Episode 1

 

 

OAK VALLEY

  

            This is the tale of Grandville Beckett.  Our story takes place in the serene setting of Oak Valley, a small friendly community just off the freeway in the Blue Diamond Mountains.

 

          As our story begins, Sparky - the firehouse dog, is listening in on the town meeting.  The topic of discussion seems to be the arrival of the town statue - a bigger than life replica of General Seating, sitting high atop his horse Muffin.  The statue has been placed dead center in the town’s one and only traffic circle.  Warren Peace, town mayor, makes his opening remarks:

 

          “As most of you have seen, the base of our new statue is bigger than our traffic circle.  In fact, it extends to the far edges of the curbs on all sides.  No traffic can get by – it’s blocking all roads to and from town!”

 

          Wanda Loop, owner of the Hemming-Way Dress Shop on the out-skirts of town stands and addresses the mayor.  “Is it too late to call those helicopters back and have them lift it to the park?”

 

          Warren replies, “But it’s a traffic circle statue – that’s what we ordered.  You can’t very well put a traffic circle statue in the park.”

 

          “Excuse me mayor, Alex Hampton here, you know - from the Sears Home and Garden Center.  What are we going to do?  How are our emergency vehicles going to get anywhere?  There is just no room in this town for General Seating.”

 

  

          Well, just what will Warren Peace do?  Just who is this General and does Oak Valley have enough pigeons for a statue this large?  Tune in tomorrow when you will hear Judy from the OVDQ (Oak Valley Dairy Queen) say…  “We’ve got to get the road open – if the delivery truck can’t get through the hot fudge will cool down before it gets here.”