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Show DECISIVE TIMES - SEPTEMBER1993 - 9 Goodbye, Bruce It almost seems like yesterday. But then you think of all the changes and lights! You see, most of us in those days were still sorting out the priorities. then and only then, you realize that you and a very fortunate small group had something in common in Castle Valley—we were pioneers in our time, and in many ways the same 1880 type of Old West spirit. One of those early Castle Valley pioneers was Bruce Cook. He loved the Valley. Wherever he went, his thoughts and conversation would lead him back to his property at 180 Shafer Lane. Bruce purchased Lot 180 in a multifac— eted transaction that involved Mike Omana, Milly Dezelsky, First Security Bank, and DMA International. Everyone worked together in those days. Buying property in Castle Valley was a very personal and emotional happen- mg. Mr. Cook had a vision for the property. Mike and Millie had started a small house, but Bruce wanted to grow something, and now. Having grown up back east and in the cities, he wanted a garden and trees. A major commercial asparagus patch was the result, as well as the nice grove of trees along Shafer Lane. I believe the asparagus still grows, but not as thick. Because his attention was toward the garden, the house did not get much l4-party—line monster. Bruce Cook always had time to help others in the Valley. We would sit around and talk of what it was going to be like when all this hard work was over. Watch the sun set on the mesas in bright cherry red. Listen to the mockingbirds. Worry about the grasshoppers. Next day out fence posts for the Valley entrance, or help repair the fence around the Ranchos to keep Tommy Whites cows out of the community. Then it happened. Bruce fell in love with a young lady. She did not have the desire to be a pioneer. Bruce put his land up for sale to pursue a change in his life. Kathleen Dunlop, Bruce’s mother, said many times that Bruce would be coming back to Castle Valley. As soon as he had finished training in his new career as a welder. On July 10, 1993, Bruce Cook returned to Castle Valley in spirit. Injuries sustained in a three-story fall while welding girders in White Plains, New York, took Mr. Bruce Cook’s life after several painful months of therapy and partial recovery. Mrs. Dunlop would like to hear from other early Castle Valley pioneers of the late 1970s and early ’803—21 East Walnut attention, but it was comfortable and Sept/Oct Sky Show SEPTEMBER 1993 15th—New Moon 9:10 pm. MDT 22nd—First Quarter Moon 1:32 pm. 301h—Full Moon 12:54 pm. In the early morning sky of 21 Sept, low in the east, dazzling Venus will pass 0.4° north of Regulus, Leo’s brightest star. This should be a striking sight in binoculars. September’s Full Moon on the 30th is the traditional Harvest Moon. Saturn remains a great telescopic subject. The planet’s shadow is slowly moving over the rings behind it, creating a 3—D quality. OCTOBER 1993 8th—Last Quarter Moon 1:35 pm. Draconid Meteor Shower peaks. 15th—New Moon 5:36 am. let—Orionid Meteor shower peaks. The Orionid Meteor shower seems to be the one to watch this month. Associated with Halley’s Cornet, the Orionids will be best viewed after midnight on the 21st or 22nd. You should see about 2 dozen meteors per hour —San Welch (from Astronomy Magazine) 34034 34 34 /.\ /g\ /I\ Avenue, West Mount, NJ 08108. always had a welcome candle in the window. The pump house was really uptown. Shower, hot water, and electric Good-bye, Bruce. —Joe Kingsley I n .‘M e m o r i a m To an earfy Castfe ‘VaIIey pioneer, a young man with vision, compassion. To a young man w/io woulzfput aside His own priorities to fiefp fiisfeflow Castfe ‘Vafley neigfifiar. To a young man wfio [ooedCastfe ‘Vaffey. To a young man. 'Bruce Cook 34 /|\ Several residents still did not have power, and the telephone was still the events over the past few years. And 34034034 /|\ /t\ /g\ june 26, 1948 —JuIy 10, 1993 ‘13:: Kingsflay rfamify /|\ |
