Notable quotable in the Beacon area, January 2017.

“I walked into the room, and there it wasn’t.”
— Olden A. Goodway, clerk-treasurer, Town of Bass Lake

“Do you realize how massive that cabinet is? It’s the collective weight of The Steel Curtain, minus Ernie Holmes. Everyone forgets about him. He was the John Entwistle of the NFL.”
— Forrest Bunkard, mayor of Bass Lake

“‘W’ is an abbreviation for ‘Triumph.”
— Zeb Dreppelin, head coach, Bass Lake boys’ basketball squad

“What is a ‘mandate,’ anyway?” No, seriously, what’s the definition?”
— Simon Greenless, president, Bass Lake School Board of Education