W
hen Donna Cook quit her job as a sys-
tems analyst with the Marines in 1979,
she had her sights set on becoming a
postmaster in her town of Louisburg, Kansas.
"The postmaster was retiring in five years and he told me that
I needed to work for the postal service first. So I became a substi-
tute rural mail carrier," Cook explains.
But there was a problem. She'd taken the wrong job. To
become postmaster, she needed to work as a clerk, not a carrier.
BY OLIVIA KINGSLEY
Through trial and error—
and asking lots of questions—
this producer has built a business
pairing quality with ease, and
focusing on the customer.
Donna Cook, Rabbit
Creek Foods
Comfort,
Craft, and
Convenience
"As a [Marines] systems
analyst, we were always
planning things. Now I wonder
what will that customer want
around Christmastime."
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