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The 23rd of December; thought for the Day

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by Esther Lombardi
It’s the twenty-third day of December. The Night Before Christmas (“A Visit from St. Nicholas”) was first published in the Sentinel on this day in 1823. We also celebrate Festivas today. It’s also time for the Roman festival, Larentalia. Take a look at the reading selection for today.

What do writers say?

“Somehow, not only for Christmas
But all the long year through,
The joy that you give to others
Is the joy that comes back to you.

“And the more you spend in blessing
The poor and lonely and sad,
The more of your heart’s possessing
Returns to you glad.”
– John Greenleaf Whittier

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Snow, Snow, Snow brings cancellations….and New Years Dinner!

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The Happy Camp Elementary School Program Thursday was canceled.

Church at Happy Camp Christian Fellowship which meets at the Elementary School Sunday morning is canceled.

The Christmas Eve Community Holiday Dinner is postponed from Monday to next week. The Dinner will become a New Year Dinner! It will be held on New Year’s Day at the Elementary School from noon to 2 pm. Hopefully we will all have dug out from the beautiful blanket of snow covering the community by then.

How much snow did you get at your house? Do you have electricity? According to the last report that I saw, 1,248 are out of power in 95039 area zip code. Someone also said that they had measured 30″ of snow- – – is it possible? That is a lot of snow out there!!

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Snow & Special Activities for December

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December started out with the Community Tree Lighting, Shuttlebugs serving as elves and Santa coming to have a chat with each boy or girl who had come to see him.

Last week, Thursday, was the Happy Camp High School Program and you can read about it on Child & Youth page.

This week was a Family Resource Center opportunity for the little ones to come in their jammies and have hot cocoa while they listened to story time with Mrs. Santa Claus!

Thursday was to be the Happy Camp Elementary School program at the High School but the program had to be canceled for safety. After a day of snow coming down, there were trees down, vehicles in little mishaps from all the snow and electric outages that were to last longer.

Funny how a night of quiet peace, with no sounds but the snow falling, evokes such a time of calm. Instead we stay close to home awaiting the roads to be clear, keep candles or lanterns burning until the electricity comes back on and have no worry and stres of all the things we had intended to accomplish yet before next week!! While some may have missed the last day of school for 2012, perhaps they will enjoy the change in plans yet!

Ready or not, Christmas will arrive Tuesday!


Santa Claus listens to a students wish for Christmas at Happy Camp Chamber of Commerce Community Tree Lighting


In the meantime, YOU are welcome at a Community Holiday Dinner. Everyone is welcome Monday, Christmas Eve at the Happy Camp Elementary School from noon to 2 o’clock. Thank you for all who have donated and will come to help out preparing serving and cleanup. The Happy Camp Family Resource Center is putting on this wonderful time to gather for a meal with all out neighbors.

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Life Has Love to Spend….

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“God give me joy in the common things:
In the dawn that lures, the eve that sings.
In the new grass sparkling after rain,
In the late wind’s wild and weird refrain;
In the springtime’s spacious field of gold,
In the precious light by winter doled…
God give me joy in the tasks that press,
In the memories that burn and bless;
In the thought that life has love to spend,
In the faith that God’s at journey’s end.”
~ Thomas Curtis Clark

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Neighborhood Watch Celebrating Wonderfulness!

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Deputy Nye

Deputy David Nye


Judy Bushy
Saturday there was a meeting at the Log High School 34 Fourth Street in Happy Camp. Deputy David Nye was in town for the Orientation and Training for Neighborhood Watch.
It was disappointing that only a dozen were there when the training began at 9 a.m., but people kept coming and attendance had doubled even before lunch time. Lunch, incidently was chili (both vegetariean and regular) cornbread, salads and cakes–thanks Doreen and thank you to Scott Valley Bank and other donors who helped! More people kept coming which is wonderful because it will take commitment on the part of all the good citizens of Happy Camp to make Neighborhood Watch work again as it was so successful in the past.

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