Submitted by Rachael Smithey
Last Saturday Timber Valley members danced the night away at the Snowbird Send-Off Prom Night. A highlight of the evening was the crowning of Prom King and Queen Dick and Rockey! Congratulations to both for their well-deserved royal titles!
Safe travels to all our snowbirds as they head out for the winter. We’ll be ready to roll out the red carpet when you return!
Thanks to Chris Beith for organizing this fun event!
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
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:
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.
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
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.
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.