Sue Wiand

Community Events

Mondays

Walker Valley Schoolhouse Community Center, 6 Marl Rd & St. Rt. 52

• Country Quilt Guild “Stitch & Bitch” 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Group is for members only but if you are interested in participating, join them on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at their regular meeting held in the Pine Bush Town Hall 2nd floor meeting room at 7 p.m. More info can be found at countryquilters.org or email Shirley Seifert @ dotsanice@hvc.rr.com.

•Town of Shawangunk Republican Committee 7:30 p.m. 4th Mon (Jan/Mar/May/Jul/Sept/Nov) Open to the public.

Walker Valley Firehouse, 3679 St. Rt. 52

• Walker Valley Marching Band 6:30 p.m. Visit and get an info packet to join.

Tuesdays

Walker Valley Schoolhouse Community Center, 6 Marl Rd & St. Rt. 52

• Valley Scrappers & Stampers 11 a.m. – 4 p.m./11 a.m. – 8 p.m. First two Tuesdays in the month the schoolhouse is available for Scrappers and Stampers anytime from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Rest of the month the gatherings last from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m.

• Pine Bush Lions Club 6:30 p.m. 1st Tues every month. New members welcome.

Walker Valley Firehouse, 3679 St. Rt. 52

• Walker Valley Fire Company 7 p.m. Visit during drill night and get info on how to become a fireman.

Wednesdays

Walker Valley Schoolhouse Community Center, 6 Marl Rd & St. Rt. 52

• Walker Valley Seniors Club 1 p.m. Guests welcome.

• United Friends Observer Society [UFOS] Support Group 7 p.m. 1st Weds every month.

• Walker Valley Community Enhancement Committee 6:30 p.m. 3rd Weds every month. Mountain View United Methodist Church, 3641 St. Rt. 52

• Women of Faith in Action 7 p.m. 1st Weds every month. Church basement.

• Shawangunk Snowmobile & Rescue Club 7:30 p.m. 2nd Weds (Sept-Apr) Meeting at Larry’s Chinese Restaurant Pine Bush.

Thursdays

Walker Valley Firehouse, 3679 St. Rt. 52

• Firemen’s meeting 7:30 p.m. 1st Thurs every month. Members only. See Tues about joining.

• Ladies Auxiliary 7 p.m. 1st Thurs every month.

Saturdays

Walker Valley Schoolhouse Community Center, 6 Marl Rd & St. Rt. 52

• Town of Shawangunk Democrats 4-5:30 p.m., 2nd Sat (Feb/Apr/Jun/Aug/Oct/Dec)

Sundays

Mountain View United Methodist Church, 3641 St. Rt. 52

• Sunday Services 8 a.m. & 10 a.m.; 11a.m. coffee hour.

Town of Shawangunk Walker Valley Halloween Parade will be held on Sunday Oct. 27. According to Town Councilman Binker DeWitt, parade line-up is at 12:30 pm and it is suggested that you park at the firehouse and take the hay wagon ride up to the parade line-up area. Step off for the parade is at 1 p.m. All area residents are welcome to participate. Everyone will end up back at the firehouse where parade participants will get a hot dog, drinks and a bag of candy.

In conjunction with the town event, Walker Valley Auto Sales & Detailing will be hosting their 6th Trunk or Treat event from 12 noon to 4 p.m. adding to the fun at the firehouse. Owner Charlie Garrison says bring your pets in costume! Enter a float in the parade! Trunk or Treat vehicles provide their own decorations and candy. Call 845.800.8431 to reserve a spot. Trunk or Treat will not begin until after the parade.
Walker Valley Auto Sales will have additional activities that will include carnival games, pumpkin painting, a bounce house and much more. Halloween type craft vendors can participate for a $20 fee. Food vendor spots are $50.00. Aliza Garrison is looking for vendors that offer Fall desserts and/or candy apples; taco/empanada food, chili or other Fall foods. Find Aliza on Facebook or call her at 845.524.4391. Vendor fees will be donated to the Walker Valley Fire Company.

Halloween is a time of providing, to the youth of our community, a safe and fun filled area where they can enjoy the bounties of the occasion. Pine Bush is the main stay of our area – anyone included in the Pine Bush Central School District. Here is a statement made by Chris & Raquel Martinez of Pine Bush: Each Halloween the neighborhoods off Main Street get flooded with hundreds of trick-or-treaters. While most of us look forward to celebrating and distributing candy, it can become a financial burden to some. To help off-set the cost of candy for families residing within town there was an idea for the surrounding community to donate candy. Last year we were able to collect over 100 bags of candy, which were distributed to families within town. DeWitt Martinez Funeral Home has agreed to be the official candy collection location for anyone who would like to donate. Thank you for your support in continuing to make Halloween in Pine Bush a joyous event for all!
If you are a resident within town and would like candy distributed to your home at the conclusion of the collection period, please PM (Facebook) me your address.”
Collection Dates: Oct. 1 thru Oct. 27. Distribution Dates: Oct. 28-30. Location: DeWitt-Martinez Funeral Home, 64 Center St., Pine Bush. Collection bin will be located on the front porch. Amazon orders accepted at above address. Raquel also shared with me that you can email dewittfuneralhome@gmail.com for arrangements on candy distribution to Pine Bush residents.

The Walker Valley Marching Band is holding a pancake breakfast fundraiser on Sun. Oct. 20 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Walker Valley Firehouse. Adults: $8, Seniors: $7, kids 5-12: $6 and kids 4 and under eat for free!
Menu includes eggs to order, pancakes – plain, chocolate chip & blueberry, French toast or waffles, coffee, tea and juice. While you are there check out how you can become a member of this wonderful youth organization.

The Shawangunk Democrats would like to thank everyone who brought personal care items to the September 14 meeting at the Walker Valley Schoolhouse.
We also want to send an extra special thank you to Arlene Rivera, who went out and collected from her friends and brought in a whole bunch of stuff! We will also be collecting at next month’s meeting on October 11 at the Shawangunk Town Hall. If anyone is able to donate or would like to be like Arlene and spread the word to her or his friends, we are still in need of any personal care items – mostly diapers, pull-ups, tampons, sanitary pads, new socks and new underwear.
Items can be brought to next month’s meeting, or they can be dropped off at the Town Hall in the hamlet of Wallkill, the schoolhouse in Walker Valley, the Cobblestone Deli and Pizza in Walker Valley, the Borderline Deli in Lake Estates, the hamlet of Wallkill Library, the hamlet of Wallkill Savings & Loan Bank and Broad Leaf Books in Pine Bush. Kelli Palinkas Greer says thank you again for your generosity and for helping to spread the word.

Walker Valley Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary Tricky Tray Social Is happening on Sat. Nov. 2. Door opens at 6 p.m. Calling at 7:30 p.m. Lots of quality prizes, special table, kid’s table, lotto tree and more. Refreshments are available. If you would like to donate an item to the social or want additional info contact Trisha Rose at 524-4551

Raffle tickets are still available from the Walker Valley Fire Company for their offering of a 2019 Can-Am Outlander 4-wheeler XMR 850 in Sunburst Yellow w/plow and power steering. Other prizes available are a Murray Snow blower w/electric start and a DeWalt Max cordless 20V tool combo. Tickets are $20 each and can be purchased from any fireman or stop by the firehouse on Tuesdays/drill night and get in on the action. Drawing will be done on Dec. 24, 2019 at the firehouse.

Walker Valley Seniors cancelled the trip on Oct. 21 to Riverview due to not enough people signing up. They will have a casino trip instead on Nov. 8. The bus will leave the Walker Valley Firehouse at 9:30 a.m. and the Pine Bush Firehouse at 10 a.m. Contact Stephanie Jansen at 845.744.6584 to get more info.

The Walker Valley Community Enhancement Committee would like to thank everyone who came out on Sat. Sept. 14 and bid during the community artwork auction. We raised a nice chunk of change to be used towards new pole flag/solar light kits for 2020. Thanks again Charlie Garrison.