Letters to the Editor

To the Editor:

Recent issues of the Herald have included historical articles by Kathy Mellott. Her long career in public service as a reporter on local government and other issues should be recognized by others besides me. For a brief interval – fall 1982-spring 1984 – Kathy was the most reliable member of the Area News crew for the Altoona Mirror when I was Area News editor. She and northern Blair writer Virgie Werner, Cambria Country stringer Sandy Ivory and others made my job a daily joy, even though I have newspaper deadline dreams long after I left that 30-year career. I know Kathy also w...