November 28th, 2024

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  12/01/2024 Proposed November 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):
 
Loose toilet in women’s bathroom – complete!
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 under eves of hall
Kitchen and dining hall floors need refinished
 
4 party rentals scheduled (one gratis). Chaps and Zumba still have long term contracts.  
 
AGRICULTURE – Lots of information being generated and debated regarding glyphosate herbicide. Three links to summaries below.  Questions about persistence in soil appear to be a glaring omission in the questions addressed. Tsui study was only data I could find that addresses chelation.  Salmon chart was interesting as it appears to show current policy on salmon recovery is having more success than commonly advertised but with a recent downturn, possibly due to changes in ocean conditions.    
 
Glyphosate (Roundup): Understanding Risks to Human Health
 
Glyphosate | US EPA
 
Tsui, M. T. 60. K.; Chu, L. M. Environmental fate and non-target impact of glyphosate-based herbicide (Roundup) in a subtropical wetland. Chemosphere 2008, 71, 439-446.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18155747/
 
According to the University of Washington’s Columbia River Data Access in Real Time (DART) website, a record 755,000 adult sockeye passed Bonneville Dam – a record in the 86 years that dam has operated.  Chinook and Coho didn’t do as well, accounting for the downturn in total numbers.

 


 
 
For a pro hydropower/agriculture podcast check out Dam! ( subscribe )  episode 47 is about “Sagebrush Sailors” and barging on Marine “Highway M84”.

 
EDUCATION  -
 
Kill the tests or manage the stress?   Opinion | Massachusetts Ballot Question 2 and the Value of Standardized Tests - The New York Times
 
LEGISLATIVE –  
Type
Title
Description
 

LRCA
Measure 115
Allow the Legislature to impeach elected state executives
Passed

LRCA
Measure 116
Establish the Independent Public Service Compensation Commission to determine certain public officials' salaries
Failed

LRSS
Measure 117
Establish ranked-choice voting (RCV) for federal and some state offices in Oregon
Failed

CISS
Measure 118
Require Oregon issue payments to residents from increased corporate taxes.
Failed

CISS
Measure 119
Require cannabis businesses to submit to the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission a signed labor peace agreement between the business and a labor organization with its licensure or renewal application
Passed

 
 
SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE –
 
COMMUNITY SERVICE – JoAnn
 
Reaching Rural Surgical Seniors
For Granges that haven’t yet participated in the RRSS program, now is the perfect time to get involved! The program’s website provides pre- and post-surgery guides, event flyers, presentations, social media ads, and more. “This is Grangers helping Grangers and their communities,” says National Grange Project Lead Joan C. Smith, encouraging Granges to embrace this impactful work.
 
Project Sustenance
“I am proposing that each Grange… take part in Project Sustenance,” Hamp said, announcing the launch of a new initiative aimed at addressing food security and promoting personal sustainability. By empowering members to contribute to these goals in their communities, Project Sustenance hopes to enhance personal sustainability for communities across rural and small-town America.
 
COMMUNICATIONS –  Betty
 
 
TREASURERS REPORT  -
 
Bills –  Dan
New toilet                               258.44
Total                                         258.44
 
UNFINSHED BUSINESS: 
Do we want to apply for another grant from State Grange?  If so, for what project?
 
Anyone want to do a holiday outing this year?
 
NEW BUSINESS:   
Outdoor light – A large LED light was available at a retirement auction.  Cost is $100 installed.  Do we want to light the back yard?
 
Grange is being inspected by our insurance company.  Inspector says he will be looking for safety issues, structural issues and code violations.  I expect our roof won’t pass.   I have read the industry is attempting to identify their higher risk policies and cancel them.  Some states are having policies cancelled wholesale, Florida being the biggest example.
 
Silverton Grange having a cookie exchange.  Worth doing?
 
MEMBERS SICK OR IN DISTRESS: 
 
GOOD OF THE ORDER:   
Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.  Leo Tolstoy, Russian author