It seems to me at this time it would be a good idea to be reminded of the words once spoken by a wise man — former President John F. Kennedy: “Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.”

Please don’t lose sight and not remember the countless numbers who have lived and fought, and those who fought and lost their lives for this country, so we are privileged and able to have the lives we do today. Please.

NANCY GLARUM

Warrenton

It’s beginning to feel a bit like the movie “Groundhog Day,” with the constant back-and-forth about Lesley Miller Park, but unfortunately Bill Murray isn’t on hand to make it any fun for anyone.

Lesley’s generous donation to the city of Gearhart was unequivocally and irreversibly made in good faith, with her trusting the city would honor her legacy and her generous gift of preserving it as a park for all to enjoy in perpetuity.

To blatantly go against one of her final wishes is not only a horrible precedent to set (who in their right mind would donate land to the city in the future knowing what happened with poor Lesley’s gift), it’s also disrespectful to a woman who cared so deeply about Gearhart that she gave a valuable piece of land to the city she loved.

The park is in a tsunami evacuation zone. A grass park is much easier to evacuate than a crowded community center, a fire station or any development.

Please do the right thing, honor her wishes, and keep the beautiful park the centerpiece of Gearhart it has always been, and was meant to be. There are ample other sites where you can improve the city’s infrastructure in ways that don’t violate a dead woman’s wishes, and don’t further crowd a potential tsunami hazard zone.

The only acceptable site for a new emergency facility is the existing site of the Gearhart fire station, or a higher ground solution that achieves the city’s goals.

ALEX BLACK

Gearhart