To the Editor:

My family needs a pool. Please vote “Yes” on ballot measure 12-80.

We are a water-loving family. We boat and swim in Magone Lake and the John Day River. All of us swim except our youngest. She floats. She does not take off her life jacket. She took multiple swim lessons every year at the pool until it was closed, but she was still too young to have water safety and swimming mastered. She needs a few more years of lessons by an instructor (not a parent) and to have lifeguards watching to be safe in water.

Summers are hot in Grant County. Swimming will happen. Let’s vote “Yes” to allow that learning time to be a safe and fun time as well.

Thanks for voting “Yes.”

Ryan McKnab

Canyon City