Letters to the editor
Hospice makes for better life
Editor:
Every November Hospice of the Valley reaches out to our community to raise awareness about the compassionate care that hospice and palliative care provide patients and families coping with serious and life-limiting illness. This month of awareness provides an opportunity for us to remind people that hospice care helps patients and families focus on living.
I as a volunteer, and those who have worked in the field professionally, have seen firsthand how hospice and palliative care can improve the quality of life for patients and their families. Research shows that families report a better quality of life under hospice and palliative care. There is a growing body of research showing that hospice and palliative care may prolong the lives of some people who receive this type of care.
The hospice team provides expert medical care to keep patients comfortable and able to enjoy time with loved ones. They answer questions, offer advice on what to expect, and help families with the duties of being a caregiver. The team also provides emotional and spiritual support for the entire family.
With the help hospice provides, patients and families alike can focus on what is important to them – living and enjoying life to its fullest.
Avonne T. Shelton
Hospice of the Valley
Volunteer
No vote was best for city
Editor:
Thank you to everyone who voted No once again and to those who worked to defeat the sale of alcohol in Hartselle. Please know that your efforts will have a lasting positive effect on young and old alike for years to come.
Beneath the shine of well polished arguments for allowing alcohol sales here, one comes face to face with this hard cold reality – recreational alcohol use typically causes a myriad of personal, family and community problems. These problems are certainly well documented in the Bible and in succeeding generations. If this is not true today, then why are there numerous treatment programs and government policies aimed at curtailing some of these problems?
Even those who pushed for alcohol sales in this election were trumpeting the “most restrictive” city council ordinance against the sale of alcohol here.
As we look to the future of our community, surely, we must admit that the strength of Hartselle lies in the character of her people. From this reality comes our slogan – The City of Southern Hospitality.
For now, may we continue to work together in the various community programs and welcome others to join us here and keep Hartselle on the path of safe progress.
Certainly, the future looks bright for Hartselle. However, if the need arises once again to air our differences over the direction of this community, I have every confidence that those who prayed and sacrificed time, talent, energy and money to stand against alcohol sales here and all the problems that flow with it will once again rise to the occasion.
Families for a Safe Hartselle
Jeff and Kylie Johnson
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