To the Editor:

On behalf of the Lakeview Swim Team, we would like to express our support for a swim pool in John Day. Our community has fully supported our swim pool and shown how important it is for our children’s, as well as adults’, health and well-being; it is utilized by people of all ages.

Our swim team has brought at least 30-plus swimmers and their families to John Day each summer for a three-day swim meet. Some years it’s twice in the summer. Our families really enjoy coming to John Day, staying at the park or a motel, eating at the restaurants, shopping at the stores.

Our kids enjoy their time with their summer swim team friends from different towns. There are also families that stay longer and have a family vacation in the area, camping and rafting. We have missed coming the past three summers and hope to come back soon. 

Annette Shullanberger

Lakeview

Editor’s note: The author is president of the Lakeview Swim Team board of directors.