FREE DRINKS FOR ALL!  SORRY  NO BOOZE!
SPEND THE DAY PICNICKING AND CHATTING WITH THE FAMILY AND OLD FRIENDS

WANT ME TO TELL YOU WHEN A PAIR BEATS A FULL HOUSE?
HI THERE
EVERY YEAR
AT THE FALLS CITY PARK
THE FIRST SATURDAY
OF AUGUST


AS THE YEARS GROW
SO GROW THE MEMORIES
OF SO MANY YEARS AGO

MEMORIES OF THE LITTLE COMMUNITY SHARING IN GOOD TIMES AND THE BAD.
HELPING ONE ANOTHER IN HAPPY DAYS AND THE SAD.

THE CLASS MATES AND FRIENDS. THE TEAMS LOSSES AND WINS.

THE PLAYING HOOKY FOR FISH CAUGHT AND DUCKS SHOT.

THE RUNNING THRU THE MILL THE JUMPING FROM LUMBER STACK TO STACK.
THE FUN TIMES SPENT IN THE SMOKE SHACK.
HIKING UP AND DOWN THE RAILROAD TRACK WITH A PACK ON YOUR BACK.

HAVING THE WHOLE OUT DOORS AFTER THE CHORES.

THE TWO LANE BOWLING ALLEY THE SETTING OF PINS.
THE MOVIE THEATER AND BEST OF ALL SHOOTING POOL WITH  YOUR FRIENDS.

THE DOG THAT WORE SUN GLASSES WITH  A PIPE IN HIS MOUTH
WEARING A SILLY GRIN. THE WAITING FOR ANOTHER STORY TO BEGIN.

THE BEST FISHING LAKE AROUND, THEN THEY TEAR THE WHOLE DAMN THING DOWN.

COME AUGUST SURE AS A CUP O' JO ANOTHER VALSETZ REUNION WILL COME AND GO.

AS REUNIONS PASS NEW MEMORIES WILL BEGIN .
FOR SOME OF OUR FRIENDS LIFE JOURNEYS HAVE CAME TO AN END.

VALSETZ AND ALL OF IT'S FAME
IS NOT  REMEMBERED BECAUSE OF THE NAME.

BUT OF ALL WHO WORKED LIVED AND DIED.
BUILDING THIS TOWN OF LOVE AND PRIDE.

MOTHER NATURE IS NOT TO BLAME FOR THE DEATH OF THE TOWN 
FOR IT WAS BOISE CASCADE THAT BURNED VALSETZ TO THE GROUND


By Jerry Blackwell









   

MAKE IT A SAFE TRIP &  PLEASE DRIVE REAL SLOW  WHEN YOU GET IN PARK
OLD BASKET BALL TEAM
PLEASE BRING COPYS OF YOUR FAVORITE VALSETZ PHOTOS TO NEXT REUNION, SO WE CAN HAVE THEM ON THE VALSETZ WEBSITE              OR YOU MAY SEND THEM TO ME BY E-MAIL
PLACE CURSOR ON PHOTO
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GAMES FOR THE KIDS!

LET THE MEMORIES BEGIN

BRING YOUR LUNCH
PLEASE DRIVE REAL SLOW IN THE PARK
TO VIEW YEAR
CLICK ON YEAR OF REUNION

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SEE YOU AUGUST 7, 2010