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September Meeting Agenda

9/27/2020

 
​Thought for the month
 
The heart has its reasons, which reason does not know.  Blaise Pascal (mathematician and philosopher)

Committee Reports:
 
OSG Grant application committee report – The grant application was timely submitted, barely.

Hall –  Lobby project is complete  (is ramp rehab?) 

Projects in priority order:

Sewer line needs replaced - Summer 2020 project plus:
        Parking bumpers need anchored - Summer 2020 project
        Ped path to front door needs pea gravel - Summer 2020 project
Front doors are coming apart at bottom, need , glued and refinished as does entrance porch.
Dance hall floor will need re-oiled for 2021
Dance hall seating upholstery stained, needs replaced  -  Deferred until Covid resolved.
North side roofing screws still pending
Kitchen needs exhaust fan
Need new rugs in front entry (inside and out)
Kitchen and dining hall floor needs refinished
Mower shed
 
New item:  Rear yard becoming too rough for mowing.  Needs renovation
 
Agriculture  -  Hazelnut marketing board set 2020 base price at $0.65/lb vrs 0.83 last year.
 
 Education –  Many (mostly white collar) parents working from home, and schools are mostly in remote learning situations due to Covid 19 virus.  Maybe a silver lining is the chance for some family recovery?  It has been a long time since even one average parent could afford to be home with children. Now we have parents and children spending most of the day working together, or at least working in the same space.  Maybe some profound good can come of the virus.
 
Legislative – Another special session is coming.  There is a petition being circulated to add Oregon Volunteer Firefighter Association to the Oregon Charitable Checkoff list.  It is on the Timber Unity website among others.
 
Pomona Report – no report yet.
 
Health – CDC projecting widespread vaccine for Covid will arrive mid year 2021.  Funny thing happened to the regular flu virus in the Southern Hemisphere.  It mostly went missing.  Flu cases are down as much as 95% in several countries that have been enforcing social distancing.

Community Service – Many local heroes made in the last few weeks. As fires were fought, folks helped with livestock and possessions and kept the newly homeless fed and sheltered.  It is going to take a long time for Red Cross and other community organizations to backfill their budgets.  Please help where you can. 
 
Communications

Treasurers Report / Budget outlook

Bills -       Dan - $650.51
 
Total                  
 
     
UNFINISHED BUINESS:    
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Group photo for website
 
Reopening party

NEW BUSINESS: 
 
Bike rodeo for spring?


Good of the Order:  State Masters convention address.
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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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