Valentown greetings,

September has arrived but where was summer? Does everyone always say that? We are winding down the season and will tuck the place in sometime in October. We are so very fortunate to now be able to stay in touch through the web site, newsletter and Face Book. We are able to "stay open" through our media. We will spend the next few months working on projects and planning for next year. We have some exciting possibilities coming and you will hear about it as soon as things are ready to set in motion.

We are fortunate also to have such great volunteers and friends who help us. It is always about Historic Valentown and its welfare and they all work together without the need for personal recognition. However, we do like to take note of them on some occasions. This month we especially want to thank John Palomaki for having served on the Board of Trustees. His knowledge and interest in us as a Victor resident has been greatly appreciated.

The forever wild areas of the Valentown site are now becoming shades of rusts and browns. And with it comes that distinct tangy smell of drying leaves crunching underfoot. Our milkweed has hopefully helped a few monarchs. Our red tail hawks will spend the winter somewhere near by and we know from the past that we have visiting foxes and of course deer. The Victor Hiking Trails are especially beautiful starting this time of the year. Please check their listings (https://www.victorhikingtrails.org) of trails and special hikes.

Be On Our Side!

Just a Reminder Again - Please take the time to review and share our S.O.S. Go Fund Me Campaign to repair the siding on Valentown Hall. We have a meeting on September 27th with a company that will look at the Hall in terms of repairs. When they saw the building they were quite taken and they are looking forward to seeing it up close and personal.
We will have more news about this next month. Sometimes it takes someone from out of town to recognize what we have. http://gofundme.com/save-our-siding-sos

The End is Near!

Not for long, just the winter. Our last open day is September 30th. We will be spending the next month winding down and closing up. Valentown Hall was never centrally heated. It did use coal however. We reopen partially in May and officially in June.

Please kept in touch through our newsletter as we have some exciting events coming. So we don't want anyone to miss the news.

As always, we are your down home, hometown museum.
Kathryn White, President