The Morning R-C

Between the teenager nearly drowning below the old power dam and a 10-year-old on a bicycle getting hit by a car in Indian Hills, we had a couple of very close calls on Thursday. The young bicyclist was hurt, but we've heard the injuries are not severe. School's out folks. Keep an eye out for children, whether they're crossing the street, jumping into a raging river or fooling around with matches.

There's a new Ron on the Indian Hills General Improvement District, but it's not Ron Kruse. County commissioners appointed Ron Lynch to the board. Lynch was the manager of the county's Mosquito Control District and an outspoken opponent of cityhood for the district on the county's northern border.

The tote board is up and bets are being taken on the odds Douglas High School's graduation will be rained out tonight. The National Weather Service is going all in for rain today, with a chance of precipitation of 80 percent after 11 a.m. One foreboding portend is that the truck carrying flowers for leis broke down in Oakland, according to Davelyn Miyashiro. Parents make the traditional Hawaiian symbols of good luck for the graduates. School officials say they've never had to delay the graduation to Saturday, but that's what will happen if the rains come.