An appreciated delivery

Barney VandenBos stopped into the BVD office last week. His wife Claudette, passed away last month and he received a sympathy card from their friend Mary in Arizona.

What made the card extra special was that it got to him at all. The card was simply addressed to: "Barney, Lincoln, MT 59639" yet the Lincoln Post Office nevertheless got it to him. That fact impressed him enough that he wanted to share his appreciation.

The delivery shows that, while the United States Postal Service has become a major political football this year, local post offices play an important and often unreported role in small towns.