Great Grasshopper Gala (Festival At Fair Valley)
July 1999 was a dry year to some extent and the grasshoppers were taking over Fairvalley and other grasslands in Northwest Oklahoma. This is what NW Okie jokingly wrote about Thursday, July 1, 1999: "Great Grasshopper Gala (Festival At Fair Valley)."
The residing Mayor and City Commissioner of this unincorporated little Oklahoma grazing range known as Fair Valley are again in the process of holding their "2nd Annual Great Grasshopper Gala" for the Fair Valley inhaitants. BUT... This time the Mayor was well armed and waiting for the pesky young critters.
Again the Locustidae (or Acrididae) and Tettigoniidae with long hind legs gathered from origins unknown in the summer of 1999 for the second "Fair Valley Great Grasshopper Festival." They were feasting on fresh, Fair Valley vegetation of potatoes and tomatoes put up by the locals and their associates.
The Gala's menu consisted of a variety of vegetation delicacies planted each spring by the Whitney's & Associates within the "Camp Ground Gardens." Some of the vegetation included was the luscious, leafy leaves of the new red, white, and sweet potatoes; several tantalizing love fruits (or tomato vines); and a variety of succulent delicacies.
No one wished to comment concerning to the origins of Mr. and Mrs. Locustidae and their relatives. The Gorging Grasshoppers have chosen to hold their annual Festival and Reunion on Fair Valley's Finest vegetation for the entire Summer Celebration of 1999. Only to be interrupted by the monthly baptismal of newly vegetarian growth in the Fair Valley Garden.
In an earlier conversation between the Mayor and the Judge, the Judge had this to report, "We are still contemplating harvesting the gangly gorged grasshoppers and marketing them as Fair Valley's Finest Chocolate Covered Grasshoppers and perhaps extending the Locustidae crop to a FREE-for-ALL-Pick-Yur-Own-Bait Shoppe."
The Mayor had only this comment to say about that, "I'm ready for the critters this year! I've surprised a bunch of the young hooligans already and have taken steps to surprise some more."
The long hind legged tettiigoniidae hopped in from miles around to the "2nd Great Grasshopper Festival" and Reunion to be held at Fair Valley since the Dust Bowl days of the late 1920's and early 1930's.
Soggy Harvest & Oakie Legacies
The thundering, pouring rain and cooling (80 degree) Summer time weather has been rumbling through June into July... It's NOT like the hot, dry drought we had last year at this time. AND... June is almost gone. July with Firework Displays are almost upon us.
Last year a lot of firework displays were called off on account of the drought that was going on. What a change a year can make, HUH? Is it the El-Nina?
Although the cool... wet month of June is giving us great Summer time weather, the Farmers and Harvesters in the NW Oklahoma and Kansas areas are waiting for a sunny, dry spell to finish up their harvesting.
The Harvesters have been parked in fields for a week or so now just waiting... and waiting... and waiting! Some with just skeleton crews left behind while the rest of the crew has moved north and west into Kansas and Colorado to meet those harvesting obligations.
When asked how the harvest was going in NW Oklahoma... One of my farmers said, "We've had 9-inches of rain this June. The harvesters are hastening to pack-up and head out of town in droves with only 50% of the wheat crop harvested."
Sounds to me like Wellington, Kansas is bogged down in this wet stuff, also. AND... Wheat more than ready to cut.
Don't forget the "Big 3rd of July Blowout" in the Town Park of this rural community known lovingly as Dacoma, Oklahoma. Come and spend the evening with a community full of friends and family.
Experience the Volunteer Fire Department's Fantastic Fireworks and have a Family Picnic Under the Stars
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