Article: CARRIER'S BIG SEND-OFF.(Working)(Patrons note how `Dave the mailman' brings something extra)

Byline: Serena Markstrom The Register-Guard

The neighborhood joke is that Dave Clouse knows everyone so well because he reads their mail.

The truth is, "Dave the mailman" knows everyone because for 25 years on the same College Hill route, he's taken an interest in the people behind those address labels.

"He's like the old-fashioned mailman you'd see in a Rockwell painting," said Blake Rodger, 34, who's lived on the route for four years. "He takes the time, he chats with people in the neighborhood."

At a surprise retirement party Wednesday, Clouse joked with about 100 well-wishers at the Washington Park Community Center about ...

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