By Marcy Axness, TME

A giddy wave of normalcy wafted through the leafy air in Pine Mountain Village on Sunday, May 24. Folks itching to unshelter-in-place gathered on the patio of R&B Hideaway to dine, sip and enjoy the live music of Walt and Pam Ryba. A palpable sense of relief prevailed, for everyone.

That was certainly true for Hideaway co-owner Bob Lloyd, who had the patio all set up, but wasn’t at all sure whether people would show up. People did show up, both Saturday and Sunday.

“It was a huge relief!” he laughed. He added that people seemed truly eager to come out.

Lloyd said it was great to see customers and friends he hadn’t seen in a while. As for the recent past, during covid-19 shelter-in-place?

“It’s been horrible, it’s been terrible,” Lloyd said—“a nightmare for two months, three months!”

Dine-In Guidelines

On Wednesday, May 20, Kern County’s request to the state was approved to accelerate its progress through…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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Above: Walt and Pam Ryba and Brian Bierman entertained diners who were delighted to get out and enjoy food, drinks, sun and company on the patio at R&B Hideaway in Pine Mountain Village, Sunday, May 24—just in time for Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial beginning of summer.

Right: Graduating senior David Kimbrough is ready for the FMHS ‘drive-in’ graduation, which has also just gotten the thumbs-up to take place Thursday, June 4, with distancing guidelines in place. Find all those details on page 14.

A new sign on the door of Frazier Park Library gives a floating ‘mid-to-late June’ open date. The older signs on the book return bins said the library would open May 15.

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