14 Thursday; June 26; 1997 Pldap Vallty Gette
Out Esmeralda Way
Swinging weekend in Fish Lake Valley
by:Carol Sirnes
Good Morning! This past weekend (June 20-22, 1997) the
Fish Lake Valley Volunteer Fire Department & Boonies
hbsted the summer bike run and hog roast, with kudos going
to Ken Elgin, Dirk Andrews, and Ken Aldrich and their crew
in preparing the hog roast. The dinner was delicious - the meat
so tender a person with no teeth could gum it down.
Some history on Boonies; in 1987 Frank Smith and friends
in the area built the bar and restaurant with Charlotte and Bob
Bumgarner taking over later that year. It changed hands Jan.
3, 1995, when Marcel and Ursula Ambrezewicz bought it.
The building is surrounded by plenty of shade trees and
parking space, and the restaurant has a full-size menu. Their
summer hours are 11 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Years ago, Charlotte and Bob started the hog roast and
bike run which lasted five years, and is being revived again by
Marcel and Ursula. Not enough entrants showed up this year
for the run, but the bikers did make it for the roast and dance
Saturday night to the lively music of Rocky & Friends, from
Mammoth, Calif.
Two black leather jackets were raffled off with the ladle's
jacket being won by Karen Robertson and the men's jacket won
by Kathy Moore. Winner of the Biker's Hotdog contest was
Louise Cavalliere with her husband Sid Cavalliere driving.
Those of you who haven't seen this contest, it's really neat!
A door-shaped pole frame is erected about 7 feet high and
wide enough for the biker to slowly drive through, while a
partner behind him tries to bite the hotdog in half which is
dangling from the top bar tied with string!
Plans have begun for next year's hog roast and bike run!
The Country Attic, owned and operated by Vicki and
Danny Serfess, opened seven years ago. It's a variety store
with a little bit of everything. Summer hours are 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Last, but not least, in 1978 Norm and Angle Williams
established the Esmeralda Store with two gas pumps. Ken and
LaCinda Elgin took over in 1991. The store serves the
community with a wide variety of goods, sodas, beer, ice,
snacks and fresh fruit.
Summer hours are 8 a.m.-9 :p.m.
Writers tour Goldfield
On June 18, 1997, writers from the west coast and Canada
stop in town for a tour of Goldfield on their six-day tour
of Nevada, hosted by the Nevada Pioneer Territory and the
Nevada Cormnission on Tourism•
Their itinerary began June 15, 1997, in Reno, with stops in
Yerington, Walker Lake, Hawthorne, Gabbs, Berlin Ichtyosaur
State Park, Ione, Austin, Round MountainGold Mine, Man-
hattan, Belmont, Tonopah, Goldfield, Scotty's Castle, Beatty,
Rhyoli, Amgosa a House, Pahrump, Furnace Creek
and Dea Valley. The tour in Las Vegas was June 21.
Due to their tight ule, they were unable to spend as
much time as they wished at each location.
While in town. Slim Sirnes took them through the Gold-
field Hotel, then Sarah Ridgeway guided them through the
Esmeralda County courthouse, with the next stop at the Santa
Fe Saloon, then the old Telegraph Company and the Nixon-
Wingfield Building.
Those in the group were Barbara Braasch of Sunset
Magazine, San Jose Mercury News and San Francisco
Examiner, Palo Alto, Calif: Bob Carter of RV Journal and
RV Today, from Oxnard, Calif: Gary Cralle of Canadian
Publications, from Toronto. Ontario. Canada; Don and
Dene Dachner of Travelin' Magazine, from Dixon, Calif;
Maxye and Lou Henry of Trailer Life, from Ventura, Calif;
Michael Rafferty of Placerville Mountain Democrat, from
Placerville, Calif; and Chuck Woodbury, creator and writer
of Out West Magazine, which he started in 1989 while
traveling around the west in his motor home with a type-
writer, finding many things of interest and small towns many
of us ne'Ser heard of until, now.
The hosts on this trip were Pat Parsons of Pioneer Terri-
tory; Jackie Brett of Nevada Commission on Tourism, and
most important the bus driver Lynn Medly.
July 4th celebration
The Goldfield Volunteer Fire Department is sponsoring its 2nd annual July 4th
celebration in the park with kids games at 10 a.m.; adult games at 12 noon; potluck
barbeque at 2 p.m:, with raffles and auction. A dance wi 11 be held July 3, at the park
7 p.m. until?
Recall filed against DA
Three Fishlake Vley residents filed a recall petition on June 17 with the Esmeralda
count), Recorder's office against Esmeralda County District Attorney Steve Evenson.
The three petitioners were William Right, Francis Lien and Patricia Hudson. No further
details could be determined at press time.
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