The Camptonville Courier (2024)

03/07/2024

Water! – the theme for The July Camptonville Courier – is now posted in living color at Camptonville.net. As always, the Courier has a broad selection of articles – from history, poetry, art, coming events, updates, and opportunities. Deadline for the August Courier is July 18th. Email to: [email protected].

03/06/2024

The June Courier is now posted onhttps://storage.googleapis.com/ccp-courier/currentissue.pdf
There’s something for everyone: fire preparation, art, writing, music, humor, history, color, and lots of events! June 18th is the deadline for the July Courier. Submit to: [email protected]

05/05/2024

The May Courier is now on-line (www.camptonville.net), and highlights that May is Wild Fire Awareness Month. Learn how you can support the Community Center by making a donation during the Growing Community campaign! All donations entered into a drawing for a case of wine at the May 18th Plant Sale. So much happening in May and June. Check out the back page calendar. Submissions for June are due May 18th. Send to: [email protected].

10/04/2024

The April Camptonville Courier, with Katie O’Hara-Kelly’s gorgeous color wildflowers on the cover can now be viewed online at https://storage.googleapis.com/ccp-courier/currentissue.pdf. Read all about the bloom of spring events in and around Camptonville. Continue reading Rollin Smith’s 1862 letters from Camptonville, and get the backstory on Camptonville – a 1997 All-America Cities Finalist. Deadline for May submissions is April 18. Send to: [email protected].

06/03/2024

The March Courier is finally out! The last big storm, multiple cancellations, and a glitch at the printers delayed production, but thanks to editor Marcy for persevering, and to a small group of Moonshiners who stuffed, folded, and stapled them on kitchen tables, The Courier went out on March 4th, and is also online at Camptonville.net. Enjoy the gorgeous yellow spring cover, and read of all the upcoming events, bits of local history, and more. Submission deadline for the April issue is March 18th. Send to [email protected].

15/01/2024

What opens your heart and brings you joy?

February is the month we think about LOVE, so for the February Courier, I’d like to share Pictures/Photos/Words of what spontaneously brings you joy and open heartedness.

For me, it’s playing with my dog. I belly laugh, forget my adult self, and feel so joyful and playful. Or sometimes Nature surprises me with a sunset or a sweet birdsong that fills me with joy.

I’ll submit a photo of my dog. How about you?

Please send your photo, picture, or a few words by January 18th if you can. I’ll accept late submissions if I have room. Email to: [email protected]

Thank you!
Shirley DicKard
February Editor

11/01/2024

If you haven’t seen the January 2024 Camptonville Courier yet, it’s online in brilliant color at Camptonville.net. It’s a good way to stay connected to all that is happening in town, at the Center, and take a look back at past decades (Jesse Golden’s new column). Katie O’Hara Kelly’s art graces the front color cover. Submissions for the February Courier are due by January 18th. Send to: [email protected]

11/12/2023

The December Courier can be viewed online at: https://storage.googleapis.com/ccp-courier/currentissue.pdf. Enjoy Margaret Brown’s lush winter watercolor on the cover, and inside, news of upcoming holiday events, the student’s salmon expedition, some historical remembrances and more. Please consider sponsoring a color cover ($100) and submitting art and articles for the January Courier by December 18th – to [email protected].

05/11/2023

The November 2023 Camptonville Courier is online at Camptonville.net. I absolutely love the pairing of Diane Pendola’s poem "Fall Kokanee" with the photo of gorgeous autumn colors on the North Yuba by Katie O’Hara-Kelly! Holiday seasons are ramping up, and in November we’ve also featured events from our neighboring communities. Check out what looks interesting and put them on your calendar. Little ones at home? The new “Kids Korner” has a turkey to color. If you want to help us keep the color covers, please make a donation on Camptonville.net. Send submissions for the December issue by November 18th to [email protected] .

31/10/2023

After 10 years, The Courier is finally raising our Advertising and Subscription rates by a small amount to keep up with increased costs of producing issues. (The additional expense of COLOR covers is handled separately through donations, which we hope community members will continue to support!)

Courier Rates of January 1, 2024
Business Card Size Ad (3.5”x2”) Double-Size Ad (3.5x 4”)

One month............$17 One month.............$29
Three months .......$44 Three months .........$76
Six months ............$76 Six months ............$126
One year ..............$125 One year ...............$200

Subscriptions …. $16/year

INSERTS (aka D***s)
As a community service, we include pre-printed Inserts (8.5" x 11")
Free to local non-profit organizations and $35/issue for others.
You must provide your own Inserts (approximately 425)
and send someone to help us with the folding and mailing at the end of the month.
To request your insert be included, please contact The Courier no later than the 18th of the month at [email protected]. Because we are limited in how many inserts we can include, acceptance is up to the Editor, and preference given to Camptonville-based events. To include more inserts, we may request you arrange with another event organizer to print back-to-back or share a half page. Thank you for making it easier for us to support your good work!
In addition, we suggest you also put an article in the Courier so that your event is documented as part of our community archives (d***s are not archived).

09/10/2023

Donate to The Courier ONLINE now! Scan this QR code, or go to https://courier.camptonville.net/p/welcome.html to make your tax-deductible donation for General Support or toward the $100 cost of printing our covers in color. This is a much-appreciated way to show your support for our free local paper that connects the community every month, produced by our 100% volunteer staff. (You can also mail a check to PO Box 32, Camptonville 95922). Thank you!

09/10/2023

The October Courier is now online at Camptonville.net. Thanks to the anonymous former resident who sponsored October’s color covers! This issue is packed with all that’s coming up: 10/11 Community Meeting, 10/27 Halloween Costume Party, 10/31 Halloween Carnival for Kids, 11/4 Community Altar Day, 11/5 Christmas Club Brunch, 11/11 An Autumn Affair, ad 12/2 Christmas Craft Fair. Also meet the new faces of Tracey Munson – CCP’s new Executive Director, and Elizabeth Zapata – CVFD’s Administrative Assistant. Welcome! Congratulations to the Fire Dept’s raising of a record $10,600, and to the Community Center for raising the $6,000 needed to finish this phase of the renovation. Reminder: The Courier still needs donations of $100 to continue printing the covers in color. Submissions for November are due by October 18th. Send to: [email protected].

03/09/2023

Are you liking the new color covers of the Camptonville Courier? We sure do! The September Courier is now online at www.camptonville.net/p/welcome.html . Check out editor Janie Kesselman’s beautiful array of color photos of Camptonville’s Saturday morning coffee and Gardeners’ Market. Thanks to Joe and Trish for sponsoring the September color. If you’d like to sponsor an issue, send $100 to: Camptonville Courier, PO Box 32, CV, 95922 and let us know who you’d like to dedicate it to. Also in the issue: The Community Center has a new porch roof! School and activities for our children, Fire Dept Picnic September 9th, tips on Wildfire preparation, and much more! Deadline for the October issue is September 18th. Email submissions to: [email protected].

31/07/2023

If you’ve seen the paper August Courier with the gorgeous color covers of Bullards Bar Reservoir and a bear cooling off in the Yuba River, you know that we’ve decided to take a leap and try printing just the outside cover in color. It’s a bit of a stretch financially, but we’re hoping readers will support us with extra donations to cover the additional $100 cost per issue.
To vote for keeping the color covers, please send a donation (tax deductible) to: Camptonville Courier, PO Box 32, Camptonville, CA 95922. With our reader’s support, we can all dream in color! Please enjoy the August Courier, always all-color online at https://www.camptonville.net/p/welcome.html

07/07/2023

As we enter High Fire Season, check out the July issue of the Camptonville Courier, now online at https://www.camptonville.net/p/welcome.html. Lots of good advice and reminders about what we need to do to make our homes, neighborhood, and communities more resistant to wildfire! Support the Camptonville Community Center by attending the first WineShine event on July 22nd. Learn about wines (from the Sunset Magazine Wine Competition) and take home a case (for a donation). There’s several articles about local flora and fauna, as well as doings in the nearby Dobbins area. Submissions for the August issue are due July 18th (send to: [email protected])

08/06/2023

The June 2023 Courier is now online in living COLOR at https://courier.camptonville.net/p/welcome.html. We sadly say goodbye to Chief Brandi Dudek, first female fire chief in Yuba County and wish her well as she moves closer to family. Read updates about our new well, firesafe activities, community center construction, cemetery clean up, as well as lots of activities offered by our neighbors in the San Juan Ridge area. All this and more! Submissions for the July issue are due June 18th. Send to: [email protected]. More submission details are posted on https://courier.camptonville.net/p/welcome.html.

10/05/2023

The May Camptonville Courier on-line in living COLOR at https://courier.camptonville.net/p/welcome.html . It’s worth taking a peek at the gorgeously colorful tropical migratory birds now visiting us in the Sierra foothills. Scan the rest of the issue for what’s happening locally in May including all the wildfire preparation education and firesafe activities. Get to know our new 5th District Supervisor, Jon Messick, and say a sad goodbye to our Fire Chief, Brandi Dudeck. Articles for the June issue are due May 18th . Send to: [email protected].

03/11/2022

So many fun activities this November/December! Read about them all in the November Camptonville Courier at www.camptonville.net. Remember to VOTE November 8th and remember all that we have to be thankful for – especially in our little corner of the mountains! Join our neighboring communities for dinners: November 12th Harvest Dinner in Oregon House and November 24th Thanksgiving Dinner in North San Juan. Send submissions for the December Courier by November 18th to: [email protected]

03/10/2022

Check out the October 2022 Camptonville Courier at camptonville.net. ( https://www.camptonville.net/p/welcome.html ) Everyone’s encouraged to help finish the front of the Community Center by donating to the $5,000 match fundraiser by November 15 (details on page 5). October is filled with a cornucopia of events in Camptonville: Twilight School, Rally Point for Teens, Thirsty Thursday, Halloween for Grown-ups, Community Altar, and Creep-Out for Kids. We give a last look at a very hot, smoky summer; learn how to stay hydrated, tell the temperature by cricet chirps, make homemade pectin, thank our volunteer firefighters, and much more! Deadline for the November issue is October 18. Send submissions to: [email protected]

05/09/2022

The September 2022 Courier is now online in living color at https://www.camptonville.net/p/welcome.html . Catch up on the upcoming fall activities: Fire Dept. Picnic September 10, Thirsty Thursday on September 8, return of Twilight School and Teen Rally Point, Robert Mumm’s early memories of firewood, exciting updates about the Community Center, a call to become an Oregon Peak Fire Lookout volunteer, community news from the San Juan Ridge, and more. September's Editor Marcy Risque reflects on water and wildfires in Europe after her recent visit there, gorgeous river photos by Rachel Finegold, and tribal spokesperson Shelly Covert reflects on Traditional Ways and the Watershed. Deadline to contribute to the October Courier is September 18th. Send to: [email protected].

04/08/2022

Enjoy the August 2022 Courier online in living color at www.camptonville.com. Read about the upcoming events: Sept 10th Fire Dept Picnic; Gardeners’ Market starts August 6th; and the new “Thirsty Thursdays” starts on August 11th. Enjoy Caroline Fowler’s beautiful local photography, Robert Mumm’s “you are there” account of a 1940s sawmill, meet Jennifer, our new postal person, and more! Deadline for the September issue is August 18th. Send to: [email protected].

12/07/2022

Check out the July Courier in living color at www.camptonville.com for updates, news, and photos of Camptonville people and doings. Reminder: deadline for the August issue is July 18th. Send submissions to: [email protected].

08/06/2022

Check out the June Camptonville Courier on line at www.camptonville.net. Fire Season begins locally with the May 20th Golden fire. Win something wonderful at the Community Raffle - drawing is June 25th at the Country Faire, so buy your tickets now at the Lost Nugget Market and during Coffee @ the Center, Saturdays, 10-12. Enjoy the photo review of our 8th Grade Graduates, the recent Plant Sale/Flea Market, Karaoke Night, Bouquet to Art Show, and more! June 18th is the deadline for submissions to the July Courier. Send to: [email protected].

01/05/2022

The May 2022 Courier is now online at www.camptonville.com. This is the “Election Issue” with Candidate Statements for the three men running for Yuba Co. District 5 Supervisor. Read about the job opening at Camptonville School for Maintenance, Operations, and Transportation Technician; the Karaoke Night and Dinner on May 20th, more on Biochar, photos from the Courier’s 25th celebration, and much, much more! Deadline for the June issue is May 18th – everyone’s invited to submit articles, art, etc. to [email protected].

02/04/2022

The April Courier is now live on www.camptonville.com. In this issue: you’re invited to the Courier’s 25th Anniversary celebration on Saturday April 9th, at 11 am during Coffee@theCenter (details on pg 1). Upcoming events: Camptonville Plant Sale, Flea Market, and Raffle Kick-off on May 14; proposed water rate increase; what we need to know about BioChar and the June 7th elections, and much more! Send submissions for May issue by April 18 to [email protected].

02/03/2022

The March Courier, now posted at www.camptonville.com, is filled with creativity, history, thought-provoking musings, as well as news and updates of our area (such as Coffee@theCenter returning in March!). Thanks to Janie Kesselman for another view into what folks in Camptonville care about.
Send your submissions for the April issue by March 18th to: [email protected]. April will be the Courier’s 25th anniversary of publication as a volunteer-run community newspaper. We’ll celebrate at Coffee on April 9th. Mark your calendar!

04/02/2022

The February “Snow Storm” Issue is now posted online at www.camptonville.net. (https://storage.googleapis.com/ccp-courier/currentissue.pdf ) So many people contributed stories, poems, and photographs to document the December 27, 2021 snowstorm that closed Camptonville and surrounding Sierra Nevada for days, weeks even. There’s also pages of hearty thank you to the folks who jumped in and helped out – from neighbors, businesses, agencies, non-profits.
If you’re interested in getting Life Flight Insurance for emergencies when the fastest way to get medical help is to be air-lifted out, Page 15 has all the details.

11/01/2022

Hey Camptonville folks,
The Camptonville Courier wants to document the snow storm/power outages in the February Courier so if you can, please help out by sending any of the following to: [email protected]
*** Deadline for submissions is Tuesday, JANUARY 18th, 9 pm.***
1. Send your PHOTOS of the big snow and power outage. I'll use as many as I can. I'm especially looking for any photos of Cleveland Avenue looking uphill toward the Community Center. We have a photo of an historical snowstorm that I'd like to pair with this recent one.
2. Do you have a STORY to tell about the storm? Please send it in, and if you'd like, we can help put it together into an article. 300 words max. Please read the Courier Editorial Guidelines for appropriate content and tone (https://storage.googleapis.com/.../Editorial%20Guidelines...
)
3. How would you ANSWER this QUESTION?: "If you heard there will be another massive snowstorm in two days, what are 2-3 things you will do differently this time?"
If you'd like a monthly email notification when Courier articles are due, please send your name/email to: [email protected] (Thanks to Mary Yager for this photo)
Thank you! Shirley -the February Editor

04/01/2022

The January 2022 Camptonville Courier is STILL not even printed, due to power outage at the printer in Grass Valley. HOWEVER, you can read it online at www.camptonville.net (including all archives).https://storage.googleapis.com/ccp-courier/currentissue.pdf
Thanks to editor Marcy Risque for putting this issue together. She even slipped in a few photos of the snow storm that has us all still without power! Enjoy the issue online in living color, and watch for it in your mailbox sometime in January!

03/01/2022

Due to the recent snow storm and power outage, the January 2022 issue will be delayed a few days. But thanks to Editor Marcy Risque and other Courier volunteers, it's coming!

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