A tattered flag flies over the Middlebury Post Office Nov. 14, 2015. (Dick Bulkovitch photo)
By MARJORIE NEEDHAM
When Air Force veteran Dick Bulkovitch of Middlebury went to the Middlebury Post Office Saturday, Nov. 14, he looked up at the flag pole to see a tattered flag, left, flying there. A neighbor and several friends had alerted him to the situation. He said they were very upset with the flag’s condition.
“I went down there, not with a chip on my shoulder, but with the goal of finding a solution to a problem,” he said. So he went inside and discussed the situation with the postal staff.
Monday, when Postmaster Mary Donahue returned from a month-long leave, she located a temporary replacement for the tattered flag, right. It’s a bit small but it is brand new. Donahue said via telephone Nov. 16, “Rest assured we have a clean one out there and I ordered new ones.” She said she raised the new flag while Bulkovitch and a postal employee who also is a vet saluted.
Bulkovitch, a member of the Middlebury Lions Club, informed the Bee-Intelligencer Nov. 27 that the Middlebury Lions have purchased a new, all-weather, 4-foot-by-6-foot flag to donate to the Post Office. He said he hoped to deliver it to Donahue the week of Nov. 30.
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