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Washington State Grange News October 2013 Informing Grangers Since 1912 102nd Year No. 9 An impressive collection of Washington State Grange’s youth made the long journey to Minnesota to attend the National Grange’s Kelley Farm Experi- State youth selected as National ence and participate in the exemplification of the 1873 style of the first four degrees of membership early in July. Pictured left to right are Shawn Moyni- han, State Grange Pomona Janice Knott, State Youth Overseer Cady Hunt, Grange communication fellow State Youth Chaplain Rachel Fricke, Brittney Oliver of Collins Grange, and Nick Oliver has been awarded a 2013 of Collins Grange #893 in Pierce County State Gatekeeper Jimmy Smith. See more photos from the event on page 6. Pfizer Communication Fellow position at where he has held the offices of Gate- the upcoming 147th annual session of the keeper, Steward and Overseer. He has also National Grange. The following is the let- served as Gatekeeper at Pierce County Po- ter of nomination from State Master Duane mona Grange and as Lecturer, Overseer Hamp to National Grange Communica- and Master of the Washington State Grange tions Director Amanda Brozana. Youth Group. This would be Nick’s first Former Grange News editor “We have watched Nick become an ac- opportunity to attend a National Grange tive member and leader within our state convention. youth group over the last several years. Nick is in pre-major status for the broad- named Hero of the Grange This past year Nick has asked for greater cast journalism program at Central Wash- Longtime Grange News editor ganization was published. People, responsibility during our state convention ington University where he is also a DJ at Dave Howard will be honored as a Pride and Progress: 125 Years of and we believe that this Communication the campus radio station where he routine- Hero of the Grange at the National the Grange in America, released by Fellow position may just be the perfect ly interviews members of the community Grange convention in New Hamp- the National Grange, has been well match for both Nick and for the Wash- as part of the weekly show. This experience shire in November. received by readers nationwide. ington State Grange going forward. We has allowed Nick the opportunity to use Dave served as director of infor- Previously Dave had written News continue to miss the public relations work and become proficient with many different done for the Washington State Grange by types of audio-visual equipment. mation for the Washington State Handbook for Granges which also is the late Adrian DeVries and see an oppor- We believe Nick to be committed to our Grange and editor of the Washing- enjoyed and widely used across the tunity to work Brother Nick into a similar organization for the long-term and we have ton State Grange News from March nation. role. If selected, we anticipate funding for no doubt that he will be a fantastic repre- 1993 to Aug. 2010. He previously “Brother Howard is one of those Nick’s travel will come from a combina- sentative of the Washington State Grange held the same position from 1981 to rare individuals who always puts the tion of local community Granges and the and of the National Grange if selected to 1988. good of the Order first and who al- Washington State Grange. serve as a 2013 Pfizer Communication Fel- “As director of information for the ways makes everything he touches “Nick is 19 years old and is a member low.” Washington State Grange and edi- better,” wrote Chris. “His dedica- tor of the Washington State Grange tion to making our organization rel- November issue deadline – October 8 News, Dave established a standard evant and to ensuring that its legacy of excellence second to none and set endures is not only greatly appreci- the bar for the rest of the country,” ated, but is inspiring.” wrote National Pomona Christine Dave will be honored along with Hamp in her nomination letter to the winners from other states at the He- National Grange. roes of the Grange luncheon Nov. In 1992, in honor of the 125th an- 11. Previous honorees from our state niversary of the National Grange, include Ted and Zula Bryan and Dave’s 336-page history of the or- Rusty Hunt. 2 WASHINGTON STATE GRANGE NEWS Setting up your own Grange website is free, easy to do By Christie Vintilo easy as 1-2-3, and it’s free. Plus you can State Deputy at Large get points on your Distinguished Grange Do your subordinate and Pomona Grang- application for doing it. es have websites? Mine do. And I set them 1. Call the National Grange Information- both up. al Technology Department at 1-888-447- Oh, I was terrified of doing them myself 2643 ext. 101 or e-mail them at info@na- but my daughter was going to do it with tionalgrange.org and tell them your Grange me. She’d had her own webpage since she was a teen. The problem was, she lives two name, number, and state. counties away and we were having trouble 2. National Grange will send you every- finding time to get together to work on thing you need to get set up. them. Finally, after having responded, “No 3. Follow the instructions, set up your report, Worthy Master,” an embarrassing website, then brag to all your friends and number of times, I decided it was time to fellow Grangers. (They don’t have to know how easy it was.) Swauk Teanaway Grange will be the site for the signing of the documents for take a deep breath and jump in. I had the directions that we’d picked purchase of 50,000 acres in the Teanaway River Valley by Washington State. As simple as the websites for my Grang- up at the National Grange convention in As of that Oct. 1 signing date, this land will become the state’s first Com- es are, they look pretty good, and yours Boise, but they didn’t seem to be getting will, too. Check these out: http://www. munity Forest, a first-ever partnership between state agencies and the local me to where I needed to go. So I fired off community. It is also the first purchase under the umbrella of the Yakima grange.org/southunionwa860/ and http:// an e-mail to National Grange. The next day www.grange.org/thurstoncountywa8/. Integrated Plan and the largest private land purchase since 1968 when the I had a response. They gave me a website state bought the L. T. Murray Wildlife Area, 106,400 acres near Ellensburg. A address, user name, and temporary pass- Citizens Community Forest Advisory Committee will be formed so that local word. Best of all, they gave me a link to a GRANGES WITH stakeholders have a voice in how this resource is managed. On Aug. 17 a YouTube video with step-by-step instruc- panel of those involved in putting together this acquisition (pictured above) tions. I watched the video and it looked MEMBERSHIP GAINS spoke to residents about the history of the negotiations and the importance pretty simple, but I was still feeling inse- of land now and in the future was hosted by Friends of the Teanaway, a group cure. So I opened a second window on my August-September 2013 of Teanaway residents and land owners who have worked to keep the com- computer. In one window, I watched the Brewster #1018 1 munity aware of the this and other land uses in the valley. Thank you to instructional video, on the other I set up the panelists Urban Eberhart, Ellensburg farmer and longtime citizen activist in- web page. Watch the video, pause; do that Crystal #1126 2 volved in water/irrigation issues; Senator Jim Honeyford of Sunnyside, Chair step on the new website; watch the next East Hill #786 2 step on the video, pause; do that step on the of the Senate Capital Budget Committee who played a critical role in this Grays River #124 3 purchase; Representative Judy Warnick of Moses Lake, Ranking Republican new website. on House Capital Budget Committee, who was able to get bi-partisan support Before long, I had the webpage up and Issaquah Valley #581 1 to fully fund the Teanaway land purchase in the Democrat-controlled House; running for my subordinate Grange. I was feeling pretty good about it, so I set up the Mclane #383 2 Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark, Chairman of the Board of Pomona site, too, including a page for the N Willapa Harbor #947 2 Natural Resources and manager of DNR; Michael Livingston, Region 3 Direc- local Grange camper club. I did both sites Pleasant Hill #101 1 tor for Department of Fish & Wildlife, based in Yakima; Cynthia Wilkerson, in the same afternoon with time to spare. Regional Conservation Representative for The Wilderness Society; and Com- I was, and still am, pretty proud of my- Quimper #720 2 missioner Paul Jewell, District 1, Lead Kittitas County Commissioner in the self. I haven’t posted any photos because San Juan Island #966 3 Teanaway purchase. the ones I’d like to use are too big (1 MB limit) so I need to contact National Grange Silver Lake #105 2 for some advice on that. It’s a work in prog- South Bay #250 1 ress, but at least we have a forum for shar- ing information with our members, friends, Swauk-Teanaway #984 2 and the whole wide cyber world. Tyler #610 1 Setting up your Grange.org website is In Memoriam Gerald L.
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