From staff memories

Some of the top stories of 2016 in the Bass Lake Beacon area. Read and reflect on what the year has been. Chronologically.

JANUARY

• Disappearance of ice-anglers cancels “BED Talk”

FEBRUARY

• School board of education considers employee incentive plan

MARCH

• Record attendance at Flap-Jack Festival
• Request denied for “Family, Food & Fun” festival

APRIL

• Student suspended for ‘disturbing’ Earth Day assignment
• Protests mar council meeting

MAY

• Guy Soundguy resigns as mayor of Bass Lake
• Interim mayor grips reins of power
• Outburst taints BLSH talent show

JUNE

• Regional Corporate Hospital establishes ‘worst-practices’ initiative

JULY

• Technology upgrades approved at Bass Lake schools

AUGUST

• Career fair injures three; hospital hires two
• Star running back injured in Canoes loss

SEPTEMBER

• Mayor shouts-down community input

OCTOBER

• Canoes bumped from playoffs, may have to forfeit forfeiture

NOVEMBER

• Election ’16: Forrest Bunkard wins mayoral seat in stunning near-landslide
• Bass Lake schools hobbled by strike

DECEMBER

• Bunkard prevails in election recount