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April 2004

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.

Jonathan Camacho

Born: 8-1-87

Date Missing: 6-7-00

Missing From: Whidbey
Island, WA

Joshua Bryant

Born: 12-24-90

Date Missing: 5-12-01

Missing From: Deltona, Fl

Lailaa Aboseid

Age progression to 16 years

Born: 12-29-86

Date Missing: 4-12-90

Missing From: Tempe, AZ

Jonathon Arciniegas

Born: 12-19-00

Date Missing: 8-30-03

Missing From: Los Angeles,
CA

Laura Arciniegas

Born: 6-27-97

Date Missing: 8-30-03

Missing From: Los Angeles,
CA

Rilya Wilson

Age progression to 5 years

Born: 9-29-96

Date Missing: 1-18-01

Missing From: Miami, FL

Logan Tucker

Age progression to 7 years

Born: 4-10-96

Date Missing: 6-23-02

Missing From: Woodward, OK

Michelle Smith

Born: 10-1-87

Date Missing: 9-26-03

Missing From: Beaverton, OR

Sharquita Richardson

Born: 3-15-90

Date Missing: 9-13-03

Missing From: Jacksonville, FL

Jeanette Picaso

Born: 11-3-89

Date Missing: 1-15-04

Missing From: Pompano
Beach, FL

Nicole Mercado

Born: 2-27-87

Date Missing: 9-3-03

Missing From: Chicago, IL

Brenda Mahecha

Born: 8-11-88

Date Missing: 12-1-03

Missing From: Lakewood, NJ

Kimberly Layton

Born: 12-27-86

Date Missing: 10-17-03

Missing From: Virginia Beach,
VA

Renee Francis

Born: 5-25-88

Date Missing: 1-19-03

Missing From: Brooklyn, NY

Michon Dopham

Age progression to 8 years

Born: 1-1-94

Date Missing: 12-25-99

Missing From: Stanton, CA

Mila Dopham

Age progression to 10 years

Born: 12-2-91

Date Missing: 12-25-99

Missing From: Stanton, CA

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.

If you have any information, or for free prevention tips, please call 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678).

NOTICE TO ALL EMPLOYEES

THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN FACT SHEET

Percentage returns released April 2, 2004, 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
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
2003 4.11 4.11 4.10 28.54 28.69 42.92 43.84 37.94 38.59

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

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
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
Dec. 0.49 1.01 1.02 5.24 5.24 2.04 2.08 7.68 7.81
2004
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. 0.29 0.80 0.80 1.80 1.84 3.53 3.58 1.32 1.41
Feb. 0.39 1.09 1.08 1.35 1.39 1.78 1.75 2.22 2.31
March 0.29 0.69 0.75 -1.50 -1.51 0.38 0.42 0.60 0.56
LAST 12 MONTHS 4.09 5.29 5.41 34.93 35.12 56.44 57.34 56.56 57.54
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.

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