June 2020 Volume 25 Number 10

The Aliens are out there somewhere, Sheltering In Space! As you know, we have cancelled the BridgeFest Event. But, Never Fear. We earthlings around Bridgeville and surrounds are continuing the BridgeFest Fundraising….just not on the Bridge! BridgeFest is always the biggest fund-raiser of the year for our Community Center. So we are continuing the fundraising projects we do for the event. The new, uniquely designed T-shirts and Shopping bags will be available around June 15th. We have monthly Drive-thru Dinners and at the same day are selling Home Made Pies made locally by our residents. Also, we are still having the Huge BridgeFest Raffle, including the Bridge-ville Hand Crafted Quilt! We are lucky to still have at this atypical time our major prize donors plus many community businesses supporting us by do-nating merchandise or gift certificates. “Shop Lo-cal” has been our special motto for years now. Randy Krahn is the founder and mammoth pro-moter for getting the annual local business con-tributors to the Raffle. Buy Tickets at the Center. The Raffle will be held the same date as BridgeFest would have been, on August 15th. See the full page Fundraising Ad in this issue and the following months. You will follow along on how much money we have raised. Be part of this impor-tant effort - help support our Community Center to continue offering services as we go through this pandemic.

Hello Everyone!

These past couple of months have been strange to say the least. We hope that this newsletter finds you and your families well. I’m going to kick off this news-letter with a roundup of what news I have seen that may or may not benefit you. California is rolling out a “Pandemic EBT” (EBT is formerly known as food stamps) program to help offset the hardship imposed on families with children through the shelter in place orders. Students who qualify for free or reduced lunch are among those who automatically qualify and should have gotten their cards in the mail automatically with no need to sign up.

If you think that you qualify and did not receive a benefits card in the mail go to ca.p-ebt.org, if you need assistance please give us a call and we can as-sist you. Sticking with the EBT train, you may have noticed that you received more benefits on your EBT card for the past couple months; the state is awarding the full benefit amount to all recipients. Regarding the “Economic Impact Payments”, we are happy to assist you in checking on your payment or submitting your information to the IRS if you have not received your payment yet. As always, we are here to help with re-sumes, unemployment applications, CalFresh and CalWorks applications as well as help with reporting.

Chantal Campbell, Executive Director

Popular

Drive-Thru Dinner

Call 707-777-1775 or come to BCC to reserve. All dinners are $15, pick up 5-6:30 pm at BCC

Friday, June 19th - Pulled Pork

Friday, July 17th - Chicken Kabobs

Call to reserve. Pickup from 5-6:30 on the day above.

BridgeFest Cancelled, Aliens are Sheltering in Space…. and Fundraising Continues On!!

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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

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

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.”

REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE

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

Joyce Church, Clover Howeth, Lyn Javier, Lauri King, Gabriel Marien

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Community Members! The BCC Board of Di-rectors is looking for new members! A qualified candidate is a community member in good stand-ing (more criteria available at the Community Cen-ter). That surely is you! All candidates are strongly encouraged to attend the June 4th board meeting. Please submit a letter of interest to the Board before June 15. If there are more candidates then the three Board seats available, the July newsletter will also include a notice that the ballots have been sent out to the voting roster. Any resident may come into the Center to sign up for the voting roster in order to vote: please sign up before June 15! At the annual Board Meeting in July we will count the votes and announce election results.

Lyn Javier, Board Member

HWY 36 Construction Update

Hard closures have begun on high-way 36 project on the switchbacks

near Dinsmore. The road will have four hour closures Monday on weekdays from 8 a.m. to noon and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. On Fridays work will end at 3 p.m. There will be a one hour opening from noon to 1pm.

Caution is advised when driving through the construction zone in the switchbacks. Rock slides and flooding can cause possible haz-ardous driving conditions. Please drive care-fully at all times. Slow Down.

2020 BridgeFest Quilt

Thank you to our Bridgeville Quilters

Robin Wojcik Mary Liz O’Connell

Clover Howeth Pam Walker

Julie Stephens Susie Freese

THANK YOU TO OUR ACTIVE FUNDRAISING VOLUNTEERS Support Your Community!

Kay Brown, Carl Campbell, Julie Stephens, Jacob Navarette, Pam Walker, Chantal Campbell, Randy Krahn, Maria Navarette, Chi Chi Capistrano, Kate McCay, Brooke Entsminger, Lyn Javier, Attila Gyenis, Elliot Brown, Elias Sepulveda.

Friday, May

22 Fish Fry (SOLD) Friday, June 19 - Pulled Pork

Friday, July 17th - Chicken Kabobs Friday, August 14th - Bridge BBQ

25 Pies on Friday, May 22 (SOLD) 25 Pies on Friday, June 19

25 Pies on Friday, July 17th 25 Pies on Friday, August 14th

$15 $20

CALL 777-1775 TO ORDER CALL 777-1775 TO ORDER

Pick Up 5-6:30pm

Includes sides

Limited number of Dinners

$1,000

$2,000

$3,000

$4,000

$5,000

$6,000

$7,000

$8,000

$9,000

9” various filling Pies Call for fillings available.

2 Pierson’s $100 Gift Cards • Bear River Stay

& Dinner • Ruth Lake 4-hour House Boat • Pal-

let of Soil • Plus 40+ Spectacular Prizes

AND...

THE HAND CRAFTED

BRIDGEVILLE “BENTO

Pick up at Center or Call 777-1775 to Order

$300 Shopping Spree!

The Bridgeville Community Center accepts private donations that are tax exempt. Support Your Community Center!

POB 3 Bridgeville CA 95526

Drawing Saturday August 15. Need

not be present to win.

$5 Ticket

5/$20

$10,000

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Available

June 15

Adult Men & Women Styles

Sm-XL $20 X- $25

Child sizes $15

Sweat shirt adult L-XL $40

Large Shopping Bags $10

We Shop Local

• See on BridgeFest Facebook

at bridgevillecommunitycenter.org

• Purchase at Center by cash, check or credit card

Pick Up 5-6:30pm

Bigger! Cheaper!

Healthy Spirits By Lauri Rose, RN BSN HNB-BC

Summer is here! We live in a gorgeous setting of forest and rivers and it is time to put down our de-vices go outside and enjoy it! Picnics, ballgames, hiking, the whole nine yards are ours for the taking.

The other thing that is ours for the taking is our blood and flesh - by tiny insects. When people go out into the woods they may fear mountain lion at-tacks but what we actually need to protect ourselves from are little, teensy, tiny insects. Many bees, wasps, ants and other insects can cause allergic reactions ranging from minor pain to major anaphy-laxis. More than half of animal related ER vists are from bug bites and death from allergic reaction is the number one killer in the back country. Those little critters can take you down!

Ticks, spiders, mosquitoes and their ilk carry dev-astating diseases like Lymes, Zika, West Nile Virus and more. In the past the more humid southern cli-mates have carried the greatest burden of insect borne diseases but with climate change more and more of these beasties are coming into traditionally temperate zones like ours.

The best medicine for bug borne disease is pre-vention, so use a bug repellent. DEET products are currently the recommended deterrent. If you are going into an area where there are lots of bugs or you are particularly susceptible you probably want to use it. If you are just hanging out in your yard you might want to try making something yourself with essential oils. The following plants (plus many more) have antibug qualities: lavender, lemon euca-lyptus, rosemary, basil, catnip, tea tree, marigolds. This website gives some recipes: healthline.com/health/kinds-of-natural-mosquito-repellant. You can also grow these plants in your garden or put some in pots on your deck. There are little electronic devices that buzz like male mosquitoes which repels the fe-males who are the ones that bite. Other prevention includes keeping the cuffs of pants and sleeves tight and wearing light colored clothing. Avoid places that bugs like such as their nest sites, stagnant water, garbage cans and fields of blooming plants.

After a day outside do a skin check before going to bed. Pay special attention to areas under elastic and areas that are warm and moist like your armpits. Ticks love warm and moist.

Snakes and lizards can also carry venom. Treat-ing a snake bite can be very costly. Rattlesnake bites require anti-venom, often multiple vials of it, and each of those vials can cost $10,000. Most snake bites are endured by young males who have consumed alcohol and get bit on the right index fin-ger. Get it – they were making the snake mad. Don’t do that.

BCC Community Love Scholarship Awarded

The Bridgeville Community Center Board of Direc-tors is so very pleased to announce the recipient of the first annual BCC "Community Love" Scholarship. Let us all congratulate our super-star graduating senior, Angel Church! The Board was impressed by Angel's essay, which evoked images of Bridgeville's past, present, and hopeful future. Beyond her writing skills Angel is known throughout the community as someone who is always behind the scenes finding ways to support the community with positivity and enthusiasm. We are confident that with her can-do attitude she will meet with success in whatever she chooses to do in the future, and we are lucky to count her as a Bridgevillian!

Congratulations to all Graduates

Graduation is the end of one stage of life, and the transition to life’s next adventure. We under-stand that there may not be a graduation ceremony due to events, but it doesn’t mean that the importance of this moment is any less important. Take this op-portunity to become the person you want to be. A thriving society desires individuals who are car-ing, confident, accomplished, and content. Learning is a life-long process. Never give up. Congratulations to all from the Bridgeville Community Center.

Bridgeville 4H Poster Contest

Bridgeville 4-H is sponsoring a poster con-test for kindergarten through grade 12. Design a poster using the Theme: “The 400th Anniversary of the Mayflower: Rise and Shine for New Opportunities in a New Land.”. Original art work by an individual only, not from other sources. Art generated on the computer using clip art, cut and paste technique, or scanned images is not allowed. Minimum size: 8½” by 11”. Maximum size: 22” by 28”. Prizes and certificates will be awarded by the Eel River Valley Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Entries are Due November 1, 2020. But can be turned in early. They can be mailed to 177 Wilder Road, Carlotta, CA 95528 or put in the 4-H Box in the Bridgeville School Office. Please contact: Ms. Mullan 707-768-3111 if you have any questions. If you are interested in writing or other creative ways to address the theme, please check out the Bridgeville 4-H Facebook page.

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Angel

“Dear MFP” (Master Food Preserver)

By Dottie Simmons

BRIDGEVILLE Volunteer

FIRE Department

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020-2021

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Preliminary Budget for the Bridgeville Fire Protection District of Humboldt County for the fiscal year BEGINNING July 1, 2020, will be adopted by the District Board of Directors at its regular meeting on June 8, 2020 at 5:00 pm at the Bridgeville Community Center. The Preliminary Budget is available for inspection by interested taxpayers through the District's mail-ing address: Bridgeville Fire Protection District P. O. Box 51, Bridgeville, CA 95526

That on July 13, August 10, and September 14, 2020, at 5:00 P.M., at the Bridgeville Community Center, Bridgeville, California, the Board of Direc-tors will meet for the purpose of establishing the final budget, and that any taxpayer may appear at said time and place, and be heard regarding the increase, decrease, or omission of any item of the budget, or for the inclusion of additional items.

The final budget will be adopted at its September 14, 2020, meeting. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIREC-TORS OF THE BRIDGEVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.

MARYLIZ O'CONNELL SECRETARY OF THE BOARD

Herbs and spices Culinary herbs make plain food exceptional and spices add an exotic twist to many dishes. The best time to harvest most herbs is just before the flowers first open. Gather in early morning after dew has evapo-rated. Discard bruised, soiled or imperfect leaves and stems.

Drying: Sturdy herbs such as rosemary, sage, thyme and parsley are easy. Tie into small bundles and hang to air dry. Do NOT dry in the sun as herbs can lose flavor and color. Tender herbs such as Basil, oregano, mints and others must dry quickly. Hang inside paper bags to dry. Cut holes in the sides of bag. Suspend a small bunch (large amounts can mold) in the bag and close the top with a rubber band. Leaves or seeds that fall off will be caught in the bag. Dry all herbs where there is good air circulation.

When crispy dry they’re ready to store. Remove from stems if needed, and leave whole to crush when used for peak fragrance and flavor. Store in cool, dry, dark area in airtight containers, labeling with the date so you can use the oldest first.

Use these herbs individually or blend in recipes, including some below.

There are many seasoning blends you can make, often with spices you have on hand. Here are a few to try:

Lemon Pepper: zest (grated yellow part of peel) of 3 lemons, 2 Tablespoons (Tbsp) + 2 teaspoons (Tsp) black pepper, 2 Tbsp salt Curry Blend: 2 Tbsp ground cumin, 2 Tbsp ground coriander, 2 Tbsp turmeric, 1-1/2 tsp ground carda-mom, ½ tsp cayenne pepper Italian seasoning: 2 Tbsp dried basil, 2 Tbsp dried oregano, 1 Tbsp dried thyme, 1 Tbsp dried rosemary, 1 Tbsp garlic powder (NOT salt), ¼ tsp onion powder, ¼ tsp salt Taco seasoning: 2 Tbsp chili powder, 2 Tbsp ground cumin, 1-1/2 tsp onion powder, 1-1/2 tsp garlic pow-der, ½ tsp cayenne pepper, ½ tsp black pepper (optional) ½ tsp salt, ½ tsp oregano Cajun Spice: 2 Tbsp cumin, 2Tbsp coriander 2 Tbsp paprika, 1-1/2 tsp salt, 1-1/2 tsp black pepper, 1 Tbsp dried oregano, cayenne pepper to taste Pumpkin Pie spice: ¼ cup ground cinnamon, 2 tsp ground ginger, 2 tsp ground nutmeg, 2 tsp ground all-spice, 1 tsp ground cloves Find more of my culinary herb blends online here:

https://simmonsmountainhome.blogspot.com/2009/05/im-all-mixed-up.html

https://simmonsmountainhome.blogspot.com/2020/05/spicing-up-your-life-herb-and-seasoning.html

Some Summer safety tips for kids

Keep watch to prevent drowning - Summer wa-ter safety should be top of mind for parents, regard-less if you have a pool in your backyard or visit a river. It only takes seconds for drowning to happen. Check for car safety - Never leave a child unat-tended in a car. The temperature inside a car can rise quickly, and just a few minutes can be the differ-ence between life and death. This also applies to pets. Protect skin from the sun - Apply sunscreen with SPF 30 or higher whenever your child is going to be outdoors. Try to avoid outdoor activities during peak sunshine hours. Wear a life jacket on boats - If you're heading to the lake to cool off this summer, make sure to bring a U.S. Coast Guard approved personal flotation de-vice that fits your child. Sign up for a basic CPR and first aid class.

TRCCG News Two Rivers Community Care Group

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

Medical Preparation during Power Outages

We are coming into fire season and power outages. If you are dependent on medical equipment you’ll need to give extra thought to emergency planning. Make sure you’ve signed up with the Humboldt Office of Emer-gency Services and/or PGE to get notices of planned and unplanned outages. Assisting your elderly Aunt Edna in Etna? Get notices for her area too.

Know your neighbors and make sure they know you! If you are disabled make sure you’ve planned for who will get you if you can’t be safe at home. Make sure the fire department and your local CERT team are aware of your circumstances.

If you depend on oxygen or pharmacy deliveries know what to do if deliveries can’t be made, like during a landslide or road wash-out. Call the company you use and make a plan.

Make sure you have an UP-TO-DATE medication and allergy list in your Go-Bag, in your wallet, in your cell phone and on google documents. Just seeing your medication list gives a medical provider a pretty clear picture of what’s wrong with you. Put the phone num-bers of your family on your list. Your Go-Bag should have at least a week’s worth of medications and any special equipment you need like adaptive utensils, hear-ing aid batteries, insulin supplies, a cane, food and wa-ter for your service animal, incontinence supplies. Water purifying tablets. For a country Go-Bag include a chain-saw and bolt cutters.

Make sure the escape routes out of your house are usable for you. Have more than one if possible. If they are tricky to maneuver (like through a crowded back room) practice using them. Know ALL the routes away from your home (you don’t know which ones will be blocked). If some of them have locked gates use the bolt cutters, you can deal with pissed-off neighbors later.

If you use an electric wheelchair get a lightweight manual one as a back-up. If you replace your deep-cycle wheelchair battery with car battery remember it won’t last nearly as long. Many people out here have extra generators and would be happy to help a neighbor. Supplying the gas would be a nice touch. AL-WAYS make sure you have enough oxygen tanks for several days. Yes, in a pinch you could use industrial (welding) oxygen, however the concentration is slightly less and the purity is not guaranteed. Also, the regula-tor is usually higher pressure so switch to your medical regulator. If you decide to go to town take your concen-trator with you. There may be a shortage of 02 in town but you could hook your concentrator up to someone’s generator, or even the ER generator.

If you have an electric only hospital bed and you have time, make sure it is in the most comfortable posi-tion, it may be stuck there for a while.

A Labyrinth 11th Anniversary, Holes Again and Semi-Fictional Full Time Farmers

Eleven years ago, when we were younger and had lots of energy we created the circular Labyrinth vegeta-ble garden we still have now. It is still 40 feet across, still 4’ circular beds and 3’ pathways. We still have a wide East facing entrance but now have 3 more little entrances and a multitude of other stepping stones to get across beds. West and North are still there up in the sky and in our thoughts, but not as entrances as they got trampled by the tiller one year. For 11 years the pathways have been weed cloth and straw. Great Idea, looks good in the spring. But every year, laboring to pull weeds, Lyn says she is going to put in stone work or something more permanent because the next year new straw starts over again and the ripped weed cloth needs fixing. At first the Labyrinth was watered by a rain bird sprinkler high above the garden center. It was beautiful watching the light reflections of water against the sun, not so good for beans. So we forgot that and now hand water. Maybe for its 12th anniver-sary we will put in drip systems…yeah, sure. It is still a sight to see mature vegetables standing tall in a circle; a plush jungle ready to be picked…we love it. Okay. Back to the Orchard Holes spoken of in April. Kate finally has resolved to fill those unused holes be-fore someone falls into them, breaks their neck and sues. Every morning without rain, she tramps through the wet orchard grass with her hardy shovel, rake and drinking water. Shovel, pour into hole, sit, shovel, pour into hole, sit, lift rock, shovel, pour into hole, sit, move rocks, place rocks, sit, shovel, rake. The thing is, the same dirt dug out 3 years ago does not fill the hole! What to do? Another challenge to discuss at night while icing our backs. It will be done! You know, probably to you it sounds as though we are full time farmers; tending our gardens, orchards, chickens, fields – mending broken stuff, maintaining stuff - and preserving foods, herbs, fruit. Then, in your visions, at night we sit around the woodstove and knit or weave, dressed in long hand sewn dresses and flow-ers in our hair. Where did that come from? Truth be told, right now at least, each of us spends at least 3-4 hours daily on projects for the community - be it fund-raising, fire council, CERT, grants, meetings or public-ity. Then, up to at least 2-3 hours on a unrainy day of mowing, planting, cleaning up areas, going to the dump, nailing the pallet fence back up, etc. The rest of the time is personal space: nap time, time to call a friend, writing, looking at text, emailing someone, bed-time, reading, watching a DVD, listening to Freddie Mercury sing, eating, cleaning up the cabin if it has to be, and taking the toilet out. Full time Farmers? In your Dreams. Lyn Javier and Kate McCay

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Where: Mad River Fire Hall (new meeting place)

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Also, a thank you to Julie Stephens for making and donating masks to the community center to hand out. We still have a few here!

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WEEKLY:

Mondays: BCC CLOSED

Thursdays: Community Potluck Brunch Cancelled

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

June 2020

Local Community Breakfasts

The Bridgeville and BVFD breakfasts

are cancelled until further notice. (thanks for your understanding)

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