May Agenda

​05/25/2025 Proposed May Meeting Agenda
 
OPENING/FLAG SALUTE
ROLL CALL
MINUTES
DRAPING OF THE CHARTER
PROPOSALS FOR MEMBERSHIP 
WELCOME CEREMONY
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
 
HALL REPORT – Hall Projects (in priority order):
Yard light
Couple of dining room benches getting wobbly
Remove old meter base and patch roof
Insulate crawl space under bathrooms (1/2 done)
Northeast side roof needs additional screws
Kitchen counters need refinished
Kitchen needs exhaust hood and fan
Repainting needed under eves of hall
Kitchen and dining hall floors need refinished – grant application submitted
 
6 party rentals scheduled.  Chaps and Zumba still have long term contracts.
 
EDUCATION  -
Two current issues threatening education.
LEGISLATIVE –  
SB 678 wildfire bill has passed.  No more wildfire risk map.  We will see if the Budget committee allocates the tax money for subsidies the bill proscribes.
 
SALEM, Ore. – Senator David Brock Smith (R-Curry, Coos & Douglas Counties), working with the Oregon Small Woodlands Association (OSWA) and landowners, moved SB 485 A unanimously through the Senate today.  The argument is that allowing assets to be passed down without tax makes long term management of forestland better and more sustainable.  Perhaps.  My opinion is reducing estate taxes encourages establishment of a landed aristocracy class that is unfair to those unlucky enough to have poor relatives. 
 
AGRICULTURE
Beginning to be some concern in the Ag industry about people now running Ag Department and Health Department at federal level.  Lots of quotes about dangerous pesticides without much in the way of evidence.  Also overseas markets have been put off by rhetoric and tariffs.
 
SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE – JoAnn
 
COMMUNITY SERVICE – JoAnn
 
COMMUNICATIONS –  Betty
 
TREASURERS REPORT  -
 

UNFINSHED BUSINESS: 
 
Basement floor  grind and paint   - We have been awarded the $5000 grant.  I need to get requests for prices out but have been swamped lately.  Try again in June.
 
Convention dinner – Any favorite recipes for shortcake?  Should we buy or bake?
 
Taco themed dinner? 
 
NEW BUSINESS:  
Chaps (squared dance club that uses our hall) are going to have two free square dance lessons (Sept 14 and 21).  A direct mail campaign is being organized to promote them.  Do we want to add a Maplewood open house to their events and to the mailer?  Any thoughts?  Cost would be $100 - $200 if we participate in the mailer.  Recent promotional results have been poor but maybe the combination would be more successful?
 
Fernwood Grange is asking for help staffing their fireworks booth.  They are offering $14 per manhour as long as we do at least 10 hours.  Anyone interested?
 
Hubbard hop festival is on again this year.  Anyone interested in helping staff a booth promoting grange?  Cost would be for prizes for kids playing the ag trivia game.
 
County fair booth?  Do we want to participate again this year?  Fair theme is “It’ll be a blast”
 
Pomona Cookie fundraiser at county fair.  Who would like to do a shift?  Do we want to do it together?  Help also needed for making the dough.
 
MEMBERS SICK OR IN DISTRESS: 
 
GOOD OF THE ORDER:   
America did not invent human rights.  In a very real sense it is the other way around.  Human rights invented America.  Jimmy Carter
 
NEXT MEETING
 
CLOSING
 
 
HEIRLOOM PROGRAM: