The TimesDaily on health care workers in Alabama getting a COVID-19 vaccine and the devastation from the pandemic:
Shortly after receiving his COVID-19 vaccination early Thursday morning, Helen Keller Hospital pulmonologist Dr. Lynn Ridgeway offered an observation that everyone in the Shoals area can agree with.
“This is a huge sign of hope,” Ridgeway said of the first round of vaccinations.
That sign of hope could not have been delivered at a more appropriate time. Since March, nearly 9,500 residents of the Shoals have tested positive for COVID-19, and 120 have died.
They were our family members, our friends. Their importance is lost in the cold reality of an ever-growing number of infections.
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Alabama community rallies to replace man’s broken bicycle
Updated Dec 10, 2020;
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By Cassie Kuhn The Decatur Daily, Ala. (TNS) and Tribune Media Services
When Tabitha Smothers overheard the Kroger employee bagging her groceries mention that he planned to walk home in the rain since his bike was broken, she said she felt called by God to help however she could.
So she posted a request to Facebook asking her friends if they would be willing to contribute a few dollars each so she could buy Trayvon Bailey, 38, a new sprocket for his bike. She said a new sprocket would have cost about $65, and that was her goal.