Christmas Shopping Day in a Mall
Rock Valley Bee recounts a comic family trip through a mall on a late 1977 shopping day. Mother Jane and Father Paul chase bargains while Junior audits toy stores and rides, with coffee breaks, mislaid mittens, and an accumulating pile of purchases.
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Robert Redford
Something Kind Of Sweet About Bucket Mouth
Local readers debate a sign on North Main linked to a joke about a bucket mouth. Doris Wesselink forwards a playful interpretation tying buckets to sap, garbage, and CB culture, with Grandma’s sap conjecture and humorous mentions of a Bucket Month club.
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Bucket Mouth
Doris Wesselink
Dave
North Main
Johnny Carson
Rock Valley Arts Council Hosts Deaf Theatre Production
The National Theatre of the Deaf presented The Three Musketeers in Rock Valley last week. Over 500 attended including many deaf people from the region, as the council thanks space providers, banks, schools, volunteers, and local media for support and coverage. Financials are not yet tabulated, but the event neared break-even.
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the Three Musketeers
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Rock Valley
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Christian School
Valley State Bank
People’s Bank and Trust
J & J Lockers
Parents of the Deaf
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