Notable quotable from the Beacon area, September 2016.

“We don’t need a damn bus. When I was a boy, I didn’t even have shoes!”
— A.O. Kaye, member, Bass Lake School Board of Education

“A plastic flamingo wedged into a flower pot outback pushed them above the rest of the finalists.”
— Angelica Baneberry, the president, Bass Lake Yard Club

“I didn’t think he had it in him. In fact, I forgot he was even on the team.”
—Zeb Dreppelin, head football coach, Bass Lake High School

“He told me it would be an easy way to make some fast cash. Besides, it needs a new transmission.”
— Jacqueline Greenless, 25, of rural Bass Lake

“I think I speak for all of us. I really do.”
— Carolyn Shee, assumed mayor of Bass Lake