{"id":5899,"date":"2011-12-06T19:35:33","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T02:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/?p=5899"},"modified":"2012-02-22T13:01:28","modified_gmt":"2012-02-22T20:01:28","slug":"opinion-get-off-the-sidelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/2011\/12\/06\/opinion-get-off-the-sidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Opinion: Get off the sidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am sick of reading letters from a couple individuals in the Idyllwild area who do nothing but complain about everyone else. <\/p>\n

I see it from the opposite side of the fence. As we complete this Thanksgiving weekend, I can only begin to express my gratitude to everyone who worked to produce a successful Harvest Festival and Tree Lighting. <\/p>\n

It was not only the members of the organizations that gave time and money to make these events a success, but the generous contributions of individuals such as David Roy, who donated another one of his wonderful carvings and Dore Capitani, who donated a beautiful piece of his metalwork. <\/p>\n

In addition, the businesses in this town, that often struggle to survive, were equally generous. <\/p>\n

These crazy guys, who write so often it seems like they have become staff writers for the Town Crier, would probably say that these contributions are self-serving. In my mind, the wonderful people in this town are just following Rotary\u2019s motto, which is \u201cService Above Self.\u201d <\/p>\n

Perhaps these guys should give it a try. Maybe they would like to become contributing members of our community instead of just whiners sitting on the sidelines.<\/p>\n

Dawn Miller
\nRotary Club of Idyllwild
\nPine Cove <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am sick of reading letters from a couple individuals in the Idyllwild area who do nothing but complain about everyone else. I see it from the opposite side of the fence. As we complete this Thanksgiving weekend, I can only begin to express my gratitude to everyone who worked to produce a successful Harvest […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nOpinion: Get off the sidelines • Idyllwild Town Crier<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/2011\/12\/06\/opinion-get-off-the-sidelines\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\">\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/\",\"name\":\"Idyllwild Town Crier\",\"description\":\"Almost All the News \\u2014\\u00a0Part of the Time\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/2011\/12\/06\/opinion-get-off-the-sidelines\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/2011\/12\/06\/opinion-get-off-the-sidelines\/\",\"name\":\"Opinion: Get off the sidelines • Idyllwild Town Crier\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-12-07T02:35:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-02-22T20:01:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a605c395c68d70ebff04baa8c6db5908\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/2011\/12\/06\/opinion-get-off-the-sidelines\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a605c395c68d70ebff04baa8c6db5908\",\"name\":\"Town Crier\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8243a467cafff8603d6155329abd7d77?s=96&d=retro&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Town Crier\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5899"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5899"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7657,"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5899\/revisions\/7657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}