The ORIGINAL VOICE OF VALMEYER

TO LOOK OUT, AND NOT IN – TO LOOK UP, AND NOT DOWN – TO LOOK FORWARD, AND NOT BACK

VOLUME 9 – NO. 29 July 23, 2001

IF THE ROOSTER DIES, BUY AN ALARM CLOCK

The Valmeyer Senior Citizens will be holding their monthly meeting on July 25th at 1:00 p.m. at the Valmeyer Emergency Services Building.

The Valmeyer Public Library summer hours are Monday and Thursday from 3:00 to 9:00 p.m. and Tuesday from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The Library will also be closed during Fair Week (beginning July 30).

Don’t miss the Monroe County Fair beginning on Monday, July 30th and continuing through Sunday, August 5th. There’s still time to dig a jar of canned beets out of your cellar or snip a prize-winning rose bloom from your garden. Plenty of blue ribbons will be there just waiting for you to take them home!

COMING SOON TO VALMEYER . . . . . . . . AUCTION OF THE JOHN DEERE COLLECTION OF ALLYN NIEBRUEGGE on Saturday, August 18th at Borsch Park beginning at 10:00 a.m. More than 70 tractors from Allyn’s extensive collection will be for sale. Allyn spent most of his life following his passion . . . . . . . . tractors and the things that made them work. The mass of Niebruegge John Deeres during the Midsummer Celebration Parade was a favorite sight for all, and was sorely missed during the 2001 event. Allyn would recruit drivers from throughout the County to help him showcase his collection on that annual occasion, and all those asked were more than happy to accept the challenge to drive a piece of history down Valmeyer’s Main Street. Not only did he enjoy his hobby . . . . . . . . he was one of the most skilled mechanics in this area, and his meticulous restorations were envied by many. The auction will also include numerous parts, tools and gas engines. Aumann Auctions of Nokomis, Illinois will be conducting the auction, and is predicting that thousands of people from across the country will come to Valmeyer on August 18 in search of treasure. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to view this great "GREEN AND YELLOW" collection before it leaves town in the hands of many happy collectors. Be there!!!!!!!!!!!1

This year the First Baptist Church is holding an Adult Vacation Bible School. The VBS sessions will be held on Sunday evening from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. The dates for the VBS are 29 and August 5. All adults in the community are invited to join in this unique program. Zip Westenberger is the teacher. During the same time, the Youth will have their Vacation Bible School. Youth of the community are also encouraged to attend. The theme for the youth VBS is "Truth Uncovered" (The Real Life Project). The Children’s VBS will be August 13 to 17 in the evening. More information will be available at a later date.

Computers - - - why can’t they speak English?????

          A computer was something on TV from a science fiction show of note,

                   A window was something you hated to clean and ram was the cousin of a goat.

          Meg was the name of my girlfriend, and gig was a job for the nights,

                   Now they all mean different things, and that really mega bytes.

          An application was for employment, a program was a TV show,

                   A cursor used profanity, a keyboard was a piano.

          Memory was something that you lost with age, a CD was a bank account,

                   And if you had a 3-inch floppy, you hoped nobody found out.

          Compress was something you did to the garbage, not something you did to a file,

                   And if you unzipped in public, you’d be in jail for a while.

          Log on was adding wood to a fire, hard drive was a long trip on the road,

                   A mouse pad was where a mouse lived, and a backup happened to your commode.

          Cut you did with a pocket knife, paste you did with glue,

                   A web was a spider’s home, and a virus was the flu.

          I guess I’ll stick to my pad and paper, and the memory in my head,

                   I hear nobody’s been killed in a computer crash, but when it happens they’ll wish they were dead!

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  SEE YOU NEXT WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!