To Our Dear Friends:

 We understand that it will be somewhat inconvenient to not have the post office here on Kabetogama and we are sorry to have caused any inconvenience.

 We have struggled with this over the last 4 years. We have tried everything we could to make it work and it just is not easy to work with the Federal
Government when we are on such a small scale.

 We are expected to know and do basically all the information and paperwork and provide the services of a full service post office that pays about
$40,000 for a clerk position and $50,000+ for a postmaster and we were making $2500/year – that is about $.75/hour. I have not accidently left off
zeros – I am serious about these numbers and to top it off it is one third of what Hays made 11 years ago when we picked up the service.

We really thought that with the increase in business we would eventually make it at least a fair trade for service – but to no avail. The USPO does not
want rural post offices and they make it very clear.

 We have really tried for 10 years to make a good go at this but we cannot consistently lose money – have our employees go through the learning
process – just to find what they learned has changed again while they were gone for a couple days.

 We have asked for assistance and ideas from you, our customers over the years and we have brainstormed many ideas, but none of them work.

 Therefore we had to make a decision – we will continue to have Post Offices Boxes (We will call them Units) and we will have stamps available for
sale. All of the package services are available at www.usps.com and you can purchase the postage on-line also.  We will still have delivery and
pick-up here at the store. Really, there is not as much change as it first appeared, except we will not have to be wrapped up in all the Federal Red Tape.

 We are very sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused you!!  We are really here for you and want you to know that we are open to new ideas
any time. We are always willing to explore new options – sometimes they are not feasible – but often times they are.

 Very Sincerely,

Phil & Ellen Hart