Post office postings

In almost all of Southeast Alaska, there is no home mail delivery, which makes the post office the center of activity. To get mail, you have to go to the post office to pick it up. The same is true in Gustavus. Because there are virtually no services in Gustavus, this also makes the post office even more the hub of activity. As such, this becomes the catch-all place for postings of events, notices, for sale and lost and found items.

For example, here are some recent postings and things at the post office:

• Stolen: Crime is running rampant. Someone stole the money and the money jar (it's a clear glass jar) from the golf course clubhouse. The golf course works on the honor system. It's $2 for 9 holes of golf, plus $3 or $5 for club rental, depending on whether or not you want the deluxe set, which is not bent and dented. (If you see someone with a bunch of quarters and dollar bills, this could be the culprit!) Someone also stole a statue from in front of the art gallery. Information is also wanted for anyone who knows anything about whoever painted Gus, the bear statue, as a panda bear during the Olympics.
  
• Poultry: There are postings for ducks for sale (excellent slug control according to the posting) and 3 extra roosters (but not meat roosters, whatever that means). I don't know why anyone would want poultry with all the bears, wolves, coyotes and other predators looking for food around here.
  
• Lost and found: Items including a mixing bowl, a metal spoon, a jacket and several sets of car keys are on the counter, awaiting owner pick up.
  
• Helpful notes: If you need to borrow a chimney brush, you can check one out from the fire department. If you need a surveyor for your house/property, several Gustavians are getting together to schedule one and share trip costs to get him here. There is also a calendar of when the clinic doctor is in town.
  
• Community involvement: If you want to join the cemetary committee (folks interested in getting a cemetary built here because there isn't one) participate in bunko night or find out about banned book week at the library, you'll find all the details.