I’m appalled at Dartmouth College’s decision to close the Hanover Country Club for the season. As a local resident and golfer, I find the move totally irresponsible. While we in New Hampshire abide by the stay-at-home policy, we look forward to the opening of outside areas for good physical health and mental stability. I personally feel Dartmouth President Phil Hanlon did not take the health of the public into consideration when closing the course. As many courses are now opening to help people enjoy the outdoors, the effort to close the Hanover Country Club for the season reflects Hanlon’s wish to either close the course forever or sell it to limit the financial loss to the college.
There are numerous colleges in the Northeast — Middlebury, Colgate, Yale, Williams — that have their own courses. Why can’t Dartmouth make it work?
GARY MILLER
Orford
Several days ago I read the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript story published in the Valley News about the woman and her daughter who were college shopping and the mother wound up extremely ill — but then tested negative for COVID-19 (“ ‘Like being hit by a freight train’ ” April 29).
I have had the exact same symptoms for the past month or more. As I have lupus, my husband thought it was probably caused by that. However, the thing that concerned me was the new symptoms — loss of appetite, food tasting metallic, etc. I had everything she had and more. This is now making me wonder whether the test she took was defective or if there is more than one type of virus going around. Maybe, if I am lucky, COVID-19 and lupus are duking it out and I will eventually feel good.
CONNIE KRONER
Lebanon
Recently I went to a meeting of the Libbie Cass Library board of trustees and felt disappointed by the comments from the trustees and the Selectboard. I was told that the library staff is doing curbside pickup without masks or gloves. Any curbside service raises the health risks to the staff and it appears that the library will continue doing this. I was also told that if curbside stops, the library will close. Furthermore, it appears it will be the first thing to be cut by the Selectboard, if any cuts will be made. Unfortunately, our Selectboard does not see the amazing work the library does behind the scenes to provide digital services, contact patrons and prepare for future programs, including summer reading for all ages. If you are a Springfield, N.H., resident I urge you to contact the trustees and Selectboard members and let them know you care about the health of the library, its staff and its place in our community.
AZRA PALO
Springfield, N.H.
I have heard so much BS from President Donald Trump that it isn’t even funny. He calls people names, then says he didn’t, or didn’t mean it like it sounded. And I really don’t think he has any knowledge of medicine at all. How can he tell people what they should be taking or doing to ease the pandemic in the U.S.? Why does he bother to have these talks every night? He says the same thing over and over and over and makes no sense. It’s better if we listen to our governors and our own medical people than Trump.
Donald Trump only thinks of himself, nobody else. He should have done what his advisers told him back when China first came down with the virus. But no, he said there was nothing to worry about.
RACHEL DENSMORE
North Springfield, Vt.
The closest childhood friend and former best man of my son-in-law gave him an N95 mask because he is a doting father of a long-awaited son. Recognizing that, at age 71, I am at greater risk, my son-in-law gave it to me. My husband is extremely high risk due to his age and health history, so I passed it on to him. Desperately worried about our younger daughter, who is a registered nurse in a Philadelphia hospital with limited personal protective equipment, my husband passed it on to her to keep her safe and healthy.
Following the path of an N95 mask can restore your faith in humanity.
CONNIE O’LEARY
Meriden