Monument Award

Posted on September 30, 2025 by webadmin
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Volunteer Recognition

Posted on September 25, 2025 by webadmin

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

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Better Rooftop Air Conditioners

Posted on September 24, 2025 by webadmin

provided by Marc Stalnaker, Lot 40

The RV world of rooftop air conditioners is in the process of switching to greatly improved products! For some time now, the home air conditioner market has had better technology. Some RVers have investigated and found a way to install home “mini split” air conditioners, although most RVs do not have the wall space to use these. It is now truly refreshing to see this new technology being introduced into the RV world of rooftop air conditioners.

A little background: RVs have used rooftop air conditioners for maybe 40 years! Until recently, these systems all used a “compressor” that either ran or not depending on what the thermostat called for. In many cases, they also had a 2 or 3-speed fan speed that could be selected. When the thermostat called for cooling, the compressor started and ran, blowing cold air until the set temperature was reached, then cycled off. This is key here…the compressor was either on or off, and the electrical draw was a fixed amount while on. (On a hot day, it could run all day long, without ever cycling off.) They also are quite noisy!

Recent developments.
Fast forward to today. We are now seeing RV rooftop air conditioners that use variable-speed compressors and variable-speed fans much like have been available in the home market. These have tremendous benefit over the older style, in that the compressor speed and fan vary depending on the “need”.

The benefits of this technology are significant:

  • Lower electrical power consumption. When this compressor is running at a lower speed, it draws less electricity…Since much of our electrical bill each summer is a direct result of air conditioners, this could be a significant benefit.
  • Lower noise. The compressor and fan running at a slower speed produce less interior noise.
  • Improved interior comfort level with better humidity control.
  • Less “strain” on the electrical grid system.
  • Some models even have a remote control with a thermostat in the remote.
    Some models also have a “heat pump” function.

If you are in the market for a new air conditioner, research the models and reach out to your favorite RV repair person to ask about this type of unit. It’s your decision.

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New Bookstore and Coffee Shop In Town

Posted on September 16, 2025 by webadmin

Hopefully you will find this newsworthy and add a notice to our Timber Valley website. We had a small independent bookstore-cafe that was frequented by a number of our Timber Valley Residents. It has been closed, I guess for almost two years, because of a fire. It has finally reopened and has a new name, Read the Room. It is a comfortable inviting spot with a diverse collection of books not to mention coffee, tea and espresso. Currently they are displaying 12 of my original, framed oil paintings. They also have a program where store credit is given for those who donate books. More details are available at the shop.

Thanks, Dennis Hellawell,  Lot 66

Details:
Read the Room Bookstore and Espresso
220 W. Central Ave, Sutherlin, OR 97479,
South side of the road by the railroad crossing

(541) 315-2166    10 AM – 4 PM Tuesday – Saturday

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Looking for Cooks

Posted on September 15, 2025 by webadmin

Calling all cooks, chefs, sous chefs or anyone with a desire to cook large entrees. Do you miss the monthly dinners? Maybe it’s time to bring them back. If you would be interested in putting our kitchen back to use and having a fun time with neighbors, let me know.

Chris Beith #142
Jack’s and Jill’s chairperson
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Thank you to all that took part in the Labor Day festivities!

Posted on September 13, 2025 by webadmin

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

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Mystery Solved

Posted on September 10, 2025 by webadmin
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In Memoriam: Curt Parmer, lot 95

Posted on September 9, 2025 by webadmin
In Memoriam:  Curtis (Curt) Parmer
    Timber Valley was saddened to hear that Curtis (Curt) Parmer of Lot 95 passed away on August 31, 2025 in Roseburg, Oregon.
    Curt was born August 20, 1936 in Greenwood, Arkansas.  He served in the U S Navy from 1954 to 1958 on a mine sweeper.  He met his future bride, Caroline (Carol) at church.  Curt sang in the choir and Carol later joined the choir.  They were married in 1967 in California where they both lived.  He worked at Purex before they moved to Texas.  They lived in Tomball, Texas and Curt worked for River Plantation in Maintenance for the next 22 years.  They came to Timber Valley on June 25, 2010.  Curt was active in the park with the Landscape Committee and on the irrigation system.
             He is survived by his wife Carol and daughter Renee of Tomball, Texas.  he was preceded in death by his other daughter Sherril in 2022.  He is remembered as a good man, husband and father.  Carol plans to remain in the park.
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The Silent P

Posted on September 6, 2025 by webadmin
By  Fred Prout 
Transient observations of a couple of life’s absurdities. 
This piece has absolutely, positively no reference to one am wake up calls and not wearing hearing aids. Promise!!!
It is possible to do two things at the same time. Reading, observing and thinking for example. About the English language for one. I have violated at least half of the numerous rules of use. Sometimes intentionally. Sometimes not. 
I read a lot. I have battled with the letter G for a long time. There are stories and nursery rhymes about gnomes. Before we talk about them,  I would like to know how an H got into rhymes. Were there leftover Hs from British authors who wrote about Enery Iggins?  I guess if you don’t use it you lose it. 
So, gnomes added a G. What happened to all those other Gs? One theory is that someone  created the word phlegm  to describe your morning hawck. Come to think of it ,why start the word with ph ? Did we overuse the F word to the point of extinction? No I don’t think so. But,  I digress. Reach into the box of extra Gs and create phlegm if you must. Not the morning kind.
Now we get to the letter P. It is sounded by Pursing the liPs and Pushing air to make a P sound. Well,  I guess not always. Cause we have what is called a silent P. One of my favorites is Psycho.  I don’t know why it’s one of my favorites. Maybe I hear it a lot. There are also real things and Pseudo things. I think that imPlies make believe. Like Pseudo leather. Or Pseudo food. Like Parsley or  sPam. There’s even a Pill made with what is called Psyllium. It makes you PooP.
I’m sure there are many other things I could bring uP but I’ll let you work on these confusing words. Just so you can become really Proficient in this exercise try to think of other examPles. I would like you to start every morning with a silent P. Then move on to other words with lost or extra letters. It’s not just rhetoric. Rhetoric? There’s another one.  Click on rePly and let us know what kind of weird stuff you can add .
 There’s gotta be ruffly a bazillion laffs to be found. I just know they’re there. Ya know? Oh, a silent K. Well…
Fred
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Jack & Jills Activity

Posted on August 30, 2025 by webadmin

The minutes for the Jack & Jills July 14, 2025 meeting are now available under Organizations on the website.

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