2014 Toledo Cheese Days PDF - Page 1

Flying High in Toledo
In this Magazine:
Schedule of Events . . . . . pages 4-7
The Big Cheeses . . . . . . . pages 10-11
History of Cheese Days . . page 14
Veterans Wall of Honor . . page 15
Vision:Toledo . . . . . . . . . . page 29
Kids Fishing Derby. . . . . . page 33
Your Toledo Lions Club . . page 42
Cheese Days Committee
Cheese Days would not be possible without the
help of our numerous volunteers. Thank you!
Ed Borte
Dave Coulter
Kevin & Cindy Imai
Dale & Jeanette Koth
Jim & Penny Lancaster
Martin Huffman
Jake Morgan
Mike Morgan
Jeff & Cyndi Philbrook
Rich & Sharon Ripp
Ron & Sue Smith
Mike & Kelly Stover
By Jake Morgan
This year’s Cheese Day theme celebrates Toledo’s aviation
history.
The airport located three miles north of Toledo was originally started by the Toledo Flying Club in the summer of 1940
as an educational, scientific, social and recreational corporation, whose purpose was to promote the art and science of
aerial navigation.
Club members were
mostly amateur pilots and
airplane owners, and members donated rock, labor
and materials to construct
early facilities and runways, which were used by
everyone.
The world changed
overnight when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor on
Dec. 7, 1941 and the U.S.
formally entered World War II. Three months later on March
7, 1942, the newly formed Toledo-Winlock Airport became an
official emergency airport, designated by the U.S. government
and military as “a desirable and necessary link in the defense
program of this country,” according to official documents from
the Lewis County Board of County Commissioners.
The airport was quickly brought up to speed and remains
part of the Federal Aviation Administration’s National Plan
of Integrated Airport Systems, which categorizes it as a general aviation facility. The airport is currently owned by Lewis
County and is known as the South Lewis County Airport, as
well as the Ed Carlson Memorial Field.
It covers an area of 170 acres at an elevation of 374 feet
above sea level. It has one asphalt runway measuring 4,479
feet, located at the coordinates 46º28’38” N and 122º48’23” W.
The six-inch thick runway is suited for small, private aircraft,
but it could theoretically allow a jumbo jet to make an emergency landing.
Though diminishing in membership, the Toledo Flying Club
still operates at the airport and provides facilities for private
aircraft. For more information, visit www.toledoflyingclub.com
or call 360-864-6677.
SkyDive! Toledo currently operates out of the airport and
draws hundreds of tourists and professional jumpers every
year. For more information on local skydiving, visit www.
skydivetoledo.com or call 1-800-531-JUMP.
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Cheese Days Events and Activities
Thursday, July 10
COLORING CONTEST
Age categories: Preschool & Kindergarten, 1st & 2nd Grade, and 3rd & 4th
Grade.
Prizes will be awarded for each group.
Pick up contest picture at Toledo Market
Fresh. Must be turned in before July 5th
to Toledo IGA Market Fresh.
6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
2013 TOAST OF THE BIG CHEESES
Morgan Arts Centre • 190 Plomondon
Rd., Toledo. Featuring Malcolm Clark
Band. Tickets: $12.50 per person at the
door. Public is welcome.
6:30 p.m. — Introduction of the Big
Cheeses. Hors-d’oeuvres, refreshments,
cookies and coffee. Many fabulous door prizes.
Presented by the Toledo Lions Club.
Friday, July 11
10 a.m. 16TH ANNUAL “CHEDDAR OPEN” GOLF
TOURNAMENT
Registration starts at 9 a.m., ‘Shotgun’ start at 10
a.m. Location: Newaukum Valley Golf Course.
Four-man scramble. Cost: $55 per person, lunch
provided. Golf carts not provided. Pay at the
course. Contact: John Sanford 864-6474 or Dale
Pomeroy 864-6317. All proceeds go to the Toledo
Lions Club.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m. SECOND TIME AROUND GARAGE SALE
Located at the Head Start building behind the
Toledo Senior Center. Once again, the Mighty Fine
Seniors offer their Second Time Around Garage
Sale. All proceeds benefit the Toledo Senior Center.
Sponsored by the Mighty Fine Seniors. Contact:
Jan Rohrig 864-2744.
3 p.m. START OF TENNIS TOURNAMENT
Events: Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles, Men’s
Doubles, Women’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles
Anyone 12 years of age and over is welcome to
participate. Entry fees: $5 per event.
Tennis Tournament pre-registration: Entry forms
available at Betty’s Place or from Mrs. Armstrong.
Due to scheduling, please pre-register. Awards:
Trophies for first-place winners & ribbons for second-place winners. Balls furnished. We are anticipating a grant from USTA to repair the tennis
courts. Contact: Signora Armstrong, 864-2594.
4:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. STUFFED POTATO BAR
Location: Toledo Senior Center - 150 Coal Street.
Fill a baked potato with everything but the kitchen
sink, add a tossed green salad, roll and dessert,
and you have a meal that can’t be beat. Suggested
donation: $8. Contact: Judy Hunter, 864-2112.
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. FROG JUMPING CONTEST
Location: Toledo High School track. Entry Fee: $1
per frog. No limit on the number of entries. Frogs
available for rent. Cash prizes: 1st place $15, 2nd
place $10, 3rd place $5. Contact: Adam Hackett.
6:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. BINGO
Place: Toledo High School multipurpose room. No
limit on cards. Proceeds go to the Vision:TOLEDO
community fund and Toledo Youth Soccer Club. Hot
dogs and concessions available. Contact: Ronda
262-3090.
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Cheese Days Events and Activities
Saturday, July 12
7 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. or as long as the food lasts.
HAM & ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT-PANCAKE BREAKFAST
Location: Toledo Senior Center, 150 Cole St.
Ham, pancakes, eggs, biscuits & gravy, juice & beverage available. Suggested Donation: $5. Contact:
Esther Borte 864-4506.
7 a.m. - 5 p.m. 14TH ANNUAL CAR & MOTORCYCLE SHOW
Location: Toledo Middle School football field. Sponsored by: Toledo Lions Club and Businesses. $15
Entry fee. Awards at 4 p.m. Contact: Brad Dykstra
864-4634 or Ron Smith 864-4391.
8 a.m. CHEDDAR CHALLENGE!
Registration 6:45-7:45 a.m. at the Toledo Fire
Station. Race starts at 8 a.m. - 10 a.m. 3-mile run/
walk & 8-mile run for all ages. Cost is $5 for race or
$15 for race with T-shirt. Contact: Toledo Fire Dept.
864-2366. Sponsored by Toledo Volunteer EMS &
Firefighters Assn. and Toledo Girls Softball.
9 a.m. - 3 p.m. QUILT AND ART SHOW
Location: Toledo Middle School commons room.
Contact: Esther Borte 864-4506.
10 a.m. YOUTH BBQ HAMBURGER STAND
At the Toledo Middle School car show. Presented by New Life Gateway Youth Ministry. Burgers,
chips, pop by Toledo Elementary School. Concessions stand will be open.
10 a.m. - 3 p.m. LIBRARY SNEAK PEEK
The Friends of the Toledo Library will host a sneak
peek of the new community library with a bake sale
fundraiser. Location: 241 Cowlitz Street.
10 a.m. - 4 p.m. RAILROAD EXHIBIT
Location: Fir Lawn Funeral Chapel at the corner of
5th and St. Helens. There will be railroad videos,
music and other railroad-related exhibits. Contact:
Rob Painter, Martha Richards 864-2101.
10 a.m. - 5 p.m. CHEESE DAYS BAZAAR
Location: Kemp Olson Memorial Park. The Toledo
Park Board is renting 12x12 spaces for $10 per day
per space. Contact: Toledo City Hall 864-4564
8 a.m. - 4 p.m. SECOND TIME AROUND
GARAGE SALE
Located at the Head Start building behind the Toledo Senior
Center. Once again, the Mighty
Fine Seniors offer their Second
Time Around Garage Sale. All
proceeds benefit the Toledo
Senior Center. Sponsored by the
Mighty Fine Seniors. Contact:
Jan Rohrig 864-2744.
9 a.m. - 3 p.m. KIDS FUN FEST
Location: Toledo Middle School
gym. Hosted by the Toledo High
School Honor Society. Fun and
games for kids, including: End of
the rainbow, dinosaur dig, rock
muncher, tattoo parlor, soda
walk & much, much more. Contact: Jill Smith or Megan Corey.
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Cheese Days Events and Activities
Noon - FREE CHEESE SANDWICHES AT
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
The cheese & bread is donated by Toledo Market Fresh. Cowlitz Prairie Grange is in charge.
Noon - 5 p.m. BARBECUE
Location: Toledo Market Fresh parking lot.
Price: $7 per person, featuring Louisiana
shrimp boil. Sponsored by the Toledo Market
Fresh. Contact: Dave Coulter 864-2161.
Noon - 4 p.m. INFLATABLES and DUNK
TANK by the GIRLS SOCCER team. Contact:
Deanna Trujillo 864-2456.
Saturday, July 12 continued
11 a.m. TOLEDO CHEESE DAYS PARADE
This year’s parade theme is “Flying High in Toledo.” Parade marshals are the Big Cheeses Troy
& Verna Church and Carl & Melba Church. Parade
registration in the morning at Toledo Middle School.
All parade entries are assigned assembly and dispersal plans. Children are assigned a special place
near the head of the parade.
Parade route starts at 5th & Augustus Street,
moving east on Augustus to 2nd, south on 2nd
to Oak, then west on Oak to 5th. Ribbons will be
presented to the 1st and 2nd place winners in all
divisions of the parade. The judges will be at the
Presbyterian Church to decide upon the winners
and present ribbons. It usually takes the judges up
to one hour to determine the winners.
Crowd Control: Safety is our biggest concern. We
have become increasingly concerned with children
getting too close to the wheels of parade vehicles
while chasing candy thrown by parade participants.
Parents are asked to please help by keeping a
close watch on their youngsters. Drivers of large
trucks & other dangerous vehicles have been instructed not to throw candy from their vehicles.
The Toledo Lions will police the main areas of
the parade route to attempt to keep children from
getting into dangerous areas. Toledo Boy Scouts
will be selling pop.
1 p.m. AUCTION
Location: Toledo Middle School football field.
Auctioneer: John Fishburn. Many fine handcrafted
and corporate-sponsored items will be auctioned.
2:15 p.m. SANDY’S PIZZA EATING CONTEST
Location: Toledo Middle School field. $100 prize.
Sponsored by Sandy’s Pizza, Toledo.
3 - 8 p.m. WINE AND CHEESE TASTING GARDEN
Location: Grassy knoll behind post office, across
the street from City Hall. Tickets $10. Contact Pam
Olmstead 864-2855. Also featuring local beer, chocolates and spirits.
4 p.m. WOMENS ALUMNI SOCCER GAME
Location: Toledo High School field. If interested or
want to play, call Horst Malunat 360-751-5664.
6 p.m. MENS ALUMNI SOCCER GAME
Location: Toledo High School field. If interested or
want to play, call Horst Malunat 360-751-5664.
9 p.m. - Midnight DANCE
Location: Toledo Market Fresh parking lot. Free
street dance for all ages. DJ “Mobile Mike” Contact:
Dave Coulter 864-2161.
Thank you Jake Morgan, Mike Morgan, Sheila
Richardson, Penny Lancaster and Di Morgan for providing photos for this year’s Cheese Days magazine.
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Cheese Days Events and Activities
Sunday, July 13
8 a.m. CHURCH SERVICES
Attend the church of your choice.
All Day TENNIS TOURNAMENT (Cont.)
8 a.m. HORSESHOE TOURNAMENT
Sign up by 8 a.m. Start playing at 8:30 a.m. Entry
fee $5. Total payout each class. Three classes: Beginners, amateur, advanced. Contact: Stan Spears
864-2096.
10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. SECOND TIME AROUND
GARAGE SALE - FILL A BAG FOR $1
Located at the Head Start building behind the
Toledo Senior Center. Once again, the Mighty Fine
Seniors offer their Second Time Around Garage
Sale. All proceeds benefit the Toledo Senior Center.
Sponsored by the Mighty Fine Seniors. Contact:
Jan Rohrig 864-2744.
10 a.m. - 4 p.m. RAILROAD EXHIBIT
Location: Fir Lawn Funeral Chapel at the corner of
5th and St. Helens. There will be railroad videos,
music and other railroad-related exhibits. Contact:
Rob Painter, Martha Richards 864-2101.
10 a.m. - 3 p.m. CHEESE DAYS BAZAAR
Location: Kemp Olson Memorial Park. The Toledo
Park Board is renting 12x12 spaces for $10 per day
per space. Contact: Toledo City Hall 864-4564
12:30 p.m. - 3 p.m. TOLEDO LIONS CLUB PRESENTS BEEF BARBECUE
Location: Toledo Community Park. Tables & chairs
moved from Presbyterian Church & Community
Building. Tables & chairs from grade school. Menu:
barbecue beef, baked beans, cole slaw, garlic
bread, watermelon, beverages. Price: Adults $7, senior citizens, Jr. and children under 12 is $6. Sponsored by Toledo Lions Club.
Following BBQ, 8TH ANNUAL PIE AUCTION
Location: Toledo Community Park. We will be auctioning 15 pies following the Lions Club BBQ.
Be sure to come down and get your bid in on these
delicious goodies. Toledo Volunteer EMS and Firefighters Assn. Thanks for your generous support.
Following the barbecue, many clubs will be
drawing winners for their raffles, including the
GOOD IDEA CLUB • LIONESS CLUB • MIGHTY
FINE SENIORS • LIONS CLUB SHED RAFFLE
Toledo Lioness
Suggested donation $1 per ticket for our ‘WHEEL
INTO SPRING’ (a wheelbarrow filled with supplies).
All proceeds go to the Lioness Scholarship fund
and for projects benefiting the Toledo community.
2:30 p.m. LIONS CLUB BEEF AUCTION
Location: Toledo Community Park at the BBQ.
11 a.m. - 4 p.m. ALL CLASS REUNION
Location: Kemp Olson Toledo Community Park
Featuring THS Class of 1953 (60 Year), Class of
1963 (50 Year), Class of 1967 (45 Year), Class of
1968 and the Class of 1969.
11:30 - 2:30 p.m. - LIONESS CLUB OF TOLEDO
has CHEESE CAKE BY THE SLICE
Location: Toledo Community Park. Cheesecake
with choice of topping, $3 per slice. Contact:
Jeanne Spratt 864-6976. All Proceeds go to the
Lioness Scholarship fund and other projects benefitting the Toledo community.
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Be sure to stop by the Toledo Middle School on Saturday
and visit all the food vendors and misc. vendors
List of vendors at time of printing
FOOD VENDORS
Sandy’s Pizza
Popcorn Bob
Cowlitz Pow Wow Committee - Water, misc.
Uncle Jim’s Smokehouse
High Country Espresso
New Life Church - Burgers & Hot Dogs
Terri Dalstead/Ted Duffy - Sno Cones, Cotton
Candy, Lemonade, Corn Dogs
MISC VENDORS
Jo Ann Lane - Quilts, Jewelry, Blankets
Sandra Klinck - Baby Blankets
Lori Vough - Acrylic Painting
Jessica Acuna - do Terra Products
Stellagarth Alpaca Ranch
Ray McFarlain - American Legion
Linda Curtis - Quilted Bags
Classy Photos by Jan Johnson
If you are interested in being a vendor for next year’s
Judith Masura - Crochet Rag Rugs
Cheese Days, contact Jeanette Koth 864-4485.
Chuck & Lori Boyce - Homemade Wood Items
Anita DeLaRosa - Scensy Candles & Paparazzib
Toledo Community Library Sneak Peek
Come take a sneak peek of the future
Toledo Community Library, located in
the Caldwell’s old pharmacy building and
former coffee shop at 241 Cowlitz Street
in downtown Toledo.
The Friends of the Toledo Library will
be having a bake sale fundraiser on Saturday, July 12, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Find us and like us on Facebook!
You spoke and we listened. Setting up a community library was the top
priority at this year’s BIG Community Meeting in March.
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Carl and Melba Church, 2014 Toledo Big Cheeses
Melba Ballard Church
I was born in the Toledo Hospital. My parents were
Tom and Iris Ballard and I had one brother, Gary. My
parents built a house on the south end of my grandparent’s 20-acre farm next to the Lone Yew Grange. My
brother and I were raised on this farm. We always had
our chores to do, which I never minded, as long as they
were outside. I always loved to be outside and still do!
I remember staying at my grandparent’s house on
Saturday nights and my granddad and I would get up at
2:00 a.m., grab our gunny sacks and go next door to the
Lone Yew Grange to pick up beer bottles after the dance.
They were worth 2 cents a bottle!!
I remember Raleigh Stone having the sawmill across
the highway from what is now Lone Yew Rd. Gary and I
and all the neighborhood kids spent our summers swimming in Salmon Creek after a day of picking berries, cucumbers, beans, etc. for extra money, skating on Salmon
Creek when it would freeze and sliding down Salmon
Creek Hill on our homemade sleds.
I worked off and on for all four owners of the Shake
Shop Café in the late ’50s and early ’60s. At that time,
the high school students came down at lunch time and
some of the locals always had a dice game going to see
who would pay for coffee! I played volleyball and softball with a lot of the women in this area when our kids
were young. I enjoyed working with the local PTO and
volunteered my time whenever possible!
I wasn’t able to finish school with my class but graduating was always important to me. I didn’t want a GED,
I wanted to graduate from the town I grew up in and
although it took 7 years, I did it!
Carl Church
Carl and I met in 1957 at a Toledo-Mossyrock football game in Mossyrock. He and his family (Oscar and
Elsie Lou Church and his seven brothers and sisters)
Pictured: Primo Brusco,
Toledo’s first Big Cheese
Past Big Cheeses:
2013 - Harold Boone and
Janet Pruett
2012 - Glenn Thompson,
Sandy Miller and Sandra
& Allen Trafton
came from West Virginia in 1954 and lived in Mossyrock. Carl was in the Army for three years and was sent
to Korea. When he returned, he finished his tour at Fort
Lewis, WA. We were married in 1960. Carl worked for
a number of years at Richie’s Saw Mill right across the
bridge from town. He went on to work at Shakertown
as a millwright until the company was sold. He was the
first in his family to attend college. He attended LCC
where he trained as a machinist and welder.
We have a daughter, Mary J. Church Shipp, and a
son, Randy Church. Mary is still in Toledo and Randy
lives on Hart Road in Winlock. Both were raised on our
20-acre farm. We have four grandaughters; Sara, Vanessa, Alicia and Amy. We also have two great-grandsons;
Aviel and Bain. Our third is due in June. Carl and I are
still here on our farm that my parents built many years
ago!
2011 - Jack & Bev Greer
and Robert & Marie Oberg
2010 - Cora Rakoz, Ferne
Boice, Mel Roeder and
Joe & Margaret Barnes
2009 - Marge & Gary
Springer, Edna & Bob
Armstrong, and Pat &
Dale Lee Wallace
2008 - Rosalie Davis,
Opal & Cliff Miller and
Shirley Watson.
2007 - Bunnie Miller,
Naomi Meyer, Norman
Koepke and Dan Boone
2006 - Ron Olson, Anor
Buswell and Harold
Sorensen.
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Troy and Verna Church, 2014 Toledo Big Cheeses
Troy Church
This is my life story. I was born
in West Virginia in McDowell County, up on Burke Mountain. The nearest town was Keystone, West Virginia, which was 6 miles from where we
lived. There was a single building
for a school and it was for 1st to 6th
grade. We walked about 3/4 of a
mile to school, and quite often that
was in the snow. It did get cold back
there and as kids we would occasionally wrap our shoes with burlap sacks
to help keep our feet from freezing.
After finishing 6th grade, we
caught a bus to Keystone and I went
to Keystone for one year before our
parents decided to head west. I came
out on a train to Chehalis, Washington with my 5 sisters and our mother.
Back then, the trip took one week. I
remember my mother having a huge
picnic basket about the size of a hope
chest and she made sandwiches for
the whole trip. She had to buy one
loaf of bread the entire way out. One
of my brothers, Cecil Church came
here a year before us. My Dad,
Uncle and brother Carl came here
in a 1953 Chevy one and a half ton
truck loaded with furniture and they
showed up the day after we arrived
on the train. We all lived up in Riffe,
Washington. It seems like people
from West Virginia, Kentucky and
Virginia happened to end up in Riffe.
We lived there until the dam was
built in about 1964. I went through
the 8th grade at the Mossyrock
School. My folks moved to Ajlune,
Washington in about 1956 and I lived
with them until 1959. At that time I
was working in a bowling alley and
going to school. Near the end of my
eleventh year, I was told to quit my
job or school and I dropped out of
school.
We decided to get married in 1959
and started a family. I was always a
jack of all trades and yes, master at
none. In the early years we were all
over the country. We lived in Morton, Mossyrock, Onalaska, Toledo
and Portland, Oregon. Then we
moved back to Toledo in 1965 and
I worked at Barbur Bowl and at the
same time I maintained the automatic
pinsetters at Starlite Bowl in Kelso
just as a part time job. The owners
at Barbur talked me into moving to
Hermiston, Oregon, and I worked
there until 1969 when we moved
back to Toledo. I worked for Weyerhaeuser running a log stacker until
1975 when I was ready for another
change and I started a wrecking yard
and towing business and did some
mechanic work on the side. In 1986
I bought a freight truck and operated
it for several years.
My wife and I enjoy our friends
in the Cowlitz Valley Model A Club.
We live out in Smokey Valley and
have two 1930 Model A coupes and
a 1930 Model A pickup.
Verna Jean Church
Verna Jean Church was born in
Morton, WA on April 13, 1942, to
George and Cora Holce. She had one
brother, Wayne. When Verna was a
toddler, she moved to Toledo, where
her family lived with Verna’s grandparents, RV and Irene Johnston.
While living in Toledo, Verna’s
mother Cora owned and operated the
Shake Shop. Many people still recall
the Shake Shop as being the local
hangout for kids. Verna’s family
moved to Days Grove, and a short
time later Cora and George divorced.
Cora later married Ray Rakoz and
the blended family lived on his farm.
When the farm house burned, they
moved in with Verna’s grandparents,
RV and Irene Johnston.
Her brother Wayne died in October 1957 and the following April, her
dad was killed in a truck accident.
Verna married Troy Church in 1959
and they had three children: Debbie
(Jeff), Wayne (Jean) and Tracy (Kelly). They have seven grandchildren
and six great grandchildren.
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Saturday, November 8, 2014
Saturday, September 20, 2014
at Toledo High School
Honoring the Spirit of
All Cowlitz People
Grand Entries at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Salmon Dinner at 5 p.m.
For information contact Suzanne Donaldson
(360) 280-2321
[email protected]
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A brief history of Cheese Days
By Di Morgan
In 1919, a group of about 100
Toledo area farmers and milk producers formed a cooperative called
the Cowlitz Valley Cheese Association. They built a factory at the end
of Second Street where fine quality
American Cheddar and pimento
cheeses were made. The next year
they added an ice machine that provided cold storage and ice for public
use.
After a fire, the cheese plant was
moved and storage lockers were
available for public use at the cheese
plant. Cheese, butter, casein and ice
were all produced here in Toledo by
1927.
The closure of the cheese plant in
1945 signaled a big change, but the
making of cheese had already been
discontinued with only powdered
milk and butter being produced. The
cheese plant was closed partly due to
competition by larger co-op plants.
When members of the Cowlitz
Valley Cheese Association gathered
to receive their first checks in June
1919, a party followed with cheese
sandwiches and coffee. Such a
pleasant time was had that it was
decided to make the affair an annual
event and invite the public.
Therefore, June 1920 was the
first Cheese Day, and the site
for this event was Days Grove,
now the site of the annual classic car
show. A dance platform was erected, carnival secured, baseball game
planned, speakers contacted and
tables spread with cheese to be cut
as needed. It was a wonderful day.
Folks arrived in town early by cars,
buggy, horseback, buckboard and
on foot. The day was one of good
feeling, visiting and even planning
for Cheese Days to come.
Cheese Days has been sponsored by various civic groups over
the years. The Toledo Lions Club
took the matter in hand in April of
1948. Over the years the events have
evolved, it was even discontinued
during WWII. A Logging jamboree was a big part of Cheese Days
in the 1950s to 1970s. The classic
cars have been a feature for many
years now with hundreds of entries
every year and thousands of visitors
coming to Toledo to look at the cars,
watch the parade and enjoy in the
fun.
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Thank You, Veterans of Many Wars
Reprinted with permission
from the May 2014 issue
of LION Magazine
Brick by brick, Lions
in Toledo, Washington,
are showing their appreciation for the military
service of men and women who have served their
country.
“I see a lot of familiar
names when I visit our
veterans’ wall, including
three Morgan family
members who served in
World War II,” said Lion
Jake Morgan, who joined
the club in 2011. “When
I see the more than 300
names on our wall of
honor, it reminds me that every
veteran who served our country is
important, just as any brick wall is
more than the sum of its bricks.”
The Toledo Lions are passionate
about honoring those who’ve served.
“We Lions feel that our veterans
need more praise and feeling of
recognition,” points out Bob Schmid,
who served in the Navy in the 1950s
and came up with the idea for the
wall. Bob and his brother Ron, of
California, both have purchased engraved bricks.
The Toledo Lions built the freestanding wall without the help of
state, federal or grant funds. They cut
and sold firewood, manned fireworks
stands, held an annual Cheese Days
festival, and are still selling bricks at
$100 each. Lion Kendall Richardson
volunteered his time and construction company to help build the wall
and landscape its surrounding area.
“This wall will withstand any-
thing, including high flood waters,”
Richardson said. It’s built to last, and
the reinforced foundation wall will
support more weight as additional
bricks are added.
The names of living or deceased
honorees, dates of service and insignias of the appropriate military
branches in which each served are
laser-inscribed on each medium-red
brick.
The names cover a lot of history
and many conflicts. A soldier named
Norman Burbee is recognized for
fighting in the Washington Indian
Uprising of 1855. One honoree is
a Civil War Union soldier named
Brigham Buswell. Another is a local
man who disappeared in Laos in
1968.
“I’ve found that the reaction of
people seeing their own names or the
names of loved ones is somber. Some
place their hands on the brick, some
stare and some walk around, reading
the writing on the bricks, enjoying
the history that comes with them,”
Schmid points out.
While the wall has room for 2,000
bricks eventually, so far there are only
a few hundred in place. The entire
wall cost approximately $20,000 to
build in the city’s centrally located
Kemp Olson Memorial Park.
Schmid says Lions do most of the
maintenance and landscaping work
themselves, so it’s an ongoing project. “The Toledo Lions love building
projects,” adds Morgan. “It’s our way
of saying thank-you to all veterans,
past and present.”
For further information and to get
a brick application, visit www.toledolionsclub.org.
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TOLEDO CHEESE DAYS!
“Flying High in Toledo”
July 9th-13th
The Toledo Girls Softball Association will be putting on the
following during Cheese Days:
*The Cheddar Challenge:Saturday
*Bazaar at the Toledo Girls Softball Complex: Booths-$20
rental fee, 10 ft. x 10 ft. space, vendors will provide own EZ
ups and tables/chairs Friday-Sunday 8:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m. or
as long as vendors want during that time period
*Silent Auction at Toledo Girls Softball Complex: during the
bazaar tables will be set up by concession stand with various
silent auction items
Saturday 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
*Concessions at Toledo Girls Softball Complex
Each day 8:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m.
concession stand will be serving breakfast, lunch, dinner
a variety of burgers, famous chicken baskets, and other
snacks
*Bake Sale at Toledo Girls Softball Complex: Sale of baked
goods each day
*Possible camping at Toledo Girls Softball Complex
Tents in grass/RV’s in parking lot
$10 per night
*****ALL PROCEEDS GO TO RENOVATIONS OF TOLEDO*****
GIRLS SOFTBALL COMPLEX
Saturday, July 26th @ Toledo Middle School Field
11am-5pm
Hay bale Castle/Maze/Kid Bouncers/Snow Cones/Dunk Tank
Back by demand:
Predators of the Heart Animal and Reptile Show
(2 performances)
Audience Competitions w/prizes:
B-ball Shooting Triathlon (3 age groups)/2-Person Log Sawing/
“Ladies-what’s in your purse?”
Live Music All Day Long
Special Performance by the Jamie Bonife Band
Food!
Sandi’s Pizza/Burgers/Goodies/Pop at great prices!
The Message: “No More Shame only Acceptance”
YOUTH CONCERT BEGINS (all r welcome)@ 6-9pm
Live Music
Watermelon Eating Competition
“A Message Youth Hear”
EVENT PRESENTED BY TOLEDO NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY and GENEROUS SPONSORS
Eagle Scout candidate installs new sign at Toledo High
Toledo High School
student Corbin Mansker
kicked off his Eagle Scout
service project last Cheese
Days to construct a new
entrance sign at the high
school.
Cheese Days provided
the perfect venue for the
start up this project. In one
weekend, Corbin raised
nearly a third of the money needed for the project
and provided a platform
of networking with people
who would later become
involved in the installation
of the sign.
More than $1,300.00
was raised and another
$800.00 was secured in
material donations for the
project. Corbin himself
put in more than 100 service hours, and led other
scouts, adult leaders and
community members for
additional 210 hours.
Corbin knew he wanted to do his service project in his own community.
“I could have done my
Eagle Project at Rose Park
in Chehalis with a sponsored project from Troop
373, but it would not have
been as meaningful,” he
said. “Replacing the old
weathered high school
sign met the requirements
of an Eagle Scout Service
Project and by doing the
sign, I was giving back to
my school and my community.”
Major project sponsors
included Home Depot of
Chehalis and Longview,
Palmer Lumber, Sunrise
Lumber, Vancouver Bolt
and Supply, Sandy’s
Pizza, Lone Oak Trucking, Farmers Insurance
Group of Toledo and the
Washington Orthopedic
Center of Centralia.
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Kids Fishing Derby
held May 17, 2014 at South County Park (Wallace Pond)
The first-annual Toledo
Lions Club Kid’s Fishing
Derby held on May 17 was a
roaring success.
Organizer and Lion
Penny Lancaster said 131
children under 14 participated in the event. Local area
sponsors donated enough
prizes for the top 39 young
anglers of the day to take
home fishing rods, reels and
equipment.
Seven-year-old Alex
Luna Ortiz caught the biggest trout, weighing in at
28.75 ounces.
All proceeds from the
fishing derby went to the
TLC scholarship fund.
Find more information at
www.toledolionsclub.org or
www.facebook.com/ToledoLionsClub.
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Many people ask what it
means to be a Lions Club member or even why would anyone
want to be a Lions Club member.
Well the obvious answer is to give
back to your community.
That would be the correct
answer if it was coming from
an individual who did not live in
a community like Toledo. Because in a community like ours,
you know who your neighbors
are. Matter of fact you know who
everyone on the block is, where
they work, how many kids they
have, etc, etc. The thing about
your Lions Club (or any one of
the great service organizations
we have in Toledo) is that it turns
your whole community into your
block.
There have been many projects that your Toledo Lions Club
has brought to life, such as installing new playground equipment for the park, along with
community bathrooms and showers, RV hook ups with power
and water, free firewood and an
upgraded BBQ facility all at the
City Park. And don’t forget the
Veterans Wall of Honor.
There are the town events:
Cheese Days, 300+ Car Show,
BBQ at the park, and the new
Kids Fishing Derby at South Lewis County Park (Wallace Pond).
In addition, your Toledo Lions
Club provides sports physicals
for athletes, school backpacks
and food baskets for the needy at
Christmas, and Thanksgiving turkeys at Turkey Bingo. Your Lions
This year’s executive board from left: Rob Rakoz, Ken Masters, Carl Buswell, Tony
McFarlane, Jake Morgan, Mike Morgan and Kendall Richardson. Not pictured: Lyle
Barker and Dave Coulter.
Club sells firewood to
anyone who needs it
and we are building a
perpetual legacy fund
to educate future Toledo young adults.
These are just
some of the projects,
events, and services
that your Toledo
Lions Club does throughout the
year. But then there is the part
about belonging to a larger neighborhood, larger than the one you
live in — bigger than yourself
—­the friendships that develop
between young and old and having a network of resources within
the group. Your Toledo Lions
Club has more than 60 members
and is a diverse and resourceful
group of men and women who
keep giving back to
our community.
We meet the
second Wednesday
of the month at the
Toledo City Park
in warmer months
and at the Morgan
Arts Centre in cooler
months. Visit us on
Facebook at www.facebook.com/
ToledoLionsClub and “like” our
page. Visit our website at www.
toledolionsclub.org and e-mail us
at [email protected] for
more information.
Join us in making an event like
Cheese Days seem like one of
the biggest and best block parties
you have ever been to.
Toledo, the best kept secret in
Lewis County.
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