1999 5.99 -0.85 -0.82 20.95 21.04 32.70 35.49 26.81 26.72
2000 6.42 11.67 11.63 -9.14 -9.10 -8.76 -15.77 -14.11 -14.17
2001 5.39 8.61 8.44 -11.94 -11.89 -2.22* -2.52* -15.42* -14.88*
2002 5.00 10.27 10.26 -22.05 -22.10 -18.14 -17.80 -15.98 -15.94

*Rates of return for May (inception of S and I Funds) through December 2001.

2002
MONTHLY
RETURNS
G
Fund
F
Fund
LBA
Bond
Index
C
Fund
S&P 500
Stock
Index
S
Fund
Wilshire
4500 Stock
Index
I
Fund
EAFE
Stock
Index
Dec. 0.38 2.08 2.07 -5.85 -5.88 -4.32 -4.21 -3.27 -3.36
2003
MONTHLY RETURNS
G
Fund
F
Fund
LBA
Bond
Index
C
Fund
S&P 500
Stock
Index
S
Fund
Wilshire
4500 Stock
Index
I
Fund
EAFE
Stock
Index
Jan. 0.35 0.10 0.09 -2.67 -2.62 -2.35 -2.16 -4.24 -4.17
Feb. 0.32 1.41 1.38 -1.49 -1.50 -2.56 -2.54 -2.29 -2.29
March 0.33 -0.05 -0.08 0.97 0.97 1.55 1.48 -1.90 -1.96
April 0.33 0.83 0.83 8.26 8.24 8.31 8.33 9.82 9.80
May 0.34 1.87 1.86 5.26 5.27 9.42 9.50 6.07 6.06
June 0.20 -0.30 -0.20 1.20 1.28 2.20 2.38 2.30 2.42
July 0.30 -3.41 -3.36 1.78 1.76 4.60 4.67 2.35 2.42
Aug. 0.40 .73 .66 1.94 1.95 4.12 4.19 2.39 2.41
Sept. 0.40 2.68 2.65 -1.14 -1.06 -1.35 -1.24 3.08 3.08
Oct. 0.30 -1.00 -0.93 5.68 5.66 7.65 7.62 6.06 6.23
Nov. 0.30 0.30 0.24 0.91 0.88 3.47 3.42 2.22 2.22
LAST 12 MONTHS 4.00 5.22 5.18 14.99 15.09 34.01 34.93 23.91 24.22
Fund Invested In Index Tracked
G - Government Securities Investment Fund Special issues of U.S. Treasury securities N/A
F - Fixed Income Index Investment Fund Barclays U.S. Debt Index Fund Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate bond index
C - Common Stock Index Investment Fund Barclays Equity Index Fund S&P 500 stock index
S - Small Capitalization Stock Index
Investment Fund
Barclays Extended Market Index Fund Wilshire 4500 stock index
I - International Stock Index Investment Fund Barclays EAFE Index Fund Europe, Australasia, and Far East stock index

Future performance of the funds will vary and may be significantly different from the returns shown above. See the Summary of the Thrift Savings Plan for detailed information about the funds and their investment risks. The monthly returns of the TSP Funds represent net earnings for the month after deduction of accrued administrative expenses and, except for the G Fund, after deduction of trading costs and accrued investment management fees as well. The returns for the four indexes shown do not include any of these deductions.

* Implemented May 2001.

Please post on bulletin boards. Discard/recycle all previous notices.

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