Congratulations on a job well done Jaime

Victor M. Jaime, superintendent/ president of Imperial Valley College since 2012, has announced his intent to retire at the close of this current academic year. Jaime submitted his retirement letter to the board a week ago, and the trustees are expected to take action on it at their Dec. 13 meeting.

He has been the eighth superintendent/president at IVC.

Congratulations to Jaime for a long successful career that lasted 38 years, seven as president/superintendent.

He’s an example of home-town pride and success and good luck to him in the future.

Emergency drills test agencies’ response

In order to be best-prepared as can be, for any potential dangers, the city of Calexico, its police department and other local, state and federal agencies took part in the annual California Statewide Medical and Health Exercise here a week ago.

The exercise was a multi-site coordinated emergency drill scenario designed to test the participating agencies communicati\ons and effectiveness when responding to a critical emergency situation.

Kudos for continuously preparing for various scenarios.

Growing buzz draws crowds to Honey Festival

While it’s the slowest time of the year for beekeepers to produce honey, the annual Honey Festival saw no trouble in drawing in crowds of attendees like bees to a blossom.

The festival continued to give the small city here an opportunity to showcase what it’s truly made of — a welcoming community and a lot of honey.

It was the festival’s 13th year in existence on Saturday and those in attendance were able to celebrate and enjoy what the growing event has to offer.