Karen Barkstrom column appreciated

I was so very pleased with the recent column in your paper by Karen Barkstrom expressing her distress and concern about the direction our country is headed due to the reckless and irresponsible actions of our current president and his administration.

And, then I was even more so with Diane Hill’s very supportive response — especially commenting “We want our country back. We want sanity back.”

This is exactly what our country needs right now. Everyday people who have their eyes open, their brains thinking, and their hearts full of love, need to speak out about all of the injustices currently occurring in our country — both socially and economically, both locally and nationally. Things have worsened since Karen’s column was published, and will continue to do so until enough of us stand up and demand an end to the insanity coming out of Washington, D.C.

As Diane Hill especially noted: “We want a government that remembers its job is to serve the people — not to entertain, distract or divide us.” We need more letters to your paper, in every single issue, from others out there expressing their concerns about their families’ struggles and frustrations in their everyday lives dealing with the economic consequences of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill. If many of you think it’s bad now — you ain’t seen nuthin’ yet. Please do your civic job. Inform and educate. Your communities will thank you. Remember, we are all in this together.

Michael J. Spencer

Raymond

Harbor Regional Health lauded

A 40-minute ambulance ride is required from Moclips to Grays Harbor Community Hospital (Harbor Regional Health) when those residents experience medical duress, a scenario my father underwent on Thanksgiving morning.

Having no knowledge of the hospital, I didn’t know what to expect when I arrived Thanksgiving evening from California.

What I found was a deeply committed hospital staff in both the hospital’s emergency department and critical care unit. While it’s one thing to be friendly, health care workers at all levels of patient care proved to be very communicative and caring as his stay extended for several days.

The outcome was positive, which is coloring my impression of the facility and staff. But one would be hard pressed to find fault in the staff’s compassion and ability to communicate complicated medical procedures in thoughtful and efficient ways. Considering the ongoing challenges to health care in the United States, your community is lucky to have a hospital punching above its weight.

Terrence McNally

Arcata, California