In Case You Missed It: Snowbird Send-Off Prom Night!

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!

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Missing Parts

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 →

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Monument Award

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Volunteer Recognition

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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Mystery Solved

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In Memoriam: Curt Parmer, lot 95

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

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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August Pet of the Month

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MEXICAN DOLLY

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 →

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Timber Valley Mystery

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