FROM THE EDITOR:
Last month we began a series of three love stories, the first being a childhood love of a MAGIC object. This month’s story is about childhood love of an individual while next month’s story has to do with the futility of revisiting lost loves. Adults’ tend to forget how intense childhood love can be. Test yourself, sit down and write the name of every individual you have loved or had a crush on. Bet you can remember most.
December, being the Christmas season, is supposed to be all about love. Love of self, of family members, of our God, of our group and of humanity. Well the last is a tall order but by bringing it closer to home we can at least show concern for the welfare of people within our own community. With that in mind let us all be as generous as we can to the family our Social Club has undertaken to help, as well as others less fortunate. Residents of LVH have always been generous.
Your editor and all the good people who contribute to this newsletter wish all of you a joyous holiday season! HO HO HO
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When we look back over our lives most of us tend to downplay our activities and accomplishments as just a part of hum drum living when in fact nearly everyone has had some experiences that others would be interested in hearing about. For that reason we would like to run a monthly column portraying an individual, or couple, which has had [enjoyed?] a particularly interesting life. If you know of any such please give me a call, 265-9560, or drop a note in the Editor’s bin.
, “Don’t hide your light under a bushel basket”? Well you get the idea.
LONGVIEW HILLS SOCIAL CLUB MEETING
November 19, 2007
The meeting was called to order by Wayde Dudley, Chairman, at 4:03 p.m., with 11 residents in attendance.
The minutes from the October 15, 2007 meeting were approved as read.
Jacky Thomas gave the following activities report:
· Truffle Making Party November 29th to make truffles and other goodies which will be used as snacks for the Trim-A-Tree party on December 1st at 4:00 p.m. Watch for poster and sign up sheet for chili, cornbread, etc.
· December 10th at 1:00 p.m. is the annual Christmas floral arrangement and fresh wreath making get-together. There will be a poster with details.
· Christmas Potluck on December 25th. Social hour at 1:00 pm., dinner at 2:00 p.m. There will be a sign up sheet.
· New Year’s Eve, December 31st, will be Casino Night. Starting at 7:00 pm. and going, hopefully if everyone can stay awake, until midnight. Everyone is to bring a $10 prize. Cost is $10 to buy $2,500 worth of “funny” money to gamble with. Money made from gambling will then be used to bid on prizes.
· January 3rd a free lunch will be provided for those who help tak down Christmas decorations.
Ginger Dale was not at meeting and Barbara Dudley gave Treasurer’s Report. There is a balance $4,730 with $291 belonging to CERT.
Ron Thomas gave the CERT report:
· LVH Social Club CERT Team received a $2,000 grant from the Siletz Tribal Charitable Fund to be used for an Automated Electrical Defibrillator. The AED will be located in the Clubhouse. There is also about $300 to be used for training for CERT members and CPR for others.
· Neighborhood Watch radio channel is having problems with someone keying radio early in morning and during night. Problem is being worked on.
· There are now 4 new certified CERT members: Wayde and Barbara Dudley, Tom and Jeannine Roederer.
Ginger Dale was able to get the name of a Christmas family. It is a grandmother raising 5 grandchildren. Tree with gift ornaments will be up before Thanksgiving. Jacky Thomas stated National Guard is collecting food to send troops in
.
Chairman Dudley reported he had been approached by someone who wished to remain anonymous who is interested in putting up a memorial bench sometime in the future. They requested that if they paid for the bench and materials that the LVH Social Club donate labor to install it. It was agreed. Larry Henson has approved this.
Wayde reported that 20 of the surplus chairs are gone. There are still 20-25 left.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:25 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Barbara Dudley, Secretary
**Note: Following is a list of LVH Social Club Committees:
· Activities Director - Open
· Advertising - Jim Hart
· Birthday - Ginger Dale
· Block Captain Chairman - Jacky Thomas
· Breakfast Committees - Hart, CERT, Davi, Canasta
· Budget - LVH Social Club Board
· Bulletin Board - Open
· Calendar - Ron Thomas
· Decorating - Ladies Coffee
· Fund Raising - Open
· Golf - Open
· Historian - Open
· Kitchen - Dick Billingham
· Library - Open
· Longview Hills Website - Ron Thomas
· Sunshine - Jean Hart
· View From the Hill - Charles Currey
· Welcome - Carmen & Bob Dean; Joan Corson
(If anyone is interested in serving on or chairing a committee, please contact person listed, Jacky Thomas or Wayde Dudley. HELP IS NEEDED!!!)
VOX UP POP?
By Ron Thomas
Solve a Mystery ... Have fun
This Mystery has not been solved by anyone but it is one that is causing some problems with the LVH Neighborhood Watch Radio network...
Let me explain what is happening... VOX... VOX is the culprit here. Voice Only Transmitting=VOX. This person we are looking for has this feature selected on their radio. What's it do? Well, it causes the radio to transmit when it hears a sound. You don't have to push the transmit button at all! It hears a sound and transmits.. Not a good thing! We want to show the person how not to have this selected.
What it's been doing is transmitting at night when people are asleep and in the early morning hours before most of us are awake. That wakes up the very few volunteers that monitor the Channel for emergencies 24/7 as it causes a loud tone to come over our radios. During the day it can be an aggravation too as responders wonder if it is someone trying to get help but can't talk. The same person clicks his transmit button a few times a day causing watchers of the channel to ask if there is a problem. So? Well, now we have 24/7 listeners aggravated to the point that they turn off their radios.. The system takes a real punch when this happens.
Here is what we know about the person... They have a cough, maybe a chronic one. They have a dog. They most likely are hard of hearing as we have tried to contact them many times when their radio transmits. We have had articles about this before and nothing resulted from that so the person may not have a computer.
I'm sending this article to Charley to publish in the newsletter...
Help us sleuth this out by asking your friends that have a radio to see the readout on the front of the radio and in tiny letters the word VOX will be displayed on the screen
Wayde reported LVH Social Club received $100 for a memorial bench with the request that if they paid for the bench and materials that the LVH Social Club donate the labor to install it.
It was agreed. Larry Henson has approved this.
Wayde reported that 20 of the surplus chairs are gone. There are still 20-25 left.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:25 p.m.Respectfully submitted, Barbara Dudley, Secretary**Note: Following is a list of LVH Social Club Committees:
· Activities Director - Open
· Advertising - Jim Hart
· Birthday - Ginger Dale
· Block Captain Chairman - Jacky Thomas
· Breakfast Committees - Hart, CERT, Davi, Canasta
· Budget - LVH Social Club Board
· Bulletin Board - Open
· Calendar - Ron Thomas
· Decorating - Ladies Coffee
· Fund Raising - Open
· Golf - Open
· Historian - Open
· Kitchen - Dick Billingham
· Library - Open
· Longview Hills Website - Ron Thomas
· Sunshine - Jean Hart
· View From the Hill - Charles Currey
· Welcome - Carmen & Bob Dean; Joan Corson
(If anyone is interested in serving on or chairing a committee, please contact person listed, Jacky Thomas or Wayde Dudley. HELP IS NEEDED!!!)
THE LINE
Barb Dudley
November for the Longview Hills Fishing Club is a time to take care of business. Items of interest and Club plans were discussed, plans were made. We have our ongoing fish trap duties at the Siletz and Schooner Creek Fish Traps as well as several other worthwhile events we help with during the year. We also have great guest speakers and fun field trips coming up. We always learn something new at our meetings and on our field trips and have fun along the way. Who could ask for anything more?
The slate of Officers for 2008 was presented and voted on at the November 15th meeting. Officers are as follows:
· John Spangler (aka The Hook) President
· Wayne Hill (aka Big Fish) Vice President
· Brian Hudson (aka General) Operations Officer
· Frank Stout (aka Ducks) Administrative Officer
· Barbara Dudley (aka First Lady) Public Affairs Officer
· Wayde Dudley (aka Surveyor) Special Projects Officer
· Dave Dinsmoor (aka Creek Meister) Master at Arms
MEMBER OF THE MONTH: It seems like every time we have a function or are helping the kids learn about fishing, I see Bud Roark there giving demonstrations on tying flies. What a great way for young people (and us older ones, too) to learn, seeing someone actually doing the work and taking pride in what he does. I can’t think of a better way to teach than by example. His quiet presence is valued as well as appreciated. Thanks for all your help, Bud!
CERTS awarded $2000 for LVH!
Most of you must have noticed the facsimile check above the mail boxes. That came to the LVH CERTS team thanks to their submitting a grant request for the purchase of an Automated Electrical Defibrillator to the Siletz Tribal Charitable Fund via the Chinook Winds Casino in Lincoln City. On November 2nd. Ron and Jacky Thomas, Marlene Crites, and Wayde and Barbara Dudley attended the awards ceremony at the Casino. After the CERTS team have had training in the use of the defibrillator it will be placed in the clubhouse where it will be available for trained team members should they be first responders.
We expect that we will have further information about the use of this device after team members have finished their training.
We thank the Siltetz Tribal Council for their generosity!
THIS AND THAT
on Newman reminds us that he is picking up food for Food Share three days a week
Aw come on guys give the lady back her recycle bin. It’s not her fault it blew away in the last storm.Call Sheryl Evens at 270-1826. She might even give you a cookie.
ALL PARK RESIDENTS
ARE CORDIALLY INVITED
TO JOIN US IN CELEBRATING
THE CHRISTMAS
SATURDAY, DEC. 15TH
7:00PM
AT THE HOME OF
BILL & KATHY FURGASON
Please bring an
appetizer to share!
DECEMBER ACTIVITIES
SATURDAY DECEMBER 1.... 4PM
HELP DECORATE THE CLUBHOUSE FOR THE HOLIDAYS..IT GOES REALLY FAST WHEN
WE HAVE A GOOD TURNOUT OF ELVES. CHILI POTLUCK AFTERWARDS. PLEASE
USE THE SIGN UP SHEETS FOR FOOD ITEMS..
MONDAY DECEMBER 10...1PM
MAKE FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS OR FRESH WREATHS. IF MAKING A WREATH, YOU
BUY A $1 WREATH AT DOLLAR STORE. IT WILL BE THE BASE AND YOU WILL ADD
FRESH GREENS TO IT. YOU WILL NEED HOLIDAYS PICS TO ADD TO IT AND ALSO
RIBBON FOR BOWS, ETC.......................IF MAKING A FLORAL
ARRANGEMENT, YOU WILL NEED A CONTAINER,
BOW. SUPPLY FEE $4.00. I WILL PURCHASE OASIS AND FORAL TAPE WITH
YOUR SUPPLY MONIES. USE SIGN UP SHEET PLEASE!!!!
TUESDAY DECEMBER 25...1PM
CHRISTMAS DAY POTLUCK. USE SIGN UP SHEETS FOR FOOD ITEMS. RELATIVES
& FRIENDS ARE INVITED ALSO. BUT YOU MUST BRING EXTRA FOOD FOR YOUR
GUESTS. DISHES SHOULD SERVE 8-10 PEOPLE. NO PITY PARTIES OR
LONELINESS ALLOWED ON THIS DAY. WE HAD A TERRIFIC TIME AT THE
THANKSGIVING DAY POTLUCK AND I AM SURE THIS ONE WILL BE JUST AS
GREAT!!!!
MONDAY DECEMBER 31.....7PM
CASINO NITE....
RACING..$10 BUYS YOU $2500 FUNNY MONEY. PLEASE ALSO BRING A $10 WHITE
ELEPHANT GIFT (A GOOD ONE.. NOT JUNKIE)SNACKS & DRINKS.. AFTER
GAMBLING , WE WILL HAVE AN AUCTION FOR THE WHITE ELEPHANT GIFTS. THIS
IS REALLY A KICK!!!
“I’ll Meet You After School.”
Written by Ellis Twitchell
“Well, here’s a note from my girlfriend!” I exclaimed to my kids as we stood inside the cavity of the old schoolhouse where I had attended school for the first three grades. I noticed that former alumni of the Moulton,
Alice Jones was the love of my life! She shyly captured my heart the first day of my school career. There we were, both of us First Graders, not knowing what to expect but proud that we were finally old enough to “go to school.” Several dry farms littered the countryside meagerly growing barely enough to survive and not enough to flourish. The boys wore long, brown cotton stockings under their overalls and the girls wore dresses made from floral print flour sacks which boldly proclaimed, “Burley Flour Mills” several places on the dresses. One family of three girls actually wore dresses made from commercial fabrics. That family was considered rich.
Well, back to my young love life. There she stood, blond hair and eyes the color of an autumn sky, twisting a strand of hair from her Dutch Boy style hairdo and scuffing the toes of her sturdy, brown hi-top shoes. Having been the youngest of seven boys in my family and living nearly four miles from the nearest community (if you can call it that), I had not had much opportunity to hone my skills charming the opposite sex. However, as ignorant as I was in this subject, I immediately knew there was a significant difference between Alice and Ellis. (
She fluttered her eyelashes at me and my heart melted. I didn’t want her to see me looking at her, so we stood silent, eyes downcast as the teacher, (my mother) assigned us seats. Was it destiny that we were seated next to each other, or merely coincidence? Perhaps it was that we were two of a class of three; the other being her step-sister, Doreen. Somebody had to sit next to somebody in a class of three. But there we were, about to sit down when our eyes locked and in that instant our commitment was made. I didn’t know what “girlfriend” meant but suddenly I had one. I probably could have had two if I had made a move on Doreen, but juggling two affairs, who were also sisters, at the age of six, was more than I wanted to take on.
Eventually, we went everywhere together…everywhere you can go thirty miles from anything but sagebrush. I can’t remember ever having a spat, not even a mild disagreement. Whenever an adult would ask me the tired old question they always ask little boys (who were always quick to deny any) if I had a girlfriend, I would proudly proclaim, “You betcha! Alice Jones is my girlfriend!”
I was brought back to reality by my eight year old son saying, “Dad, you should leave her a message.” I saw wisdom in that and penciled in a note under hers, saying, “Alice Jones was my girlfriend.”
A couple of years later when we were in the area, Tessa suggested we check the old school to see if I had a “love letter” from my girlfriend. Sure enough, she had written, “Meet me around behind the schoolhouse after school.” I wrote the response, “I waited for three days…where were you?” Over the years other messages were exchanged, “Perhaps you didn’t recognize me, I’m no longer blond.” To, “I’m the bald, pot-bellied old guy with the idiot kids…”
Even now, that my kids are grown and we are back in the area, they want to see if Alice Jones had added more literary history to the old school house wall. Many years have passed and I have even shown the writings to my grand-daughters, who were properly impressed, but no more messages have appeared. The question occasionally surfaces in my mind, “What if…”
“What if…?” It is a pleasant path down which my mind wanders until it comes to Kathy, the truest and greatest love of my life. Together we have raised our kids, completed very successful careers and enjoyed uncountable adventures. We have always been best friends as well as exciting lovers and nothing can top that. I realize just how good God has been to me, and how blessed I have been. Perhaps this has been because I learned more than I realized when Alice Jones was the first love of my life!