September 2012 Volume 19 Number 1

BridgeFest was great fun and the weather was beautiful! This year we had more vendors than ever! Thanks to everyone who partici-pated! The BCC made $3417 and the fire company BBQ made $1977.

You dozens of volunteers who made it happen were awesome as always. You are very much appreci-ated! Without the dedication of a large crew of vol-unteers from 7 am to 8 pm that day and on many weeks beforehand, this event wouldn’t be what it is. Thanks to Jessica Wilson and Steve for coordinating the Fun Run. The dunk tank was a big hit with the younger crowd. Special thanks to Mike Guerriero for this year’s artwork for the raffle tickets, posters, t-shirts, and buttons. Thanks to Roger Schellhous for being Master of Spacecrafts this year and to his ground crew and judges; his and Ida’s description of the flying saucer contest is in this issue. Thanks to Attila Gyenis for coordinating the entertainment and to Jennifer and Gordy Bishop for managing the Kids Corner. We were delighted that Heidi and Megan from Food for People brought an informational booth, dressed in costume, and took second place in the saucer contest. The fabulous flower-theme Bridgeville quilt was put together by Cathy Stanley and many talented local ladies. A big thanks to the local businesses who supported BridgeFest with raf-fle prizes or donations: Bear River Casino, Lost Whale Inn, Benbow Inn, Mike Guerriero, C. Crane, Healthsport, Eel River Brewery, Loleta Cheese Fac-tory, Jitter Bean, Green’s Pharmacy, Comfort Inn, Linda Codding, Fortuna Music Mart, Big 5 Sporting Goods, Forest Fairy Farm, Stephanie’s stained glass, Melissa Stansbury’s floral greeting cards, and Simmons Natural Bodycare.

The Cathy Stanley benefit dinner concert on Au-gust 18 was a huge success. Thanks to many com-munity members, the funds were much appreciated. Cathy’s thank you is included in this issue.

Congratulations to the Bridgeville Volunteer Fire Company for their election results on Measure A!

As of this writing (with the preliminary results), it looks like registered voters in the community passed the measure to provide funding for fire company to become a fire district. This funding is intended to provide for basic operating expenses. This helps ensure the same excellent standard of service we’ve received from them for medical emergencies, auto accidents, and fires. These numbers are from the 8/29 Times-Standard article:

Registered voters: 351 (Percent who voted: 33.33%) Yes vote: 78.95% No vote: 21.05%

The district will encompass 125,653 acres and serve an estimated 601 residents and 360 housing units. The special tax will be assessed annually on all property owners at $10 for undeveloped parcels of land, $75 for single-family developed parcels of land and $100 for developed parcels of land containing commercial structures and manufactured home parks.

School is back in session. Welcome to the stu-dents and parents; I’m sure we’ll be seeing many of you since the BCC is on the school campus. In case you don’t already know, the BCC offers many ser-vices to the students and the school. These include snacks for students in the after school program, weekend groceries for income-qualified children, emergency food for families, clothes closet (and dry clothes for the kids if they get wet or dirty on the playground), assistance in obtaining medical coverage and other social services, weekly medical clinic (adjunct site for Southern Trinity Health Services), playgroup sponsored by First 5 Hum-boldt, teen program, commu-nity dinners and events, and summer fun days.

Only Love Prevails, Lynne Reardon

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Bridgeville Community Newsletter Published monthly by the Bridgeville Community Center

Attila Gyenis—Editor

Bridgeville Community Center PO Box 3 Bridgeville, CA 95526 Tel: (707) 777-1775

Email– BridgevilleNews@yahoo.com

Bridgeville Community Center

Mission Statement

“The Bridgeville Community Center is dedicated to improving the quality of life for all our community members. We are committed to bringing people of all ages together to encourage good health, self-esteem, creativity, and personal development.”

Comments and corrections are always welcome. Manage-ment is not responsible for any errors, omissions, or other editorial mis-statements, intentional or otherwise. The views expressed by the authors do not necessarily reflect the Bridgeville Community Center or its staff. If you have any other concerns, please submit them in triplicate.

Bridgeville Community Newsletter Published monthly by the Bridgeville Community Center

Attila Gyenis—Editor

Bridgeville Community Center PO Box 3 Bridgeville, CA 95526 Tel: (707) 777-1775

Email– BridgevilleNews@yahoo.com www.BridgevilleCommunityCenter.org

Who are the members of the Bridgeville Community Center Board of Directors?

Jackie Taylor, Board President; Claudia Sauers, Treasurer; Jessica Springer; Laurie King; Pam Markovich; Roger Schellhous; Kathy Wolff

Open Letter to the Bridgeville Community It is with profound gratitude that I wish to thank

our friends and neighbors for their love and sup-port at the recent fundraising benefit held on my behalf.

Special thanks to Lynne Readon and Cliff Hughes for organizing the benefit; Rose Valentine, Pam Markovich and Zoe Osburn for cooking such a fine meal; and Mike Guerriero for making such a beautiful poster.

Thanks also to the musicians who provided en-tertainment throughout the evening: Cliff Hughes, Kent Stanley, Dan Lemegho, Bill Weare, and Lau-rie Owen from Laurie O and the Knights of the Van Duzen; Dave Childers and Jenni Simpson from Jenni and David; Dave Heaton and Doreen from Melange, and Chris Cooper.

The response was overwhelming, and I thank each donor from the bottom of my heart. The funds raised will go a long way towards travel costs incurred on my frequent trips to US, where they are working on a cure. The outpouring of love and support, prayer and well wishes confirm that this is a truly special place to live.

I look forward to seeing all of you again soon. Love and Blessings

Cathy Stanley

In Appreciation ...In appreciation of our community: It is such a great

feeling to be a part of a community. We had a few food and music Saturdays in August where our neighborly spirit was shared by so many. So a big thank you to Jay and Daisy at the Swains Flat Outpost for bringing us the New Riders of the Purple Sage. Such a party!

Then our community pulled together on August 18th for a cordial dinner evening with the music of the Knights of the Van Duzen. We were there to show Kent and Cathy Stanley how much we care and hope for the best for Cathy. So much thanks to Lynne Reardon, Zoe, Rose Valentine, and all for making a most delicious enchilada dinner and dessert.

When you add Bridgefest on August 25th, it was a great musical month. Randy Krahn

Bridgeville 4-H looking for Project Leaders

Bridgeville 4-H is looking for project leaders for the 2012-2013 year. A project leader is an adult who wants to share a skill or their knowledge with children. To become a project leader, you join 4-H, attend a 3 hour new leader orientation (it was $6.00 last year), and you must be fingerprinted. You then decide and discuss with the community leader what project or projects (skills) you would like to teach. The available projects are listed at the monthly community meeting in September during enrollment so the children can decide what they want to take. Our community meeting (these are business and planning sessions - run in a board like manner by the children) are held monthly, Sept. thru June on the 1st Wednesday of each month from 6:00 to 8:00 in Mrs. Mullan's room.

For more information call Wanda Ackley 777-3283 or Pam Walker 777-3839.

By Ann Matula Gyenis Certified Nutritional Consultant

Flying Saucer Trials 2012 Results By Ida & Roger Schellhous

This year’s BridgeFest Flying Saucer Trials went smoothly and were more entertaining than ever!

The aliens and their saucers were awesome and the crews put on some exciting demonstrations for the judges and spectators. First place winner was the “Sci-Fi CHUM, Earth Division” ship whose crew wowed us as they contacted and took directions from their Mother Ship. Second place trophy went to “Brassica” whose crew spoke a vegetable language. Other contestants were “Nebulon Flyers”, “Pyrox” and “Dia-Meter” who all put on a great show. Our thanks go out to Dan Primerano for fashioning and donating the beautiful saucer shaped trophies, to the able-bodied Earthlings who retrieved saucers down on the river bar and measured distance for us, and a special thanks to Zoe Osburn for providing atmospheric effects with “space music”.

You Say Tomato, I say…..Lycopene

Tomatoes , watermelons and other red fruits owe their beautiful color to the carotenoid pigment lyco-pene. It concentrates in blood plasma in the low and very low serum lipoproteins.

Tomotoes are at their peak of ripeness at this time of year and don’t let a single one get away from you! Can, freeze, dehydrate and munch raw be-cause you simply cannot overdo the consumption of tomatoes. They are that good for you.

Even though modern times have succeeded in eradicating many infectious diseases and nutritional deficiencies, technology has unfortunately caused new environmental maladies to appear. Our bodies are constantly under assault from various types of smoke, industrial and automotive pollutants, work and family related stressors, food borne contami-nants and so on. This is where tomatoes come in.

Even though our bodies constantly have the ‘troops’ of enzymes, antioxidants and immune re-sponses fighting the free-radicals (cellular rust) it can still be inadequate for the high levels of oxida-tive damage we are incurring.

Symptoms of oxidative stress include chronic fa-tigue, inflammation, premature aging and the onset of illnesses like heart disease and cancer. Re-searchers have been very interested in the action of tomato lycopene in reversing these bad effects. Evi-dence continues to mount in support of tomato lyco-pene with human trials, mechanistic studies and epi-demiological research. Tomatoes simply provide the very best cellular defense!

Natural tomoto lycopene is…. well… natural, which makes it more complex and mysterious than the synthetic counterparts. Tomatoes are not just about lycopene but phytoene, phytofluene, alpha-tocopherol and beta-carotene—all antioxidents and working hard for your cell health.

I know that some people do not like tomatoes—my own kids are among that group-- but they do like catsup (amazing what a little sugar and a change of name will do). Keep your tomatoes and tomato prod-ucts organic!! There are tons of great recipes on the web for pasta sauce, salsa, soup, salads and home-made catsup. Try and work tomatoes into your diet every day all year long. It will go a long way in pro-viding you and your family better vitality and health.

Community Notice: Bar W and Suntan Glen and Swain’s Flat Residents. There will be a meeting at the Bridgeville Community Center Wednesday, Septem-ber 5th @ 6:00 p.m. to discuss protecting our domestic water sources from herbicides from upslope timber op-erations.

Foresters from Sierra Pacific (now owning land formerly managed by Stephen B. Kahn) are coming to discuss a buffer from clear cutting and herbicides immediately above the springs. For more info call 707 362-7430

Welcome local families to KIDS CLUB!

Junior aliens had a blastoff at BridgeFest with an old metal water pump, cardboard village, and a barrel airplane. The dunk tank was well used by the crazy intergalactic teen group. Did you get a blueberry pie? They were out of this world!

Kids Club welcomes all families with young children. Come and eat and have the kids play.

This Friday September 7th from 5pm to 8pm. Come see the puppet show in the Bridgeville School Gym. If you want to bring something, bring a side dish or dessert.

Baby and preschool hang out on Third Thursdays, starting this September 20th from 1pm to 3pm.

Healthy Spirits I believe we need governments. And from what I’ve seen

of human beings we need regulations too. But, put it in the hands of the government and you can be assured it will get more complicated than a vat full of monkeys fighting for ba-nanas. Unfortunately that’s what has become of a very good idea called MediCare which is basically single-payer health care available to those 65 and older or who have certain dis-abilities.

I’m not an expert on MediCare and if you really need to know something about it I suggest you call the HICAP peo-ple at the Senior Resource Center 442-9591. However, my husband recently signed up for MediCare (a fraught and confusing experience) and I thought I would provide a basic primer. This article is intended for those not yet on Medi-Care but coming close. I hope it will help you see the need to do a little sleuthing so you know what will be covered, what won’t and how much it may end up costing you when you thought it would be free.

Basically there are 4 ‘parts’ to MediCare, A, B, C and D. Everyone (almost) automatically qualifies for free MediCare Part A when they turn 65. You have 3 months before your birthday to 3 months after your birthday to sign up without paying penalties. If you don’t qualify for free MediCare (haven’t worked enough or whatever) you can usually buy it by paying a monthly premium.

Part A is free. It covers services like inpatient hospital and limited skilled nursing facility care. It does not cover the entire cost of the hospital stay. You pay a portion of the costs and for some services it has a lifetime limit. An exam-ple of what you might be asked to pay: For the first 60 days you are in the hospital you have a deductible of $1,132. if you are in the hospital more than 60 days you could pay $283/day for each day after 60 (that’s $8490/month).

Some people think that MediCare covers skilled nursing facilities. That is only true in certain circumstances and for a limited time only. MediCare only pays if there is a ‘skilled’ need like physical therapy or IV medications. Grandma with dementia who just can’t live alone anymore is considered custodial and does not meet the skilled care requirement. If you do have a skilled need MediCare will pay the total cost for 20 days of every benefit period. For days 21-100 you pay $141.50/day and they pay the rest.

Home Health Services are covered under Part A. Again there are restrictions. The hospice benefit is also covered under Part A. We do not have a MediCare certified hospice out here. Unless you are west of Swains Flat you can’t util-ize that service.

Part B covers services like lab tests and visits to health-care providers. You must pay a monthly fee (premium) for it and there is a small yearly deductible. The premium is based on income and changes every year. In 2011 it ranged from $98.40-$369.10. Except for some specific preventive ser-vices Medicare B only pays 80% of the ‘approved’ cost (some people buy additional insurance from a private com-pany to pay the other 20%). The approved cost is what MediCare thinks the service is worth. So, if the doctor thinks the service is worth $100 and Medicare thinks it’s only worth $50 Medicare will pay $40 (80%of $50). You are then liable for the $60 left over. There is also a deductible that must be met before MediCare Part B kicks in. Most providers take ‘assignment’ which means they will only charge you the

MediCare rate, but it is up to you to find that out before you see the provider.

If you don’t sign up for MediCare Part B when you turn 65 you will pay a higher premium every year from then on. That penalty gets bigger each year you don’t sign-up. The excep-tion being if you can prove you had credible coverage while not on MediCare.

In our case Mark signed up for Part A but not B or D as he is covered on my insurance, which we confirmed was ‘credible coverage’. Some people decide that the penalty is cheaper than paying for years they aren’t using the benefit.

Part C are MediCare Advantage Plans – They are pri-vately run alternatives to the government run MediCare plans. They are usually HMO’s or PPO’s and must offer a basic level of services that MediCare has designed but other than that they can offer more or less than you’d get with tra-ditional MediCare. Their premiums can be higher or lower than MediCare’s as can be their deductibles and co-pays. They can also limit your choice of providers and hospitals. Basically Advantage Plans get paid from MediCare for taking you on. Their goal is to make money and they think they can deliver the services for less than they are getting reim-bursed. Their services can vary widely and you MUST read the fine print to know what you are actually getting. For some people they might work out great but for others they don’t deliver as they advertise.

Part D – this is for Drugs and boy did the bureaucracy and special interest groups have a heyday with this. It is so complicated as to be inscrutable to those who deal with it daily. Like B, Part D has premium penalties for signing up later than your 65th birthday. Part D plans are run by private insurance companies and can vary widely as to which medi-cations they offer and they can change every year. Just be-cause the plan worked for you for the last six years doesn’t mean it still will on year seven. Every year during the sign-up periods (usually in the fall and early winter) you need to review what the plan will be offering and if your meds are still included, especially if you need the brand name and not a generic version of a medication. You also need to scrutinize your bills. A neighbor of mine had her bill for a very common generic drug jump incredibly in price. After more than an hour on the phone with various people (starting with my heroes at HICAP) it was discovered the pharmacist had put the wrong number down when billing for the drug. One number difference and she was being charged for the fancy version rather than the generic she was getting. If you have limited income you may qualify for Extra Help to help cover prescription drug costs. If you think you qualify call MediCare, Social Security or HICAP. The community center or STHS can help you make the calls.

MediCare pays 100% of the approved cost of these pre-ventive services: pneumococcal, flu and hepatitis B vac-cines, yearly ‘wellness’ visit to healthcare provider, colorectal and prostate cancer screening exams, mammograms, pap tests, diabetes screenings and a couple of other tests. They also pay for counseling to quit smoking plus a couple of other preventive services.

So, did I make everything as clear as mud? Well, that is how convoluted and stupid our system is. Tell your senators et al. you would like a simple system that normal people can understand. Tell them you want an efficient system that de-livers quality care to people instead of mega bucks to CEOs.

Practice Gratitude, Forgive Often, Work Hard Lauri Rose, RN BSN HNC

Carol Ann Conners License OE79262 Greg Conners License 0488272

Patterson/Conners Insurance Services 668 Main Street, Fortuna CA

707-725-3400

We are a small church family who encourage each other in a growing experience of God’s love. We have several retired pastors who take turns coming to preach scripture based sermons on Sunday mornings. We tend toward traditional hymns in a casual atmos-phere. We hope you will join us. We are located on the Alderpoint Road, just past the Bridgeville Bridge just of Highway 36.

Bridgeville Baptist Church

Everybody Welcome!

Sunday Services:

Sunday School: 9:45-10:45 Morning Worship: 11:00-12:00

Tai Chi Class Cancelled until further notice. Contact Dottie Simmons for more info

at 777-1920

Donations Requested Our Fire Safe Council requests do-nations to buy three new chain saws a t a to ta l cos t o f $1500. Since they began, they have completed clearance on 40 miles of road and protected more than 60 homes at no cost to the community or the landown-ers. The crew has been using their own saws as well as the company’s saws and they are starting to break down. Their grant funding has become tighter and won’t cover purchase of the equip-ment. The Council needs three new saws and is asking the community to send tax-deductible do-nations for the saw fund to the Bridgeville Commu-nity Center. Please specify on your check that this is for the Saw Fund. Thank you for your support!

A Bit of History of Bridgeville Baptist Church, continued (as told by Roy Church)

In 1954, the church building was built and services were

being held there. At this time the children’s Sunday School classes were held upstairs and all the rooms were in use. The adult class was held downstairs. A wood stove was the only heat and the outhouse was still in use.

Alvie Chadwick was one of the preachers at this time. He had also preached some in the old dance hall. He was more of an evangelist and drew many people to the church. Many were baptized in the Van Duzen River above the bridge.

By 1959, Bridgeville was just a shadow of the town it had once been. Nearly all the tie mills were done and Bill Brown had sold the mill and moved on to Santa Rosa. This left empty houses everywhere around Bridgeville and the sur-rounding area. Even the church was starting to go downhill at this time, but there were always some faithful members who kept things going.

Around 1965, Athan Usleton came out to preach. He was a retired timber faller and had heard from Alvie Chadwick that Bridgeville needed a preacher. He stayed until his health failed. At this time John Phillips was the adult teacher, Orbie Phillips was song leader and teacher, Wilma Church was the girl’s teacher, and Pat Riches was the pian-ist and teacher. In the late 1970’s, the church attendance was so low that the church was given to Fortuna Baptist Church and became the Bridgeville Baptist Chapel.

(But this was not the end…to be continued.)

Humboldt County Bookmobile

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Bridgeville Volunteer

Fire Company News

By Tammy Farmer Thank you to our community! Unofficial results

show that Measure A passed for the formation of the Bridgeville Fire Protection District and a special tax, with a 78.95 percent approval and appears to have met the two-third voter approval needed to win the election. The elected board of directors is Kathleen Saler, Dave Vegliano, Ben Fleek, Joyce Church and Brian Phillips. We will have the official results in a few days. The BVFC is grateful to have the opportu-nity to continue to serve this community and meet our fire protection and emergency services needs. Great job Bridgeville and to all the volunteers who make it happen. We would also like to thank our BridgeFest supporters. We had a great time and sold a lot of Tri Tip. The proceeds of this fundraiser go towards our operating budget.

Six member of the BVFC are currently attending a Driver/Operator training through Fortuna Volunteer Fire Department. This course covers Engineering, use of equipment, safe driving techniques, operating fire pumps, water shuttle and relay pumping. We would like to thank FVFD for continuing to share their knowledge to better our services.

In August, the BVFC Muster Team of Tim Smith, Jessica Springer, Teresa Stewart, Eliah Loranger and John Flemming took 4th place in the hose relay at Wildwood Days. Way to step up Bridgeville.

Come out to the next pancake breakfast and meet the volunteers on September 16th 8:30-11:00 or attend our next business meeting September 7th, 6pm at the BCC.

Call Log 07/27 Vehicle Fire MM 16 07/27 Medical Aid Kneeland Rd. 08/12 Medical Aid MM 29.9 08/14 Traffic Collision MM 24 08/19 Traffic Collision MM 23.6 08/19 Agency Asst. MM 39 08/24 Medical Aid Alderpoint Rd. 08/25 Equipment Fire Alderpoint Rd. 08/25 Traffic Collision MM 22 08/25 Traffic Collision MM 18.4 08/29 Traffic Collision MM 24

SWAIN’S FLAT OUTPOST and Garden Center

20300 CA Highway 36, Carlotta, CA 95528 (707) 777-3385

Avalon All Stars Playing on September 21

Swain's Flat Outpost is excited to announce an encore performance by the Avalon All Stars on Sep-tember 21 for another evening of music at the Car-lotta Grange. Jay Roller to open. Tickets $20, doors open at 7pm, tickets & details available at the store.

The Musicians of the Avalon All Stars:

Mark Karan is best known for performing with the extended Grateful Dead family. For the last twelve years, he has anchored the lead guitar slot in Bob Weir & RatDog, playing hundreds of shows to thou-sands of fans year-round. Before crossing over into the land of the Dead, Mark worked his guitar and vocal voodoo for the likes of Dave Mason, Delaney Bramlett, the Rembrandts, Paul Carrack, Huey Lewis, Jesse Colin Young and Sophie B. Hawkins.

As a touring artist, Will Bernard has been gain-ing steady momentum, performing in his own band or as a member of the Stanton Moore Trio, Robert Walter’s 20th Congress, Groundation, and numer-ous other lineups. The Will Bernard band has per-formed at The Monterey, North Sea, SF Jazz, Bum-bershoot, Be-Bop and Brew, Montreal, Vancouver and The High Sierra festivals.

Born in San Francisco, bassist Bobby Vega has significantly contributed to the city’s rich musical heritage, and his resumé reads like a who’s who of Bay Area rock, soul, funk, and world music. He’s a master of pickstyle funk, a tone connoisseur, a pro-fessor of the groove, and one of the funniest people you’ll ever meet. Bobby began his professional ca-reer at age 15 with Bo Diddley, but he attained wide-spread attention as a 16-year-old for his distinctive picked and muted bass line on Sly Stone’s 1975 “I Get High On You.” Since then, he has contributed his soulful feel and incredibly dynamic playing to a long list of world-class artists, including: Billy Pre-ston, Joan Baez, and Jerry Garcia among others.

Born in Chicago in 1974 to musician parents, keyboardist Eric Levy was exposed to a variety of musical styles at an early age, including jazz, classi-cal, and down home Windy City gospel and blues, which helped to shape his wide musical range.

Swain’s Flat Store and Garden Summer Hours

Store: 7:30 am — 9:30 pm Garden: 9 am — 6 pm

Telephone

Store: 777-3385 Garden Center: 777-3513

www.swainsflatoutpost.com

Swain’s Flat Outpost carries Green Earth Technologies prod-ucts like engine oil, household cleaning products, outdoor and marine products. Please visit the store to see the complete line of items that we carry. G-OIL® GREEN motor oils are

proprietary blends of American sourced ultimate bio-degradable*, non-toxic, renewable and/or less toxic reusable "environmentally preferred" base stocks that meet and exceed the highest performance crite-ria…providing a GREEN SOLUTION when satisfying all of your motor oil needs.

SWAIN’S FLAT GARDEN CENTER Price per bag

Green Future Enlighten $8.50 Infinity $8.55 Universal $8.60 Ocean Forest $9.50 Happy Frog $9.25 707 $18.25 Roots Organic $10.80 Greenfields $10.75 Black Gold $9.00 Black Gold Cocoa $11.25 Sunshine #4 $34.00 Pro mix $33.00

Once in a Blue Moon Did you notice? There was a Blue Moon on

August 31. And surprisingly, the moon wasn’t blue. So what does ‘Blue Moon’ mean? The mod-ern definition of Blue Moon is the second full moon occurring in a calendar month. We also had a full moon on August 2nd.

A Blue Moon is an uncommon event, occurring usually every two to three years. The next Blue Moon is scheduled for 2015. However, sometimes you can have two Blue Moons in a single year, as it happened in 1999. But that usually happens only once every nineteen years. The expression, ‘once in a Blue Moon’ refers to an event that rarely occurs, as in ‘I go to the dentist every once in a Blue Moon.’

Of course, it doesn’t mean that the moon never looked blue. In 1883, as a result of a exploding vol-cano here on earth, the moon appeared blue for a short period of time. That was the year Krakatoa ex-ploded, and the volcanic ash resulted in occasionally giving the moon a blue hue in the night sky.

I did have a celebratory event on the night of the Blue Moon, with a Toast to Family and Friends, es-pecially for those who I rarely get to see due to dis-tance and other constraints. I had contacted family and friends a few days earlier, and mentioned that I was going to be toasting them on the night of the Blue Moon, and invited them to join in. Some in fact did reciprocate. It is worthy of at least a yearly event.

Proposition 37 is on the ballot this November in California, and if passed, would require labeling for all GMO foods stating that it contains GMOs. I sup-port that. What if somebody wants to eat only GMO foods (genetically modified foods) and not some-thing organic by mistake? With the proper labeling, they can make their well thought out choice to con-sume only GMOs. And isn’t that what America is all about? The freedom to make choices? So remem-ber to register and vote, especially if you want to vote on Proposition 37. And please, don’t only vote once in a Blue Moon.

Summer is almost over (let’s not push it), and I only got to swim in the river twice. Actually, I was kind of forced to. I went with my grandkids, and they weren’t satisfied with me just watching them from the shore. It was great. Nothing beats that jarring jolt of jumping into the cold water on a really hot day. But it also means that fall is around the corner and all those people who were complaining about the hot weather can now complain about the cold weather.

And speaking of moons, BridgeFest was a blast. It is nice to see the community come together for a day of enjoyment on the bridge. Peace.

Bridgeville Community Center Adult ED Classes We Fit Your Schedule

ESL ■ Driving Training Prep ■ Adult Basic Ed

Private classes are available by appointment to start working toward your GED, Basic literacy, or other educational goals.

Bridgeville Community Center Adult School is having classes. Class times are flexible and designed to fit into each student's time constraints. If you are interested in getting a GED or in basic adult education classes, please call the BCC at 777-1775 to register. We will contact you to set up class times.

All Adult Ed (GED, Basic Ed, and ESL) classes are held on Wednesdays and by appointment.

Call 777-1775 for more info

School News by Mike Mullan Random Thoughts

By Attila Gyenis

So long to summer, students begin the 2012-2013 school year on Monday, August 27th at 8:30am. If you are interested in enrolling your child here at Bridgeville School please call the office at 777-3311 or stop by to pick up enrollment forms. We are expecting to run the same educational programs in 2012-2013 as we have in past years. We will have three classrooms (K-2nd, 3rd-4th and 6th-8th) and con-tinue to offer breakfast and lunch each day. Our af-ter school program will be open from the end of the school until 6:00pm daily. Transportation is likely to be restricted from last year with no run up the Alder-point road. There will be a morning bus run up to-wards Dinsmore and back down Swain’s Flat. In the afternoons the bus will likely only run the Swain’s Flat piece. I say likely because as has been the case for a long time we are still looking for a bus driver. If one suddenly appears things could change other-wise the schedule above will prevail.

We are looking forward to an educationally pro-ductive school year with an estimated 39 students. The staff at Bridgeville School would love to have the opportunity to teach your child. I encourage any-one interested to come down and sample our pro-grams. If you are interested in being on our Site Council or being a member of the Booster’s Club please call the office.

Enjoy the rest of your summer! I hope to see you and your child at school this year.

ARE WE CRAZY OR WHAT? (BACK TO THE LAND IN OUR 60's) PART 30

Two Pickled Crones Pressured Into Canning

Year before last was our first year of canning, Kate getting back to it after a 30 year canning-sabbatical. At that time we didn’t have a canning pressure cooker, nor do we have a freezer, even now. So that year we canned what we could in the water bath pan and tried real hard to figure out what to do with the multitudes of vegs that required a pressure canner. We discovered and invented all sorts of magical, and sometimes calamitous, ways of preserving them as pickled ‘somethings’. The Chi-potle salsa and dilled green beans were a hit, but we don’t talk much about the pickled turnip relish or the radish chutney. Then last year the rattle snake broke Kate’s arm and we gave away stuff instead of canning. But this year is different. We gave ourselves a big pressure cooker canner for Christmas (rather than the sequined cowboy boots Kate wanted and the whittling kit Lyn craved) so we have been able to try our hands at all sorts of canning projects. It’s early yet for the beans, corn, tomatillos and toma-toes but we have canned snap peas, turnip greens, dill and bread & butter pickles, plums, plum jam, blueberries from Randy and Dave, strawberry-rhubarb jam, strawberries, blackberries and huckle-berry preserves. With our little 4X6 foot kitchen floor space and our tiny apartment-style stove you can imagine the mess all these food projects make…squished plums under our shoes, slippery smashed rhubarb on the floor and the ladles of stuff that missed the jars and ended up under our refrigerator. Yuk. But after the 2 hours it takes to clean up each time and after wiping down the jars that have been canned, we can say we are two mighty homemaker crones (even though Lyn looks more like a fry cook ). Next are the pears picked behind the Bridge-ville School, where two pit bulls scared the dung out of us. Since we’ve yet to add on our cold storage pantry to the cabin, these canned goods show up all over the place. Kate even moved her underwear to use that drawer for ½ pints and Lyn moved her jeans out to the woodshed to make room for the pints. If you come to dinner, your feet may be resting on a box of canned goods and your chair may be shoved crooked to make room for the canning pot in the cor-ner.

Kate McCay and Lyn Javier TwoCrones Ranch, Larabee Valley

PS. We got our outdoor shower working, just in time for 106 degree weather!

BLOCKSBURG HARVEST FAIRE SATURDAY—SEPTEMBER 22nd, 2012

10:00 AM until 4:00 PM

FOOD, LIVE MUSIC, ART, CRAFTS, KIDS GAMES, YARD SALE TABLES, PRODUCE, RAFFLES and MORE!

Featuring : Kenny Ray and the Mighty Rovers, Loose Gravel, the Bridgeville Harp Ensemble, Lumina, and mystery musical guests

Bring along your garden pro-duce! Let’s trade and barter!

To reserve a table or space, or for more information,

call Sherby at 223-1754, or Cathie at 926-5226. Or email: sherby@asis.com

At the historic schoolhouse, behind the church on Church St. in Blocksburg

Sponsored by BLOCKSBURG TOWN HALL ASSOCIATION

TRCCG 4th Annual

Gourmet Spaghetti Feed Benefits the Two Rivers Community Care Group

Saturday, September 22, 6:30 PM

Van Duzen/RLCSD Community Hall On Van Duzen Road

Gourmet Spaghetti Dinner Featuring LaVonne Warren’s

4 famous premium sauces

Win a Mike Guerriero Serigraph! “Agate” 12’x28 - Framed OR A beautiful handmade QUILT OR A night at Historic Requa Inn on the Klamath!

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JOB SEARCH HELP available. The BCC staff posts local job listings and offers help with re-sumes. 777-1775. MISSING— Our Fearless leader has not returned yet from the Intergalactic Event known as BridgeFest. Hopefully our fearless leader was not consumed by one of those ghastly Earth beings. While roaming around on that confounded bridge, Earthlings frequently mistook us for something they called cupcakes. Our planet is on the verge of catastrophe. Our leader has the only key to the restroom on our planet.

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Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remark-able for their apparent disinclination to do so.

~Douglas Adams

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2 Breakfast by the 6 Rivers Senior Group

3 Labor Day

4 Bridgeville Music Students at Farmers Market

5 Community Meeting w/Sierra Pacific 6:00

6 7 0-5 Playgroup 5pm - 8 pm

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9 Breakfast at the Van Duzen Grange in Carlotta 8-11

10 BES School Board Mtg. 5:30

11 Book Mobile

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16 BVFD Fire Company Breakfast

17 A self-taught man usually has a poor teacher and a worse student. ~ Henny Youngman

18 It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in crea-tive expression and knowledge.

~ Albert Einstein

19 20 0-5 Playgroup 1:00pm - 3:00pm

21 Commodities

International Day of Peace

22— FALL Blocksburg Harvest Fair 10:00am

TRCCG Spa-ghetti Feed & Raffle 5:30pm

23 24 An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.

~Don Marquis

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"But now in September the garden has cooled, and with it my possessiveness. The sun warms my back instead of beating on my head ... The harvest has dwindled, and I have grown apart from the intense midsummer relationship that brought it on." - Robert Finch

My favourite poem is the one that starts 'Thirty days hath September' because it actually tells You something. ~ Groucho Marx

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron. ~ Horace Mann

WEEKLY:

Monday: BCC CLOSED

Tuesday: STHS Clinic in Bridgeville 10-4 (call 574-6616) Strength & balance exercise class 10:30-11:30

Wednesday: Adult Education 8:30 – 1 or by appointment Alder Grove Charter School 8:30 – 2 Harp ensemble 3 pm

Thursday: Strength & balance exercise class 10:30-11:30 Senior Lunch 11:30 – 1 School is open. Drive Carefully.

Three things cannot be long hidden:

the sun, the moon, and the truth.

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