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