Potter fire victims receive assistance, discuss fire

The school and the community have banded together to assist the students of Potter Junior High who lost homes in the Fallbrook (Rice Canyon) Fire.

Ten families at the school were affected; however, five of those families refused assistance because they felt they possessed the resources to deal with the tragedy on their own.

When it became evident that the school needed to be evacuated, parents were called and told to come and collect their children. Out of 1,050 Potter students, 650 were picked up by their parents or family members. The rest of the students were bussed to a safer location at M...