Lisa Grimsley and Jay Conley stepped into the SVI Radio studio on Monday, June 29 to give their final preview for The Wall That Heals, coming to Star Valley on July 9-12. The discussion included details on the escort through the valley that will take place Tuesday afternoon, July 7, setup at Star Valley Middle School on July, the opening ceremonies on July 9 and open public tours July 9-12. The event also includes a fundraiser golf tournament on July 8 and Hometown Heroes Week July 7-11.

(0:00) Into this hour’s guest interview segment this morning and our final preview for the wall that (0:05) heals and it’s coming right up next week the wall will be here at j conley and lisa grimsley in (0:12) studio today to give us the final preview guys it’s it’s happening i mean a week from tomorrow (0:18) the escort takes place uh all the final details being worked out lisa they sure are we’ve had a (0:25) tremendous uh outpouring of volunteers and community support and all of our uh committee (0:32) chairs have just done a fabulous job pulling all of this together it is truly tethered our community (0:38) uh throughout the valley so we’re very honored to have this and now we’re just hoping that we (0:44) have really good weather for the the week that the wall is here and but super proud of everybody (0:52) for stepping up i know it’s been a huge undertaking uh for you and everybody that’s that to say the (0:57) least right that’s been been a part of it so well let’s let’s start with the the beginning (1:01) and and go through the event so jay let’s let’s talk about the escort we had you in recently to (1:06) to discuss this uh remind us what’s going to take place on tuesday the 7th of next week (1:11) yes sir so we’re looking at uh registration at the uh burlems and alpine we’re going to do that (1:18) registration from 12 to 2 for anybody that hasn’t signed up online or even just to get them in line (1:23) we’re going to give a small safety briefing that afternoon about 215 kickstands up at 230 and then (1:30) we’re going to roll through the valley and i’ll just give you a couple of times on the way there (1:35) so that people can be lining the street with the flags and all that good stuff so we’ll leave (1:40) alpine at 230 we’ll be in etna at 240 wolfden at 245 star valley ranch at 250 old mill ice cream at (1:52) 255 thane at three o’clock and then we’ll be pulling into afton at 315 under the arches (1:59) approximately 320 and then landing at the middle school at 340 with a flyover going on over the (2:06) arches as we crawl under there it’s just going to be a wonderful day now that’s that’s great (2:10) and so uh along that route i know we’ve had a couple of questions as far as the star valley (2:14) ranch you’re not going actually into the town you’re just driving by on on the muddy string (2:19) correct that’s correct we’ll we’ll go up at the uh uh clark lane there and we’ll turn right on muddy (2:24) string and we’ll slow roll really slow down through there so everybody can parade style wave their (2:29) flags welcome everybody through we’ll take a right on cedar creek drive and then gain the highway at (2:34) old mill and then we’ll come in from thane uh coming from the north now you mentioned uh line (2:39) the street and wave the flag you’re encouraging that across the route the whole way right (2:43) absolutely in the middle of the highway or not in the middle of the highway but the middle of the (2:47) country um in the in the towns i mean we just want flags on fence posts we want everybody that we can (2:52) get out there waving everybody uh saying welcome home to these heroes and you mentioned the the (2:57) flyover at the yard tell us more about that what’s going to happen when it goes through downtown (3:01) afton so we’re understanding that uh there are a group of people that own some t6 uh texans (3:07) they’re trainer jets and we are looking forward to having them do a flyover uh in a three or four (3:13) plane uh orientation coming over the square perfect and so that all takes place uh tuesday (3:19) afternoon at 230 is the alpine departure time right that is correct and if you’d like to be (3:25) in the escort as a as a rider then be there at brolem’s a little before that 12 to 2 o’clock (3:31) is when we’ll be lining everybody up perfect so that all takes place on the 7th with the (3:37) escort and uh and then the lisa the the setup takes place at star valley middle school on on (3:43) that wednesday right the 8th yes we are having a very brief kind of informal welcome ceremony (3:50) on the 7th when everybody gets here and then we will be doing the behind the scenes getting (3:55) everything staked out and ready to start setting up the wall so essentially it is open if you want (4:02) to come and witness or volunteer to help to get this all set up that would be fabulous (4:09) and technically it opens at 9 a.m on thursday the 9th and we have the color guard coming in (4:16) we have our governor gordon coming in and doing our opening remarks at 9 a.m and our vietnam (4:24) veterans or any veteran for that matter is welcome to come and sit in the front row if they choose (4:30) and we obviously welcome the public so this is open 24 hours seven days a week and it’s free to (4:39) the public so please come and take this opportunity for a piece of iconic american history and a (4:47) learning opportunity we do have the mobile education center that’s there so and and the (4:55) vietnam veterans memorial fund staff will be on site they have an abundance of information (5:02) to be able to give and they will be will be giving tours throughout the day as well so (5:10) now my understanding is uh no appointment needed right you just show up anytime and take a tour (5:16) night or day and but if you have a group you you can schedule a time uh is that correct for a tour (5:23) yes if you go on our website you can certainly get on on a tour at any time um otherwise you (5:30) can do a self-guided tour we just want you to come we just want your presence at the wall (5:35) we’re also having our hometown heroes week that’ll start on the 7th to help accommodate (5:43) hopefully the huge influx of visitors to our area it’ll be in the east alley (5:48) um so behind swirl over there and it’ll be from july 7th to the 11th we’ll also have some (5:56) non-profits over there that’ll be able to offer some other services to our veterans and have some (6:04) additional information as far as advanced care and services throughout our valley perfect so (6:11) you got hometown heroes week supporting the wall that heals food live music uh vendors that’s all (6:17) going to be in the east parking area downtown it’s all part of the wall that heals event which (6:23) is coming up next week and the wall will be here july 9th through the 12th open to the public (6:30) lisa grimsley and jay conley in studio this morning a couple other things to mention uh along (6:35) with this there’s going to be on the 8th the the golf tournament fundraiser correct tell us more (6:40) about that lisa well at valley view golf we have um our our golf scramble we’re limiting it to 20 (6:48) teams so you’re welcome to sign up either at town hall or over at the the valley view or give us a (6:54) call at town hall i’d be happy to get you signed up we’re offering a discount for any team with a (7:01) um so it should be a really good time that will be on july 8th excellent so that’s a part of this (7:11) event as well on the 8th of july still looking for any last second volunteers absolutely (7:20) we never turn down volunteers uh anybody willing to participate um and donate their time if it’s (7:28) one hour or one day we will gladly take you we have they’re mostly looking for the overnight (7:35) shifts and some people to help with the parking and but you can show up on site we will put you (7:44) to work or you can we encourage you to sign up ahead of time so we can expect you um our (7:51) volunteers will get a little care package we have snacks on site and water and refreshments (7:57) so excellent so again wyoming welcomes the wall that heals start by the middle school july 9th (8:03) through the 12th escort on the 7th set up on the 8th and everything else in conjunction with that (8:09) including uh some of the events such as hometown heroes week visit the wall that heals afton wi (8:16) 2026.com the wall that heals afton wi 2026.com lisa grimsley and jay conley in studio anything (8:23) we missed yes uh duke thank you very much i also want to um give a shout out to you and your staff (8:30) here for the tremendous support that you’ve given us uh without you i don’t know uh if we would have (8:35) been as successful as we were going to be so thank you very much for your time and everything that (8:39) you’ve plugged into it i also want to thank silver star swift creek and all of the travel and tourism (8:46) boards for lincoln county afton alpine thane and star valley ranch tremendous support there’s (8:53) also been a couple of very uh uh helpful donors on the private side um that had made that uh (9:02) five thousand dollar or more contribution uh so we wanted to plug in private donors uh they (9:07) they would not like to be recognized but they know who they are and we’d like to thank them too (9:12) yeah it it takes a whole community to put this whole thing together make it all happen right (9:16) appreciate all those all that support uh okay looking forward to it anything else lisa that we (9:20) missed no i just want to echo exactly what jay said we have had it’s been a very humbling (9:27) experience with all of the generosity throughout the community as far as the donations that have (9:35) come in on a very regular basis it’s very heartwarming to feel and we’re going to make (9:41) a huge impact and we have regular meetings with the vietnam veterans memorial fund people in (9:48) dc and they have been incredibly proud of the work we’ve done in afton and at this site they’ve been (9:56) doing this for 30 plus years and we continually get very high marks so very proud of everybody (10:05) that has put in some effort and recognized um this and supported it so thank you very much (10:12) visit the wall that heals afton wi 2026.com at star valley middle school july 9th through the 12th (10:19) jay conley lisa grimsley in studio this morning it’s all part of the weekday wake up on svi radio