LETTER: Everyone reads the Citizen!

THANK you, thank you and another thank you. A few weeks ago I e-mailed a message to the Citizen regarding a dear friend who resides in Blackburn with whom I had lost contact. I am pleased to report that she is well and has responded to me with a letter via the mail. She opens her letter by stating: " I did not realise that so many people read our local free newspaper, never mind the Postbag. We have had many people phone us, stopping us in the street and knocking at the door to tell us about the letter." She included a copy of your May 2 edition in which my original letter appeared. If not for your help and courtesy this would not have been accomplished. While experts debate the value and impact on society of the Internet, here's a great example of how a well estabished medium such as the Blackburn Citizen can use the futuristic technology of Internet e-mail and succeed in reuniting old friends in an almost pre-technolgy small-town kind of atmosphere. I am forever in your debt for helping reunite our two families again. Best regards from the Big Apple. Sincerely