February / March 2010
THE GOOD OLD DAYS My name is Ann Wieland Slack and I’m the daughter of Jackie Talks and the sister of Clay Wieland, the guy who puts this news letter together for all of us to enjoy. I have been reading the newsletter and watching my mother write letters for some time now and I thought I would jump on the bus too! I have lived in Rio Vista my entire life and I can’t think of a better neighborhood to be a part of. Some things have changed but the warmth and friendliness have remained. When I was a little girl my sister Sally and I were always outside riding our bikes, skateboarding, skating, jumping rope, playing hide and seek, climbing trees or swimming in our pool until our skin looked like a prune. We were always trying to earn some money by cleaning windows, working in the yard or selling our native fruits, avocadoes, mangos or oranges, to our poor neighbors who I’m sure they just loved to see us coming up the sidewalk. Our goal was not to purchase a cell phone or some I-tunes but to ride our bikes to the 7-11 and purchase some CANDY or a slurpee for 11 cents. I would stand at the counter trying to watch the man fill my slurpee cup and wishing I could run that machine or that I could own my own slurpee machine. Well I don’t have a machine at home but I can fill my cup up by myself now, see how things have changed. I really miss the 7-11 at the end of the street it was such an important part of my youth! I think my brother is trying to connect the people that live in Rio Vista by writing interest stories or advertising local businesses so if you have a story or would like to advertise your business you should contact him and get on the bus too!
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RON KELLEY