To the Editor:
I read the article in your Feb. 3 edition about out of state delivery with interest. I have received the LCN for many years as a gift from my parents every year on my birthday, and last year began returning the favor by giving them a gift subscription of their own.
I have always marveled at the great condition the paper arrived in at my place in Georgia. However, last fall I noted a lapse in the arrival of the paper. I thought of it several times, and frankly just figured the Postal Service, no longer the trusted friend it once was, was up to its shenanigans once again.
Shortly after Christmas, I received a paper in perfect condition, and as is my habit, immediately leafed through the paper scanning the articles. I noted a very patriotic theme on the front, and thought it was a post holiday build up to a President’s Day salute. Then, to my surprise, I realized the paper was from November… It was your Veterans’ Day edition… in January. I thought it was a lark, then, two days later, a paper arrived, also in perfect condition… with pumpkins all over the front page… it seemed we were traveling back in time.
In January and February I received papers from September, through the New Year. My latest to arrive this week (March, 2011) was your Feb. 3 edition.
I savor my News, and read and enjoy your frank, honest printing of View from Over the Hill, and my co-workers howl with delight when I read them excerpts from Marilyn Beane’s wacky microcosm… The recent account of her husband’s brush with discount suppositories went viral at my office. I also say, it’s always news to me whenever it arrives, so I’m not complaining, but after reading the article, I did think I would take a moment and let you know that or postal service has your delivery WAY off.
Thanks for printing a great paper. Your real news, and the rest that would be classified as “interest” is a perfect blend. In today’s world of super produced, hyped and biased media, I consider the LCN an old friend who stops by and does an old fashioned Maine “dooryard visit” a few times a month to catch me up on the news, and everything else I’m missing.
This truly is a case of “better late than never.” Thanks for your hard work.
Dwight W. Pratt, Mableton, Ga.
