<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/_dev-testing/final/westmont-news/neither-rain-nor-thomas-fire-westmont-mail-delivers.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>12/13/2017</pubDate><title>Neither Rain, nor Thomas Fire: Westmont Mail Delivers</title><excerpt>Two Westmont vice presidents and several other college employees retrieved and loaded up more than 550 packages from the Westmont Post Office ahead of a mandatory evacuation due to the massive Thomas Fire. Some of the packages included important medications and a particulate mask. When the college evacuated Dec. 10, Joanne Gish, assistant director of the college store and mailing services, and Ty Kim, mailing services coordinator, got assistance from Doug Jones, vice president for finance, and Chris Call, vice president for administration, research, planning and implementation, to safely transport the mail off campus. Ron Smith, sports information director, and his wife, Leslie, textbook manager, and several student workers moved all the mail to Jones’ car for transport to Call’s garage.</excerpt><author>Westmont</author><image>
            
            <img src="/_migrated-binaries/sites/default/files/blogs-legacy/2017/12/CallJones-505x537.jpg" alt="Vice Presidents Chris Call and Doug Jones"/>
        </image><caption>Vice Presidents Chris Call and Doug Jones</caption><description>1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...</description></item>