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January Meeting Agenda

1/24/2021

 
​01/24/2021 Meeting Agenda
Thought for the month:                                  
 
There is always light, if only we are brave enough to see it.  Amanda Gorman, Poet Laureate

Proposal For Membership / Welcome ceremony
 
Committee Reports:

Hall –  
 
Remodeling cleanup– ramp toe boards and handrails need secured.
 
Septic tank has been located.  It is steel, approximately 800 gallon capacity and pretty much rusted out.  It is out about 8 feet from the building and about 2 feet under the surface.  County tells me an “owner” can do their own tank installation.  Estimated Costs:
 
Commercial Permit - $900
Tank and accessories – Plastic $4,200  -  Concrete $5000                 $5,000
Pipe  -  $2/ft. Quantity depends on drain field location                           $50
Excavator – Aprox. $400/day                                                                 $400
Bedding rock – 2 yards at $25/Cu. Yd.  -                                                 $50
 
Materials Costs                                                                                   $5,500
 
Guesstimated Contractor Cost                                                          $14,000
 
Mower shed location has been staked out for discussion.  Lumber is cut and ready to assemble.  New painted metal skin would cost about $440.  Used galvanized metal with some damage on walls but new metal on roof would run $120.


Projects in priority order:


Mower shed – In progress
Rear yard becoming too rough for mowing.  Needs renovation – In progress, moles need trapped, anyone have mulch?
Septic tank needs replaced - Summer 2021 project plus:
        Parking bumpers need anchored - Summer 2021 project
        Ped path to front door needs pea gravel - Summer 2021 project
Front doors are coming apart at bottom, need glued and painted.
Entrance porch needs refinished
Dance hall floor will need re-oiled for 2021
Dance hall seating upholstery stained, needs replaced  -  Deferred until Covid resolved.
Northeast side roofing screws
Kitchen needs exhaust fan
Need new rugs in front entry - In progress
Kitchen and dining hall floors need refinished

 
Agriculture  -  Covid virus has caused severe dislocations in agriculture.  Health Department and OR-OSHA rules have about halved the number of workers than can stay in existing farm housing.  Combined with the high infection rates in many minority communities that has left many farms critically short of help.  Appears to be some progress on trade conflicts.  Chinese discussing removing retaliatory tariffs on hazelnuts if previous administrations trade policies reversed.
 
 Education –  Most Schools are planning for some students, especially elementary school students, to return to in person attendance in mid to late February after teachers have an opportunity to be immunized.  Articles in our newspaper estimated the achievement gap between high and low achievers has widened substantially with lower ranked students estimated to need an additional 5-6 months of instruction to catch back up.  Some teachers unions opposing reopening.
 
Legislative – Violent protests at the State Capitol resulted in relatively minor property damage, some injuries and major damage to community trust and cooperation.  One representative caught on camera letting the mob of protesters into the statehouse has been relieved of most duties and privileges and may be prosecuted.
 
Pomona Report – Elections postponed, master and secretary will not serve again.  Volunteers needed.
 
Community Service – If you don’t need the stimulus check they sent out your local food bank does as does the Wildfire relief fund.  Also, any interest in resuming the cemetery clean up?
 
Communications

Treasurers Report 

Bills -    I have none  
 
UNFINISHED BUINESS:    
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Group photo for website – tabled till spring
 
Bike rodeo for spring –  N. Marion Schools do not have a similar function.  Would probably be willing to let us use a parking lot as long as our insurance met their requirements.  School suggested coordinating with  Aurora Colony Days or Hubbard Hop Festival.  They would include a plug in their school newsletter.
 
Reopening party – tabled till spring

NEW BUSINESS: 

Good of the Order: 
 

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NOTE! 
January meeting still early, 3:30 on January 22.
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Pomona 5th degree at Maplewood September 23, Dinner by Youth Grange at 6, Lecture program at 7 and 5th degree starts at 7:30.
 

ZUMBA is again in session.  Shake it up! - Call Cristina for details at 503-984-8193

As always, Maplewood Grange is looking for community minded folks willing to get involved and leave the world a bit better than they found it.  Open to all since 1867.

From Patrons Chain Newsletter

What? Did I hear that correctly? Did National President Betsy and Membership/Leadership Development Director Amanda both just report at this year's National Grange session that our organization had an increase in fraternal membership?
 
Well, they did and we did have an increase in fraternal membership of over 700 members. This is the first time in several years (okay… decades!) that we can make that statement. This got me thinking - what is the reason, especially with all we have gone through in the past three years? You could argue that we should have either stayed the same or had a decrease in membership.
 
I firmly believe that it is in a large part because of what you as Grangers have done in your communities. You exemplified our core values of faith, hope, charity, and fidelity by not giving up and just going through the motions. You did the opposite and did what Grangers do best.
 
Granges opened their doors when allowed, and welcomed the community in. Granges adapted programming or thought of new programs to help the community get back to some type of “normal.” I cannot begin to count the number of Granges who changed the way they did dinners and went to drive-thru style. Communities responded, and the dinners were mostly selling out because you offered something that they were missing. Granges offered outdoor events of a wide variety which gave people a chance to socialize and be around others. Grangers put together seed and plant swaps because of the renewed interest in growing their own and farm-to-table.
 
Our hometowns and local areas responded in so many ways to the community service you provided, not only by supporting Granges in your endeavors financially. Instead, people wanted to be part of an organization that gives back and helps in so many ways. I truly believe our increase in fraternal membership is because of everything Granges did no matter how large or even the smallest gesture.
 
Our Founders would be extremely proud of all the work you have done. Your community service shows why the Grange is still relevant today as it was 150 years ago. Do I think this increase is a “fluke?” No, I do not.
 
In the words of Cade Howerton, a Junior Granger from North Carolina, “Have a Grange Day”.
 
Keep up the good Grange work!




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