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To the Editor:

There are institutions that, while I don’t think about them much, I rely on them and I expect them to be there. The United States Postal Service is one of these institutions. Maybe I take them for granted. Not any longer. The current changes being made at the USPS have woken me up. Maybe I can wake up others.

I live in “greater La Conner” and the La Conner Weekly News doesn’t get here until Thursday. When Monday came and still no paper, I called. I was told others had called about late papers. The paper finally did arrive on Tuesday. The next issue arrived on Saturday. This week...