I would like this to be a letter to the Editor but that would be mute as I am the editor, so this will simply be an opinion, a commentary if you will.
Once again I am amazed (though I shouldn't be) and astonished at the outpouring of love and support for those affected by the RIM fire. Though FEMA has said it is sending aid, we were well on our way to organizing and helping others before a paper even crossed their desk for aid.
We mobilized our CERT teams on the first day of the RIM fire, setting up evac shelters and dining halls for those displaced. Local restaurants donated food and continue to do so, girls scouts brought cases of water, local retailers donated food and water, local hotels donated bedding and towels, Lions, veterans and other clubs donated their time and bodies to manning the shelters, people with trailers and pastures helped people they had never met move cattle and livestock and then house the livestock for them. Feed stores donated feed. All this prior to the Governor acknowledging we might have a problem.
I, for one, am proud to be part of this wonderful community with such huge hearts!
Thank you, you know who you are, for all of your selfless acts of kindness. You are what makes this community a small slice of heaven.
by,
Charity Maness
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