Bass Lake Beacon notable quotables, October 2015:

“The more we can teach kids to learn about the animal kingdom, the more we can teach them to learn about learning.
— Askew Rankin, chief handler, Michiana Regional Animal Sanctuary and Petting Zoo

“I got sad when the ocelot bit that first-grade boy.”
— Shauna (last name withheld)

“I’ll never let a little haze keep me away from work. Ever. Otherwise, why be employed at all?”
—  Ralph “Blue Bird” Carpenter, driver of bus, Bass Lake Public Schools

“I was just lying there and it came to me out of the blue.”
— Lee F. Pyle, local inventor extraordinaire

“I’m a vile-half-full type of person.”
— Tara Jarton, chief nurse, Blood Drive ’15

“I was young, naive and reckless at the time — if not wreckless.”
— Sam Butcher, motorist, now 25