Washington State
125th STATE
CONVENTION ISSUE
Grange News
June 2014
Informing Grangers Since 1912
103rd Year No. 6
The 125th annual Washington State Grange convention takes place in Vancouver June 24-28. You’ll find everything you need to know to participate in this
issue of the Grange News. Amid all the hard work and celebrating 125 years, you should have some time to check out the sights in this beautiful city on the
Columbia River. Above is an autumn time photo of one of those sites, Vancouver’s Grist Mill. For more sights, check out the pictures on page 6 of this issue.
(Photo courtesy of Vancouver USA Regional Tourism Office)
Co-op group names hall improvement contest winners
Significant improvements to the interior of the hall and funding those improvements strictly through donations and rental
income combined to bring Clark County’s
Barberton Grange’s entry in the 2014
Grange hall improvement contest to the
top.
The nearly $6,000 project included a major kitchen upgrade, necessary because of
the very popular monthly breakfast. Member volunteers installed a triple sink and a
dishwasher, along with a remodel of the
overhead counter light. New double doors
were installed on the main hall. New cabinets and a countertop were installed to give
two of the hall’s steady renters more room
to work. The beams and posts in the dining
room were refinished, and new linoleum
was installed in the kitchen and doorway.
The end result was a much brighter,
cleaner and more useable kitchen for the
members and their guests and renters. For
their excellent work, Barberton will be
awarded a plaque and $500.
Taking home a second place plaque and
check for $400 is Pioneer Grange in Clark
County. A major kitchen renovation was
undertaken, one that will lead to a certified
kitchen status. Gaining that status makes
the hall more attractive to potential renters.
To that end, members installed a commercial oven, a Combi oven, a hand washing sink, a stainless steel back splash and
replaced the old Formica. The completed
work was just phase 1. Phase two is currently underway and includes the demolition of an outdated work area, the creation
of two new food prep areas with storage
and the installation of a buffet. A hood and
fire suppression system has been purchased
July issue deadline – June 3
and is being installed behind the stove.
Taking third place and $300 was Kellogg Marsh Grange in Snohomish County.
Members started discussing completely refurbishing both the upstairs and downstairs
of the hall. The massive project was completed in part by volunteers and included
new flooring for the hall, new toilets in the
upstairs bathrooms and paint for the hall.
The entire downstairs was repainted and
new vinyl flooring was installed.
The result was pretty striking. The interior of the hall is much brighter and cleaner,
and is a lot more user friendly.
Newaukum Grange in Lewis County too
fourth place and was awarded $200. The
work was completed using funds earned by
the Grange for things like rentals, coffee
stops and general donations.
Insulation was upgraded and added to
various locations of the building. Roof
vents were added to the dining room. A
new handicapped ramp was installed.
Some of the major shrubs in front of the
hall had to be removed to make room for
the ramp. The roots from some plants were
damaging the hall’s foundation, so they too
were removed. Lastly, the outdated fire extinguishers were replaced.
Prizes for the hall improvement contest
are donated by the Grange Cooperative
Group. Every Grange that enters gets a
town hall marker for their hall. Other en-
tries included Deer Lagoon (Island County), Beacon Hill (Chelan County), Sunnyside (Cowlitz County), Rome (Whatcom
County), and Riverside Valley (Pierce
County). Prizes will be awarded during
the Cooperative Group presentation at this
year’s state convention.
2014 state convention
information inside:
Page 2: Beard growing contest,
golf tournament, Directions to
golf course, UPDATED lodging
information, meal information
(picnic, celebration banquet,
Family Living breakfast), and
IMPORTANT TRAFFIC INFORMATION.
Page 4: Committee list.
Page 6: Tentative schedule,
entry form for bowling tournament.
June 24-28, 2014
Red Lion Inn at the Quay
Vancouver
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WASHINGTON STATE GRANGE NEWS
STATE CONVENTION MEALS
Due to the fact that we are in a hotel/
convention center, we are unable to offer
daily lunch service this year. The hotel restaurant will be open and there are several
restaurants within ten blocks of the hotel/
convention center.
The following group meals have been
scheduled for the convention:
• 125th Anniversary Picnic: to be held
Wednesday, June 25 at 12 p.m. at Vancouver Landing (50 feet downriver from the
hotel). The cost is $10. This is an old fashioned picnic with chicken breasts, roll, potato salad, fruit tray, strawberry shortcake,
and lemonade or iced tea. After picking up
your lunch, you may eat in the amphitheater or take your lunch elsewhere. Order
tickets on the meal ticket order form.
• Family Living Breakfast: to be held
Thursday, June 26 at 7 a.m. at the Red Lion
at the Quay. The cost is $20. This is a plated breakfast that includes scrambled eggs
with cheddar cheese and fresh chives, bacon, roasted breakfast potatoes, breakfast
breads, coffee and tea. Order tickets on the
meal ticket order form.
• Has Beens Luncheon: to be held Thursday, June 26 at 12 p.m. in the Vancouver
Room at the Red Lion Inn at the Quay. Will
order off of a limited menu and pay individually.
• Celebration Banquet: to be held Thursday, June 26 at 6:30 p.m. in the Ballroom
at the Red Lion Inn at the Quay. The cost
is $26. This is a plated dinner that includes
starter salad, grilled breast of chicken with
sautéed mushrooms, onions, and thyme,
provolone served with penne pasta, fresh
vegetables, rolls and butter, coffee, tea, and
dessert. Order tickets on the meal ticket order form.
• GROW Club Breakfast: to be held Friday, June 27 at 6:30 a.m. in the Vancouver
Room at the Red Lion Inn at the Quay. Will
order off of a limited menu and pay individually.
• Past Family Living District Directors
Luncheon: to be held Friday, June 27 at
6:30 p.m. in the Vancouver Room at the
Red Lion Inn at the Quay. Will order off of
a limited menu and pay individually.
2014 STATE GRANGE CONVENTION MEAL TICKET ORDER FORM
Name_______________________________________________________________
Grange Name_________________________________________________________
Telephone (________)________ Email (if available)_________________________
Wednesday, June 25
______125th Anniversary Picnic Lunch Thursday, June 26
@ $10 each___________
______Family Living Breakfast
@$20 each____________
______Celebration Banquet
@ $26 each____________
TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED
___________
Make checks payable to: West Side Convention District
Mail tickets/order form to:
Terry Abbott
PO Box 8
Silver Creek, WA 98585
Directions to the Green Mountain Golf Course
East on SR 14 (towards Camas) to the 192nd Avenue exit. North on 192nd
Avenue, past The Home Depot and Costco, to NE 13th Street. East (right)
on NE 13th Street to Ingle Road (approx 2 mi). North (left) on Ingle Road to
2nd driveway on your right into parking lot.
Address: 2817 NE Ingle Road, Vancouver, WA 98682.
Phone: (360) TEE-TIME.
Web site: www.golfgreenmountain.com.
Directions to the Red Lion Inn at the Quay
I-5 South to Exit 2 (Mill Plain Blvd.)
Right onto Mill Plain Blvd. (becomes 15th Street)
After six blocks, turn left onto Columbia Blvd.
Inn at the Quay is about two miles on your right
WARNING: About 35 percent of Southwest Washington residents work in Oregon. The I-5 freeway is the main thoroughfare from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and traffic
can be atrocious.
To avoid rush hour traffic:
I-5 South to Exit 4 (78th Street)
Right on 78th for two blocks
Left onto Hazeldell Ave. Travel south for about 1.5 miles
Turn right on Main Street. Travel south for about 2.1 miles
Right on Evergreen Blvd., follow for two blocks
Left on Columbia Street. Travel south for about 10 blocks
Inn at the Quay is on the right
Pomona Calendar
CLALLAM���������������� June 9 at Quillayute; 6 p.m. potluck, 7 p.m. meeting.
CLARK���������������������� June 2 at Mt. Valley; 6 p.m. Family Living and Lecturer conference.
June 11 at Fargher Lake; 6 p.m. meeting.
PEND OREILLE������ June 14 at Camden; 10 a.m. meeting, noon potluck.
PIERCE��������������������� June 7 at Roy; 10 a.m. meeting.
SKAGIT��������������������� June 4 at Summit Park; 7 p.m. meeting.
THURSTON�������������� June 5 at Deschutes; 7 p.m. meeting. Floral arranging contest.
WHATCOM�������������� June 17 at location to be determined. Flower contest.
YAKIMA�������������������� June 20 at Tieton; 6 p.m. potluck, 7 p.m. meeting.
125th convention beard growing contest
Contest open to Grange members only. All contestants must enter the contest at
registration by Tuesday afternoon or evening of the convention. Be prepared to have
your picture taken at the time of entry. Bears will be measured at time of registration.
The following categories will be judged:
1. Longest beard
2. Best full face beard
3. Best goatee
4. Best mustache
5. Most scraggly
6. Most unique
There will be a prize for each category. Winners will be announced later in the
week.
Book your 2014 state
convention lodging now
Book your convention lodging early
The 2014 convention committee has
secured a limited number of rooms
for delegates and others attending the
125th annual session June 24-28 in
Vancouver. Book early to secure lodging for you and your family.
The Red Lion Inn at the Quay has a
block of rooms reserved for convention
attendees. Rooms are $79 per night.
To reserve a room, call 360-694-8341
and ask for block code WAST0622 WA
State Grange Convention-Delegates
(RQ). The block is being held until
June 1.
Call them to reserve now at (866)
365-9867.
Three other motels have set aside 20
rooms each for Grange members:
Comfort Inn & Suites
401 East 13th Street
(855) 499-0001
This motel is downtown and Portland
is having a big event over the weekend
and have limited rooms.
Laquinta Inn & Suites
1500 NE 134th St
(360) 566-1100
Shilo Inn & Suites at Salmon Creek
13206 NE Hwy 99
(360) 573-0511
Ask for the 2014 Grange Convention
group rate when you make your reservation.
You may visit www.VisitVancouverUSA.com for more local information.
2014 State Grange “Green Mountain Scramble” Golf Tournament
The Westside Convention District will host a golf tournament June 23 at 9 a.m. at the
Green Mountain Golf Course at 2817 NE Ingle Rd, Vancouver, WA 98682.
The cost for the nine-hole tournament is $15 per player. Carts can be rented at the
rate of $8 per person.
Fill out the below form to participate. Make checks payable to Westside Convention
District. Mail completed forms and checks to Terry Abbott, PO Box 8, Silver Creek,
WA 98585.
Name: ________________________________ Phone: ___________________
Mailing address: __________________________________________________
City: ______________________________ State: ______ Zip: ______________
Your signature: ___________________________________________________
SPECIAL SCRAMBLE RULES
CLOSED SCRAMBLE: Each member of the team hits a drive off the first tee. The
best shot is selected and everyone plays from this drive, except the golfer whose drive was
selected is not allowed to hit the next shot. This way your best golfer will not dominate all
shots.
Each team will continue to select the best shot until holing out. If your ball is chosen the
best shot, then you will not be allowed to hit. Remember, the person who holes out is the
last to hit and will not be eligible to drive off the next tee.
Anyone who has played less than 10 rounds of golf may tee the ball up using a tee on all
shots, except on greens or in traps.
WIFFS: Swings that miss the ball (balls traveling less than three feet with a full swing)
do not count and may be tried again without penalty.
Awards will be given for balls closest to the pin on the number two and six holes. Awards
will also be given for the longest drive on number eight.
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Please mail to:
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PO Box 1186
Olympia, WA
98507-1186
JUNE 2014
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Get to work now on your 2013-2014
Distinguished Grange applications
It is time, if you haven’t already, to begin completing the Distinguished Grange
application for 2014. The application is a single, two-sided page of check boxes: no
notebook, no essays, no photos; either you have met each criterion or you have not. To
qualify as a Distinguished Grange, as recognized by National Grange, you must attain
at least 100 out of a possible 165 points as assigned on the application. The four-quarter time period for this application is July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014. I am expecting a minimum of 24 and more like 36 community Granges to submit a Distinguished
Grange application this year. To achieve this participation I encourage every one of
our current Distinguished Granges to assist at
least one other community Grange in your area
in completing the application. I know from my
travels and from talking with our members that
we have dozens and dozens of Granges that
should easily meet the 100-point threshold to
become a Distinguished Grange, so let’s get
it done! The 2014 Distinguished Grange application will be included in every delegate
docket at our upcoming state convention, it is
also available on our Washington State Grange
website (www.wa-grange.org) or let me know
that you need an application and I will email
it to you.
Remember my challenge to every Grange
in the state (Junior, Community and Pomona)
to be involved with our upcoming 125th annual convention someway, somehow. The
Duane Hamp
good news is that even at this point in time if
a member is not planning on attending, if you
will not have a contest entry representing your
Pomona, if you do not have a talent entry representing your region or if you have not
written a resolution and submitted it for consideration, you still have several options:
you can send members to receive the Fifth and/or Sixth Degree, you can send an auction item for one of the departments (Junior, Youth, Lecturer, Family Living), you can
sponsor a Junior or Youth member or contact one of the Department Directors to see
what other needs they might have for session. Every one of our Granges, regardless
of size or location, is important and is the foundation on which the Washington State
Grange stands and from which we remain strong to our purpose. I sincerely hope that
every Grange is taking this challenge to heart and is making every effort to have their
name included in the Journal of Proceedings for our 125th annual convention.
Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to once again remind each and every
member and each and every Grange that you are what keep the Washington State
Grange’s voice viable, our actions pertinent and our future promising. As difficult as
it sometimes may seem to attract new members or to get your community involved,
please know that your efforts do make a difference, a huge and positive difference.
Keep up the great work!
Together, we can and will make a difference!
County Extension program
celebrates a century this year
By Holli Johnson
Legislative Director
As we prepare to celebrate 125 years of
the Washington State Grange I must point
out another significant anniversary that is
important to Washington State, the Grange,
rural folks and myself personally; the
County Extension program is celebrating
100 years this year.
The Smith-Lever Act of 1914
codified into federal law and provided funding for
outreach endeavors at the LandGrant Universities, such as our
own Washington
State University. Holli Johnson
The purpose of
the act was to expand the vocational, agricultural and home
demonstration programs in rural America.
The Act was unique at the time as it set up
a shared partnership among federal, state
and county levels of government. A funding formula was designed to insure that
there was support from each of the levels to
help the system achieve stability and leverage resources. Today, funding still comes
from federal, state and county resources,
but grants and outside funding also make a
large chunk of the budget.
With the creation of the extension services in 1914 it stimulated innovative
research and vital educational programs
for youth and adults on a wide range of
topics including agriculture, gardening,
economic development, parenting, nutrition, sustainable development and more.
WSU Extension has served the residents of
Washington through its accessible, learnercentered, relevant, high-quality educational programs. Today, county extension is
in every community across the state. The
county extension office has evolved with
the times to be relevant in both urban and
rural communities.
State Grange Foundation awards scholarships
The Washington State Grange Foundation has awarded scholarships to deserving
students for the 2014-15 school year.
Levi Allen was awarded the $1,000 Marie Snyder Memorial Scholarship. Levi
is a member of Rimrock Grange in Adams County. Levi graduates from Washtucna High
School this year and plans
to study Food Science at
Walla Walla Community
College.
Two $500 Family Living
Scholarships were awarded. One went to Cady Hunt,
daughter of State Membership Director Rusty Hunt.
The St. Andrews Grange
member will graduate from
Almira/Coulee-Hartline
High School this year and
plans to attend the University of Idaho to
earn a degree in Dietetics. The second went
to Sierra Northcutt, a member of Collins
Grange. After graduating from Franklin
Pierce High School she plans to work toward a career as a dental hygienist or x-ray
technician.
The Martha Hamp Memorial Scholarship, also for $500, was set up in honor
of the mother of State Master Duane
Hamp and was awarded to two applicants:
Brandon Northcutt, a member of Collins
Grange studying to be a secondary education science teacher at Pacific Lutheran
University; and Monique Isaak, a St. Andrews Grange member who is graduating
Almira/Coulee-Hartline this year and plans
to earn an Elementary Education Degree at
Washington State University.
The $500 Officer’s Memorial Scholarship went to Hannah Korsgaard. The Steele Lake
Highline Grange member
is attending Whitworth
University and is studying
for a career as a nurse.
Two Delpha Goude Agricultural Scholarships for
$500 were awarded. One
went to Elisabeth Edwards,
a member of Washington
Grange who plans to earn a
Bachelors of Theatre, Math
and Education at Western
Oregon University after
earning her associates degree at Centralia College. Another went to Centerville
Grange member William Bowdish. He
is majoring in Agriculture at Walla Walla
Community College.
The $500 Nob Hill Scholarship went to
Melinda Craig. She’s a member of Waller
Road Grange working toward a Bachelors
Degree in Environmental Sciences at The
Evergreen State College.
The Fox Island Scholarship went to Aaron Gwin. The Humptulips Granger and son
of State Youth Director Jerry Gwin will use
the $500 award to continue his studies in
Mathematics at Western Washington University.
Taylor Browning, a member of Mossyrock Grange and daughter of past State Flora Janice Browning, earned the $500 Bear
Creek Scholarship. After graduating from
Mossyrock High School this year she plans
to study to be an athletic trainer at Eastern
Washington University.
The $500 Norman Buccholz Ag Scholarship went to Camas Valley Grange member
Cassandra Ward. She will graduate with a
Bachelors Degree in Pre-Vet/Animal Science next year, then plans to attend the
Washington State Veterinarian School or
another school that offers a veterinary program.
Goldendale Grange member Madison
Holbrook was awarded the $500 Koss Kiona-Benton Agricultural Scholarship. After
graduating Goldendale High School she
plans to attend Columbia Gorge Community College and eventually earn a degree
in Environmental Engineering and Agriculture.
The $500 Kittleson Ag Scholarship went
to Abigail Stoeckler. She’s a member of
Lincoln Creek Grange who graduates from
Centralia High School this year. After that
she will study Agriculture at Centralia College.
The scholarship committee wants to
thank everyone who applied and wishes
each and every applicant goes on to live a
happy and productive life.
I can honestly say that I wouldn’t be the
person I am today if it wasn’t for the Cooperative Extension program, particularly the
4-H program. I was a 4-H kid from about
the first-grade until my high school years.
My mom worked at the Cooperative Extension office in Mason County for 31 years,
starting before I was in school.
It may surprise a few of you that I was
once a shy timid kid. The 4-H club I belonged to was the Kamilche Klovers. As
a member of the club we were required
to give one demonstration speech, have at
least one entry in the county fair and complete a community service project either
individually or as a group. I can remember
my first demonstration speech like it was
yesterday, I was probably about 7 years
old. I remember being absolutely terrified
to stand up in front of a group and give a
five minute presentation. Now I credit my
ability to get up in front of people and talk
their ears off to those years of demonstration speeches. As a teen I participated in the
state teen leadership conferences at WSU.
It was there that I learned about being successful in school and work, how to develop
and cultivate teamwork in your everyday
life and, most importantly, that nothing was
out of reach.
In our state, WSU Extension provides
education and research to individuals
throughout the state, empowering them to
pursue their interests, develop their talents,
support their families, and improve their
communities. Congratulations Extension
service here’s to another 100 years.
Grange E-mail Addresses
• State Master Duane Hamp:
[email protected]
• Holli Johnson, Legislative Director:
[email protected]
• Sophia Keller, Executive Assis tant: [email protected]
• Rebecca Scott, Receptionist:
[email protected]
• Cherri Crain, supplies:
[email protected]
• Patti Cochran, Accountant:
[email protected]
• Dan Hammock, Grange News:
[email protected]
• Nancy Drake, Membership Records: [email protected]
General: [email protected]
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Duane Hamp, Executive Editor
Dan Hammock, Editor
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WASHINGTON STATE GRANGE NEWS
AN EYE ON MEMBERSHIP
Get what your Grange wants
By Rusty Hunt
Membership Director
Have you ever heard the famous Zig Ziglar quote, “Get all that you want out of
life by helping others get what they want?” Well, I’m here to tell you that it works
for Granges too! Granges can get all that they want by helping the community get
what they want.
This is a really simple concept as long as your Grange knows what it wants. So
how do we find out what our Grange wants? Well, that is simple; spread the word
that at the next meeting we will be talking about what we want for our Grange.
Then when you come to the new business
or even the Lecturer’s program you can
pass out 3x5 note cards and have everyone list things that they would like for
the Grange. Next, collect the cards and
have one person read them all out loud
and have another person make a list on
big sheets of poster paper or a flip chart
so that everyone can see the entire list.
Simple, isn’t it? That makes for a simple
list that everyone can now go home and
think about.
The same process works for the community but your Grange will need to maybe invite the fire chief, town marshal,
county sheriff, mayor and city council, business owners and other community
leaders to the meeting and repeat the process with the simple question, “What does
this community need?”
Once a Grange can see what the needs of the community are in the eyes of the
citizens the Grange can then go to work on helping the community fill those needs.
I think that you will all see that by inviting the community in to the Grange, listening to its needs and then being proactive on filling those needs the Grange will start
seeing some of the things on their own wants list starting to come true. I’ve seen it
happen and it can happen for your Grange.
Zig Ziglar was a master motivator. He has written many books and has lots of
great material for all to see and use. I hope that you take some time to look him up
online or at the library and take advantage of his life’s work to make things better
for yourself and for your Grange.
GIA CALLS FOR DIRECTOR NOMINATIONS:
The position for Director in District 1 and District 5 is up for election in March
2015. The Grange Insurance Association is a mutual company having special regulations lawfully applicable to its organization, membership, policies or contracts of
insurance.
By virtue of this policy, the policyholder is a member of the company and is entitled to vote, in person, by mail, or by electronic means approved by the Board of
Directors. The annual meeting of the members of the company shall be held on the
third Monday of March at 10:00 a.m. at the Home Office of the Grange Insurance
Association.
The Directors are elected by the members at the member’s annual meeting each
year. Pursuant to the procedures set forth in Article II, Section 3, (b) of the GIA
Bylaws, the Nominating Committee shall submit a slate of candidates for the open
positions on the Board of Directors. Additional candidates may be nominated by
petition pursuant to the procedures of Article II, Section 3 (e) of the Bylaws. Such
petitions must be signed by at least fifty (50) members who reside in the same district in which the candidate resides.
The qualifications for Director can be found in the GIA Bylaws Article II section
3 b. Director Eligibility. In summary a person to be eligible for nomination or election as a Director must be currently a member of this Association for five (5) consecutive years. The person and his/her spouse is not and has not been, within three
(3) consecutive years, an officer (such as president, vice-president, etc.), director,
manager, partner, master, overseer, member of an executive committee, or holder
of a similar position with any State or National Grange or affiliate thereof; other
than a Director of this Association or its affiliated insurance companies; and (iii)
the person and his or her spouse (if any) is not a director, officer, manager, agent,
broker, or employee of an insurance company that writes property and/or casualty
insurance other than a Director who is an agent of this Association or its affiliated
insurance companies at the time these Bylaws are adopted. Candidates for nomination who attain the age of 72 years or older by the annual meeting for which they
are a candidate for election may not serve as Director, unless that candidate at the
time of his/her election is a serving Director of the Association. Serving Directors
of the Association who attain the age of 80 years or older by the annual meeting for
which they are a candidate for election are not eligible for nomination as a Director
unless they are a serving Director at the time these Bylaws are adopted. Temporary
vacancies resulting from death, disability or resignation of a Director shall not be
deemed to reduce such total regular membership.
To be considered by the Nominating Committee, applications must be received
by the Corporate Secretary no later than August 1, 2014. Applications may be
found on www.Grange.com. If no application is received candidacy may also be
achieved through the petition process.
Mail petitions for candidacy for Director to the Association’s Home Office, attention of the Corporate Secretary, at P.O. Box 21089, Seattle, WA 98111-3089. All
nominations must be received by the Corporate Secretary by December 1, 2014 for
placement on the ballot.
District 1 consists of Adams, Lincoln, Spokane, and Whitman counties in Washington.
District 5 consists of Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Island, King, San Juan, Skagit,
Snohomish, and Whatcom counties in Washington.
2014 State Grange committees (subject to change)
Agriculture
Rick Nelson, Thurston Pomona #8 Chair
Rex Ogden, Sunnyside #129 Vice Chair
Fred Grant, Clallam Pomona #31
Larry Helm, Whatcom Pomona #6
James Loomer, South Lake Stevens #690
Michael Schwartz, Excelsior #37
Bob Egland, Addy #603
Mary Hunt, St. Andrews #832
Audit
June Hendrickson, Steele Lake Highline
#805 Chair
Joan Frymire, Cowlitz Pomona #7 Vice Chair
David George, Kellogg Marsh #136
Nancy Harrington, Catlin #199
Julie Robbins, Samish Valley #926
Constitution & Bylaws
Wayne Miller, Ralston #943 Chair
Allan Harrington, Catlin #199 Vice Chair
Wayne Adams, Mt. Olive #986
Helen Gardner, McMillin #848
David Johnson, Clark Pomona #1
Chuck Prochaska, Deer Lagoon #846
John Neff, Kettle River #1120
Conservation & Ecology
Walt Radmer, Espanola #698 Chair
Krist Novoselic, Grays River #124 Vice
Chair
John Richmond, Quillayute Valley # 661
George Ohlsen, Tualco #284
Richard Lefever, Goldendale #49
Gary McGill, Hopewell #518
Nadine Johnston, Greenwood Park #590
Credentials
Davona Gwin, Humptulips #730 Chair
Sherry Cummins, Inland #780 Vice Chair
Toni Blanchard, Silverdale #879
Melvin Knott, Meridian #265
Cindy Kuosk, Haynie #169
Geneal Palmer, Ohop #812
Barb Scherrer, Garden City #280
Education Jean Swift, Skagit Valley #646 Chair
Rhonda Corey, Kitsap Pomona #21 Vice
Chair
Lois Richmond, Quillayute Valley #661
Loretta Grant, Clallam Pomona #31
Emil Moilanen, Crescent #1123
Marelene Conradi, Lewis Pomona #3
Susan Custance, Fredonia #545
Rhoda Pappajohn, Ohop #812
Alice Coakley, Oakview #311
Election
Carol Scherer, Kellogg Marsh #136 Chair
Lois Cummins, Inland #780
Janice Greene, Mossyrock #355
Viki Sharp, Brighton Park #163
Donna Egland, Addy #603
Fish & Wildlife
David Corey, Kitsap Pomona #21 Chair
Gene Frymire, Cowlitz Pomona #7 Vice
Chair
Dewane Ashbrooks, Tieton Grange #875
John Gardner, McMillin #848
Ray Rogers, Snohomish Pomona #12
Don Kapitanovich, Washington #82
Annette Herbert, Excelsior #37
Darell Myers, Mossyrock #355
Grange Activities
Joy Barrett, Sequim Prairie #1108 Chair
Lucille Bevis, Klickitat Pomona #5 Vice
Chair
Tom Gwin, Grays Harbor Pomona #28
William Weiss, Spring Hill #909
Carvel Eaton, Broadway #647
Darrell Peoples, Silver Creek/Ethel #150
Grange Law
Jimmy Smith, Celebration #1150 Chair
Jack Hendrickson, Steele Lake Highline
#805 Vice Chair David Bryant, Elk Plain #782
Chris Hamp, Five Mile Prairie #905
Shavanna Burlingame, Silver Creek/Ethel #150
Mike Beckman, Green Bluff #300
Health Care & Safety
Meta Rogers, Snohomish Pomona #12 Chair
Nancy Weiss, Spring Hill #909 Vice Chair
Vicky Loomer, South Lake Stevens #690
Judy Moilanen, Crescent #1123
Donna Lower, Summit Park #261
Julie Robbins, Samish Valley #926
Karen Derrey, Buena #836
Roxanne O’Hair, Garden City $280
National Legislative
Bob Clark, Sequim Prairie #1008 Chair
Alan Anderson, Issaquah Valley #581
Vice Chair
Carolyn McKern, Stevens PO #17
Michael Parker, Twanoh #1115
Michael Custance, Fredonia #545
Ann Fackenthall, Gardenspot #278
Marelene Conradi, Lewis Pomona #3
State Legislative/ Cooperatives
Tom McKern, Stevens Pomona #17 Chair
Tom Weston, Pierce Pomona #16 Vice Chair
Robert VanDyke, Selah Heights #608
Karen Jackson, Edgewood #266
Rita Klein, Black Lake #861
Cindy Hokenson, Pend Oreille #501
Taxation & Fiscal Policy
Denise McCartan, Black Lake #861 Chair
Jim Eaton, Broadway #647 Vice Chair
Scott Hackett, Whatcom Pomona #6
Norma Page, Benton Pomona #26
Marcy Belles, Oakview #311
Jimmy Cook, Siverdale #879
Transportation Roger Lance, Washington #82 Chair
Christie Vintilo, South Union # 860 Vice
Chair
David Fullerton, Meridian #265
Calvin Russell, Manor #1101
Karen Kayala, Summit Park #261
Susan Hegney, McIntosh #1001
Harold Hommel, Greenwood Park #590
Gary Kay, Deer Lagoon #846
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GRANGE HISTORY, PART 23
Grange names of Washington State
The names chosen for the various
Granges of Washington can tell us a good
deal about the history of the Patrons of
Husbandry within the state, and provide
some quirky fun.
In the state of Washington, juvenile and
junior Granges are nearly always given the
name of the sponsoring subordinate (or occasionally Pomona) Grange. The few that
have not are relatively recent examples
like East County Junior Grange #394 of
Grays Harbor County and Redwood Junior Grange #387, sponsored by Twanoh
Grange #1118 of Mason County.
Pomona Granges in Washington, unlike
some other parts of the country, are generally based on counties and thus usually
take the name of the county. When there
is more than one Pomona within a county,
obviously another name was chosen to differentiate the two or more entities. The
Pomona Granges not using a strict county
name were Columbia Pomona #1 (when it
included both Clark and Skamania Counties before being renamed Clark County
Pomona #1), Sunnyside District Pomona
#11 in Yakima County, East Klickitat Pomona #18 (begun but never completed for
Granges in the eastern part of Klickitat
County), Yakima District Pomona #19 of
Yakima County, Grain Belt Pomona #24 in
Okanogan County, Snake River Pomona
#27 (the renaming of Walla Walla County
Pomona #27 after the consolidation of the
Walla Walla and Franklin County Pomona
Granges), Methow Valley District Pomona
#30 of Okanogan County, West Klickitat
Pomona #32 in Klickitat County, Excelsior
District Pomona #37 of Stevens County
(and at one time also including several
Granges in Spokane County), North Okanogan Pomona #38 in Okanogan County,
Palouse District Pomona #39 of Whitman
County, New Freedom District Pomona
#40 in Spokane County, Upper Skagit Pomona #41 of Skagit County, Nesika Pomona #42 in Ferry County, Cascade Pomona
#43 as the name for the Pomona of Skamania County, Riverside District Pomona #44
in Yakima County, Pan Handle Pomona
#45 before being renamed Adams County
Pomona #45, Big Bend Pomona #46 of
Grant County, Colville Valley Pomona #47
in Stevens County, and Peninsula Pomona
#60 in Pierce County. In addition, Chehalis County Pomona #28 was renamed
Grays Harbor County Pomona after the
county itself was renamed.
More interesting, however, are the
names of the subordinate Granges of
Washington. The most usual practice is to
name a Grange after the town or community in which it is located. In a few instances,
Granges appear to be named for being near
two communities: Selamona Grange #989
(Yakima County) between Selah and Pomona, Ludlow-Chimacum Grange #1007
(Jefferson County), Salzer-Hanaford
Grange #1087 (Lewis County), and Skitopia Grange #1106 (Skagit County) between Skiyou and Utopia (earlier both
Skiyou Grange #235 and Utopia Grange
#234 had existed). Being an organization
primarily of rural areas (especially early
in its history), sometimes a Grange would
be organized in a poorly-defined area and
a name would be chosen for a geographical feature. This was sometimes also the
case even for Granges within established
communities. Less common are Granges
named for ideals or for individual people.
Granges named for ideals were particularly popular in the late nineteenth
and early twentieth centuries. Examples
include Union Grange #12 (Walla Walla
County), Excelsior Grange #14 (Whitman
County; later rechartered in Chelan County), Unity Grange #21 (Thurston County),
Home Grange #56 (Mason County; later
rechartered as Sequim Grange in Clallam
County), Enterprise Grange #85 (Klickitat
County), Unity Grange #107 (Snohomish County), Union Grange #109 (Lincoln
County), Enterprise Grange #110 (renamed
Reardan Grange later; Lincoln County),
Harmony Grange #119 (Spokane County;
later renamed South Valleyford Grange),
Prosperity Grange #122 (Skamania County; later renamed Carson Grange), Hope
Grange #155 (Lewis County), Harmony
Grange #173 (Whatcom County), Unity
Grange #184 (Lewis County), Fidelity
Grange #206 (Snohomish County; originally named Mountain View Grange), Alert
Grange #240 (Thurston County), Progress
Grange #304 (Mason County), Prosperity Grange #315 (Thurston County), Independent Grange #428 (Okanogan County;
renamed from Pleasant Valley Grange),
Union Grange #434 (Grays Harbor County), Good Hope Grange #583 (Whatcom
County), Progressive Grange #699 (King
County; later renamed Kennydale Grange
and later still Garden of
Eden Grange), Loyalty
Grange #724 (Okanogan
County), New Liberty
Grange #757 (Whatcom
County), Producers Grange
#762 (Lewis County),
Community Grange #855
(Lincoln County), Neighborhood Grange #891
(Spokane County), Liberty Grange #970 (Lincoln
County),
Independence
Grange #1021 (Spokane
County), and Celebration Grange #1150 (King
County). Some Granges that appear to fit
this pattern are actually named for localities or roads, such as Independence Grange
#207 (Lewis County), Utopia Grange #234
(Skagit County), Liberty Grange #272 (Yakima County), The Agate Grange #275
(Mason County), Home Grange #701
(Pierce County), Enterprise Grange #784
(Stevens County), Thrift Grange #804
(Pierce County; later renamed Kapowsin
Grange), Paradise Grange #884 (Spokane
County), and Opportunity Grange #899
(Spokane County).
A few Granges have been named for individuals. Noble Grange #494 and Noble
Grange #1003 (both of Pend Oreille County) seem to have been named for Grange
organizer H.J. Noble. Kegley Grange #639
(Pend Oreille County) was named for
Washington State Grange Master Carey
Kegley. Walter Rigsby Grange #998 (Garfield County) may have been named directly or indirectly for a pioneer settler of the
Pataha area by that name. John L. Arnold
Grange #1068 near Onalaska (Lewis County) appears to have been named for the donor of the land on which the hall was built.
Marcus Whitman Grange #1070 (Walla
Walla County) was, like so many things in
Washington, named for the pioneering missionary. James Sales Grange #977 (Pierce
County) was named for a nearby school
which was itself named for an early settler.
That settler may be the same James Sales
who was a member of the first Grange in
Pierce County, Muck Grange #40. Wendell
Phillips Grange #487 (Yakima County)
was most likely named for Wendell Phillips Road, itself probably named for the
noted abolitionist. Juan de Fuca Grange
#896 (Island County) was presumably
named for the Strait of Juan de Fuca, which
was named for the explorer. Jimmie Doyle
Grange #785 (Stevens County) may also fit
this category, but the information is scant.
Being named for geographic features or
for a community itself named for a geographic feature is very common among
Washington Granges. Because of that, certain words appear over and over in Grange
names in Washington. With five or more
instances each, the word “lake” or “lakes”
is a part of 38 subordinate Grange names,
while “river” or “rivers” is in 19, “creek” in
61, “bend” in five, “harbor” in six, “bay” in
five, “spring” or “springs” in 15, “island”
in 16, “park” in seven, “flat” or “flats” in
seven, “mount” or “mountain” in 29, “hill”
in 23, “heights” in 12, “ridge” in five,
“prairie” a part of 25, and “grove” in 10.
The big winner though is the word “valley” found in a remarkable 91 Washington
Grange names!
A menagerie could be assembled from
the Grange names that include beasts, gen-
erally from localities with animal names.
This would apply to Bear Prairie Grange
#76 (Skamania County), Salmon Creek
Grange #92 (Clark County), Salmon Creek
Grange #145 (Clark County), Big White
Salmon Grange #160 (Skamania County),
Curlew Lake Grange #175 (Ferry County), Trout Lake Grange #210 (Klickitat
County), Horseshoe Bend Grange #282
(Klickitat County), Deer Lagoon Grange
#360 (Island County), Rattlesnake Grange
#376 (Benton County), Bee Hive Grange
#385 (Chelan County), Tiger Grange #398
(Stevens County, later Pend Oreille County
when that county was created), Loon Lake
Grange #449 (Stevens County), Birdsview
Grange #466 (Skagit County), Bear Creek Grange
#479 (Okanogan County),
Deer Creek Grange #485
(Stevens County), Deer
Valley Grange #496 (Pend
Oreille County), Horse
Spring Coulee Grange #507
(Okanogan County), Horse
Heaven Grange #532 (Benton County), Swan Lake
Grange #612 (King County), Elkville Grange #624
(Clallam County), Cougar
Mountain Grange #628
(Asotin County), Beaver
Creek Grange #631 (Okanogan County),
Locust Grove Grange #640 (Benton County), Cub Creek Grange #675 (Okanogan
County), Eagle Cliff Grange #712 (Ferry
County), Cougar Flat Grange #738 (Lewis
County), Birdsview Grange #751 (Skagit
County), Deer Lake Grange #752 (Stevens
County), Elk Plain Grange #782 (formerly
Loveland Grange; Pierce County), White
Horse Grange #797 (Snohomish County),
Deer Lagoon Grange #846 (Island County), Salmon Creek Grange #849 (Clark
County), Badger Mountain Grange #867
(Douglas County), Rattlesnake Grange
#868 (Benton County), Crab Creek Grange
#933 (Lincoln County), Birdsview Grange
#957 (Skagit County), Horseshoe Grange
#965 (Snohomish County), White Swan
Grange #993 (Yakima County), Fox Island Grange #997 (Pierce County), Badger
Pocket Grange #1044 (Kittitas County–and
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one delightful name), Bear Creek Grange
#1083 (Snohomish County), and Elkhorn
Grange #1147 (Jefferson County).
Granges have long been associated
with hearty meals and Grange names in
Washington could make a banquet. Edible names include Fruit Valley Grange
#80 (Clark County), Pumpkin Center
Grange #149 (Lewis County; previously
named Cowlitz Grange), Cherry Valley
Grange #287 (King County), Fruit Mountain Grange #291 (Klickitat County), Walnut Grove Grange #313 (Benton County),
Fruitvale Grange #348 (Yakima County),
Onion Creek Grange #381 (Stevens County), Apple Blossom Grange #467 (Benton
County), Red Apple Grange #497 (Chelan
County), Strawberry Grange #499 (Benton
County), Apple Valley Grange #654 (formerly Tietonview Grange; Yakima County), Peach Grange #773 (Lincoln County),
Fruitland Grange #783 (Stevens County), Wheat Ridge Grange #838 (Lincoln
County), Wheatland Grange #952 (Whitman County), Mount Olive Grange #986
(Okanogan County), and Fruitland Grange
#999 (Pierce County).
Despite the confusion it can cause (and
the strong disapproval of longtime state
Secretary Fred W. Lewis), some names
have been given to more than one Grange.
Obviously, the number of the Grange is of
vital importance in such instances. Sometimes a duplicated name would arise from
a new Grange being organized in the same
community after an earlier Grange disbanded. Among those are Dayton Grange
#2 and Dayton Grange #1064 (Columbia County, although the earlier Grange
was in Walla Walla County because the
Grange predated the formation of Columbia County); Dixie Grange #5 and Dixie
Grange #1072 (Walla Walla County);
Washougal Grange #32 and Washougal
Grange #69 (Clark County); Skamakawa
Grange #64 and Skamakawa Grange #425
(Wahkiakum County); Woodland Grange
#47 (earlier Lewis River Grange #47) and
Woodland Grange #178 (Cowlitz County); Delta Grange #181 and Delta Grange
#760 (Whatcom County); Thorp Grange
#216 and Thorp Grange #1052 (Kittitas
County); Enumclaw Grange #279 and
Enumclaw Grange #689 (King County);
Granite Falls Grange #298, Granite Falls
Grange #448, and Granite Falls Grange
#857 (later renamed Granville Grange
See Grange names – page 8
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WASHINGTON STATE GRANGE NEWS
125th ANNUAL CONVENTION
VANCOUVER
JUNE 24-28, 2014
Sights around the convention site
(clockwise from top left): The Columbia
River Gorge, Captain George Vancouver statue, Catahlapotle Plankhouse,
the Columbia River at dusk, Fort Vancouver. (Photos courtesy of Vancouver
USA Regional Tourism Office)
2014 State Convention Schedule (Tentative)
YOUNG ADULTS/FAMILIES CAMPOUT
Come play with us at Bridgeport State Park, July 11-13! The Young
Adults/Families Department will be hosting a camp out for young
adults/families interested in having some fun with other Grangers.
There are many activities available at Bridgeport State Park and we
have reserved the group campsite for the weekend. There is room for
campers, trailers and those who bring their tents. We would like to
have a group potluck dinner on Saturday night. The cost for the weekend is $40 per campsite. Please RSVP Lisa Bowen and tell her what
kind of site you need. You can access the lake from the campground
as well as other amenities. Send your RSVPs to [email protected].
edu or message her on facebook.
Tuesday, June 24 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
8 a.m.-5 p.m.
8 a.m.
9 a.m.
10 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
1 p.m.
3 p.m.
4 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
8 p.m.
Wednesday, June 25 8 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
Noon
1:30 p.m.
2:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
7:45 p.m.
Thursday, June 26 7:30 a.m.-noon
7 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
10 a.m.
11:45 a.m.
Noon
1:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
Friday, June 27
8 a.m.
Noon
1:30 p.m.
5 p.m.
5-7 p.m.
5:10 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 28 8 a.m.
11 a.m. Noon
1:30 p.m.
Registration
Contest Check-in
Deputies Meeting
Committee Chair Meeting
Committee Meetings
Delegate Orientation
Memorial Service
Fashion Show
Reenactment
Dance
Open in the Sixth Degree
Recess for lunch
Picnic
First Degree
Second Degree
Third Degree
Fourth Degree
Dinner Break
Fifth Degree
Sixth Degree
Registration
Celebration Breakfast
Open in the Fourth Degree
Cooperative Group Reports
Group Photo
Recess for Lunch
Session Reopens
Session Closes
Celebration Banquet/Auction
Session Opens
Session Recesses, Ice Cream Social
Session Reopens
Session Closes
Department Open House
Talent Practice
Talent Show
Session Opens, Youth, Juniors
Leadership Award
Session Research
Session Reopens
Installation of Officers
JUNE 2014
7
The simple equation to membership gain: 2+2+2=NEW
By Karen Jackson
State Overseer
I’ve had a chance to visit many Granges
over the last year and see many things in
common. Some are great, like community
service, continuing the tradition of exemplification of degrees and programs like
Words for Thirds. But another commonality is lack of focus on gaining new members.
I remember going to Grange meetings
where there were 35-40 members present and Pomona meetings where the hall
was seated three rows deep. There was a
buzz of excitement in the air, people were
happy to see each other and the lecturer’s
programs took over an hour. What has happened? Where are our members? Where is
the fun?
We had it easy in the 60s and early 70s
when getting Grange Insurance meant you
needed to be a member of the Grange. We
didn’t have to work for members. We didn’t
have to look far for people to help out with
activities. So we became complacent and
we forgot how to ask people to join our
Grange. And when the requirement to be
a Grange member was dropped by Grange
Insurance, our membership took a deep hit
and has been dropping since.
Now, many of our Granges face serious
declines in membership and an aging roster
of active members. Some of you are lucky
to have a quorum and meet around the table. How can we change this? What can we
do differently?
The answer is 2+2+2=NEW. It’s all
about doing something to attract your community into your Grange hall. How do you
do that? First of all recognize that membership takes work. There is no magic wand.
There has to be action. So let’s look at this
formula of 2+2+2=New and see how it can
help you grow your Grange.
It’s simply three activities repeated twice
in year with the purpose of getting people
into your Grange hall and seeing an active and fun environment; two Educational
Features, two Grange Activities and two
Fundraisers. Now let’s look at each of them
individually.
Educational Features: Why do we need
Educational Features? Because our communities are hungry for information and
we can help with that! We can be the meeting place for discussions, education and
shared experiences. For example there is
a huge interest in backyard gardens. Invite
a master gardener and a local greenhouse
to demonstrate how to make the most use
of a small space when growing a garden.
Publicize it in your local paper. Tell your
neighbors. Put up posters at the church
and grocery store. Offer free refreshments.
Contact your local extension agent and get
a class going for canning, jams and jellies,
and pickling. Invite the Fish and Wildlife
Department to speak about new rules or issues with lakes in your area. There are a
multitude of ways to get people into your
Grange hall when you key into what interests them. We want people to see the
Grange as a source of information. Place
the Washington State Grange Handbook
near the refreshment table to spark interest
in our contests. Answer questions about the
contests and encourage entries.
Grange Activities: These are free functions that again, bring people from your
community into your hall where they
have fun, meet new people and make new
friends. It can be as easy as a Food Drive
game night. Pierce the Elk will appreciate
that! Maybe you set up a TV and host a
kid’s pajama party. Parents bring their kids,
blankets and pillows and crash out on the
floor while they watch a movie. Provide
popcorn and water bottles. What friendships you just created! How about pinochle
parties? I’m no fan of pinochle myself, but
I understand many people enjoy it, including my mom and dad. Provide coffee and
ask the card players to bring
a dessert. How about a Bunco Party? It’s very fun and
noisy. Charge for the game
and donate the proceeds
to a charity in your area,
maybe a school. Look at all
the people you just got into
your hall and had fun at the
same time! Now people are
starting to think about your
Grange hall as a fun place to
gather. Remember to put out
Grange brochures and the
legislative handbook. It will
spark a lot of conversation.
Fund Raisers: Aside from hall rentals,
fundraisers are necessary to put money into
our treasury for upkeep of our Grange and
for nest eggs that will take care of bigger
projects like hot water heaters, furnaces
and roofs. Any of you replaced any of those
this year? If you did, then you know how
important fundraisers are to the Grange.
What are the first three letters of fundraiser? F-U-N! Pancake Breakfast, Spaghetti
Feed, Cider Pressing, Harvest Festival, the
list is endless. All the folks that have been
enjoying the Grange Activities? Ask them
take a small role in your Fundraiser. Maybe
they make the salad for the spaghetti feed
and help with dishes. Maybe they sell tickets at the door, maybe the kids help bus the
tables. Some of them may say no, but some
of them will say yes! And once they see
how fun it is to have the hall full of people
also having fun, they will want to help you
again. REMEMBER TO THANK THEM
often, and in front of others, for their contribution. Have your Grange flyers out
where all that attend can see and read them,
as well as take them home. Dan Hammock
at Grange headquarters can help you custom design your own brochure. He’s great.
Now you’ve gotten folks from your
community into your hall for three differ-
ent events. What do you do now? Do it all
over again of course! I know, I know. You
don’t have enough members to do that.
Well, start with your friends and grandkids.
They have some really great ideas AND a
tremendous amount of energy. Trust them.
Listen to them. Let them host an event
themselves. Be there for support and to
answer questions. By empowering them
you’ll get them hooked.
Now comes the important part: ask them
to join. Don’t be discouraged if they say
no. Just keep asking. Some will join sooner
than others. Some will choose to stay volunteers but not join. That’s OK too.
Be positive with the members of your
community. Complaining never built a
Grange but a positive attitude along with
a positive interest in your community will.
Three simple activities done twice a year
will get your community into your Grange.
Your friends and neighbors will start thinking about the Grange as the place to be for
fun and information and a place of community service. An active Grange is a thriving
Grange.
That wasn’t so hard was it? Two Educational Features + two Grange Activities +
two Fundraisers = new members. Are you
up to the challenge?
Grange Websites
www.wa-grange.org
www.wagrangenews.org
www.nationalgrange.org
www.nationalgrangeyouth.org
www.nationaljuniorgrange.org
And be sure to like us on Facebook!
Several Yakima Valley Granges had a 125th anniversary banner made. A display was set up at the Yakima Co-op and daisy seed packets were handed
out, along with information about joining a local Grange. Pat Champoux from
Terrace Heights Grange is shown.
Your 2014 Program
Handbook is Nearby
This year’s Washington State
Grange Program Handbook is
available through department
heads and as an online publication. It is right at your fingertips
at any time on the State Grange
website.
Refer to the Handbook often
for details about contests and
programs from each Grange department. Valuable information
about Grange Foundation and
GIA scholarships is also in the
handbook.
WASHINGTON STATE GRANGE
PROGRAM HANDBOOK 2014
WASHINGTON
STATE GRANGE
P.O. BOX 1186
924 CAPITOL WAY SOUTH #300
OLYMPIA, WA 98507
(360) 943-9911
(800) 854-1635
www.wa-grange.org
www.wagrangenews.org
e-mail:
[email protected]
http://www.wa-grange.org/
ProgramHandbook2014.pdf
As an Arbor Day activity for April, Friday Harbor Grange members gave away
425 flowering currant shrubs. The shrubs were distributed to shoppers at the
local grocery outlet.
Download the Handbook file to your PC for
ready access.
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WASHINGTON STATE GRANGE NEWS
Grange names through the years
–From page 5
#857; Snohomish County); State College
Grange #329 and State College Grange
#652 (Whitman County); Grandview
Grange #353 and Grandview Grange #916
(Yakima County); Deer Lagoon Grange
#360 and Deer Lagoon Grange #846 (Island County); Salmon Creek Grange #92,
Salmon Creek Grange #145, and Salmon
Creek Grange #849 (Clark County); Rattlesnake Grange #376 and Rattlesnake
Grange #868 (Benton County); Birdsview
Grange #466, Birdsview Grange #751, and
Birdsview Grange #957 (Skagit County);
White River Grange #9 and White River
Grange #238 (King County); Fern Prairie
Grange #30 and Fern Prairie Grange #866
(Clark County); Puyallup Grange #41 and
Puyallup Grange #377 (Pierce County);
Sumner Grange #369 and Sumner Grange
#1081 (Pierce County); Peshastin Grange
#394 and Peshastin Grange #824 (Chelan
County); Black Lake Grange #395 and
Black Lake Grange #861 (Thurston County); Olalla Grange #406 and Olalla Grange
#1125 (Kitsap County); Silverdale Grange
#430 and Silverdale Grange #879 (Kitsap
County); Little Rock Grange #517, Little
Rock Grange #743, and Little Rock (or Littlerock) Grange #913 (Thurston County);
Tieton Grange #529 and Tieton Grange
#875 (Yakima County); Rock Island
Grange #525 and Rock Island Grange #789
(Douglas County); Steptoe Grange #43 and
Steptoe Grange #1005 (Whitman County);
Palouse Grange #44 and Palouse Grange
#177 (Whitman County–also in Whitman
County but totally separate are or were
South Palouse Grange #151, Palouse Valley Grange #196, North & South Palouse
Grange #1004); Allen Grange #546 and
Allen Grange #814 (Skagit County); Rockport Grange #552 and Rockport Grange
#1077 (later renamed Cascade Grange
#1077; Skagit County); Rochester Grange
#575 and Rochester Grange #852 (Thurston County); Valley Prairie Grange #601
and Valley Prairie Grange #827 (Spokane
County); Randle Grange #616 and Randle
Grange #865 (Lewis County); Johns River Grange #655 and John’s River Grange
#1092 (Grays Harbor County); Sequim
Grange #56 (previously Home Grange #56)
and Sequim Grange #626 (Clallam County–also Sequim Prairie Grange #1108);
Underwood Grange #653 and Underwood
Grange #1073 (Skamania County); Naselle
Valley Grange #672 and Naselle Valley
Grange #871 (Pacific County); Palix Valley
Grange #673 and Palix Valley Grange #873
(Pacific County); Quilcene Grange #680
and Quilcene Grange #1109 (plus Quilcene-Leland Valley Grange #1148; Jefferson County); Fertile Valley Grange #686
and Fertile Valley Grange #1094 (Pend
Oreille County); Stemilt Hill Grange #555
and Stemilt Hill Grange #1095 (Chelan
County); Othello Grange #693 and Othello
Grange #1134 (Adams County); White
Bluffs Grange #540 and White Bluffs
Grange #695 (Benton County); North Basin Grange #465 and North Basin Grange
#723 (Stevens County); Aladdin Grange
#390 and Aladdin Grange #747 (Stevens
County); Lummi Island Grange #754 and
Lummi Island Grange #925 (Whatcom
County); Moses Lake Grange #767 and
Moses Lake Grange #971 (Grant County);
Graham Grange #778 and Graham Grange
#962 (Pierce County); Sharon Grange #51
and Sharon Grange #800 (formerly Porter
Grange #800; Grays Harbor County); Camas Valley Grange #359 and Camas Valley
Grange #842 (Stevens County); Charter
Oak Grange #78 and Charter Oak Grange
#582 (Clark County); East Wenatchee
Grange #408 and East Wenatchee Grange
#1012 (Douglas County); Nanum Grange
#53 and Nanum Grange #1045 (Kittitas
County, although the earlier Grange was in
Yakima County because Kittitas County did
not yet exist); Scotch Creek Grange #427
and Scotch Creek Grange #950 (Okanogan County); Meadow Grange #247 and
Meadow Grange #877 (Skagit County);
Nooksack Grange #37 (later renamed Glen
Echo Grange #37) and Nooksack Grange
#202 (Whatcom County); Pleasant Valley
Grange #86 and Pleasant Valley Grange
#146 (Klickitat County); Nob Hill Grange
#112 (later Moxee Grange #112) and Nob
Hill Grange #671 (Yakima County–Knob
Hill Grange #436 of Okanogan County
may be pronounced the same way, but was
spelled differently); Tampico Grange #104
and Tampico Grange #912 (Yakima County); Thornton Grange #130 and Thornton
Grange #1053 (Whitman County); Peone
Grange #171 (later renamed Peone Prairie Grange #171) and Peone Grange #910
(Spokane County); Philmathian Grange
#165 and Philomathean Grange #975 (Garfield County; a slight spelling change, but
apparently the same locality); Pleasant
Grove Grange #172 and Pleasant Grove
Grange #978 (Garfield County); Rose Valley Grange #185 (earlier Pleasant Valley
Grange #185) and Rose Valley Grange #953
(Cowlitz County); Yacolt Grange #215
and Yacolt Grange #1114 (Clark County);
Skagit Valley Grange #230 and Skagit Valley Grange #620 (Skagit County); Morton
Grange #269 and Morton Grange #1066
(Lewis County); Moxee Grange #112 (earlier Nob Hill Grange #112) and Moxee
Grange #1061 (Yakima County); Mabton
Grange #516 and Mabton Grange #915
(Yakima County); Oak Harbor Grange
#62 and Oak Harbor Grange #316 (Island
County); Malaga Grange #490 and Malaga
Grange #577 (earlier Colokum/Colockum
Grange
#577; Chelan County);
Others were from totally
separate communities (often in different counties)
and sometimes were active
at the same time, causing
serious confusion. Those
in this category include
Lewis River Grange #47
(later Woodland Grange
#47, Cowlitz County)
and Lewis River Grange
#91 (Lewis County); Lincoln Grange #357 (later
renamed Matlock Grange #357; Mason
County) and Lincoln Grange #1065 (Yakima County); McKinley Grange #368
(Klickitat County) and McKinley Grange
#596 (Yakima County); Bear Creek Grange
#479 (Okanogan County) and Bear Creek
Grange #1083 (Snohomish County); Forest Grange #153 (previously Forest Union
Grange #153; Lewis County) and Forest
Grange #544 (Skagit County); Firwood
Grange #239 (Klickitat County) and Firwood Grange #1033 (Pierce County); Peninsula Grange #569 (Kitsap County) and
Peninsula Grange #1071 (Pierce County);
Wilson Creek Grange #263 (Kittitas County) and Wilson Creek Grange #764 and
Wilson Creek Grange # 935 (both Grant
County); Bluestem Grange #128 (Adams
County) and Bluestem Grange #776 (Lincoln County); Fruitland Grange #783 (Stevens County) and Fruitland Grange #999
(Pierce County); Chehalis Grange #26
(later renamed Elma Grange #26; Chehalis
County/Grays Harbor County) and Chehalis Grange #72 (Lewis County); Pioneer
Grange #15 (Whitman County) and Pioneer Grange #901 (Clark County); Liberty
Grange #272 (Yakima County) and Liberty Grange #970 (Lincoln County); Union
Grange #12 (Walla Walla County), Union
Grange #109 (Lincoln County), and Union
Grange #434 (Grays Harbor County); Unity Grange #21 (Thurston County), Unity
Grange #107 (Snohomish County), and
Unity Grange #184 (Lewis County); Fairview Grange #106 (Cowlitz County; later
renamed Fairhaven Grange #106), Fairview Grange #242 (Kittitas County), and
Fairview Grange #619 (Clallam County);
Olympic Grange #483 (Jefferson County)
and Olympic Grange #900 (Clallam County); Alfalfa Grange #477 (Walla Walla
County) and Alfalfa Grange #960 (Yakima
County); Daisy Grange #392 (Stevens
County) and Daisy Grange #627 (Whitman
County); Prosperity Grange #122 (later
renamed Carson Grange #122; Skamania County) and Prosperity Grange #315
(Thurston County); Riverside Grange #260
(Yakima County) and Riverside Grange
#959 (Skagit County); Evergreen Grange
#140 (Wahkiakum County) and Evergreen
Grange #1076 (Skamania County); Lakeside Grange #237 (Skagit County), Lake-
side Grange #820 (previously Barnaby
Creek Grange; Ferry County), and Lakeside Grange #1099 (further south in Ferry
County than #820); Highland Grange #330
(King County), Highland Grange #475
(Stevens County), Highland Grange #734
(Yakima County), and Highland Grange
#808 (Lincoln County); Blue Mountain
Grange #3 (Walla Walla County), Blue
Mountain Grange #629 (Asotin County),
and Blue Mountain Grange #979 (Garfield
County); Harmony Grange #6 (Walla Walla County), Harmony Grange #119 (later
renamed South Valleyford Grange #119;
Spokane County), Harmony Grange #173
(Whatcom County), and Harmony Grange
#685 (Ferry County); Star Grange #193
(Whitman County) and Star Grange #969
(Franklin County); North Star Grange #453
(Okanogan County) and North Star Grange
#830 (Lincoln County); Home Grange
#56 (Mason County; later rechartered as
Sequim Grange #56 in Clallam County)
and Home Grange #701 (Pierce County);
Enterprise Grange #85 (Klickitat County),
Enterprise Grange #110 (renamed Reardan
Grange #110, Lincoln County), and Enterprise Grange #784 (Stevens County); Pine
Grove Grange #115 (Whitman County)
and Pine Grove Grange #137 (Spokane
County); Alpha Grange #55 (King County)
and Alpha Grange #154 (Lewis County);
Rose Valley Grange #802
(Ferry County) and Rose
Valley Grange #185 (previously Pleasant Valley
Grange #185) and Rose
Valley Grange #953 (both
Cowlitz County); Mountain View Grange #98
(Klickitat County) and
Mountain View Grange
#206 (later renamed Fidelity Grange #206; Snohomish County); Spring Valley
Grange #23 (Walla Walla
County) and Spring Valley Grange #384 (Stevens
County until Pend Oreille
County created); South Side Grange #446
(later renamed Madrona Grange #446;
Pierce County) and South Side Grange
#1122 (Mason County); Lake View Grange
#97 (Clark County) and Lakeview Grange
#481 (Okanogan County); Spring Creek
Grange #95 (Klickitat County, plus Spring
Creek Union Grange #162, also in Klickitat County) and Spring Creek Grange #951
(Lincoln County); Independence Grange
#1021 (Spokane County) and Independence Grange #207 (Lewis County, with
Independence Valley Grange #1104 also
in Lewis County); and Mount Pleasant
Grange #73 (Skamania County), Mount
Pleasant Grange #186 (Cowlitz County),
and Mount Pleasant Grange #1112 (formerly Pleasant Mountain Grange #1112,
Clallam County). The most confusing,
though, are those names shared among
five Granges: Pleasant Valley Grange #86
(Klickitat County), Pleasant Valley Grange
#142 (Whitman County), Pleasant Valley
Grange #146 (Klickitat County), Pleasant Valley Grange #185 (later Rose Valley
Grange #185; Cowlitz County), and Pleasant Valley Grange #428 (later Independent Grange #428; Okanogan County) and
Central Grange #22 (Walla Walla County),
Central Grange #31 (Clark County), Central Grange #63 (Chehalis County, later to
become Grays Harbor County), Central
Grange #295 (Yakima County), and Central Grange #831 (Spokane County). It
seems that Manastash Grange #66 was near
Thorp while Menastash Grange #1054 is
southwest of Ellensburg, although both are
in Kittitas County. Kelly Hill Grange #488
seems to have been closer to Orient, with
Kelly Hill Grange #932 closer to Boyds,
but both in Stevens County.
The existence of Addy Grange #365 and
Addy Grange #603 overlapped for several years, although the latter was initially
known as Marble Valley Grange #603.
And Greenwood Grange #373 (Stevens
County), Green Wood Grange #644 (Snohomish County), and Greenwood Park
Grange #590 (Stevens County) were all
separate entities.
And then there are Granges with names
that are simply odd or whimsical. Tum Tum
Grange #526 of Stevens County was in the
community of Tumtum on Long Lake.
Dot Grange #252 and Sixprong Grange
#253 (both of Klickitat County) both seem
strange, but the names refer to a town and
a creek. Tillicum Wickiup Grange #606
near Snowden in Klicktat County may be
the most fun to say. Sweet Clover Grange
#635 (Spokane County) sounds very serene, as does Prairie Gardens Grange
#535 (Pierce County). Red Cabin Grange
#1091 is vivid and seems to refer to a local
creek. Highway Grange #840 of Spokane
County is descriptive, but seems unusual
for a Grange name. Big Bottom Grange
#268 of Lewis County is certainly evocative; it refers to the local river valley bottomland. Big Rock Grange #765 of Skagit
County and Big Bend Grange #1049 of
Grant County are not quite as good, but
Big White Salmon Grange #160 of Skamania County comes close in the battle of
big names. Valentine Grange #200 in Thurston County was supposedly so-named because it was organized on St. Valentine’s
Day. Rebel Flat Grange #1006 of Whitman
County conjures a vivid image, but that is
the name of a locality (near Union Flat; the
original settlers were from opposite sides
of the American Civil War). Oddly, Rising Sun Grange #58 (Cowlitz County) and
Sunrise Grange #1097 (King County) were
on the western side of the state while Sunset Grange #904 (Spokane County) was in
the eastern portion of the state. Likewise,
Oriental Grange #57 was in Clark County
in the western part of the state. And Wide
West Grange #75 was originally near
Fern Prairie in Clark County before being rechartered in Douglas County. Mill-A
Grange #1146 in Skamania County got its
name from the locality that shows its heritage in the lumber industry. Similar is perhaps the most unusual of all Washington
Grange names: Number Six Grange #83
of Klickitat County, named for an area that
was a local working camp.
This in nowhere near an exhaustive
study of Grange names in Washington, but
it gives an idea of the variety and imagination (or lack of same in the cases of the
multiple Central Granges and Pleasant Valley Granges) of the way Granges have been
named. It is also quite a lesson in local geography!
Montana Master,
spouse honored
guests at session
Marie Nicholson was first introduce
to and joined the Grange in 1981
and is a 33 year member of Corvallis
Grange #17 in Corvallis, Mont. She
has held several offices on the subordinate and Pomona levels as well
as Flora and Treasurer on the State
Level. She was also a co-Matron of
the Bitterroot Jr. Grange. In 1995 she
and her husband, Scott, represented
Montana as Young Couple in Harrisburg, Penn., and then in 1996 she
was part of the Youth Officer Team
in Spokane. Her main Grange focus
now is helping in the state office.
Scott grew up in the Grange and in
1975 became a member as soon as
he was able at 14, a third generation
Granger. He has held many subordinate and Pomona offices and worked
his way up through the state offices
and became Montana State Grange
Master in 2011.
JUNE 2014
9
Grange Connection
CLARK COUNTY
Barberton Grange members celebrated
the Grange’s 100th anniversary in May.
Monetary donations were received from
the Marshallaires, the Late Bloomers
Quilting Group, Linda Larson and members Greg and Linda Roth.
Washington Grange held a memorial
service for Lois Christierson and Leroy
Carson. The presentation was springtime
security, with tips on keeping your home
secure.
FRANKLIN COUNTY
Columbia Valley Grange members will
have a picnic July 13 at the home of Willetta Burns. There will be no meetings in
July or August.
GRAYS HARBOR/PACIFIC COUNTIES
Humptulips
Grange
members are busy planning their auction/dinner
which will be held May 17.
More than 120 items have
been donated for the auction. Proceeds go toward
the purchase of the community center. The Grange
youth group and 4-H club
hosted the community Easter egg hunt. There was
small attendance this year,
due to heavy rainstorms on
that day. A work party was
held to make repairs on the
hall. Grange members cleaned gutters and
reinstalled them on the hall. Humptulips
Valley 4-H Club members joined Grangers
and pruned the shrubbery and weeded the
garden area. Grange youth members collected nearly 150 hats, gloves, and mittens
for the Keep Washington Warm project.
The Grange has taken in seven new members in the past three months. Humptulips
now has a Facebook page to assist with
communicating with members and the
community.
North River Grange sponsored their
annual “18 Mile Garage Sale.” Many residents of the North River Road joined them
to all hold garage sales on the same day.
The Grange compiled the list of participating residences and distributed flyers. The
Grange was also open for lunch and a restroom stop, while participating as a sales
location as well. The Grange held a plant
and seed exchange. North River members
continue to operate the food bank and support several other causes.
North Willapa Harbor Grange held
a successful garage sale. Members have
started a quarterly newsletter. New lightweight tables were purchased for the hall
and restrooms were made handicapped
accessible. Plans are progressing for the
Strawberry Festival to be held in June.
Olympic View Grange took in a new
member in April. Members hosted a bicycle rally. The Grange donated to and attended the Pomona’s game night fund raiser and hosted the Pomona Grange contests.
Willapa Valley Grange held a Permaculture Event April 5 with excellent turnout.
A bicycle event was held April 19. The annual Plant, Garden, and Bake Sale was held
May 3 with excellent participation from the
community. A Raw Food event featuring a
chef and herbalist was held May 10. The
Grange is completing an application to
have their property designated as a backyard wildlife habitat.
ISLAND COUNTY
Deer Lagoon Grange met May 6. A
member of SWHS Ag. Class, Alex Duccini, was a featured speaker. Another guest speaker
was Hope Patrick outgoing
President of the Mt. Vernon High School FFA and
incoming FFA District 1
Treasurer. Jean Farnen was
honored for her 70 years
of service. She originally
joined Lone Yew Grange
in Lewis County in 1941.
Gerald Bell of Bell’s Farms
in Coupeville has been a
member for 55 years starting in San de Fuca Grange
in Coupeville. The third
member recognized was Ken Schillinger
for 40 years, all with Deer Lagoon Grange.
Rhonda Permenter accepted Terry Permenter’s award as Community Citizen of
the Year. Deer Lagoon was recognized by
Whidbey Island Conservation District as
this year’s “Outstanding Partner” for their
education and conservation activities.
KLICKITAT COUNTY
Stevenson Grange proudly announces
its 2014 “Community Resiliency” programs, which began in April and will run
through the end of the year. The program
started April 26 with “Wilderness Survival
101,” a presentation by John Carlson, Skamania County Emergency Management
Coordinator. Mr. Carlson gave the 17 attendees a great presentation and two demos, how to start a fire in rainy conditions
and how to build a basic shelter. Other
programs for the year will be as follows:
a drop-in Plant Clinic, presented by OSU
Master Gardeners is May 3; Wild Edibles,
presented three times by Lori Loranger
at Camas Library May 17, White Salmon
Library in June, and Stevenson Library in
July; “Dirt, The Movie,” will be presented at Stevenson Library May 24th with
a group discussion following the movie;
Canning (Master Preservers, from Clark
County) will be presented in Stevenson
Pomona News
GRAYS HARBOR/PACIFIC COUNTIES
Pomona held their Pomona level contest
for the Lecturer and Family Living departments. There were more than 300 entries
at the Pomona level this year. The Pomona
awarded six half campships to kids wanting
to attend Junior Grange Camp this summer.
The health and safety committee reported
on tips for taking care of one’s feet.
PIERCE COUNTY
Pierce County Gavel this year provided
the area with lots of socks. Waller Road
started the collection by stuffing a large
sock they made with more than 100 pairs
of socks. This sock will be taken to convention and given to the Junior/Youth group
for their donations. Collins continued the
theme by making a red tennis shoe stuffed
with pairs of socks. Ohop finished with
collecting socks in basins. Basins are what
people used for foot care at local senior
centers. In total members collected more
than 380 pairs of socks for men, women,
boys and girls.
SNAKE RIVER
Pomona chose Al Meyer as delegate
to the state convention at their May 17
meeting at Columbia Valley. A memorial
service was held honoring Edna Herres,
Phyllis Albin, Danell Hudlow and Bennett
Richmond. The next meeting will be Sept.
20 at Burbank.
THURSTON COUNTY
Pomona met at Brighton Park May 1.
Chaplain Denise McCarten presented a
memorial program honoring eight members who passed on in the last year. State
Deputy Shavanna Burlingame was the
guest. The next regular meeting will be
June 5, 7 p.m. at Deschutes and will include a floral arranging contest.
YAKIMA COUNTY
Pomona celebrated Grange Month April
18 at Tieton Grange. Yakima County Sherriff Jeff Ketchum spoke about scams and
frauds, especially those that target the elderly.
and White Salmon on June 14 and 21, respectively.
LEWIS COUNTY
Adna Grange scheduled a fundraising
potato bake for May 24. Funds go toward
roof repairs.
MASON COUNTY
Matlock Grange held their annual fundraiser auction April 26. A new member was
welcomed. The Rossmeier family once
again stepped up and made close to 400
pies for a fundraiser at the Ole Timer Fair
May 2-3.
PIERCE COUNTY
Waller Road Grange sponsored an
AARP Drivers Class April 24 with 18
people attending. Elk Plain Junior Grange
members Troy Atkin and Kaitlyn Atkin
came and provided the program at the April
23 meeting. Troy played his trumpet and
Kaitlyn read a poem she wrote for her high
school class on the senses. In May Waller
Road Grange will assist the Waller Road
School in celebrating their centennial.
Students and family will see how students
played and studied as they visit the Woodrow School house. The school house was
the first school for Waller Road students.
Students will be able to dress in period
clothes and sit in desks, with books of the
period.
SPOKANE COUNTY
Green Bluff Grange presented Colbert Elementary School third graders with
dictionaries in May (pictures coming next
month). Jr. Grangers held a bake sale in
April. Sunday monthly breakfasts are well
attended. The annual “Strawberry and Pancake” breakfast will be held June 29. The
Home Ec Club’s Spring Dinner was held
at the Grange April 26; all proceeds go toward scholarships. On Mother’s Day Fire
Battalion #9 held a breakfast. Scholarships
were presented to Vieyn Davis, Devon Preedy, Taylor Chalyn, and Jacob Kalhar totaling $3,500 from proceeds of 2013 Old
Orchard Theater held at the Grange in September. Tryouts for the 2014 Old Orchard
Theater will be held June 22.
McIntosh Grange’s Southeast Spokane
County Fair queen candidate Kelsie Fricke
and her sponsor Kathy Creed attended the
ice cream social with other candidates.
The royalty coronation was slated for May
18. The theme of the fair this year is Still
Cruisin’ @ 70. A booth is being planned for
that fair and the Spokane County Interstate
Fair. Upcoming events include a candi-
Camper Club News
SPOKAMPERS
The club will host the annual Fun Rally June 6-8. There will be ATV and lawn
mower races and there are hiking trails
nearby. The July campout will be at Two
Rivers, hosted by Russ and Joan Anderson.
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STEVENS COUNTY
Camas Valley Grange members made
190 dozen cookies for rest area stops in
May. Members will serve snow cones at
the May and June rodeos. Mary Walker
High School students will perform at a
May 28 dinner theater.
THURSTON COUNTY
South Union Grange will host the 78th
Annual Strawberry Festival at their hall,
3918 Sleater-Kinney Rd NE, Olympia
WA 98516, June 21st Saturday noon to
6 p.m. There will be entertainment, vendors, strawberry shortcake, hamburgers,
hotdogs, dipped strawberries and more. If
you would like to perform, be a vendor,
help in the kitchen or connect a reunion
of community resident groups (for example, South Bay School, Grange Members,
North Thurston High) please contact Elizabeth Bretschneider at [email protected]. No admission cost.
Proceeds benefit a local children’s theater
company, BK Musical Productions.
YAKIMA COUNTY
Broadway Grange celebrated Grange
Month with State Overseer Karen Jackson
April 16. She talked about how her large
family grew up on a dairy farm. She also
sat in for the chaplain, who was not present
at the meeting.
Five Mile Prairie Grange held their
annual Pancakes with the Easter
Bunny event April 19. More than 300
breakfasts were served and a couple of hundred-plus kids got their
picture taken with the bunny. In addition, there was a kids’ raffle with
some great prizes, food was collected for the Mead Food Bank and
the local sheriff volunteers were on
hand to register kids into the Operation ID program.
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WASHINGTON STATE GRANGE NEWS
Follow these instructions for
2014 Lecturer contest entries
By Tom Gwin
State Lecturer
As our Pomona Grange contests are
winding down, our attention now turns to
the State Grange convention. The Lecturer
Department is planning for an outstanding
display of entries
from across the
state. We anticipate similar numbers of entries as
in previous years.
The
Lecturer
Department will
be located in the
Centennial Center
at the Red Lion
Inn at the Quay.
All
department
displays will be Tom Gwin
located in the
same room. Entries will be accepted Tuesday, June 24
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The display room will
be closed for judging, clerking, and placing
of the ribbons on Wednesday. We will open
the display room once all displays are in
place on Thursday. We will have our Display Open House Friday from 5 p.m. to 7
p.m. The display room will close at 11 a.m.
on Saturday. Entries will be checked on
Saturday from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.
All Lecturers are asked to donate an item
for our auction. We will have a live auction
on Thursday night, along with the silent
auction that will end on Saturday morning. Your donations assist our department
throughout the year.
Don’t forget to bring your collection of
personal care items and the aluminum pop
can tabs. The personal care items will be
used in Clark and Cowlitz counties following the convention, while the tabs will go to
the Ronald McDonald House in Spokane.
The State Grange talent show will feature nine excellent acts from across the
state. As usual, there are some excellent
acts for your enjoyment. The show will
be Friday, June 27, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
in the ballroom of the hotel. Doors for the
show will open at 7 p.m. Thank you to
Sequim Prairie, Central, Buena and Collins Granges for hosting this year’s district
elimination contests.
You may contact me with any questions
regarding the lecturer activities at the convention. It is easiest to contact me via email
at [email protected].
Wanted: auction
items for the Junior
Grange department
By Codi Titus
Junior Grange Director
Woohoo convention is approaching.
After working at good ol’ state headquarters for many years, this was not always a
pleasant experience. At the first mention of
convention my ankles would immediately
start swelling, and many days of long hours
were in my future. Now I can look at this
and be excited for the week. So hats off to
the office staff now; I can still feel your
pain.
Check-in will be Wednesday at 11:45
a.m. We will begin with a lunch and kite
flying extravaganza. We will all walk together to the park
nearby. Play some
games, maybe do
a craft and parents
pick-up at 3 pm.
I am looking
forward to seeing
all our Summit
Assistance Dogs
together. Collecting, counting, and
Codi Titus
handing over a big
check to the organization will be
a great celebration. Then sending out the
puppies for another year of fund-raising,
plus adding more puppies to our litter.
Items still needed for convention: auction items! I will try and round up a few
but hope that others will also. I had lots of
great items last year and for that I was truly
grateful. I also need someone who is coming to convention and would like to just
hang out in the display room and watch the
auction items and our entries. If you are
that person, please email or text me.
Thank you everyone who makes my life
great. I have been reading great items on
Facebook from Eagle Cliff, San Poil and
Elk Plain Junior Granges. Keep up the
good work and like the Washington State
Junior Grange page on Facebook.
GRANGES WITH
MEMBERSHIP GAINS
April/May 2014
Adna #417
Baw Faw #34
Black Lake #861
Camas Valley #842
Chimacum #681
Clarkston Heights #982
Clayton #456
Crescent #1123
East Wenatchee #1012
Fren Prairie #866
Friday Harbor #225
Garden City #280
Grays River #124
Green Bluff #300
Hopewell #518
Humptulips #730
Narcisse #301
Ohop #812
Quillayute Valley #661
Ralston #943
Sammamish Valley #286
Selah Heights #608
Skokomish #379
Stevenson #121
Stranger Creek #374
Swauk-teanaway #984
Tri-Community #1008
Triway #1093
Waller Road #1111
Washington #82
Windsor #980
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State Grange Foundation needs your contributions
The Washington State Grange Foundation would like to ask you to
consider making a tax-deductible contribution to the Washington
State Grange Foundation Unrestricted Funds.
Unrestricted funds consist of resources available for the various
programs and administration of the Foundation which have not
been restricted by a donor. In other words, the Foundation can use
these funds for emergency situations and more.
Contributions to the Foundation Unrestricted Funds account are
the greatest need faced by the Foundation at this time. Again, your
donation to this 501(c) (3) is tax-deductible.
Make checks payable WSG Foundation Funds and mail to WSG
Foundation, PO Box 1186, Olympia, WA 98507-1186.
Help out youth by donating auction
items, purchasing raffle tickets
By Jerry Gwin
Youth Director
The 2014 State Grange Session will
soon be here. All Grange youth members
are invited to Vancouver to participate in
our youth activities at the session.
Youth raffle tickets
have been sent to
all Granges. The
raffle is one of our
ways of earning
money to support
our youth over the
year. We are also
looking for donations for the auc- Jerry Gwin
tion at the state
session. Last year,
we provided transportation to seven youth
to attend the National Grange convention
in New Hampshire. We expect a similar
number to attend this year’s national convention in Sandusky, Ohio.
Highlights for the youth department at
this year’s session include:
Wed, June 25: election of youth offices,
drill team practice, and degree work.
Thurs, June 26: convention photo, anniversary picnic, and celebration banquet followed by the live auction.
Fri, June 27: youth tour to the Ape Caves,
talent show, public speaking and sign-asong contest.
Sat, June 28: youth open the session,
raffle drawing, youth awards.
I do have a reminder for the youth tour.
All attendees will need to wear toe covered
shoes and a jacket. The temperature inside
the caves is around 45 degrees.
All youth in attendance at the convention
must have a parental release form on file
with the youth director. Forms are available on the State Grange website in the
youth section. I will also have blank forms
available at the state session.
I have extended the entry date for the
public speaking and sign-a-song contests.
You must notify me by June 1 if you are
planning to enter either of these contests.
For the Celebration Banquet on Thursday night, each youth will be given 20 raffle tickets at the session. When you sell the
20 tickets, the department will then provide
you with your banquet ticket. Youth should
be ready to sell those tickets!
On a final note, the Western Regional
Youth and Leadership Conference will be
held in Montana Aug. 1-3. Information on
the conference will be available at the state
session.
BYLAWS CHANGES
Steele Lake Highline Grange will vote
Aug. 12 on a revised dues structure.
Grange Exchange
WANTED
WANTED
WANTED:
Red
Wing
stoneware
and
any
advertisement
stoneware.
Joe,
(253)
537-9747.
WANTED: 1955, 1956 and 1957
Chev. Nomad wagon. Also bear
traps adn clamps. Len (360) 6207815.
[email protected].
WANTED:
Antique
American
motorcycle parts; antique mechanical
slot machine parts; Model A complete
or parts. Will pay reasonable prices.
[email protected], (360) 896-5227.
WANTED: Antque flywheel gasoline
hit and miss engines (Economy,
Fairbanks,
Morse,
etc.)
(360)
748-7643,
cell
(360)
520-6324.
PROPERTY
Sunny Columbia Basin 160,000 bushel
grain elevator, 2,640 feet deeded highway
frontage. Potential flour, seed, fertilizer.
Sacrifice $99,500. (509) 467-4381.
Let us help you buy or sell with a classified ad!
Cost per word
one month
4 or more
Regular $ .30 $ .25
Boxed .60
.50
Centered or reversed text
$1.50/line
Minimum for one month
$3.75
Word count: A hyphen, space or / creates separate words, except for phone numbers which
count as one word.
Deadline: First Monday in each month. Ads must be paid in advance. (Tear sheets not sent for
classified.)
Ad copy (or attach copy) _______________________________________________________
CLARK’S CHAMBERS
BED & BREAKFAST INN
Bob and Glenda Clark
322 Clark Rd., Sequim, WA 98382 • (360) 683-4431
[email protected]
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JUNE 2014
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Washington Home
Family Living director lays
out convention agenda
Delicious lamb shimmers
with summertime flavors
This grilling season, choose lean, tender
lamb as the centerpiece for your summer
entertaining menu.
Once served only for Easter, there’s no
reason why lamb can’t be enjoyed all year
long. Just as turkey has moved beyond
Thanksgiving to become everyday fare, the
same is true with lamb meat; it’s readily
available for all seasons and easy to prepare, allowing for lamb kabobs, burgers,
thinly sliced leg of lamb and chops to be
a delicious addition to your grilling occasions.
For more lamb recipes and cooking tips,
visit www.leanonlamb.com, www.pinterest.com/leanonlamb or on Twitter @leanonlamb.
Kale & Pomegranate Salad with Grilled
Lamb
Yield: 6 servings
For marinade:
1 1/2 cup pomegranate juice
3
tablespoons olive oil
3
cloves garlic, chopped
1
tablespoon ground ginger
1
tablespoon cinnamon
2
teaspoons cumin
1
teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1
(4-pound) leg of lamb, deboned,
butterflied and trimmed of visible fat
For dressing:
2
teaspoons Dijon mustard
2
tablespoons pomegranate balsamic vinegar
1/4 cup olive oil
Salt and pepper
For salad:
5
cups baby kale
1
bulb fennel, thinly sliced
1/2 cup pomegranate seeds or sliced
red grapes
1/4 cup crumbled Gorgonzola
cheese
1/4 cup walnut halves, toasted
Combine marinade ingredients in large
plastic zip top bag; add lamb and place in
refrigerator eight hours or overnight.
Remove lamb from marinade, pat dry
and set on tray.
On gas grill, turn all burners to high,
close lid and heat until hot, about 15 minutes. Scrape grates clean and brush with
oil. Grill lamb, fat side down, over medium-high heat 25 to 35 minutes total, turning half-way through cooking, depending
on desired doneness, about 145°F for medium rare and 160°F for medium. Remove
from grill and loosely cover with foil, let
rest about 15 minutes and thinly slice.
While resting, prepare salad.
In large bowl, whisk together all dressing ingredients. Add kale, fennel, pomegranate seed or grapes and toss to coat.
Arrange dressed salad on platter and top
with sliced lamb, Gorgonzola cheese and
toasted walnuts.
Nutrition information per serving:
Calories: 700, Calories from Fat: 410;
Total Fat: 46g, 71%DV; Saturated Fat:
15g, 75%DV; Trans Fat: 0g; Cholesterol:
165mg, 55%DV; Sodium: 520mg, 22%DV;
Total Carbohydrate: 23g, 8%DV; Dietary
Fiber: 4g, 16%DV; Sugars: 10g; Protein:
51g; Vitamin A: 170%; Vitamin C: 130%;
Calcium: 15%; Iron: 35%
Lamb Loin Chops with Green Bean &
Potato Salad
Yield: 6 servings
For salad:
1/2 cup fat free plain Greek yogurt
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1
lemon, zested and juiced
2
tablespoons chopped fresh dill
1
tablespoon chopped fresh chives
1
teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1
pint cherry tomatoes, cut in half
1
pound green beans, ends
trimmed and cut in half
2
pounds small red new potatoes,
larger potatoes cut in half
For lamb:
4
cloves garlic, minced
3
tablespoons olive oil
1
teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
2 1/2 pounds lamb loin chops (or 10
loin chops)
In large bowl, whisk together yogurt, olive oil, lemon juice and zest, dill, chives,
salt, pepper and cherry tomatoes; set aside.
In large saucepan bring 6 cups water to
a boil. Add green beans and cook until tender, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove with slotted
spoon and add to bowl with dressing. Add
potatoes to already simmering water and
cook until tender, about 10 minutes. Drain
potatoes and add to bowl. Toss to coat.
Combine garlic, olive oil, salt and pepper in small bowl. Place lamb chops on
large tray and rub garlic oil mixture all over
lamb loin chops; set aside while grill heats.
On gas grill, turn all burners to high,
close lid and heat until grates are hot, about
15 minutes. Scrape grates clean. Grill lamb
chops about 6 minutes per side or until
cooked to 145°F for medium rare. Move to
clean plate and let rest 5 minutes. Toss potato salad again and serve with lamb chops.
Nutrition information per serving: Calories: 660; Calories from Fat: 370; Total Fat:
41g, 63%DV; Saturated Fat: 13g, 65%DV;
Trans Fat: 0g; Cholesterol: 105mg,
35%DV; Sodium: 870mg, 36%DV; Total
Carbohydrate: 36g, 12%DV; Dietary Fiber:
5g, 20%DV; Sugars: 3g; Protein: 34g; Vitamin A: 20%; Vitamin C: 90%; Calcium:
8%; Iron: 25%
By Cecelia Hamilton
Family Living Director
June is a very busy month for many of
us with graduations, Father’s Day, weddings and so much more. There is so much
excitement in the air and life continues to
give us blessings each and every day. So
with convention just around the corner I
thought I would pass on a few reminders
of the dates and times of events happening
with Family Living so you won’t miss any
of the fun.
For those of you bringing items to Vancouver for the
state contests we
will be taking in
entries Tuesday,
June 24 only beginning at 8 a.m.
and we will take
them in all day until 5 p.m. Our display room helpers
always are in need
of extra help so if
you would like to
volunteer some Cecelia Hamilton
time with us, we
welcome
you!
Just stop in when
you can we will find a spot just for you.
Your Family Living live auction and silent auction donated themed baskets and
items may be brought to the Family Living
display room beginning on Tuesday, June
23. Our silent auction begins Wednesday
and ends Saturday at noon. Wednesday our
display room will be closed for judging. We
thank you in advance for your support and
participation. We will also once again be
having our handmade items sales table in
the display room this year and we welcome
your donated items. We all love to shop for
handmade treasures and this is a fun way
to do just that. I hear there are some really
special items coming our way this year!
Each year we auction off your delicious
baked items that arrive at state. This year
we will be holding our baked goods auction Tuesday evening following the reenactment around 7 p.m. just before the
dance. So listen for announcement. This
year’s auction will include our top winners from each class along with the Best of
Shows. We will also be having a bake sale
of all other baking entries at that same time
and if there are any items remaining they
will be for sale on Wednesday. So, come
buy a goodie to have for a snack in your
room, it will be a busy week and you will
need the added energy! We will have pies,
cakes, cookies, breads, muffins, cupcakes,
candies and brownies, and so much more
to choose from.
Our Celebration Breakfast takes place
bright and early Thursday morning at 7
a.m. in the Quay Bar. It will be a served
country style breakfast and is a wonderful way to begin our day. Meal tickets are
available now. Our live auction takes place
Thursday evening following the Celebration Banquet. Our past directors luncheon
takes place on Friday at noon in the Vancouver Room.
Our display room will be open for viewing beginning on Thursday morning following our Celebration Breakfast. We will
be holding our Open House Friday evening
from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. We invite you to
come visit with the team and check out all
of the many wonderful entries for this year.
This is a memorable year for Washington
State Grange and we are all very excited
to share in the festivities. I and the Family
Living team look forward to seeing you all
in Vancouver!
Safe travels and don’t forget your camera!
Junior Grange Camp season is
here; register early for better rates
Registrations for Camp Wooten, June
23-28, can be sent to Willetta Burns, P.O.
Box 3033, Pasco, Wash. 99302; (509)
547-9939. The fee for registrations made
prior to June 1 is $160; late registrations
are $180. Check must be made out to the
Junior Grange Fund and sent with the registration and medical release form. Camp
Wooten is near Pomeroy. Camp director
is Deena Stallings,
(509) 521-1340.
Camp David Jr. on
the Olympic Peninsula, July 13-18, will
cost $150 per camper (from a Grange
family). Registration
for campers from
non-member households will be $180.
Checks, made out
to Pomona Junior
Grange Camp, and forms should be sent
to Chrissy Amundson (the camp director),
1308 South A, Port Angeles, Wash. 98363;
(360) 452-8028.
The fee for Mayfield Lake Junior Grange
Camp, near Mossyrock, Aug. 17-23, will
be $150 for registrations received prior to
July 1 or $175 for late registrations. Checks
should be made out the Mayfield Junior
Grange Camp and sent, with registration
and medical form, to camp director Jennifer Oliver, 12604 34th Ave. E., Tacoma,
Wash. 98446; (253) 906-6078.
Camp Morehead is located on the Long
Beach Peninsula and has been extended by
one day for 2014. This year the camp will
run from July 13-19 under the guidance
of Tom Gwin (360-987-2361). Registration will be $160 prior to June 15 or $200
for late registration; send fees and forms
to Tom Gwin, P.O. Box 181, Humptulips,
Wash. 98552. Checks should be payable to
Morehead Junior Grange Camp.
The
Northeast
Washington Junior
Grange Camp will be
Aug. 3-9. For registrations received by
July 1 the cost will
be $150 per camper;
late
registrations
are $175. Registration, medical form
and fees should be
sent to Bill Weiss,
11810 N. McLaughlin Road, Reardan, WA 99029, (509) 7964582. Camp director is Carol Evans, (509)
535-1165. Make check payable to NE
Washington Junior Grange Camp.
The Cornet Bay Junior Grange Camp at
Deception Pass is scheduled for July 2025. For registrations received by July 1 the
fee is $130; late registration is $150. Send
checks (payable to Northern District Junior
Grange Camp) and registration materials to
Kathy Moynihan, 29415 218th Place SE,
Black Diamond, WA 98010; (253) 3501807. Camp director is Janelle Lierman,
(425) 407-3199.
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WASHINGTON STATE GRANGE NEWS
South Union Grange hosted the Thurston
County through the Decades 1925-1950 May
10. The event featured examples of 1930s
Egg Money Quilts, a 1940s Victory Garden
display and a live basket weaving demonstration. Pictured at top left are some of the
classic cars that were on display. Above, a
WWII-era jeep that was part of the Second
World War display. At left, Sharon Mathews
and her daughter Pam stir the split-pea soup
freshly prepared as it would have been in a
soup kitchen of the era.