Winners of the Butler Eagle Newspaper Carrier of the Year award, from left, are Sandra Angus, first place; Dawn Plaisted, third place; and Laurie Williams, second place. The awards, a long-standing tradition, were presented Wednesday at the Butler Eagle offices. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

It’s a thankless job carried out at ungodly hours and in any weather Mother Nature decides to throw at Butler County.

For those reasons, management at the Butler Eagle honored the company’s three top carriers on Wednesday at a Carrier of the Year reception, where the surprised employees were treated to an employee gathering and prizes for their designations.

Readers filled out nomination forms and mailed them to the newspaper’s office, where a committee of employees from four departments chose three deserving candidates from the more than 100 nominations submitted.

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