Friends, Family, Community ~ Growing Together
MAINE STATE GRANGE
ANNUAL CONVENTION
OCTOBER 23 – 25, 2008
ELLSWORTH HOLDAY INN
David COlby Young
We have talked about offering the Maine Granger online for about a year now. Well near we go. It will be offered in what is called a PDF and you will need a special reader to view it.
David Colby Young
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LECTURERS PROGRAM BOOKS 2008-2009 were passed out at conference on Sept. 20 and at State Convention in Ellsworth, Oct. 23 -25. If you attended one of these events you were to pick up your book personally. If you did not attend then one of the following persons has you book for you: Your Pomona Lecturer; Your Master or Delegate to convention; or the Deputy in your area. (I have the complete list of those that picked up each book, each had to be signed for at conference and at convention.) If you haven’t received them call those people first and ask where it is! If they do not have it then let Sherry Harriman, State Lecturer know, DON’T WAIT UNTIL NEXT AUGUST TO TELL ME YOU DIDN’T GET IT! Please check to see that I have the correct Lecturer name and address on the label on the outside of the envelope, (this is the same label I will use to send newsletters throughout the year). If you are not the Lecturer any longer please pass the book along to the proper person, and let me know of the change. Also, there may be extra items such as certificates, etc., in the envelope please present those item(s) to the proper recipient. If you are Pomona Lecturer and Subordinate Lecturer you received two books, one for each position.
Sue Hackett, Junior Director
Activities in the Junior Department that will be going on for the entire year are working on your Super Junior Grange Award, Collecting Campbell Soup Labels, Junior Grange Member Recruiter of the Year and No Child Left Inside. If you do not have the rules for these activities please contact Sue for the rules. Our next activity is a Mid-Winter Junior Conference for Junior Grangers from February 13th to the 16th at Maine State Grange Headquarters. All Junior ages are invited to attend. The Junior Department was very busy at the state grange session. We sold coffee, tea, cocoa, and water; had 50/50 drawings every day; held a Chinese Auction on Thursday and had a raffle with 50 prizes. During the Junior activities on Saturday morning awards were given out as follows: Merit Badges to Kaitlyn Bouchard, Savannah Hallowell, Bailey DePaola, Cameron DePaola, Paige Morin, Joey Vieira: Swimming, Camping, Rifle Shooting, Community Service, Hiking, Maine, Survival Skills, Grange Growth, Taking Part in Junior Activities,
Reading Across America Certificate, Dominic Lefebvre All the same except swimming; Grace Dunderdale, Swimming, Camping, Rifle Shooting, Community Service, Hiking, Maine, Survival Skills, Grange Growth, Taking Part in Junior Activities, Reading Across America Certificate, Public Speaking, Signing, Way To Go, Katelyn Lovejoy, Family Campout, Reading Across America Certificate; Bobby Faulkner, Family Campout, Reading Across America Certificate; Gary Faulkner, Family Campout, Reading Across America Certificate; Holly Herrick, Swimming, Camping, Rifle Shooting, Community Service, Hiking, Maine, Survival Skills, Grange Growth, Taking Part in Junior Activities, Reading Across America Certificate, Way To Go; Allison Colson, Swimming, Camping, Rifle Shooting, Community Service, Hiking, Maine, Survival Skills, Grange Growth, Taking Part in Junior Activities,Reading Across America Certificate Way To Go. Super JG Awards, Gold Gift Bags to
Allison Colson, Holly Herrick and Grace Dunderdale. Leadership Awards to Renee Lewis, Waldo Pomona Jr. Grange #341, Karen Flag, Androscoggin Jr. Grange #185 and Susan Hackett, Maine State Grange Jr. Grange #17 Leadership Certificate, Proud to be a Leader, American Flag and Red Gift Bag; Junior Fund Sports bottle collections by junior deputies, copy of Campell’s casseroles and one-dish meals, Shirley Hatch, Ann Burns, Mavis Lane, Yvonne Brann, Jacqueline Dubord, Anne Atwood, Ruby Meister, Emily Parsons, Jean Rollins, Mary Thomas, Jean Pennell, Sharon Manley, and James Owens. Gift to Jackie Berry for sewing new station cloths for the Junior stations. Gifts to James Owens and Sharon Manley for all their assistance during the past year. Gifts to the camp counselors Emily and Phil Parsons, Dana and Caroline Coffin, Richard Harriman and Roberta Meserve. Everyone two 120th birthday cakes for the Junior Grange on Friday. Squash were judged on Saturday morning and the winners were: Age 5-7 1st Paige Demarcio Androscoggin Jr. Grange; Age 8-10 1st ey Demascio Androscoggin Jr Grange; Agge 11-14 1st Holly Herrick; Age 36 & Up 1st David Burnham Saco Grange; 2nd Jeanne Burnham Saco Grange; Stanley Douglas North Scarborough Grange. A letter from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H Camp & Learning Center at Bryant Pond thanking us for our Community Service was read.
Barb Finch
This is our 6th year running our Community Dinner Theater our actors are made up of Grange, Fairfield Center Methodist Church members and misc community members. The play this year is a Christmas comedy. The name of the play is "Christmas Belles." by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten directed by Stan Pinnette (of the Lakewood Theater and Community Member) There are 11 proformers, and 4 or 5 stage hands, plus the are always those special people who the audience does not think about. Rick Duperry to build what we need for the set, Vicki Leclair who makes the costumes Barbara Finch and Cindy Willis who gets the programs together and takes care of the decorations and set up, or anything else we need, she pulls it together. Doreen Tozier and Marilyn Tozier amd Terry who order the food and organize the kitchen crew.
Steven Haycock
Grange Car Magnets are available from the Maine State Grange Publicity Dept. for $4.00. Please add $1.00 for shipping. If intrested please send how many you would like to Steven Haycock at Granger04071@aol.com All the money raised go towards State Grange promotion.
Steven Haycock
Congratulations to Nancy Clark
of Harraseeket Grange #9 in Freeport
Nancy was elected and installed to the Executive Committee of the Maine State Grange for the term of four years. Nancy is was elected to the position after William Clark of Skowhegan Grange #208 decided not to seek another term. William has served the Maine State Grange oustandingly for many years and we all wish him well in his retirement from State Grange office. Rick Grotton, a current member of the Executive Comm. presented William with a plaque as a token of thank you for his service
Results of Resolutions at State Grange
(Entire Resolutions will be posted on the State Grange Website in the near future.)
Steven Haycock, Publicity Director
Maine State Grange
146 State Street
Augusta, Maine 04330
1-800-464-3421
www.mainestategrange.org
Family, Friends, Communities Growing Together
For Immediate
Release
October 23, 2008
contact: Steven Haycock
email: granger04071@aol.com
Ellsworth, Maine
The 135th Annual Maine State Grange session began today with 176 delegates representing 103 Granges.
Congratulations on our 135 years of serving the State of Maine were received from Senator Snowe, Senator Collins & Congressman Allen as well as the National Grange Master (President) Edward Luttrel. Representatives from the National Grange, John & Nancy Valentine from Indiana, were introduced & welcomed.
Steven Haycock
Publicity Director's Column
October 2008
Greeting fellow Grangers, I hope when you read this article you will be perparing for State Grange. I look forward to seeing everyone there. I want to start off by saying that the "Clip & Win" contest will be repeated next year. The contest has already started, starting Oct. 1, 2008 through Sept. 30, 2009. Every time you see an article in the newspaper that has the word "Grange" in it cut out and save it. The basic rules are the same as this year. Further details will come in a latter issue. I want to thank, Roberta Edgecomb, Karen Flagg, and Norma Meserve for entering the "Clip & Win" contest this year. I'm sure more will come in before the deadline. I would also like to thank my brother Cayen for running my table at State Grange while I'm tending to my Director & Delegate duties. I will be selling those Grange magnets for $4 and they come in Blue & Gold. I've also contacted American Farm Land Trust, and I gotten stickers that say "No Farms No Food", these will be available at my table also. I guess we will keep this article short this month, lots to do this month, so until December....Happy Halloween.
