A Tip for Winter Preparation

Posted on October 19, 2024 by webadmin

Tip for winter shutdown of your site:
Many of us use a hose “splitter” on your park water faucet. If you are heading south this winter, please remove any “splitters” before you leave. This will enable the faucet to fully drain and prevent damage from freezing.

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Working with the Park Calendar

Posted on October 18, 2024 by webadmin

It’s not over until you ….. Cancel your room reservation!

Committee chairs, co-chairs and event planners, take note: If you cancel your meeting or activity, remember to cancel your room reservation as well.

If an unwanted reservation is not cancelled, the reservation remains active in our online calendar, where it is accessed by Log Team editors, Reader Board organizers, and members. If it is not cancelled, it can become a notice in the newsletter, a listing on the Reader Board, and an empty room for members seeking a meeting. It also makes the room unavailable to others who might use it.

If you cancel a meeting, be sure to cancel it on TeamUp too, as soon as possible. Forms for changing reservations are available on the website, and are easy and quick to complete. Please help keep our reservations calendar current and accurate. Thank you!

Marc Stalnaker, Chair of Communications Committee

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Hannah … the story continues!

Posted on October 14, 2024 by webadmin

The Office has welcomed Hannah Hedgehog. She was rescued by Mike and Terry Hilty #71 and brought here for some peace. It turns out she is from the English countryside. Hedgehogs are known to roll into a tight ball when trying to protect themselves. She was rolled through the leaves, which stuck to her tiny spikes. She made her way to Timber Valley’s garden, enjoying the wonderful tomatoes grown there! As the story goes, she is Henrietta’s long-lost cousin.

Kim

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A Few Words

Posted on October 5, 2024 by webadmin

A Few Words

Everybody contributes to our everyday enjoyment, or, lack thereof. You go to work and help contribute via product or service. You interact with family,  friends  and strangers.  Often the interaction is positive. Often not. Sometimes the most meaningful impact of our contribution is felt by someone we will never meet.  In a place you’ve never been. Continue reading →

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From the Writer’s Corner

Posted on September 30, 2024 by Dick Shanahan

There was a lot of hyperbole when it was announced that the world population had reached 8 billion people. That is a lot of little heaters on the planet. Continue reading →

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Jan Turley Memoriam

Posted on September 28, 2024 by webadmin

Timber Valley lost a vibrant, forever young member when Jan Turley passed away Sept 22, 2024 after battling shingles and a return of her leukemia. We will always remember: an avid Master Gardener, her yard awash with the plants she loved, a pinochle player with “the big boys”, a determined Fast Track player with “the girls”, a believer in Jesus, a lover of the Lamplighter cuisine, and so much more.
Always a big smile and her favorite phrase, “Well, there ya’ go”. She will be missed by many.
Jan was married while still in High School to the love of her life and she and Bill were married over 50 years. They travelled together to Eastern United States and then moved into Timber Valley June 3, 2014. Bill preceded her in death August of 2016. Jan is survived by her sister and brother-in-law Sandra and David Fletcher, Lot 76 in the park and her daughter, Stacey Crain, grand and great grandchildren and her Mother-in-law. A Memorial is being planned.

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TVs Sutherlin Chamber of Commerce Ambassador

Posted on September 25, 2024 by Dick Shanahan

Tables were turned at the Friday, September 20 Social Hour. After handing out many pens to speakers over the past couple years, Sharon Elliott was presented with her own very special “magical pen” by Richard Hickethier. Sharon delivered an, as usual, entertaining presentation on her training experience as a Sutherlin Chamber of Commerce Ambassador. Complete with a slide show, put together with Richard’s help, she talked about the intense 5-day training in Lebanon, OR and what it means to represent a city as an Ambassador. The experience included learning about the city of Lebanon, activities available in the area, touring some of the businesses, and a train ride. One very interesting tour at the College of Osteopathic Medicine… something about labor and delivery of robot babies? You had to have been there.

Don’t want to miss the next interesting social hour speaker!

Dar Hoch

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Science and Fashion. It’s in the bag.

Posted on September 18, 2024 by webadmin

At the request of one or two, okay a hatload of readers, this piece will be brief.

I have been a long time devotee of the art of observation. And education. And conversation. And all the other tions that allow us to study the world around us. I’ll call us the Tion Society. We watch, learn and discuss the events and changes caused by our spinning orb. Many changes are gradual and occur over eons . Many are radical and happen quickly. Continue reading →

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The Window Box

Posted on September 13, 2024 by webadmin

The fairies were asked to leave the window box in the Office. While decorating for the Autumn months, Henrietta moved back into her cozy home. Upon settling in, a new friend joined her amongst the leaves and pine cones. We would like to introduce Samantha “squeaky” Squirrel. She arrived via special delivery from John Froyd #106. The Office has turned into a wishful place for cooler weather and the turning of the leaves. The wise owls, Bob, Bruno and Bert, keep watch so those pesky fairies don’t return until Spring.

Adding to the security in the Office, guarding the window box are Hoot, Hootie and Whooty.

Happy Fall, Y’all.
~ Kim

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Good to Know

Posted on September 6, 2024 by Dick Shanahan
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