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Oregon Grange Bulletin NON-PROFIT ORG. 643 Union Street NE U.S. POSTAGE Salem, OR 97301-2462 PAID 1 SALEM, OR PERMIT NO. 598 Join us November 10th in Albany for Veterans Day Parade Oregon State Grange BULLETIN October/November 2018 News about the Grange Volume 118 No. 5 Oregon State Grange Open House & Holiday Party December 9th, 2018 l - 4pm Everyone Welcome! Juniors come join the fun and celebrate the Holidays with Hot Chocolate and Snacks! There will be activities and fun for all ages! Farms Strictly Organics and Herb Pharm were visited. Bring your Holiday Spirit! S. Oregon Legislative Weekend September 7th-9th found Oregon discussion on Friday afternoon Refreshments will be served State Grange Master, Susan Noah, at Bellview Grange covered the OSG Legislative Director Mark resolutions that were adopted at the Please Join Us! Noah, and OSG Lobbyist John state convention in June and of those DeHaas in Southern Oregon for a which ones had a regional or national weekend aimed at bringing Grange scope and would be presented at the 643 Union St. NE ~ Salem and legislative understanding to National Convention in November. the members. Under the direction For those that pertained exclusively of the newly revitalized Jackson to Oregon, what steps could the Pomona Grange, Pomona Master members take on a local level to Carmel Valencia and Bellview help the State Grange’s legislative members Kristina LeFever and endeavors. Catie Faryl planned an exciting and productive weekend of legislative Other activities of the weekend ideas, Grange visits, conferences included the presentation of the State and visits to a couple of farms. The Master’s Grange 101 conference, weekend was enjoyed by all those visits to several Granges to see the who attended. improvements they have made to their halls and visits to a couple of A variety of activities were planned local farms covering medicinal uses for the weekend. A legislative panel for herbs and plants, and the market for food supplements. The weekend provided good connections between Grangers, Granges and the Pomona and State Grange. Does this Above: Grangers enjoying the sunshine Sunday morning sound like something outside of Williams Grange in Josephine County before you would like in eating a wonderful breakfast. your area? The State Grange leadership is Right: State Master, Susan Noah, giving her Grange 101 open to being involved conference at Roxy Ann Grange which was reoganized in the same type of last fall. event in other areas of the state. Index Master’s Column 2 GWA Column 6 Veterans 17 Bulletin Deadline Lecturer’s Column 3 Fair Season 7-10 Youth & Young Adults 18 Bailey Barks 3 Grange Connections 2018 11 GROW Club 19 December 2018/ Chaplain’s Corner 4 Juniors 12-13 Upcoming Pomona Meetings 19 January 2019 Issue In Memoriam 4 Legislative Update 15 Granges Celebrate the Holidays 20 1RWHVIURPWKHRI¿FH Government Affairs 15 November 10, 2018 Agricultural Report 5 Membership Matters 16 2 Oregon State Grange ~ www.orgrange.org involve in our legislative efforts the Oregon Grange Bulletin Official publication of the The better the outcome. Oregon State Grange since 1900 Master’s Column October/Novemberr 2018 Holiday Open House Volume 118 Number 5 Susan Noah $VXVXDOWKH6WDWHRI¿FHZLOOEH Published by the: [email protected] hosting an Open House here at the Oregon State Grange, th 643 Union Street NE President ~ Oregon State Grange state headquarters on December 9 . Salem, OR 97301-2462 Drop by between 1pm and 4 pm 503-316-0106 FAX: 503-316-0109 What ever happened to the lazy, We started with a legislative panel for food and fellowship. We enjoy http://www.orgrange.org hosting this event and look forward hazy, crazy days of summer? This discussion on Friday afternoon at Editor-in-Chief summer I seem to have traveled Bellview Grange. I was joined on to a little “Chat and Chew” as a Susan Noah to three of the four corners of our this weekend visit by our Legislative former National First Lady from a Editor state! Starting with the NW corner 'LUHFWRU DQG¿UVW*HQWOHPDQ 0DUN New England state put it. Having Suzy Ramm in June for the State Convention, Noah, and our new Lobbyist John a good time with other Grangers [email protected] following that with a trip to Flora DeHaas. Mark and John and I will certainly put you in the holiday State Officers Master for the Ice Cream Social for North discussed the resolutions that were mood! Susan Noah End Grange, our district #6 winner adopted, including which ones will [email protected] 503-316-0106 from the GrangeUp program and be considered at National, and what Western Regional Overseer just last weekend with a trip to our members can do on a local level Before I close I want to thank Jay Sexton Southern Oregon to visit Granges to help our legislative endeavors. the Washington State Grange for [email protected] 541-929-5252 in Jackson and Josephine Counties. the great job they did hosting our Ok, Medford and Ashland aren’t 6DWXUGD\ZDV¿OOHGZLWKYLVLWVWR Western Regional conference. Lecturer Cookie Trupp quite in the SW corner of the state, Phoenix Grange and a lunch at This leadership conference had [email protected] but very close! Between those trips Lake Creek Grange. Both Granges something for everyone, including 541-686-0583 I attended the Western Regional showed us the hall improvements some information on our own Steward GrangeUp program. I especially Phil Van Buren conference in Olympia, Washington they are making, and talked of [email protected] and volunteered at the Log Cabin the communities they serve. Our want to highlight the youth and 541-883-8490 along with 81 other volunteers. next stop was Roxy Ann Grange young adults who will be traveling Assistant Steward Maybe crazy days of summer, but in Medford where I presented to Stowe, Vermont to represent Tim Dehne [email protected] not as lazy as I remember. my Grange 101 conference to Oregon at the National Grange 541-829-9848 around 30 Grangers. Kristina and convention in November. Jessie Lady Assistant Steward State Fair Log Cabin Catie surprised Roxy Ann Grange, Jo Guttridge has been selected as Maggie Swartzendruber I want to give a big thank you to who had the most members in a Youth Ambassador, Lexie Suing [email protected] 541-530-7466 the volunteers who worked at the attendance, with a framed reprint of and Maggie Swartzendruber will be Chaplain Log Cabin at the State Fair this a National Grange publication from representing Oregon in the Grange Peggy Fine year. This 11-day event gives us around the 1930s. The conference Jeopardy contest, Lexie has also johnandpeggyfi[email protected] time to promote the Grange to was followed by a great potluck. been selected as Steward of the 541-673-0369 potential members from all across National Youth team, and she will be Treasurer Paula Herrick the state. I believe this year was one Sunday found us at Williams Grange representing Oregon in the Evening [email protected] of the best attendance years we have in Josephine County for a wonderful of Excellence. Maggie has also 541-741-1046 seen in recent memory. The cabin breakfast, and then we walked a been selected as a Communications Secretary Fellow and will be working hard Sarah Kingsborough seemed busy all day with one staffer little of it off by touring a couple of [email protected] reporting up to 20 people at a time in farms, Strictly Organics and Herb to help produce coverage of the 414-510-0469 the little cabin. For those of you who Pharm. In both places we learned convention. Additionally, our own Gatekeeper have not worked or even dropped by about medicinal uses for herbs and Suzy Ramm will be the regional Jim Clute [email protected] the cabin during the State Fair, it is plants, and a little more about the representative in the Evening of 503-953-4171 a great experience. In the last few market for food supplements. We Excellence with her Sign-A-Song. Ceres years we have managed to display ¿QDOO\VDLGJRRGE\HWRRXUKRVWV Oregon will be well represented in Elizabeth “Liz” Dehne just about every Grange Hall in about 1:30 and started home. Stowe! [email protected] 541-746-9974 Oregon on standing trifold display Pomona units. Those who wander through At each stop we were warmly Remember to take the time to make Mikela Heimuller the cabin almost always take the welcomed and brought into closer some Grange Connections this fall. [email protected] WLPHWR¿QGWKH*UDQJHQHDUWKHP contact with the problems and Work with your Community Grange 503-369-2575 even if they are not members. Each triumphs of our Southern Oregon to bring in new members, offer your Flora Eva Frost picture has the name and location Granges, but I believe the best skills to your Grange, work to make [email protected] of the Grange as well as a list of part of the weekend was in the your Pomona and State Grange 503-816-8904 some of their community service interaction between Granges. Good stronger. The Grange Connections Executive Comm Position #1 program is still going on and we John Fine activities. This year we did not have Connections were made between johnandpeggyfi[email protected] the “I’m a Granger” display, but plan Grangers, Granges and the Pomona hope to see another year of net 541-673-0369 on bringing it back next year. It will and State Grange. gains! All Granges that end the year Executive Comm Position #2 have pictures of Grangers and their in a net gain position will receive Sam Keator [email protected] professions, showing that you do not If any other counties are interested some money back from the State 503-819-2689 have to be a farmer to join; just have in the same type of event please let Grange, so make your connections Executive Comm Position #3 to have an interest in agriculture.