November 2012 Volume 19 Number 3

Welcome Dear Community, have been possible without the hard work of vol- to unteers and staff to carry out these programs. October has been a month of Many thanks go to all of our generous donors endings. We are profoundly sad- November and funders who support our community’s dened by the passing of dear needs. I’ve enjoyed working with these organi- friend and colleague Catherine zations and with the Healthy Start, Schools & Stanley. Cathy was the heart and soul of this Communities Partnership. My gratitude goes to Community Center for more than three years you dedicated volunteers, staff, board members, and she is deeply missed. This angel served donors, and foundations who keep it all rolling! her community in many ways. She was the We apologize for any inconvenience caused smiling face that greeted all visitors and clients by the rescheduling of our annual Firewise Day at the center and served them in any way possi- (to have been on October 21); the new date is ble. Cathy kept many balls in the air and always November 18 following the fire company break- exemplified community service. She spear- fast. Bridgeville became a nationally recognized headed the quilting group and the creation of Firewise Community in late 2010 thanks to the the beautiful annual BridgeFest raffle quilts. hard work of Jean-Louis Carmona and the Van She and husband Kent ran Alder Grove Nursery Duzen Watershed Fire Safe Council, not to in Swain’s Flat. A memorial service and potluck th mention many miles and acres of road and will be on Sunday, November 4 at noon, at property clearance accomplished by his crew. Grizzly Creek Campground. Love and bless- I leave knowing that you will find capable ings go to Kent and her family. hands to continue the work. If you ever have My time in Bridgeville has also ended. I’m any questions regarding the BCC’s operations, excited at starting a new job and new life in Ore- finances, or programs, gon, as well as sad to leave this wonderful com- please contact board munity. Bridgeville has been my home, and this president Jackie Taylor community has been my family, for the past and/or attend the seven years. I will miss seeing many of you at monthly Board meeting the BCC and miss my music students. This is a (the second Wednesday special community of people who take care of of the month at 4:30 PM, each other and their community center hub. I excluding August and know you will continue to do so. It has been an Inside this Month December). The public School News honor to serve as the center’s executive director is always invited. Healthy Spirits these past two years and as board president Thanks for our time BVFC News prior to that. This past year, I’m glad to have together. Love, prosper- Food Matters been able to increase funding for the general ity, and peace to you all! Random Thoughts Are We Crazy of What? office, food, transportation, senior, playgroup, TRCCG News and teen programs, and to have helped the Only Love Prevails, Lynne Reardon Calendar school with its music grants. This would not Happy Thanksgiving Thank You RECALL NOTICE on Peanut Butter We would like to extend our deepest gratitude to the Swains Flat Outpost, Jay and Daisy, the Bender family, There is a Recall Notice for Sunland Peanut Mike McKean, Randy Church, and any and all people Butter (possible Salmonella contamination). who contributed to providing us with a new roof. We It may have been handed out during our will never be able to properly thank all of you for what Commodity or FEMA programs. A large you have done for our family. Please know that we are so very grateful to all of you and feel so very blessed to quantity of the recalled peanut butter was live in our community where there are people like you found missing from the BCC. Anyone who who really care. All of you are in our prayers everyday! has this brand is urged to throw it away. Thank you so very much! The Judd Family, Bob, Ellen and Sheila

Bridgeville 4H Gathering Welcome local families to KIDS CLUB! Socks for Homeless Please Join the Bridgeville 4-H in Humboldt’s First Five Playgroups are held the collecting "White Socks for Blue An- first Friday of every month from 5pm to 7pm at gles." We will collect new and gently the Bridgeville School gym. Bring your family for used socks to donate to local homeless to help them free dinner, fun & games. stay warm in the winter. Gently used socks are Also the third Thursday of every month at the those that are not stained, do not have worn areas Bridgeville Headstart classroom from 1pm to or have holes. We will have a donation box at the 3pm, free snacks provided, preschool play time, school in Mrs. Mullan's room. We will arts & crafts. Contact Bridgeville Community be collecting socks until Nov 16 at Center for more information or Frieda Smith at noon. Please help us to make a dif- [email protected]. ference in the community. If you have any questions please contact Bobbie or Konnor at 499-9666. Humboldt County Bookmobile Who are the members of the Bridgeville Community Center Board of Directors? Read A Jackie Taylor, Board President; Claudia Sauers, Treasurer; Jessica Springer; Laurie King; Pam Book Markovich; Roger Schellhous; Kathy Wolff They Deliver

Bridgeville Community Center Bridgeville School 10:30 - 11:30 Dinsmore (next to Laundromat) 12:15 - 2:15 Mission Statement Carlotta (Martin & Shirley's) 3:30 - 4:30

“The Bridgeville Community Center is dedicated to The Bookmobile comes to Bridgeville and improving the quality of life for all our community Dinsmore the second Tuesday. members. We are committed to bringing people of all Bookmobile: (707) 269-1990 ages together to encourage good health, self-esteem, creativity, and personal development.” Correction: We hope our funders accept our sincere apol- ogy for the mistaken statement in last month’s newsletter that Bridgeville Community Newsletter we had received funding for holiday food baskets. PublishedBridgeville monthly byCommunity the Bridgeville CommunityNewsletter Center Published monthly by the Bridgeville Community Center Attila Gyenis—Editor REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE Attila Gyenis—Editor Printed on recycled paper. Bridgeville Community Center PO Box Bridgeville3 Community Center Comments and corrections are always welcome. Manage- Bridgeville,PO Box 3 CA 95526 Tel: (707) 777-1775 ment is not responsible for any errors, omissions, or other Bridgeville, CA 95526 Tel: (707) 777-1775 editorial mis-statements, intentional or otherwise. The views Email– [email protected] expressed by the authors do not necessarily reflect the www.BridgevilleCommunityCenter.orgEmail– [email protected] Bridgeville Community Center or its staff. If you have any other concerns, please submit them in triplicate. School News Do You Know? by Corrinne Fearrien Submitted by The little ol’ Troll that lives under the Bridgeville Bridge

Your Bridgeville Community Center, a nonprofit organization, has many dozens of ongoing projects in the office at all times. They are dedicated to serv- As I write this article we have just finished the ing our small community and they do it well enough 40th day of school. Our class counts, in various that Bridgeville is talked about throughout the ways, the first one hundred days of the school year. County. Where ever I go they know of Bridgeville. We keep track with tally marks, place holder cards One of their joint ongoing projects with the school and wooden sticks that we count and bundle until we is helping to obtain medical aid through Southern hit the big day. Trinity Health Service. They have organized regular Where in the world is Flat Stanley? Last Spring school checkups for our school children and many of several students in our class sent Flat Stanley off on us see the medical staff there on Tuesdays. We are summer vacation. Only two have returned. Maybe fortunate to have this available to us. This saves on they are having such a good time they don't want to trips to town or to the clinic. come back! "Flat Stanley" is a book written by Jeff It has come to my attention that there have been Brown. It is the story of a boy who wakes up one abuses to the schoolyard, especially on Tues- morning to find that a bulletin board has fallen on days. Seems there are people smoking in the park- him and now he is only a half inch thick! We read ing lot. If you are unaware, it is illegal to smoke on many of his adventures including being mailed off to school grounds. Our school custodian doesn’t need visit his friend in California. When our travelers re- the extra work of picking up cigarette butts that turn we plan to have lunch together and open the shouldn’t be there in the first place. envelopes to see our own Flat Stanley adventures It has also been observed that loud noises like and eat Flat Stanley cookies for dessert. playing loud music, talking loud and arguing have Once again we have some great parent volun- been distracting our students. This is not necessary teers helping us in the classroom. Clara Cross and and it shows disrespect for our community center Amber Woodworth are teamed up doing a weekly and school. science activity. We also enjoy help from Curtis Walking your dog and leaving their mess to be Cross, Joyce Thurman, Sarah Kavanaugh and we tracked into the classrooms is disgusting. Dogs and are hoping to have Lindsay Green rejoin us soon. pets are not allowed on the school grounds. If your These parents provide very valuable support for the pet needs to GO, please walk him or her outside the students and their time and effort is greatly appreci- school yard. Please bring a plastic bag and pick up ated. Thank you very much! after your animal. Over the years that I have been teaching, I have We have a small paid staff and many volunteers had a few parents question the need for or the value that keep the center operating. Please help to do of homework. I believe there are many benefits to your part. homework. It builds healthy study habits that will last We are fortunate to live in such a beautiful throughout the child's educational experience. It pro- place. Please let us all help to keep it beautiful. We vides responsibility and routine. Homework also re- haven’t the funding to hire a police guard to police inforces information learned in school. Homework is our parking lot. Let’s all help to remedy this. a good tool for informing parents what their child is learning in school and provides an opportunity for parents to be involved with their child's work. Daylights Saving Time—Sunday, November 4 Already this school year has slipped away into The National Fire Protection Associa- November with Thanksgiving and Christmas just tion and the U.S. Consumer Product around the corner! Our school Christmas play will be Safety Commission recommend that the Nutcracker and we are getting ready to learn our consumers change the battery in parts and work on our costumes. Also, if you have smoke and carbon monoxide detec- knick-knacks or unused items around the house you tors when we change the clocks for no longer want, you could donate them to the stu- Daylight Saving Time. dent's Christmas store. Our students enjoy doing a little shopping for family gifts. Please spay and neuter your Please help your child get a good night’s sleep pets. There are already enough and remember "miss school, miss out!" strays. Thank you. Equinox Kite Show By Ida Schellhous

Kites rule the skies in our neighborhood– not the pa- per and plastic ones that kids fly. I mean the beautiful white-tailed hawks. We have a resident pair here in Swain’s Flat, dapper-looking birds, white overall with con- trasting black shoulders and conspicuous long, white tail. They measure about 15” long with a 39” wingspan. They are spender and light-weight, capable of extraordinary aerial maneuvers. This year our resident pair raised three young ones and we got to watch as the fledglings learned hunting skills from their parents. Our house is situated high up, overlooking the pastures and our front deck is perfect for bird-watching. As the kites hunt they hover like Open Letter to the Bridgeville Community little helicopters, scanning the meadows for rodents, al- most at our eye-level, while we watch from our deck. On As many of you know, Catherine Stanley passed the fall equinox this year the kite family put on quite a away on October 16. I wish to express my thanks and show for me as I watched from the porch. gratitude to all our friends and neighbors for their love The parent kite showed up first. Through the binocu- and support during Cathy’s courageous battle against lars I watch him, very regal, very white, as he sat atop a cancer. In particular, I wish to thank Pam Markovich, large fir tree. He then set out, hovering over our pasture, Rose Valentine, and Laurie Rose for all their help and very close, in perfect view. Then he dove, disappearing kindness Cathy’s final days and beforehand. I addition, for some moments behind some shrubbery. At that point I thank the Bridgeville Community Center for all their the action because so fast and furious I could no follow efforts on our behalf during this difficult time. with binoculars to tell exactly what transpired. The three At this time, I wish to share a few facts about Cath- youngster kites appeared on the scene instantly, circling erine’s life and work. Cathy grew up in a military family and lunging toward the parent bird as he took to the air carrying some kind of kite dinner. It all took place up in and as such she was able to live in many areas of the the air– the squabble over the food with high-pitched U.S. and Europe during her youth. She was a master shrieking and aerial acrobatics– in a matter of seconds. gardener and landscaper, with a degree in Plant Sci- Then I saw the parent bird fly back up to his high perch. ence. She had extensive knowledge of plant diseases The youngsters disappeared in several directions so I and pests, irrigation, and all phases of landscaping. focused on the parent bird again and was shocked to see She owned and operated a commercial and residential the change. His beautiful dapper white upper breast and landscape company, and later, a wholesale plant nurs- face was all smeared with the blood of his quarry. He was ery. bright red and endeavoring to preen himself. I could see In recent years, Catherine became a social worker. that his hawkly dignity was still perfectly intact but raising She served for three years as the Community Liaison young was quite a messy job that day. He still looked re- assisting the director at the Bridgeville Community gal- regal red. Center. In that position Cathy was able to help many people while allowing them to preserve their dignity. Bridgeville Community Center Catherine was also an expert seamstress and quilter. She was a member of three quilt guilds, and Adult ED Classes We Fit Your Schedule was a founding member of the Bridgeville Quilter’s Group. Cathy’s quilts have won awards at several quilt ESL ■ Driving Training Prep ■ Adult Basic Ed shows and fairs. Her quilts have been donated or sold to raise money for various charitable organizations Private classes are available by appointment to start including the Bridgeville Community Center. working toward your GED, Basic literacy, or other A memorial gathering will be held for Catherine educational goals. th Stanley on Sunday, November 4 , 2012, at Grizzly Bridgeville Community Center Adult School is having Creek Redwoods Park group picnic area. The event is classes. Class times are flexible and designed to fit into a pot-luck that will begin at noon and continue until each student's time constraints. If you are interested in dark. Our friends and neighbors are welcome to at- getting a GED or in basic adult education classes, tend. Please bring your love, support and prayer, and please call the BCC at 777-1775 to register. We will a food dish to share. contact you to set up class times. Thank you again to all the wonderful folks in the community for all their kindness and help during All Adult Ed (GED, Basic Ed, and ESL) classes are Cathy’s courageous battle and in the time after. She held on Wednesdays and by appointment. will be extremely missed. Call 777-1775 for more info Kent Stanley Healthy Spirits I want to say that we have an obligation to give back some of our abundance. We need to The chill has come early this year. Perhaps it take our undeserved luck and spread it among is a good thing, the cold weather drives us in- our neighbors by sharing our time, energy and ward both physically and metaphorically. No material resources. I completely believe that is longer can we be busy, busy, busy until late in true for me. But I feel I’m skating on thin ice to the evening. The light goes early and we follow lay a moral obligation on anyone other than my- along, slowing down and coming inside to a cup self. So I just ask you, even the poorest of you, a tea and a book or a movie, or even better, a to remember how much worse it could be, or to snuggle with our loved ones. state it more positively, how lucky you really are. But sometimes our squirrel minds can’t stop Feel gratitude, give thanks and if you feel it, give their chattering and skittering long enough to to your neighbors who have less. No matter realize that the natural cycle is to start slowing who you are looking at with reserve or even down in the fall. Even though the harvest is scorn remember, “There but for the grace of over we want to keep going. For some of us it God go I”. is a great effort to put on the brakes, but we do it, braves souls that we are, we make ourselves Practice Gratitude, Forgive Often, Work Hard stop and we start towards the fall cycle. and Happy Thanksgiving The fall cycle is about celebration! Now is Lauri Rose, RN BSN HNC the time to wallow in our abundance. With wal- lowing comes awareness of our luck and grati- tude for it. No matter how much you love or ADVANCE DIRECTIVE FOR HEALTHCARE hate your government, no matter how much you Putting off doing your Advance Directive for Health- care? You are not alone. If you would like help deciding wish you lived anywhere but Bridgeville, with what you would want if you can’t make your own health- even a little bit of introspection you have to ad- care decisions and/or naming a surrogate decision maker mit you are darn lucky to be alive in this time please contact Lauri Rose – 777-3008. If we can get 4 or and place. 30-40% of the world’s women have more people I will do a workshop on DPHAC. Saying, to spend hours each day just hauling water, “Pull the plug.” is not enough. Don’t leave this to chance and lawyers. much of which is contaminated. Thousands of children die everyday from preventable illness and starvation and almost every day on CNN we hear of men so hopeless the best future they see is to blow themselves up. In a world like that you have to admit that even sleeping under a bridge in America is pretty good. Now, I know I didn’t do anything to deserve being born in America to a family who valued education. It just happened for me that way. I Annual Holiday Dinner have worked once I was here, but I can’t call it Mark your calendar. The annual hard work, not compared to what many people BBC and BES Holiday Dinner will have to do. And mostly I got to do that work be- be held on Thursday night, cause of a few lucky choices. I call them lucky because being young when I made them I didn’t put a whole lot of thought into them. And I think December 6th at that is true for most of us. We are born into 5:30pm something good, we make a few choices that turn out well instead of bad, we put in a moder- Craft fair starting at 4:30 ate amount of work and because we were born Craft fair from 4:30pm...tables will be here instead of Somalia we are alive at twenty, available to anyone wanting to sell holi- or thirty or even eighty. And we are getting day crafts before the dinner. Please call ready for Thanksgiving, a huge meal with a lot BCC at 777-1775 to reserve your table. of leftovers. SWAIN’S FLAT OUTPOST and Garden Center

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

Jay and Daisy’s Garden of Eatin’ is pleased to announce the following:

at the Van Duzen Grange in Carlotta, on Highway 36

December 1st

David Blume talk at 5:00 Moonalice is a band of seasoned musicians who feel that live music should be a communal experience where the listener and musicians feed and derive in- Dinner provided by BVFC spiration from each other. Their songs try to speak to everyone, mixing a variety of genres with extended musical improvisations that evoke a sense of adven- ture and exploration. Moonalice John Molo: Drums, Vocals. (Bruce Hornsby & The Show starts 7:30 Range, John Fogerty, Phil Lesh & Friends, The Suggested donation: $15 Other Ones, David Nelson Band). (does not include dinner) Barry Sless: Lead Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar, Bass. (Phil Lesh & Friends, David Nelson Band, Kingfish, Cowboy Jazz). Roger McNamee: Rhythm Guitar, Vocals, Bass. David Blume will give a presentation on (Guff, The Engineers, Random Axes, Flying Other permaculture and using ethanol as an al- Brothers) ternative fuel. (starting at 5:00pm) Ann McNamee: Keyboards, Vocals (, Ann Atomic) David Blume has been on the frontier in permacul- : Bass, Keyboards, Guitar, Vocals (Sam ture and self-sustainability for over 30 years. Mr. Gopal Dream, Rod Stewart, , Blume wants to share his information on what natu- Jerry Garcia, , John Lee Hooker, David ral resources we have available to us on Route 36 Nelson Band, Phil Lesh & Friends). which would provide enough fuel, energy and food Big Steve Parish: Road Scholar/Medicine Man/ for us to eliminate our dependency on foreign oil. Storyteller. (Grateful Dead crew for 26 years, co- He has a ton of information that may help us all to founder of Jerry Garcia Band) eliminate our carbon footprint, protect our environ- ment and save money. www.permaculture.com The Bridgeville Volunteer Fire Department will be running the kitchen and providing food and spirits. There will be WOOD RAFFLE— tickets are $10, or 3 tickets for $25. raffles and 50/50 tickets available. All money raised will go directly to the Bridgeville Volunteer Fire Department. For every cord of wood that is raffled off, an area sen- ior citizen will also be presented with a cord of wood. Show and Dinner tickets will be available at Ask about upcoming shows, like maybe the Swains Flat Outpost in advance.

New Riders of the Purple Sage. The suggested donation amount for the show is $15, which does not include dinner. However the $10 dinner tickets will also be The Outpost Cafe is under construction available for purchase in advance as well, at Swains Flat Outpost. right now and we are working hard to be Please be sure to pick your tickets up in advance for the show so open before the year’s end. that we know how much food to have available. Bridgeville Volunteer Fire Company By Ann Matula Gyenis News Certified Nutritional Consultant

By Tammy Farmer No More Tears Thank you to our supporters and those of you we Just hold the ONION under cold water while met Friday October 12th at the free Bar-B-Que. We peeling or chill it first to prevent the allicin from appreciate your ideas and your time. irritating your eyes. Allicin is a complex of sulfur The Bridgeville Fire Protection District Board of compounds that stings our eyes when it is re- Directors are being sworn in and will soon be having leased to the air. public meetings. We will keep you posted. Onions are ancient having been found bun- BVFC training this month consisted of pre-trip dled up with Egyptian mummies as well as the inspections and drive time for members completing their hours for their firefighter endorsement to their word for onion having been found in Sanskrit, Class C licenses. Thank you to Chief Ben Fleek and Hebrew, Greek and Latin. Columbus brought Asst. Chief Rus Brown from FVFD for your commit- them to the West Indies in 1493. ment to our fire departments and these trainings Onions come in many varieties from the they are important to our volunteers and community. sweet Vidalia which are excellent sautéed in Check your smoke alarm, when you change olive oil and herbs, the Pearl which can be pick- your clock. According to Cal Fire, most fatal fires led or made into a dish of creamed peas and occur at night. Every home needs working smoke onions (or tossed into a martini), White which alarms to provide an early warning. Install alarms in come from the Canary Islands and are best in all sleeping rooms, hallways that lead to sleeping salsas and salads, and Cipollini from Italy which areas, basements and each additional level of your have a flat top and roast to perfection. There home. Prepare and practice an escape plan! Crawl low under smoke. Plan where to meet outside. Once are hundreds of other varieties like the purple you’re out, Stay out! Almost every day a smoke and the whole family of alliums which include alarm saves somebody’s life. leeks and scallions and on and on. The main Mark your calendar for the next pancake break- point is that they are in season now, delicious fast on November 18th 8:30-11:00 am. If you are and so good for you. interested in becoming a volunteer, our next busi- Greek Olympic athletes used to eat pounds ness meetings are November 2nd and December 7th of onions in preparation for their competitions at 6pm BCC. and Ulysses S. Grant actually sent an order to the War Dept. refusing to move his troops CALL LOG unless fortified with a supply of onions! The sul- 09/30 Traffic Collision MM 35.00 fur compounds they contain have a beneficial 09/30 Traffic Collision MM 38.70 10/04 Vegetation Fire MM 26 effect on cholesterol, blood and the immune 10/11 Vegetation Fire MM 33.00 system. During WWII soviet doctors applied 10/12 Debris Fire MM 30.20 compressed onions to wounds to prevent infec- 10/14 Power lines Down Kneeland Rd. 10/17 Medical Aid Alderpoint Rd. tion and hasten healing! 10/21 Medical Aid MM 32.09 The USDA estimates that the average Ameri- can eats about 21 lbs of onions each year and that includes kids! Here is an easy and delicious way to prepare an onion dish. Leaving the skin on (no tears!), place 4 whole onions on a baking dish and bake for an hour at 450 F. When tender, cut in half and season with ground sea salt, ground pep- per, thyme or parsley and drizzle with olive oil. Enjoy! 5th Annual STVFD Fireman’s Ball Saturday November 10, 2012 at the Community Center on Van Duzen Road, Mad River

Also featuring a Silent Auction, Door Prize Menu Live Band and Dancing! Choice of Prime Rib ~ or Chicken 5:00pm – No Host Bar Opens Baked Potato 6:00pm – Dinner Salad Dessert $25 Single Plate, $40 Couple

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Bridgeville Baptist Church

Everybody Welcome!

Sunday Services:

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

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

On Alderpoint Road, just past the coming to preach scripture based sermons on Sunday mornings. We tend Bridgeville Bridge off Hwy 36. toward traditional hymns in a casual atmosphere. We hope you will join us. We are located on the Alderpoint Road, just past the Bridgeville Bridge. Spring forward… Fall back.... Sunday, November 4 Random Thoughts By Attila Gyenis Yes, we all know the drill. Some are confused by it. Why is the change at 2 Some Thoughts and Reflections am in the morning? Does anybody get up Putting the newsletter together and reading the at that time and change the clock? Am I articles sometimes gets me thinking. I am going gaining or losing an hour? Is Fall the time to share some of these thoughts in this column. when I get to sleep in an extra hour? It is (No, I am not grading or critiquing the articles). all too perplexing. It may take some a day or two, but First, let me start with Kent’s article. I worked eventually, we all get to where we are all using the same with Cathy for a few years and was saddened by time again. Daylight Saving Time is a change in the standard time her passing. She put on a valiant fight, did all the right of each time zone. Time zones were first used by the rail- things, but still didn’t get through it. Unfortunately, that roads in 1883 to standardize their schedules. According is how it works out sometimes. It also reminds me that to the The Canadian Encyclopedia Plus by McClelland & every lifetime is linear, there is a beginning and an Stewart Inc., Canada's Sir Sandford Fleming also played end. My hope is that each person gets value out of a key role in the development of a worldwide system of their life, lives as close to their dreams as possible, keeping time. Trains had made obsolete the old system and when the time comes, has no major regrets. where major cities and regions set clocks according to Whenever I see a quilt or a quilting book, I usually local astronomical conditions. Fleming was instrumental think of Cathy. I remember a few years back watch- in convening an International Prime Meridian Conference ing her excitement as she started working on the first in Washington in 1884 at which the system of interna- tional standard time -- still in use today -- was adopted. group quilt that would be raffled off at BridgeFest. It In 1918, in order to conserve resources for the war was a really nice one with a space theme and I really effort, the U.S. Congress placed the country on Daylight wanted it. Alas, my ticket was not drawn. Saving Time for the remainder of WW I. It was observed The school articles sometimes provide me with for seven months in 1918 and 1919. The law, however, added insight. Ms. Fearrien’s ‘miss school, miss out’ proved so unpopular that it was later repealed. When captures an important lesson. We reap what we sow. America went to war again, Congress reinstated Daylight The skills and tools we learn as kids in school and Saving Time on February 9, 1942. It remained advanced home can help us achieve our dreams during our one hour forward year-round until September 30, 1945. adulthood. And if we don’t learn skills and tools, it can From 1945 to 1966, there was no U.S. law about Day- limit or prevent us from achieving our goals during a light Saving Time. So, states and localities were free to lifetime. I think that reading is one of the most impor- observe Daylight Saving Time or not. This, however, caused confusion -- especially for the tant tools that a person can get. I’m not saying that I broadcasting industry, and for trains and buses. By 1966, fully realized this as a kid, but I’m glad that somehow I some 100 million Americans were observing Daylight got an appreciation for reading and books. It certainly Saving Time through their own local laws and customs. has helped make my life a better experience (though Congress decided to step in end the confusion and estab- lack of storage space is a consideration). lish one pattern across the country. The Uniform Time Act Putting the newsletter together also reinforces the of 1966 created Daylight Saving Time to begin on the last belief that the secret to life is realizing that everything Sunday of April and to end on the last Sunday of October. is connected. I see a common thread– Lynne’s letter; Any area that wanted to be exempt from Daylight Saving Laurie and her Healthy Spirits; Ann and her Food Time could do so by passing a local ordinance. There Matters; Tammy and her BVFC fire reports; the Two have a few other changes over the years, but there you have it. So sleep in, you will get an extra hour of sleep on Rivers Community Care Group; individual stories like this fall day. Source: http://www.energy.ca.gov/daylightsaving.html Are We Crazy of What, tales about Kites, 4H collect- ing socks; people putting on local events; individuals who put a thank-you notice into the newsletter; it all forms a tapestry that is a reflection of our community. I’m glad that the newsletter is able to capture that part of the community effort and share it with all who read it (there is that word again– read). Which leads me to this point– I am thankful and appreciate (most of the time) all that I have been blessed with in my life. I am thankful for family and friends. It doesn’t mean that I accept the injustices in the world. I wish everybody had all the things I am Bridgeville circa 1900s? - If you can provide more info about this picture, thankful for. May the universe offer you blessings and please contact BCC or email [email protected]. leave you with peace, joy happiness & health. Peace. ARE WE CRAZY OR WHAT? TRCCG News (BACK TO THE LAND IN OUR 60's) PART 32 Two Rivers Community Care Group

Clothesline, Poison oak and a Bush THANK YOU!!!!

This summer we finally got up the gumption and Two Rivers Community Care Group would like to necessity for installing a pulley clothesline system. It thank everyone who helped make the Gourmet Spa- sounded simple, except we had to take into account ghetti Feed such a success. Through the generous that we were going to have the line go from the side support of our community and the hard work of our of the cabin, over a seasonal waterway, and then up gourmet chefs LaVonne Warren and B.J. Delaney a hill to make sure it was level. We measured from along with their kitchen crew extraordinaire we have the cabin out 51 feet and dug the hole on the side of once more managed to pay our insurance and even the mountain for the post that would connect the have a little extra left over. outer pulley contraption. Reminder: when wanting to A million thanks also goes to Mike Guerriero, The dig a post hole be sure and find the rockiest, clayiest Requa Inn and the Arcata quilting group whose do- area on the property that has a 40% slope…at least. nations made our Big Raffle such a success. We That’s what we did. Picture us putting in the post: also want to thank Clover Howith, The Vacuum Lyn hauling cement up the hill in a wheelbarrow Cleaner Hospital, C.C. Crane, Spotlight Video, while Kate awkwardly stands at a steep angle to Global Village, Dave Vegliano, Randy Krahn, The hold the post level and to drop big rocks into the Burger Bar, Fortuna Fabrics, Simmons Natural hole with the cement. Picture both of us standing at Bodycare, and Earthstones all of whose donations a steep angle finishing up the cement while two cats made the Dutch Raffle fun for all and profitable for stick out their nails to pull themselves up our pant TRCCG. legs. ‘Get down, you stupid cats!’ ‘Ouch!’ ‘Kate, I’d also like to thank our client care volunteers for hold that post straight!’ ‘Lyn, quit yelling and finish their dedication and service to those families in our up…I can’t hold it much longer!’ Okay, we got the community facing tough health challenges. You are post in and the pulley attached. Then it was time to the best, it is an honor to serve with you. install the clothesline through the pulleys at both Lauri Rose ends in the proper order. Lyn says the instructions Acting Client Care Coordinator read to pull the line up through the pulley. Kate says the instructions read to pull it down through the pul- ley. Kate won, and then we had to do it all over Veterans Day again because it was upside down! We were fin- November 11 ished! We found a great spot right along 36, below Swains Flat, to pick blackberries. The berries were huge and innumerable. The tricky part we faced was that scattered in with the blackberry bushes along one part was poison oak. It was easy to see where to go to evade the oak, but the biggest, baddest blackberries were in that restricted area... hence, Lyn ended up with the rash all up and down her arms for at least 3 weeks. We know now that if you drive a certain mileage up Larabee Buttes Road you will come to a fork in the road, and right in the mid- dle of the fork is a huge “Spice” bush. You cut the leaves and stems, make a tea out of it, and then slather that potion all over the rash…next year we’ll remember!

Kate McCay and Lyn Javier TwoCrones Ranch, Larabee Valley

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Fallen leaves 1 2 3 You share your lying on the grass birthday with at in the November First Five Play- least nine sun bring more group 5-7pm million other happiness than people around the daffodils. the world. ~ Cyril Connolly

4 Daylight 5 6 7 8 9 10 Saving Time School Board Election Most American Meeting 5:30 The plastic things Catherine on the end of car horns honk in Stanley shoelaces are the key of F. Gathering called aglets.

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Veteran’s Day Bookmobile BCC Board First Five Play- Commodities A 'jiffy' is an Breakfast at the 10:30-11:30 Meeting 4:30 group 1-3pm and MEV van actual unit of Van Duzen 10-3pm time for 1/100th Grange, Carlotta of a second.

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Firewise Day BES closed Holiday Food Happy 1874- Patent was and BVFC 19th-23rd Basket Thanksgiving granted to Joseph breakfast Pick-up Glidden for barbed wire fencing.

25 26 27 28 29 30 Save the Date December 6th BCC Holiday Community Dinner 4;30 fair 5:30 dinner—ree. Potluck dessert

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