By Fred Prout
Somewhere around my tenth year, I had a brilliant idea. If I wore eyeglasses the gangsters in school would stop beating the crap out of me. It never occurred to me that my being a sickly kid with a smart mouth might have somehow had something to do with it. All I knew was it was somehow wrong to beat up on any kid wearing glasses. Especially me. So glasses I needed and glasses I got. Continue reading
by Sharon Elliott #36
I believe that when you see a volunteer go the extra mile, that person needs to be recognized for their service.
The green space behind my lot had a bad winter. The wind emptied the pine trees of rotted
limbs and cones. (If a pine cone is full of seeds, my trees shed a forest of them.) I used to be able to rake the hill and keep it ready for mowing but all I can do now is look at it and weep.
One day, there was a man picking up the sticks, than collected several large containers of
debris, off the steep hill . He raked the bank and now when I look out my window all is beautiful.
Tom Seliskar Space 43, thank you so much.
Sharon Elliott #36
We had a rousing World Series of Beanbag Baseball game in the afternoon. Hosted by Crazy Ron the Umpire and Carolyn Pennington. The men’s team “Stay’n Alive” came from behind to win 12 to 11.
Then we had more than 70 people for the baked potato dinner, potatoes all prepared by Ray and Janice Vaughn. Plus, there was a wide variety of potato toppings brought by all.
The fundraiser for CARE was a success, raising over $1000. There was a generous amount of items donated and bid on, for the silent auction and Crazy Ron the auctioneer did a terrific job of upping the bids on all of the auctioneer items.
All that stayed to help clean up was so greatly appreciated. Many hands make short work!
Again, thank you to all that helped make our day fantastic!
Karen Hofferber 49 & Rhonda Scott 145
Timber Valley was saddened to hear that Curtis (Curt) Parmer of Lot 95 passed away on August 31, 2025 in Roseburg, Oregon.She staggered a little as someone shoved past her at the door. Her big
brown eyes looked sad yet hopeful as she watched the people entering and
exiting the store. It had Continue reading
