August 2017 Bridgeville Community Newsletter Volume 23 Number 12 Get out your Alien Outfit, Clean up your Fly-ing Saucers, Build up your Biceps and Tri-ceps for the Dirt Bag Muster, Exercise your Vocal Cords for Laughing and Talking, Clean out your Ears for Live Music….

….It’s BridgeFest Time! It’s time for the Intergalactic Flying Saucer Trials

off the old bridge, where you can bring your own 8”+ diameter flying saucer built from the guidelines in this issue or build one at a special table…then fly them straight or cockeyed off the bridge to land as close as you can to the river bed bulls eye.

This year at exactly 2:30-3:30 the new High Stakes Flying Saucer Trials take off, with supplied aerodynamic saucers; you donate $100 for the first throw, $20 additional, but win big…2/3 of the Pot! Roger and gang are ready with Glee!

Talking about the bridge, the Pot’n’Rock is back with buckets of special Rocks to buy and throw to hit a Pot on the river bed. (Gees, where do we think of these things?) You know, I think these ideas come from our youthful minds still working. To make sure new ideas happen in the future, the Community Center trained young and new thinkers this past July at an eleven day Kids Camp on the school campus. Tammy Farmer and Chi Chi Capistrano were the co-ordinators for art projects, going to the Zoo and Dis-covery museum, visiting with the Fish and Game de-partment and a bunch of Games & Jokes to build those creative minds. To top it off, they had lunch with our very own local sheriff, Ben Filippini.

The Kidz Zone at BridgeFest is led by Joyce Church this year, bringing to the zone sparkles, crafts, face painting, special games and possibly our own Bounce House, if we get liability insurance.

The Dirt Bag Muster this year has two special guest leaders, beautiful Sam Emel and Daisy Webb of Swains Flat Outpost. They will be in charge of sign ups, the stop watch, the soil bag distribution and shouting as rivals run through a rough and ready course to win either a pallet of Mendes Mix soil or a Tote of Ocean Forest soil. That should build up an appetite, which turns the subject to Food!

Kathy Wolff is leader of a throng of women who, on the day before our event, bake the BridgeFest homemade blueberry or blackberry pies and muffins at the certified school kitchen while at homes, others are baking more goodies for the day. And, as we see at every BridgeFest, Aliens and Humans clamber around the Food Booth and the Fire Department BBQ to fill their bellies (do Aliens have bellies?).

Well, back to life for a bit, the July Commodities program gave out tons of fresh strawberries!! Also remember, even with major construction happening on the 36, the Dinsmore Pantry Commodities will be there on August 22, from 8:30-11:30.

Now back to BridgeFest, the Fire Department will be bringing their new 2017 emergency response 4WD vehicle for us to check out.

It’s looking as though we are going to have a tre-mendous Human and Alien turnout; Aliens have al-ready landed their ships onto the Bridgeville interga-lactic campground above the town, the Alien-themed T-Shirts have been designed and printed by Tim Garvey, Humans have volunteered to help with the event while Aliens hover over to keep our space safe. It may be hot, so wear sunscreen, a hat, sun-glasses, sandals….and an Alien Outfit! Bring your best ears, for Live Music will be played all day - while Lyn Javier, Ms. BridgeFest (now that Randy Krahn, Mr. BridgeFest, has retired) takes the microphone to an-nounce events and Raffle Prizes. Wait till you see the 2017 Homemade Bridgeville Quilt! It is King Size and spectacular. Better buy your raffle tickets now and you can do that at the BridgeFest Raffle booth in front of the Dinsmore store Wednesday, August 16 from 9-3. See you at BridgeFest!

Kate McCay, BridgeFest Committee

Inside this Month

BridgeFest BroadCast Healthy Spirits

Dear MFP BVFD News

Are We Crazy or What? Calendar

Flying Saucer Rules

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

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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 www.BridgevilleCommunityCenter.org

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.”

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

Kent Stanley, President; Laurie King, Treasurer; Kay Brown, Joyce Church, Nancy Herzog-Bottom Roger Schellhous, Kathy Wolff

REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE

Listen for BridgeFest advertising audios on KMUD and The Point radio Stations! Roger Schellhous is “Pa” in one; Kate yacks in the others, while the back-ground music was created by Roger or his son, Mar-tin.

The BridgeFest T-shirts are in and truly amazing! Thank you, Tim Garvey, for a wonderful job of design and printing of the shirts. Come to the BCC to buy yours before it’s too late!

Watch for the new Ms. BridgeFest as Lyn Javier is taking Randy Krahn’s place as Master of Ceremonies and the Raffles at BridgeFest 2017. She comes from a long line of clowns so be prepared!

Donations for BridgeFest’s fundraising Raffles are still tumbling in from local businesses. Just from the 20th of June through July 20th, we received $50 cash from Patterson/Conner Insurance, Coast Central Credit Union again wowed us with a garden basket of fairies, greenhouse, tools and flags worth $120 and Wycoff’s plumbing donated a $119 Air Compressor.

Figueiredo’s Video gave a $25 gift certificate, Ban-dera Tank & Leather gave two leather tote bags and a rifle sling worth $85 and Cuddly Bear Thrift donated a 50 count multi-tool set plus aroma therapy kit worth $30. Fortuna Feed and Garden Center again donated something for the kids: a sit and scoot John Deere tractor worth $80.

Fortuna Pet Shoppe contributed a Betta Falls Aquarium and a gift card for 1 beta fish and food worth $76 while Spotlight Video gave a movie package in-cluding a $10 gift certificate, DVD, popcorn and candy worth $30. TimeOut Sports Bar donated a $40 gift cer-tificate, Round Table Pizza donated a pizza that can be any size and any type and Fortuna Glass & Paint again donated two gallons of stain worth $50.

Redwood Thrift contributed a $25 gift certificate and O’Reilly’s Auto Parts gave an emergency car and medical kit plus a package of flares worth $50. There are still more donations to pick up, and it will keep coming till the day of the event! We have received almost $3200 worth of local business contributions of cash or prizes as of July 20! Even the vendors who are selling their goods at BridgeFest have given dona-tions, which we are very thankful for.

HWY 36 Construction Update

The Federal Highway Administration's Route 36 Realignment Project will be-gin construction Tuesday, August 1st on the switchbacks between Dinsmore

and Larabee Valley (mile marker 36.0 to 40.4). Route 36 will be FULLY CLOSED in FOUR

HOUR blocks from 8am to noon, and again from 1pm to 5pm. The highway will be open to traffic for one hour every day from noon to 1pm.

On Fridays, the afternoon closure will end at 3pm. Outside of announced work hours, motorists should anticipate 30-minute delays at any time.

Please drive carefully at all times.

ENTER THE 4TH ANNUAL Dirt Bag Muster

at Bridgefest

Winner chooses a Pallet of Mendes Mix or a Tote of Forest Ocean soil

(The Fine Pr int)

Healthy Aliens By Lauri Rose, Intergalactic Gadfly

All Beings rely on some form of education for their young. It is through education that your descendents learn important information like where the best food is and how to prepare it. It is through education that you teach your offspring the correct way to interact with other Beings whether they be from your planet and spe-cies or another planet or species. Of course, I could give example after example of education without leaving Bridgeville. Do you know that trees use chemical sig-nals to teach other trees how to resist pests? Or that ravens teach their fledglings tricks like the best way to steal tomatoes from Lauri’s garden? How about watch-ing Ms. Church instruct a youngster and then seeing that youngster instructing someone even younger in the ex-act same tone of voice and manner? Education is eve-rywhere! This August lets explore the education prac-tices of some of our fellow Travelers In The Universe.

The OmniCrays from Doris56 are completely mind-melded. They are raised in vats of nutrient fluids until they are five Suncycles old. Their bodies develop tis-sues but their brains are inert. At five Keepers take them out of the vats and Elders surround them. The Eld-ers place their suckers on the immature OmniCrays’ ‘heads’ and flood them with the entire OmniCray ances-tral memory. Most OmniCrays don’t survive this intense experience but those who do end up knowing everything every OmniCray in existence past and present knows. They still have to develop wisdom on their own but they have a heck of a lot of cognitive content to guide them.

The Forraya in the Meggantian Star Complex ignore their children completely until they are 10 years old. For young Forraya the world is a dangerous place as no one tells them that fire is hot or that Migadios will eat you. They are forced to learn on their own that dinner hap-pens at six and big kids don’t want to play with you. To us this seems excessively harsh but, according to the adult Forraya, this insures only the smartest Forraya make it to adulthood. The Forrayan ground is littered with small green bodies.

Dagotha on Markible, also in the Meggantian Star Complex, routinely gather their young in flower-studded meadows and sing them the stories of the ancestors. Embedded in these songs are the best places to find food, what plants make medicines, how to build a strong shelter and all the other things a Dagotha needs to survive. Most importantly the songs instruct in the proper salutations for various social castes. On Markible the wrong salutation can result in limb amputa-tion. Granted a Dagotha has plenty of limbs to spare but, it’s still unpleasant to lose one.

On most planets young people learn by participating in the life their parents are leading. It turns out very few cultures segregate their young in fenced facilities forcing them to sit unnaturally still and quiet while learning only with their heads. But, hey – we always knew we were unique.

BRIDGEFEST INTERGALACTIC FLYING SAUCER TRIAL RULES

The Saucer: • Must be round or nearly round on its outer edge • Must be at least 8” in diameter • Must have a thickness not more than ½ its diameter • Must be unique and easily identifiable • Must not be any pre-manufactured toy or flying device.

The Entry: An entry consists of a saucer and its associated Pilot. There is a $5.00 (US Earth currency) fee for each entry. This fee enters your saucer in the contest, entitles you to one launch, and provides one “participant” tag.

The Course: The course is identified from the east side of the old Bridgeville Bridge to a landing spot on the river bar marked by a red circle with a pole in the center. (The Bridge is approximately 40 feet ABOVE the river bar; the goal is about 45 yards east.)

The Game: The object of the contest is to land your saucer as close to the pole as possible. The winner will be the saucer that lies closest to the pole at the close of the contest. (Prizes will be awarded to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place saucers.) Each entry will get one launch in the order of their entry. After the launch, the crew will have the option of either leaving the saucer where it landed or having it retrieved by the ground crew for a another launch. To launch more than the one allotted attempt, the pilot must have a “Participant” tag and pay a retrieval fee of $1.00. They will then join the line of launchers and wait their turn to re-launch. This can be repeated as many times as the pilot wishes and a re-trieval request can be made at any time until the contest closes. At the appointed closing time, the launch line will be closed, but every pilot waiting in the launch line will be allowed their last shot.

The Launch: Saucers will be launched only from the official launch pad on the Bridge. Each entry will be allotted one (1) minute on the launch pad to launch their saucer. All forward mo-mentum of the saucer must come directly from the hand of the pilot.

The Landing: The saucer must remain intact upon landing. If a saucer breaks apart or sheds pieces of a noticeable size, the toss is nullified and the pieces will be returned to the owners who may, if they wish, repair the saucer and fly it again.

The Prize: Prizes of various kinds will be awarded to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners. Prizes will be displayed at the entry booth.

Aliens and Humans take note: There will be a separate “High Stakes Flying Saucer Trials.” Entry fee $100. Rules at the Bridgeville Com-munity Center website.

GOOD LUCK! May the best saucer win!

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707-725-3400

BRIDGEVILLE Volunteer

FIRE Department

“Dear MFP” (Master Food Preserver)

By Dottie Simmons

Valley View Realty

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(707) 845-5751

ihetrick@live.com See all current listings in the area: www.Highway36.com

Bridgeville Volunteer Fire Department will be serving up a hot meal on Saturday August 19 during BridgeFest. We invite you to stop by for a hot of the grill hamburger, fresh corn, hot dog or even a pull pork sandwich. Raffle tickets will also be available for sale. This year's items include a Henry Rifle, Benbow Inn getaway, and items from Furniture De-sign. Proceeds raised by the volunteer department support the purchase of medical and fire safety equipment, educational outreach materials and train-ing opportunities for department volunteers. Get to know your local volunteer first responders by stop-ping by and saying "hello."

The Bridgeville Fire Protection District's new at-tack fire apparatus 7646 will be on display for the Community to see up close. This response vehicle was purchased through the County of Humboldt Measure Z funds. The volunteers will have fire safety handouts and fun stuff for the kids.

Remember Bridgeville Fire is always looking for volunteers. The Department meets at 6pm on the first Tuesday of each month.

Bridgeville Volunteer Fire Department PO Box 4 Bridgeville, CA 95526 Bridgevillevfd@gmail.com

What’s the best food to take on Intergalactic Journeys?

Packing one’s flying saucer for a long trip requires some thought. You want to make sure to keep the weight down as much as possible and still have plenty of nutritious rations along.

For any journey you want to have enough water. It’s recommended to have 1 gallon per day per per-son, so consider the length of your voyage and num-ber of passengers and plan accordingly. Water is pretty heavy, so to keep the weight down dried foods are your best choice.

If you’re cutting time by traveling at light-warp speed and will only take 1 to 3 days for your trip, con-sider only taking high caloric food. Nutrition is not a big factor on a short trip. Stock up on high-energy items like granola bars and jerky, chocolate and trail mix. This way you can take less volume and still meet your needs. You can also take powdered drinks, but don’t take salty foods that will make you overly thirsty.

If you have an older model ship and can’t hit warp speed, or taking a long tour across the Universe and it’s more than 3 weeks before you reach your destina-tion, you’ll need to consider your nutrition to arrive in good health. The water rule still holds, and using that water in foods is fine. Consider dried soups and vege-tables. Nuts and dried fruit are good as are condensed foods such as salami and peanut butter and pack vita-min supplements if you need them. Don’t forget your prescribed medications if you are taking any.

If you’re in a Deluxe Galactic Cruiser you’ll have a kitchen and more storage space, so consider bringing canned foods you can heat. Remember, any food preparation will require utensils, pots, pans and a can opener. And you’ll need more water to wash the dishes, so consider edible plates. Less to clean and you won’t be adding to the litter that’s already floating around in space.

Each item adds weight so read your particular ship’s manual for the weight restrictions and plan care-fully. And if it’s a family excursion bring foods every-one is familiar with and will happily eat. Trapped in a spaceship is no place to have a fight over food. You don’t want to waste any of it.

So, pack your spaceship and blast off and head on down to Earth for BridgeFest. You can enter the Flying Saucer races and get some great chow, hear some Earthly music, and pick up some nice souvenirs there.

Questions about food preservation? Interested in a demo? Contact us via: bridgevillenews@yahoo.com . Questions about the Master Food Preserver Program? Contact the Humboldt County Cooperative Extension Office for information: 5630 S. Broadway, Eureka, CA 95503, Phone: (707) 444-9334, or online at: http://cehumboldt.ucdavis.edu

ARE WE CRAZY OR WHAT? (BACK TO THE LAND in our 60's and beyond)

Astray in Amsterdam

It’s a lazy afternoon, sea breezes float into the canal our boat drifts through as we go by neighborhoods of 16th century narrow, leaning old houses with ropes hanging from the roof to lift furniture. We count thou-sands of tourists spending this bright, sunny afternoon in the center of downtown 12th century Amsterdam. But there is plenty of room. There are canals circling each other by the droves, all connected by about 1500 bridges and accompanied by shade trees along the narrow streets full of small cars and bicycles. It reminds us a little of Venice: the canals connecting neighborhoods, the sea air floating around….but Amsterdam has a better sewer system, is not sinking and is more cosmopolitan.

Our lifestyle from the first day was built on confusion. We walked around our mostly Muslim neighborhood, looking totally lost, until someone pitied us to take the #7 tram to and fro our neighborhood to the Amsterdam’s Centrum, where the bulb markets were, the rental canal boats and the red light district. No, we did not utilize that district. No, we did not see acres of tulips surrounding us…too late. But we did walk through a 1300 AD cathe-dral built by fisherman so the ceiling, floors and furniture are all oak and the roof is designed like a hull. Then we calmed our hearts, put on blinders and cruised the red light district’s individual glass doors behind which each stood in very little finery ….we didn’t want them to think we were shopping or staring…..and they were very beautiful.

Amsterdam openly sells pot out of certain shops. You can even smoke on the street. The remarkable thing is that we did not see one person smoking a joint on the street. We asked a native Amsterdamian why that is so and he said that it is so common, so legal, that most resi-dents don’t puff in public, rather they imbibe in private.

We were lost a lot, walked a lot, and became quite intellectual as we strolled through the Van Gogh Mu-seum - oohing, aahing and discussing between our-selves the critique of he, Gauguin or any other artist that came to mind. Then laid out on the park lawn and talked about renting bicycles to join the throng of people ped-dling. We decided not to, because we were always too lost and a bike around people, canals, cars and things may cause harm to them or us. No, take the #7 tram.

PS. Yesterday Kate lost her whole document Folder of BridgeFest 2017 stuff. Panic! Then she went into Shaw’s Computer Service in Fortuna on Main and Jer-emy, bless his pea-picken’ heart, found it among various confusing drives. She kissed his feet and put Shaw’s on the list of BridgeFest supporters because without him, there would be no event signs, advertising and possibly no Kate.

Lyn Javier and Kate McCay, Larabee Valley

Bridgeville is home to BridgeFest, the annual event when Aliens and Humans gather on the old bridge and determine, once and for all, who is Flying Saucer Contest Champion and Grand Emperor of the Universe. Come join us on Saturday, August 19th.

A BridgeFest “Thank You!”

To all these Local Businesses for Their Generous Contributions to BridgeFest and The Bridgeville Community Center

Swains Flat Garden Center Pierson Building Center

Furniture Design Mad River Burger Bar Redwood Capital Bank

A.M. Baird Bear River Casino and Hotel

Ruth Lake Marina HealthSport

WestSide Pizza Asti Chiropractic

Horizon Office Supply Strehl’s Shoes

Shaw’s Computer Services Dinsmore Store

Loving Hands Institute of Healing Redwood Glass Hummel Tires Happy Froyo Fire & Light

Patterson/Conners Insurance Redwood Thrift Store

Wycoff’s Plumbing Coast Central Credit Union

Round Table Pizza Figueiredo’s Video

Bandera Tank & Leather Cuddly Bear Thrift Store

Fortuna Feed & Garden Center Fortuna Pet Shoppe

Spotlight Video TimeOut Sports Bar

Fortuna Glass& Paint O’Reilly’s Auto

….More to Follow!

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Thank You Bridgeville Trading Post

BridgeFest needs volunteers. Aliens and humans welcome. BridgeFest is Saturday, August 19th, and we need all sorts of volun-teers to help greet the aliens who will be de-scending from all points in the sky. Please call BCC, 777-1775 to sign up for an out of this world experience. WANTED: Loving, caring people to help neighbors in need. Two Rivers Community Care Group, a volunteer hospice, seeks vol-unteers to help neighbors facing life altering illnesses and end-of-life issues. Call the Bridgeville Community Center to volunteer or if you need our services. 777-1775.

The Mad Group - Invites you to join us!! When: Sundays @ 2:00 pm Wednesdays @ 5:30 pm Where: Community Center, Mad River (on Van Duzen Road)

AA

Good Kind Bridge - AA Group, Bridgeville (Mar 15 to Oct 15) Thursdays, 5 to 6 PM

- on the old bridge - park by the Post Office - bring a 5 gal Bucket!

The Bridgeville Baptist Church

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

We are on Alderpoint Road, just past the Bridgeville Bridge off Hwy 36.

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WEEKLY:

Monday: BCC CLOSED

Tuesday: Strength & balance exercise class 10:30-11:30

Thursday: Strength & balance exercise class 10:30-11:30 Senior Lunch 11:30 – 1

BCC Board Meeting on first Thursday of month at 3:30pm

August 2017

BridgeFest— August 19th

Local Community Breakfasts

Every First Sunday of the Month 6 Rivers - Mad River Community Center 8–11

Every Second Sunday of the Month Breakfast at the Van Duzen Grange, Carlotta

BVFD Breakfast cancelled until further notice

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 Bookmobile 10:30-11:30

9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 USDA Com-modities, 10 am – 4 pm, BCC

19 BridgeFest

20 21 22 BCC Mobile-Food Pantry @ Dinsmore, 8:30am-11am

23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30 31 Ruth Lake Fes-tival, Sept 2-3

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