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WWW.COLORADOGRANGE.ORG THE COLORADO GRANGER, MAY-JUNE 2019 VOLUME 95, NUMBER 1

Important DatesCall individual Granges for more information.

May 4 Crescent Grange — Victorian/Vintage Swap Meet, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.,

May 4 Darden Pomona Meeting — Saturday, 4-6:30 p.m., Potluck at 4 p.m., Meeting to follow

May 5 Florissant Grange — Cinco De MayoChili/Salsa, Pies and Entertainment, 3-6 p.m.

May 7 Marvel Grange — Basin CO-OP Banquet at La Plata County Fairgrounds

May 8 Enterprise Meeting — Wednesday, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Cinco de Mayo-themed Potluck.

May 9 Marvel Grange — Queso Cheese Class followed by Line Dancing, 1 p.m.

May 10 Golden Gate Grange — Group’s BBQ Fundraiser for the Grange, 5:30-8 p.m.

May 11 Wheat Ridge Grange — Second Saturday Sale at the Grange, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

May 11 Golden Gate Grange — Peak to Peak Chorale Musical, 3-4:30 p.m

May 11 Florissant Grange — Monthly Pine Needle Basket Class, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.

May 12 Golden Gate Grange — Mother’s Day Pancake Breakfast, 8-10:30 a.m. Moms Eat For Free!

May 12 19th Golden Gate Grange Hydration Drive for GGFPDMay 17 Marvel Grange — Pressure Canner Testing at 6:15 p.m.

by Extension Service, $5 each; Potluck Supper, 6:30 p.m. and Pressure Canning Safety Presentation

May 18 Marvel Grange — Hesperus History Tour — Marvel Grange catering lunch.

May 18 Florissant Grange Quilt of Valor Guild presents at the Library with Veterans Breakfast, 9 a.m.

May 19 Golden Gate Grange — Road Clean-Up Project, 7-9 a.m. May 23 Wheat Ridge Grange — WR Fire Dept. History and

Updates about what is happening and going on 6:30 p.m.May 26 Crescent Grange — Build Your Own Insect Motel, 4 p.m. June No Meeting Enterprise Grange — Group Outing to

Hiwan Homestead Museum with a picnic lunch. June 7 Golden Gate Grange — Rummage and Bake Sale, 8-4 p.m. June 8 Florissant Grange —

Flea Market and Craft Show, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. June 8 Wheat Ridge Grange —

Second Saturday Sale at the Grange, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.June 14 Golden Gate Grange — Line Dancing, 7-9 p.m. June 15 Maple Grove Grange — Community Night —

Entertainment by Susie Knight’s “Hollywood Revue”June 27 Wheat Ridge Grange with 4H Family BBQ

National Ag Week is celebratedeach March throughout the country.Ranchers and farmers throughout thenation play a vital role in the produc-tion of wholesome, safe foods in thestewardship of our environment. Ag-riculture brings in $40 billion annu-ally and provides over 173,000 jobsin Colorado.

In conjunction with this week-longevent, Colorado hosts Ag Day at theCapitol showcasing Colorado’s di-verse agricultural products in partner-ship with state legislators and chefs.The day is hosted by The Colorado AgCouncil and the Colorado Chefs As-sociation. Local chefs are teamed upwith Colorado agricultural products ina cook-off competition using Colora-do grown foods. The foods are avail-able to sample. It provides a fun wayfor Ag producers to share their con-cerns with lawmakers who are in posi-tions to assist the Ag industry in Col-orado to remain strong.

Attending Ag Day at the Capitolthis year were Dave McCord ofVictory Grange and Jane Dianich andIdella Lewis from Maple GroveGrange.

2019Colorado

State GrangeRaffle

In the near future your Grangewill be receiving raffle tickets fromthe Colorado State Grange to raisefunds to help individuals attendvarious national, state and region-al events.

This year we have acquired abutchered lamb and will haveanother quilt made from blocksdonated last year in the heart pat-tern.

We appreciate your support.

Thank YouTo Colorado State Grangeand PICK:

Thank you for the financial as-sistance to help with expenses inattending the National Conventionin Vermont. It was so very muchappreciated and it made a big dif-ference in helping me to attend.

What an honor it was to repre-sent the great state of Colorado inthe Talent (Evening of Excellence)competition.

Again, thanks so very much!Sincerely,

Ruth Wilson Francisco

Maple Grove Grangers Idella Lewis and Jane Dianich at the ColoradoState Capitol in March.

The Colorado Ag Council and the Colorado Chefs Association hosted AgDay at the Capitol in conjunction with National Ag Week.

Ag Day At The Colorado State Capitol

Colorado Grange Museum Updateby Jeanne Davies

[email protected] work at the museum has been

put on hold for now. We had been inthe process of giving things back toGranges and dismantling exhibits buthave stopped all activities in the clos-

ing of the museum for right now. Aman on the Aurora City Council re-cently heard that the Grange Museumwas at the Conservation Park in Au-rora that the City of Aurora now owns.He heard that we were closing themuseum and thought that would be amistake. He had been Granger in an-other state and was aware that aGrange museum was rare and hedidn’t want to see this one closed. Heasked that our board meet with agroup who were doing long rangeplanning for the Aurora ConservationPark to see if we could still have apresence at the park. We did meetwith the woman in charge of the plan-ning committee so she could under-stand what we had there and how itmight fit into their future plans.

Our discussion with her includedinformation that we did not have thevolunteer help to keep the museumopen even on the special event dayswhen the park was open to the pub-lic. Also we were not handicappedequipped and more handicap publicboth individually and in groups hadbegun coming to the park activitiesand wanting to see the museum. Inorder for us to have a presence at thepark in the future the exhibits wouldhave to be behind secure locked glassdisplay cases and the building wouldhave to be handicapped equipped sothat no one would have to be present,necessarily, when people were look-ing at the displays. This would meana lot of work yet for us as the exhibits

would have to be well explained byaudio or written information and theGrange organization would have to beexplained so the public would under-stand what the museum was all about.

Audrey Maydew, one of our BoardMembers, attended the meeting withthe city when the lady from the Plan-ning Committee presented her infor-mation to the city. The city planningproject is a five-year project so thiswill be a slow process. We were en-couraged from information from theCity Councilman and the PlanningCommittee Chairman that they wouldbe applying for grants for projects atthe park and would include the needsof the museum. Comments at thattime were that it would take time tomake the plans and apply for thegrants. So we are just on hold for nowand waiting to hear if we should con-tinue removing our items or start pre-paring for a new future for the muse-um.

We appreciate all the support wehave had from the Grangers andGranges since we announced last fallthat we would need to close the muse-um. Several have picked up items andhave said they were interested in ex-hibits. We will not be removing thingsnow for awhile until we know morewhat might be needed later for a per-manent exhibit or whether we will bethere at all.

We lost a valued Museum BoardMember recently when Pat Quickpassed away. She has been the GrangeMuseum Board Secretary since thebeginning and had a lot of informa-tion concerning the business and ac-tivities since the museum opened inthe 1980s.

Make Plans NowTo Attend!

2019State Session

September 26-28State Session 2019 will be Sep-

tember 26 through 28, held in Cen-tennial, at the Castlewood Grange,7275 S. Lima Street. Make yourplans early.

, The Colorado Granger, May-June 2019

Notes FromThe Secretary

Renee Caldwell, State Secretary2009 CR 31, Florissant, CO 80816

719-748-5008Email: [email protected]

Please notify the State Grange Officeof any address change.

Because it is 2nd class mail, the Grange is charged59¢ per address change the post office sends

from the Granger mailings.

Email: [email protected] 719-748-5008 or mail the form below.

FOR THE COLORADO GRANGER MAILING LISTADDRESS CHANGE FORM

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Send to: Colorado State Grange2009 CR 31, Florissant, CO 80816

A Positive Point of ViewSpring has sprung across Colorado

and this year it is certainly welcome.I hope the snow is melting in your areaand you are enjoying the sunshine,wherever you live. We had somemuch needed moisture this year…but it is always good to see the sun andfeel the warmer air.

Thanks to all of your prompt re-sponses with the exempt property pa-perwork, if you have not returned it…better send it straight to: The Divisionof Property Taxation, 1313 ShermanSt., Room 419, Denver, CO 80203 –and send me a copy so I know it wascompleted. I have almost all of them.Don’t forget to do this or you will

The Colorado GrangerVol. 95, No. 1 May-June 2019

The Colorado GrangerUSPS: 123-040 • ISSN: 1094-0022

is printed bi-monthlyfor 6 issues annually

by the COLORADO STATE GRANGEPhone: 719-748-5008

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EDITORIAL STAFFCindy Greer........................................Editor2009 CR 31, Florissant, CO 80816Email - [email protected] - 719-748-5008Renee Caldwell................Managing Editor

BUSINESS STAFFCindy Greer ........................Grange MasterRenee Caldwell............................Secretary

COLORADO STATE GRANGE OFFICERSMaster...................................... Cindy GreerOverseer................................. Gary WardleLecturer................................. Kathy WardleSteward.................................... Harry GreerAssistant Steward ..................Roger AyersLady Asst. Steward............. Amy PetersonChaplain................................. Sheryl AyersTreasurer.........................Marlys HalbeisenSecretary............................Renee CaldwellGatekeeper...................... Dominick BretonCeres..............................Teresa MontajanoPomona.............................. Dawn JockmanFlora................................................. J. Kelly

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,Larry Corman,

John Cruz, Tom Campion

Master’s MessageCindy Greer, State Master

7629 CR 100, Hesperus, CO 81316970-588-3386 • Email: [email protected]

The Great Plains leadership Conference will beheld June 14-16 in Waco, Texas, this year. Next year2020 will be Colorado’s turn to host the conference. Itwould be nice to have a good delegation of ColoradoGrangers participating in this year’s conference so thatwe can begin planning for next year as it takes time tofind a location and line out workshops. These confer-ences are good for gaining new information, but most-ly for connecting with Grangers from other states andsharing ideas. Registration deadline is May 31. Regis-

trations after May 31 will pay extra and have to find their own lodging whichwill cost more.

If you haven’t subscribed to the Good Day magazine that the National Grangepublishes you missed a feature article on William (Billy) Greer, National JuniorGrange Ambassador from Colorado, as well as small feature articles onFlorissant Grange and Marvel Grange. You may be wondering why these twoGranges were features — They responded to Facebook questions posted byNational Grange. The subscription costs $16.00 per year and is for four issuesof the magazine. It’s a full color magazine with tons of information from Grang-es all over the nation. You can subscribe on-line at www.nationalgrange.org.

2019 Communications Fellows program applications are due May 20! AnyGrange member interested in participating in a rigorous, hands-on trainingprogram in communications, with additional resources for membership, pro-gramming and engagement, is invited to apply for the 2019 CommunicationFellows program. The program, is made possible thanks to generous funders,but there are a limited number of spots available. Fellows will receive the bulkof their training during a nine-day experience at the 153rd Annual NationalGrange Convention, held this year Nov. 1-9 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Thoseselected also are expected to make time for several teleconferences betweenJune and October, as well as a few brief assignments prior to the start of NationalConvention. This year, Fellows will hear from the National Master, NationalGrange Staff and Officers, other communications professionals and more.Fellows will produce content for the daily convention newsletter, interviewsand content for our social media channels and stories/elements for GoodDay!™ magazine, livestream events — and much more. This is a hands-ontraining with support from many of the more than 40 previous Fellows whohave participated in the program since 2012. Those previous Fellows now holdmany significant offices and jobs in their State and National Grange and of-ten credit the program with providing them insight into the differences acrossState Granges and the opportunities and challenges to the organization, as wellas great motivation for being part of our next 150+ years of service. Any Grangemember in good standing may apply, but all applicants must have a nomina-tion letter from a State Master/National Delegate; National Officer; NationalGrange Staff Member or past Communication Fellow. The deadline for allmaterials to be submitted to the National Grange Communications Depart-ment via email ([email protected]) is PRIOR to “start ofbusiness” (9 a.m. Eastern) Monday, May 20. Early submissions will receivepriority evaluation. Those who have not participated in the past will receivehighest priority and special consideration will be given to applicants from statesnever before represented in the program. Elizabeth Hiner from Colorado par-ticipated in this program two years.

Grange Insurance Association celebrated its 125th anniversary in April.Two new board members were elected, one had moved out of the area andone retired.

I am planning on again setting up a display table at the Colorado StateFair in August. So if you happen to get to the State Fair be sure to check outthe display.

Claudia’s Corner

lose your exempt property status. It is also wonderful how quickly

you all respond to the request forGranger articles. Thank you all. It isgreat knowing what each of the Col-orado Granges is doing within theircommunities. If you haven’t writtenan article in a while, please do so, weall like to read about your Granges.

April was Grange month as well asquarterly report time, quarterly taxtime, and Granger time so it is alwaysa busy month. Whew… it will begood to get back to normal. As of theprinting of this Granger, we are intoMay and I am sure I am happily backto the day-to-day business of CSG.

On that note: Spring adds new lifeand new beauty to all that is. Enjoy it.

by Claudia the Skunk fromthe National Grange Herd

We’re continuing to introduce youto your state officers and directors bygiving you a little bit of informationabout them.

Elizabeth Hiner, Publicity Direc-tor, is a member of Florida Grange#306. She has been a Grange mem-ber since 2013 when her husband’saunt Lillian strong-armed them intojoining. She is a retired real estatetitle closer. They have three childrenand two grandchildren. Daughter Saralives in Hawaii, with her husbandMike, they are working on gettingtheir real estate license. Son Lukelives in Aurora, with his wife Tabitha.Luke works for the Best Buy GeekSquad. Her oldest grandchild Mat-

thew lives with them while his sisterBekah lives in Colorado Springs. Herthird, Trevor lives in Evanston, Wyo-ming.

Her favorite Grange experiencewould have to be just belonging. Sheappreciates the chances the Grangehas given her to grow beyond hercomfort zone. She most enjoyed beinga National Communications Fellow,it was fun being the old lady of thegroup, she learned a lot from theyounger generations.

She would like to get the Grangename out into the public, so that oth-ers benefit and they can grow. In otherwords, to become more visible.

Her motto is to do no harm andlearn everything you possibly can.

Dominick Breton, MembershipDirector, is the Master of Wheat RidgeGrange #155 and the Front End Man-ager at Safeway, Independent Mar-keting Director for Team National.Dominick is involved in the Kiwanis,Wheat Ridge Carnation FestivalBoard and Wheat Ridge Chamber asa board member.

When Dominick was a Boy Scouttheir troop used to help at the Grangewith the Colorado Food Share pro-gram. Dominick has been a Grangemember for eight years.

Dominick would like to strengthenthe overall perception of the Grange.

David H. McCord, AgricultureDirector, is a member of VictoryGrange #452. David is retired from

the City of Aurora as a city planner.He is Past State Grange Master/Pres-ident, Overseer and Executive Com-mittee member.

He is involved in the followingorganizations:American Planning InstituteRocky Mountain Elk FoundationColorado State Muzzle Loading As-

sociation, Wildlife DirectorBack Country Hunters and AnglersRed Cross, Chair of Aurora Branch, Mile High Board of Directors, 1989-

1992Schussbaumer Ski Club Lodge and

alums, 1973-80, where he met hiswife Kay, President ’76/’77

Historic Montclair Neighborhood As-sociation, President and BoardMember, 1995-2004

Board Member Mile-Hi Early FordV8 Club

Returned Peace Corps VolunteersColorado Ag Council 2000-present

— representing CSGColorado Historic Aviation Society,

Aviation ArchaeologyWings Over the Rockies Air and Space

Museum, volunteer, 15+ yearsAurora Chamber of Commerce

He and his wife Kay have onedaughter and one son and one grand-child. Their family hosted foreign stu-dents in the early 1990s via AFS withtheir guest “sons” coming from Ar-gentina, Australia, and Thailand forthe school year and many others forshort visits

Dave benefited greatly from themany exceptional people who weremembers of Victory Grange duringhis 47 years of membership — manywere also State Grange Officers.

Dave would like to increase use ofthe Victory Grange hall by the localcommunity as an event center and inturn, try to recruit new members

His personal motto? Keep on try-ing.

CommunityService

Lisa Mittan,State Director

4956 W. 66th Ave., Arvada, CO 80003Email: [email protected]

As you’re reading this, summer ishere! You’re seeing new, green plantsin your gardens — hopefully plannedfor growing enough to share. Your kidsare either out of school for the summer,or soon will be. It’s the perfect time tobe looking for things to do out-of-doors. There are projects with Habitatfor Humanity, organized neighborhoodcleanup projects, and com-munity gar-dens. Maybe you have a senior neigh-bor who needs help with yard clean-up or perhaps some carpentry repairwork and painting. Maybe they coulduse some help with getting a pet someveterinary care, or grooming. If youhave other, more cerebral skills, thereare always non-profit organizations —in addition to your local Grange —that need some help with accounting,office organization, marketing, or web-site design and maintenance. Althoughthese efforts can be done any time ofyear, now is a great time to go out andlook for them!

If you want to serve on a smallerscale, that senior neighbor may noteven realize how much they’d appre-ciate a visit! See if you can take themout to lunch, to an art or other muse-um, or maybe a movie. If they can’treally go out, find out what kind ofspecial meal you could bring in tohave with them. Do they have a DVDplayer, or at least a television that youcan plug yours into? Perhaps they’denjoy your company for a dinner andmovie IN, if they haven’t been able toget out to one for a while. The key isYOUR COMPANY. *You may wantto check in with any caregivers theyhave, or family members you can con-

tact, to let them know your plans andensure a favorite meal they’d like trulyis something that’s ok in their diet.Build a relationship with them first— get to know them and begin build-ing trust. They probably could usesome of that too — a true friend.Having you as a friend may just savethem from one of the scammers outthere who prey on seniors. You can besomeone they can come to for adviceand who can help them to not be sosusceptible to a scammer pretendingto be a friend in the first place!

Remember to keep track of the vol-unteer hours you spend on all of giv-ing service out in your community. Inyour subordinate and Pomona Grang-es, remember to help guide your Jun-ior Granges in their Community Serv-ice activities — and in capturing allof the information they’ll need to sub-mit entries to the National GrangeCommunity Service Project contest!https://www.nationaljuniorgrange.org/community-service-2/

Your Grange’s book, to includeyour submissions for Colorado StateGrange Community Service projects,is due August 25. Please also be think-ing and working within your Grange,to decide if you all have any nomineesto submit for Fire Fighter, Law En-forcement Officer, and/or Teacher ofthe year. We would like to have agood representation of nominees, aswe need to meet a standard of recog-nizing outstanding people who dedi-cate themselves in service to others,so that National Grange will supportus in recognizing you and your effortsas well!

Granger Deadline And GuidelinesJune 15, 2019, is the deadline

for articles for the July-August 2019edition of The Colorado Granger.You can send them to the StateGrange Office, 2009 CR 31, Floris-sant, CO 80816 or email [email protected].

We would appreciate your fol-lowing these guidelines when writ-ing an article.Name of GrangeContact person (with a phone num-

ber)Upcoming dates

Brief summary of what has been hap-pening at your Grange — DONOT SEND MINUTES

Community Service ProjectsIn Memoriam (Grangers who have

passed away)Thinking of You

(Grangers who are sick and shutin — include address if they wouldenjoy cards)

Hats Off (Grangers to be recognized)You’re Invited (activities open to

non-members and visiting Grang-ers)

Visit www.coloradogrange.org

May-June 2019, The Colorado Granger,

Lecturer’s CreativeAnd Performing Arts

Kathy Wardle, State Director1136 Bluebell Way, Brighton, CO 80601-6783


Colorado State Grange WebsiteLarry Corman takes care of the web page for the State Grange. He is request-

ing that Officers and Directors contact him with updates for their departments.He would like to link the web page of each Grange to the State Grange site.

Please contact him to have this done so Grange members and others can easi-ly access your page for information. Larry Corman: [email protected] 970-884-4762.

Junior Grange And YouthDan and Jenna Greer, State Directors

970-749-9449 • 970-588-3844 • Email: [email protected]

Hey There! We are excited to an-nounce that we have moved our annu-al fun family event to this fall!! Wehave it narrowed down to a few keylocations; as soon as we have it ironedout we will be passing out the info.Our National Junior Ambassador hadthe opportunity to visit Pennsylvaniain March. He started his week-longtrip off by flying to Pittsburgh, thenfinished the week off at the Mid-At-lantic Leadership Conference in Get-tysburg. If you ever get the chance tovisit this wonderful historic place,definitely take the chance. Just a briefoverview on the three day battle: thisparticular battle was single-handedlythe largest causality battle during theCivil War. There were over 110,000people in the battle, and over 51,000casualties were reported. Historiansreport that this was the single battlethat changed the entire fate of theCivil War.

On a different note we have beenthinking about some new ways to in-volve new and existing Youth andJuniors not only across our state butfrom other states nearby. We are goingto throw some ideas against the wall andsee if anything sticks, theoretically ofcourse. Here are some of our ideas:• Youth/Family Exchange from other

states near by• Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta Fun

event• Spending the night at the Denver

Aquarium• Beach weekend with surf lessons• Grand Canyon trip

• Moab Weekend• Mount Rushmore• Yellowstone

Each event we plan has so much tooffer for everyone that attends. Wewant to include at least one unforget-tably fun event, a key speaker, net-working opportunities for all ages, acouple of learning activities to helpprepare for the future. We hope thatyou can not only make it to one of ourevents but also provide us feedbackon what you’d like to see.

We are excited to have MapleGrove Grange hosting a breakfastwith all proceeds going to the JuniorGrange program! How exciting!Make sure that you make time toattend the breakfast on April 27th @the Maple Grove Grange hall from 9-11 a.m. If you aren’t reading this arti-cle until after the 27th we would liketo express our gratitude to MapleGrove Grange for all of their help.

Here are some of the new thingsfrom the National Youth Director

Thirty, 30, XXX, 3 x 10 idea start-ers for your next event when you donot know what to do:

1. Auctions. Managed by an auc-tioneer. Items or services are auction-ed to the highest bidder. Great com-munity fun. Great fundraiser.

2. Award Ceremonies. Think Os-cars and Emmys. An excellent way torecognize and reward the hard workof teams and individuals in your com-munity.

3. Trunk Sale.All you need is a carand things to sell. One person’s junkis another person’s treasure. Attendeescan pay a small fee to line up their carsand open their trunks and sell.

4. Conference. Keynotes, panels,breakouts, and roundtable sessionson a topic of importance to your com-munity.

5. Dance, ball or disco. Need I saymore? Hmmm…how about a compe-tition?

6. Masquerade. Costumes, masks,fun, food, party, maybe prizes.

7. Gig. A musical engagement inwhich musicians are hired.

8. Historical reenactment or role-play. Frequently historic, fantasy, mil-itary or video-game themed. Partici-pants immerse themselves in the peri-od or theme and re-enact famous bat-tles or incidents.

9. Improv Show. (Sheryl Ayers,this one is for you.) A comedy gigwhere the performers have no setscript, and instead develop ideas fromthe audience into jokes and sketcheson the fly.

10. Fireside Chat. Find a comfychair, a stage, and a keynote speakerand an audience. Ask all the ques-tions you and your audience want to.

12. Kidult. Let your adults be kids.Rent adult size bouncing castles, andgame paraphernalia and have fun.Free the child trapped inside us.

13. Meet-up. Meet-up and attenda gallery showing, a play, a book sign-ing or something together.

14. Paint Jam. Advertise a greathandle that will grab artists, or findyourself a handful of willing “artists”;find a space and you have a paintingjam. Invite people to participate orwatch.

15. Panel. Gather 3-4 experts anda moderator and a series of ques-tions on their topic of expertise and

voilá — a panel.16. Party. A simple gathering of

people who come together to havefun.

17. Puzzle or Escape Room. An-other use for your hall. Solve puzzlesin groups within a certain time limitin a closed space. Perhaps a prize forthe winning group.

18. Quiz. Teams compete againsteach other with a quizmaster posingquestions.

19. Relay Races. Prizes and com-petition with creative events and teams.

20. Roasts. The honoree is honor-ed but with some gentle mocking andribbing. Perhaps a dinner accompa-nies the activity.

21. Roundtable. All in attendanceare posed the same question or topic,and all debate the answer.

22. Scavenger hunt or Treasurehunt.Afun way to get people to worktogether.

23. Film Screening. Host theshowing of an exclusive documen-tary film and, perhaps, use it to raisefunds for a charitable contribution.

24. Silent Auction. Obtain a won-derful item. Place bids in a closedbox with no one knowing how muchothers have bid. On an announceddate, the box is unlocked ant the high-est bid wins. (Great fund raiser inplace of a raffle.) Establish minimumbid.

25. Silent Disco. Each dance parti-cipant has a headphone and dances tothe tunes only they hear. Looks hilar-ious.

26. Street Party. Bring your partyoutdoors and invite others to join you.

27. Talent or Variety Show. Com-munity is invited to demonstrate indi-vidual talents. A judge and a worth-while present or award is awarded.

28. Tastings. Tantalizing flavorson the table. Friends in the room.

29. Walking Tour. Nature, histor-ical spots, etc. are visited on foot.Group is led by an expert who can ex-plain visited venues.

30. Workshops. Help participantslearn and create something tangible.Granges have held basket making,egg coloring and candle makingworkshops this year.

Have fun. If you can imagine it,you can do it. Thanks to Eventbrite forthe ideas.

Family &Women’s Activities

Idella Lewis and Karen Baxter, State Activities Co-DirectorsIdella Lewis, 303-274-9390

Email: [email protected] Baxter, 14857 CR 240, Bayfield, CO 81122

970-259-1595

I recently attended Ag Day at theCapitol along with Jane Dianich ofMaple Grove Grange and DaveMcCord of Victory Grange. Many ag-riculture products grown and raised inColorado were prepared under the di-rection of professional chefs with atasting of the foods prepared follow-ing. Various agricultural productsacross Colorado were represented.

One that was especially spectacu-lar was a beautiful flower with gelstem and leaf with raspberry flowers

and a decadent chocolate bar beside it.Too pretty to eat! We did eat it thoughand it was delicious! Yummmm!

Many recipes were given out thatday. Here is one from The ColoradoPotato Board that you might like totry. This is a new way to prepare yourfavorite vegetable that is perfect forany meal.

Colorado Potatoesin a Waffle Iron

2# Colorado potatoes — Russet, purple, Yukon Gold

1 T. salt2 T. olive oil

Bring 1 gallon of water to a boil.Add salt. Wash the potatoes and addto boiling water. Cook 20-30 min.until soft. Drain water and removepotatoes. Heat waffle iron to high.Toss potatoes with olive oil to coat theskins. Slowly lower lid of waffle ironand cook until crisp — 2-3 min. Addyour choice of toppings — eggs,cheese, bacon, sausage, green onions,lettuce, chili. Enjoy!

Mandy. The National Grange YouthDepartment and CADCA (https://www.cadca.org/about-us) are begin-ning to lay the groundwork to garner4 scholarship applicants for theCADCA training in July and do somepre-planning on strategic waysGrange Youth can spread that train-ing to rural and small town grassrootAmerica. We are looking for GrangeYouth ages 13-21 that are enthusias-tic and wanting to find a bigger rolein Grange and receive training onhow to tackle the Opioid crisis inAmerica. This is a wonderful oppor-tunity for our younger youth to getinvolved.

Did you know that the JuniorGrange Merit Badge program has of-ficially changed over to the Passportsystem? Here are a few of the detailson the new Passport system. The Jun-ior Grange Passport is designed to bean exciting and innovative way forJuniors to learn more about theirworld, their country, their state, theircommunity, and their Grange.

Through an online digital format,leaders will now have easier access tostamps that will not require a pur-chase, and thus save on programmingcosts within your state. This formatwill allow us to have constant changesand additions, that will grant us theability to spotlight important issues orevents throughout history.

This transition will be beneficialto all Junior Grangers, Leaders, andEducators. Junior Grangers will nowhave an easy to handle notebook thatwill allow them the ability to keeptrack of their accomplishments andutilize them as resources for outsidestudies. Educators will be able to uti-lize the Passports as part of their cur-riculum, encouraging their students tolearn more about the Grange and othereducational entities that the will be of-fered. Leaders will appreciate theability to have immediate availabili-ty of the downloadable stamps, mak-ing it easier to plan and award Juniorswith a stamp in their PASSPORT.

The program is broken down intofive categories:• Grange States• Grange History• World Discovery• Career Readiness• American History

For more info reach out to us orcheck out https://www.nationaljuniorgrange.org/junior-grange-passport/

Last but not least, we would likeyour help coming up with a Juniorand a Youth tagline for our state. Mostbusiness have tag lines such as,“What’s in your Wallet”; “Got Milk”;“Breakfast of Champions”; “Can youhear me now”; “Reach out and touchsomeone.” Help us create a uniquetagline for our organization.

In ending, there are lots of new andfun things happening within our de-partments and we are looking for-ward to “Growing the leaders of to-morrow.”

Mandy ProjectCindy Greer, Coordinator

970-588-3386 • Email: [email protected] has been a while since we have

given any financial help to familieswhose children have a hearing loss.Recently we’ve received two. Eachfamily was awarded $1,000 — $500from the State Grange Mandy Projectsfunds and $500 from PICK. Both chil-dren are receiving help at Children’shospital Colorado.

Mandy ProjectRecipientZachery

DeitchmanZachery Deitchman is four months

old. His parents Joan and Mike livein Boulder. He has one older brother,Sean. Both Sean and Zachary are uni-laterally deaf due to microtia atresia,which means he is missing his exter-nal right ear and has no ear canal onhis right side. Mike (father) is a U.S.citizen, Joan (mother) is a permanentresident. Zachary needs a bone con-duction hearing aid because he is uni-laterally deaf in his right ear. When heis older he can have surgery to inserta screw or magnet on his skull to an-chor the hearing aid (currently he’llwear it on a headband). When he isolder he might also have the option ofsurgery to create an ear canal and geteither a prosthetic ear or an ear grown

from his rib cartilage. Hearing aidswill give him a better chance of nor-mal speech and language develop-ment. His parents want Zachary tohave a hearing aid so that he has a bet-ter chance of normal speech and lan-guage development.

Mandy ProjectRecipientBella Liss

Bella Liss is 19-months-old. Her

parents John and Dana Liss live inLittleton and have five children, theoldest being 19 years of age.

When Bella was born, she had acleft palate. She sees the Cleft Clinicteam at Children’s Hospital. Her ENTdoctor and other doctors on the teamhave told them that hearing loss iscommon for children with clefts.Bella failed her hearing tests sincethe newborn screening. She got herfirst set of tubes to help drain fluidwhen she was 4-months-old. She isnow on her third set of tubes. She’shad a few sedated ABR hearing testsand a few booth hearing tests. Heraudiologists have told us that she hasmild to moderate loss in the left ear,

which they think is permanent. Shehas mild loss in the right ear. We arecurrently in the process of getting herhearing aids for both ears. Bella alsosees a speech therapist once a week,as she is behind in her speech andlanguage development. As far as ex-pected future treatment, I would guessthat she may need ear tubes replacedas she gets older. They don’t know atthis point if her hearing is expected toget worse or not.

Their goal as a family is to be ableto fully communicate with Bella andfor Bella to be able to communicatewith them. Bella only says one or twowords right now. They have taught hera few basic signs though, which helpsher communicate. She knows “eat,”“more,” “milk,” “all done,” “yes” and“no” in sign language so far. Theyare hoping to start a family sign lan-guage class to learn more sign lan-guage. They still want Bella to beable to communicate vocally though,which is where they hope the hearingaids will help. If she can hear prop-erly, that will help her be able to speakproperly and be understood. They willcontinue to work with the speech ther-apist for as long as needed.

Bella Liss

Zachery Deitchman


PublicityElizabeth Hiner, State Director

and National Communications Fellow970-403-4592

Email: [email protected]

AgricultureReport

David H. McCord, State DirectorDavid • 303-388-1259

Email: [email protected] I will report on mem-

ber organizations of the Colorado AgCouncil to provide a feel and look atour State’s broad agricultural indus-try. The below information is extract-ed from each member’s web site andoffered with little editing or commentfrom my part. There are 27 producermembers of the Council includingColorado State Grange; we have agproducer members. Selected beloware three members representing aqua-culture, conservation districts, and thewheat growers. Others follow in fu-ture Grangers.

Colorado Aquaculture Associa-tion. Aquaculture, Fish Farming,Aquaponics, and Fisheries Manage-ment Businesses in Colorado (Seetheir website’s member list for com-panies and offerings). The CAAmem-bers are both producers and suppliersof products and services to the aqua-culture, aquaponics, fish farming, andfisheries management industries. Ad-ditional details about the CAAmay befound on their site.

Colorado Association of Conser-vation Districts. The mission ofCACD is to serve as the unified voicefor the conservation districts of Col-orado, facilitating outreach, educa-tion and support of landowners intheir stewardship of natural re-sources. The CACD works with pri-vate farm and ranch landowners andsmall ranchette owners and othersuburban developments to assist inwise and proper management of nat-ural resources. CACD is a nonprof-it 501(c) (3) organization establishedin 1945 to represent the 76 conser-vation districts of Colorado — theoriginal conservationists created byCongress in response to the 1930sDust Bowl.

Colorado Association of WheatGrowers. CAWG is a voluntarymembership association that repre-sents its dues paying members at thestate legislature, at the Congress, andprovides other special programs andbenefits. Our goal is to provide thestate’s wheat producers with repre-

sentation at the state and federal lev-els of government while keepingmembers updated on the issues thatmay affect Colorado wheat.

“Prairie Gold” is a term frequent-ly given to the state’s only major foodgrain crop. Wheat is produced in allregions of the state grown in morethan 40 of the 64 counties. Prior to theConservation Reserve Program (CRP)in 1986, the Colorado all-wheat cropwas valued at more than $380 millionand was the largest valued crop com-modity in the state. The CRP removedapproximately one million acres ofwheat base from production and in-creased usage of crop rotations withthe “Freedom to Farm” Act imple-mented in 1996 where corn and haycrops then outranked wheat in termsof value of production in some years.Nevertheless, Colorado is a majorwheat producing state, ranking fifthin the U.S. in 2010, seventh in 2011,sixth in 2012, and dropped to 14th in2013 due to the drought. The 2012wheat crop was valued at $580 mil-lion with 2.1 million acres harvested,an average yield of 34.3 bushels peracre.

Hard winter wheat, 95 percent oftotal wheat production, is used foryeast breads and hard rolls since it ishigh in protein and strong in gluten.Colorado is also a minor spring wheatproducing state. Historically, in 1869Colorado wheat producers harvestedjust 11,000 acres of wheat and produc-ed 275,000 bushels of grain. In 1985,total production was 139 millionbushels, a record, with 3.5 millionacres harvested, 39.6 bushels per acre,also a record.

Over 80 percent of Colorado’swheat production is exported and isone of Colorado’s top ranked exportsby dollar value. For the 2012-13 mar-keting year, an estimated 60 millionbushels of wheat valued at approxi-mately $464 million was exported to60 different countries, creating ap-proximately 15,666 jobs annually and7,485 of these jobs are attributed towheat exports.

Real EstateManagement

Mike Lackey, State Director303-521-8773

Email: [email protected] too many Granges spend hours

every summer and fall preparing care-fully for the upcoming cold monthswithout investing a similar amountof time in the late winter or earlyspring for the cold season to thewarmer season. Failing to prepare forspring can result in unexpected delaysas you work to correct any issues thatmay have developed over the long,cold winter. There’s no need to stress,however, as preparing for spring canbe a straightforward process.CHECKLIST FOR CRITICAL

SPRING PREPARATIONSThere are plenty of ways to prepare

for spring and its impact on yourGrange building. Here is a checklist ofthe most critical preparations for thechange to spring weather. Don’t justassume that because you performedinspections prior to the onset of win-ter that you’re fine until next fall!Issues could develop from somethingminor, like a moldy run, into somethingmajor. Look for the obvious signs ofwater damage from snow/ice to thebuilding’s exterior and make any nec-

essary repairs before the spring rainsarrive. Inspect indoor spaces, par-ticularly basements and areas closestto the roof, for mold or wear and dam-age after the long winter season. Gatherand remove any old foliage from fallor last summer that have accumulatedaround your building’s exterior. HaveHVAC maintenance performed to en-sure you are ready to switch from heat-ing to air conditioning.

CHECKING FORICE DAMAGE

OR SNOW DAMAGEYour roof and its interior compo-

nent, the ceiling, are critical to safe-ty and longevity. When your roof fails,it can damage the ceiling inside andeverything that was being protectedby it. Even the sturdiest of roofs canexperience compromising damagefrom ice dams (the build-up of heavyand thick ice) during the winter, whichcan become problematic when the icemelts and there’s a leak. A leak cancost a lot of money and time. Catchingand fixing the issue is your best op-tion.

Following is an article by one of themembers of Florida Grange #306 re-garding the Cub Scout Pack, whichuses their building for meetings. Thisis a great way to promote and publi-cize your Grange, by publicizing whatyour Grange does for the communi-ty at large. Florida Grange has en-joyed hosting the Cub Scout Pack forthe last seven years and hope they re-main part of their family.

Florida Grange #306Submitted by Kenneth Ouellette, Scout Leader, Grange MemberFlorida Grange No. 306 is the

proud sponsor of Cub Scout Pack 508.

On February 26, 2019, Cub ScoutPack 508 celebrated not only BoyScouting’s 109th birthday but alsothe Pack’s 20th birthday, having beenstarted in the fall of 1998. This alsomarked the 7th year that the Pack wassponsored by Florida Grange. ThePack was founded by Eureka Grangeunder the leadership of Jack McEn-tire, the Grange’s Master, and utilizedtheir facilities until about 2011 whenEureka Grange lost its building toColorado Highway 550 reconstruc-tion wherein Eureka Grange consol-idated with Florida Grange, under theleadership of Master Amy Peterson.

CHECKING FOR WINTERDAMAGE HELPS CREATEA SAFER ENVIRONMENTHaving maintenance or someone

intimately familiar with the buildingcarefully inspect it for damage andwear prior to the warmer springweather can be as important as check-ing for water damage. From noticingthe salt damage and staining to en-trance area rugs, which may eventu-ally impact their usefulness, to check-ing the walls, basement, and ceilingfor indications of mold growth, thereare a lot of minor issues which can befound and quickly corrected follow-ing a thorough examination of thebuilding, including the exterior andinterior spaces.

OMINOUS THREATOF OLD FOLIAGE

While accumulated leaves on theroof, in your building’s gutters, andaround the bases of your landscapingmay not seem like anything but a cos-metic issue, in fact, old leaves andplant material can pose a substantialrisk to your building. These dead anddecaying plants and leaves can pro-mote and hide the growth of moldand other unwanted fungus on yourgrounds or roof. They can also be-come quite heavy when saturated withwater, causing issues of torn awningsover windows to blockages in the gut-ters that result in overflows. Don’tignore it; clear it and have it hauledaway once the snow melts.SPRINGTIME MAINTENANCE

OF HVAC SYSTEMSMost people understand the impor-

tance of having a building’s HVACsystem inspected and cared for priorto the beginning of winter. After all,one of the most important functionsof an HVAC system is the produc-tion and distribution of heat during thecold months. However, after thosemonths of heavy use and wear, yourHVAC system may need a little tuneup. From failing blower fans to wornbearings, there are a lot of minor is-sues that can crop up during winterand prevent your HVAC system fromoperating optimally when it comestime to change it from producing anddistributing cold air instead of hot.Have it inspected and tuned up forthe change!

MembershipDominick Breton

State DirectorPhone: 303-919-2680


Hello Grangers! It’s a great time ofyear to think about growing theGrange with spring right around thecorner. Let’s keep growing! Did youknow that we have four different op-tions for getting community mem-bers to join us in making a differencein Our Community?1) INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP2) Family Membership 3) Junior Granger 4) Associate Members — “each

Grange sets the dues structure”

GUIDING NEW MEMBERSIN THE GRANGE

A new member is a very importantperson who has expectations of theGrange. Since the new member mayfeel somewhat uncomfortable at first,you have been assigned to help himbuild self-confidence, get off to a goodstart and begin work as another valu-able Grange member. Remember,your name has been referred to thenew member, so it’s up to you to helphim become a part of the Grange!

The following are suggested activ-ities to aid new members:1) Call the new member before the

Grange meetings.2) Discuss the place and time of the

meetings.3) Offer the new member transporta-

tion to the Grange meeting.4) Meet the family members and in-

troduce your family to them.5) Explain the Grange dues.6) Inquire as to hobbies, special inter-

ests, etc.7) Discuss Grange ritual and degrees.8) Introduce the new member to the

other Grange Members.9) Inform the new member of the

yearly program.10) Stay in close contact throughout

the year.I want to thank you in advance for

all of your efforts to help promote theGrange! If you have any questions atall or suggestions, please feel free tocontact me — 303-919-2680.

Do I eat too much sugar?Even without knowing your diet,

the answer is most likely yes. Manu-factured foods now feature “AddedSugars” on the nutrition label. That’syour key to avoiding too much sugar.Please read labels and reduce or elim-inate added sugars from your diet whilenot worrying so much about naturalsugars in fruits. Added sugars showup in pasta sauces, flavored yogurts,

HealthAwareness

Louetta Phelps, State Director10676 State Hwy. 151, Ignacio, CO 81137


breads and even salad dressings. Whileyou’re cutting sugar, try to eat morebeans and lentils. A 2018 study inClinical/Nutrition found that peoplethat ate the most beans and lentils hadthe lowest risk of diabetes. Too muchsugar is linked to almost every diseaseand our bodies require only 1 tsp ofsugar a day to function properly. Takethe challenge; start today.

Happy Spring!

P.I.C.K.People Improving

Communities And KidsSecretary/Treasurer

Cindy [email protected]

We recently received an anony-mous donation that came through Net-work for Good. This group also offersgrants to U.S. nonprofits. They con-sider applications every month, so ifyour Grange has a project that youwant to partner with PICK on to applyfor funds please contact us, so that wecan work with you.

It may seem a bit early, but PICKis planning on having a Silent Auc-tion again at the annual convention ofthe State Grange. If you would like tohelp with the silent auction please letus know. We appreciate any and alldonations of items for the auction.

With the support of Florida Grange inearly 2018, Pack 508 became a “Fam-ily Scouting” Pack, with dens for boysand girls in the Durango area.

The Pack gathered on February 26for celebration at the Florida GrangeBuilding and enjoyed great food, rec-ognition of individual Cub Scout ac-complishments, and a short skit aboutthe Pack’s organization in 1998. ThePack also recognized the five Scoutsthat had started their scouting careerin Pack 508 over the 20 year timespan and went on to earn the EagleRank, Boy Scouting’s highest Rank.Those scouts recognized were: PhilipOuellette (2007), James Ouellette(2009), Joe Wayne (2015), TannerBenally (2017), and Brandon Galle-gos (2018). Special thanks go out toall those Grange members who haveactively supported Scouting’s quali-ty youth program.

Cub Scout Pack 508 celebrated the Pack’s 20th birthday and Scouting’s 109th birthday at Florida Grange.


La PlataArchuleta and La Plata Counties, CO

and San Juan County, NM

Chaplain’sCorner

Sheryl Ayers,State Chaplain970-385-4557


We were sorry to learn of PatQuick’s death, but what a privilege toknow her and to benefit from her skill,industriousness, sense of humor andwisdom.

As we think of wisdom, there aremany sources to consider. Doing anonline search for “wisdom quotes”gives over 15,000 in just one website!Aristotle said, “Knowing yourself isthe beginning of all wisdom.” Socra-tes’ input was, “The only true wisdomis in knowing you know nothing.”The Bible clearly tells us “The fear ofthe Lord is the beginning of wisdom.”

Since I believe in God as creator, Ibelieve He is the one who knows me bestand most fully, so I may know myselfcompletely only as I know Him. As Ibelieve God is all-knowing (omniscient)and all-wise, it’s a bit easier to agreewith Socrates and see that, in compar-ison with God, I “know nothing.”

Some of our more current philoso-phers have wisdom insights:

Bob Marley said, “Don’t gain theworld and lose your soul, wisdom isbetter than silver or gold.” Jimi Hen-drix wisely observed, “Knowledgespeaks, but wisdom listens.” Here,here! Or perhaps, hear, hear!

Looking at some well-known au-thors and thinkers, we find…

“In a good bookroom you feel insome mysterious way that you are ab-sorbing the wisdom contained in allthe books through your skin, withouteven opening them.” (Mark Twain)The warning in that is there are books

containing anything BUT wisdom, socaution is to be exercised.

“We can know only that we knownothing. And that is the highestdegree of human wisdom.” (Leo Tol-stoy, War and Peace) Either Tolstoyhad studied Aristotle or he was justalso a great thinker.

“The saddest aspect of life rightnow is that science gathers knowl-edge faster than society gathers wis-dom.” (Isaac Asimov) Even one withhis great intelligence and learningrecognized the value of wisdom overmere knowledge, perhaps valuing spir-itual growth over intellectual growth.

As the world spins in space and welive our lives in this spring season,may we each be as wise as Solomonwas when he realized only God couldgive him needed wisdom to fulfill hispurpose.

As you remember loved ones orGrange members who have died,please remember to send me survivorinformation so I can send a card. Ifyou send obituary and memorial serv-ice information now (for those whohave been State Grange delegates, of-ficers or committee chairs), it won’tneed to be done next August so we canhonor them at the memorial service atthe State Convention. In addition,please consider making a donation toColorado State Grange for the schol-arship and leadership fund in theirmemory. Acknowledgment of yourdonation is sent to the family if youinclude their contact information.

JacquelineNorthway

July 26, 1920-June 17, 2018Jacqueline Northway was born into

this world to Edward and Eula Wilkenon July 26, 1920, at home in Denver,Colorado. She passed away on June17, 2018. Jackie attended DenverPublic Schools and graduated fromSouth High School in 1938. Afterhigh school she attended ColoradoState University in Ft. Collins for twoyears, and then finished her degree atDenver University.

Jackie married Robert Northwayin 1952, and they enjoyed each otheruntil his passing in 1987. Jackie work-ed for Denver Public Schools as ateacher, counselor, and administratorfor 37 years. When she retired in

Patricia QuickFebruary 16, 1930-March 22, 2019

Patricia Marie Quick was born Feb-ruary 16, 1930, to Florence (Everitt)and Louis Ruggles. She left us onMarch 22, 2019.

Patricia Ruggles was born in Den-ver and grew up on the Ruggles farmnine miles east of Parker, Colorado.She started school at Rattlesnake HillSchool in 1936. Three years later Rat-tlesnake Hill School was consolidat-ed with Parker Schools, and Patgraduated from Parker High School in1948. She attended Colorado StateUniversity for a year.

In 1949, she married Calvin J.Quick in Savannah, Georgia, whereCal, who was in the U.S. Army, wasstationed before his deployment toKorea. Pat stayed in Georgia until Calwas discharged in 1952. They return-ed to Colorado, and the young couplepurchased land along Smoky HillRoad in Arapahoe County that washomesteaded by Cal’s maternal grand-parents. There they made their homefor the next 49 years. They operateda dairy for 19 years and then convert-ed to a beef cattle operation. Theyraised alfalfa, wheat, and corn.

Pat and Cal also raised three chil-dren on that farm, Amy Miller (Jim)of Akron, CO; Craig Quick (Sharon)of Woodrow, CO; and Audrey May-dew (Jim) of Aurora, CO. The Quickfamily was involved in 4-H, the WestArapahoe Soil Conservation District,school activities, and the CatholicChurch in both Castle Rock and Au-rora. The family was also involved inGrange activities, attending CherryCreek Grange and State Grange. Patserved as the Colorado State GrangeWomen’s Activities Chairman for sev-eral years. She also served as the StateGrange Lecturer from 1981-1987.

While her children were active in4-H, Pat worked at the ArapahoeCounty Junior Fair doing a variety ofchores from washing cattle to arrang-ing the apron display.

Pat was an accomplished seam-stress and did outstanding needle-work. She won many awards for herembroidery, crochet and knitting atState Grange. She served as a needle-

MargaretClements

March 1, 1914-January 13, 2019Margaret “Peggy” Clements of

Paonia, died Jan. 13, 2019, at herhome just six weeks short of her 105thbirthday. Margaret Elizabeth Durbinwas born on March 1, 1914, in Tay-lorville, Ill. She attended grade schoolin a one-room schoolhouse and wentto boarding school in Springfield, Ill.,for high school.

On May 28, 1933, she marriedKenneth E. Clements. They lived inIllinois, then moved to Phoenix, Ariz.,after World War II.

While in Phoenix, Mrs. Clementsworked as a secretary, bookkeeperand tax preparer. The Clements wereactive in square dancing and a localtheater group. She was also active inher church, where she started theLadies Sodality, a newsletter that isstill published to date. She went to col-lege in her 50s and won a Wall StreetJournal award for journalism.

The Clements moved to Paonia in1974 where she stayed active withchurch activities and started a charis-matic prayer group.

Mrs. Clements was a member ofthe Lambert Grange and served assecretary for years. Her lemon mer-ingue pie won the prize at the Moun-tain Harvest Festival two years in arow, and in her 70s, she started rais-ing rabbits and learned how to tanhides. She turned pelts into pillows,purses and other gifts for her family.

She is survived by four children; sixgrandchildren; 13 great-grandchil-dren; 17 great-great-grandchildren;and extended family.

work judge at several county fairsalong the Front Range.

She served 10 years as a Trustee onthe Arapahoe County Library DistrictBoard. She was proud to have been in-strumental in securing an ArapahoeCounty Library branch on Smoky HillRoad.

Pat also served on the J.S. ParkerCemetery Board (30 years) and formany years as Secretary to the Colo-rado State Grange Leadership andScholarship Foundation.

When the E-470 Toll Road wasbuilt, Pat and Cal were forced to sellthe farm, and they then moved twomiles west to the Saddle Rock com-munity. In February of 2008, she lostCal. In 2015, Pat moved to Windcrest,a retirement community near Chat-field Reservoir. There, she made manyfriends and lived the remainder of herlife fully.

Pat was preceded in death by herparents, her husband, and brothersRoy, Phillip, and Glen. She is surviv-ed by her sister Margaret, sister-in-lawMima Britton, sister-in-law GeorginaSkipper (Hollis), her children, sevengrandchildren, and 11 great grand-children.

Memorial contributions can bemade to the Colorado State GrangeLeadership and Scholarship Founda-tion, care of Jim Miller, Treasurer,P.O. Box 521, Akron, CO, 80720, ora charity of your choice.

— In Memoriam —

Pat Quick

1986, she was assistant principal atKepner Junior High School. She hadmany interests and enjoyed a lot of ac-tivities; gardening, playing bridge,art, crafts, traveling, cooking, andanything where she could interactwith people.

Jackie didn’t join Grange until shewas 60-years-old, but she becamevery active in it and held almost everyoffice in Garden Home, ProgressivePomona, and also was an officer at thestate level. She was extremely honor-ed to be recognized as Granger of theYear in 2010. Jackie drove her owncar until she was 95-years-old, andwhen she stopped driving it was herown decision. Living in her own homewith her Cocker Spaniel, Dolly, wasvery important to her, and she wasable to do that until she died.

Jackie Northway with her great-grandson Gregory in 2015.

FloridaContact Elizabeth Hiner, 970-

382-1509, [email protected],for more information.

Free BreakfastOur Free Breakfast is back at the

Florida Grange starting on Saturday,April 27, 2019 from 8-10 a.m. Thefree breakfast will be on the fourthSaturday of each month through Sep-tember/October. See you there.

Seed ExchangeOn Sunday April 13, 2019, the Flo-

rida Grange hosted a Seed Exchangestarting at 9 a.m. We asked partici-pants to bring 10 packets of your fav-orite seed, whether fruit or vegetable.The first 20 people received a hand-made pocket for their seeds.

Grange Month — Food DriveFor Grange Month we are sponsor-

ing/sponsored a food drive with alldonations going to the Mana SoupKitchen and/or the Durango FoodBank. Donations of a non-perishablefood items or toiletries were accept-ed between April 8 and April 27.

Bead WorkshopPauline Ford is going to hold anoth-

er beading class on May 11. The classwill be from 9-11a.m.

Future Events1. Quilting Bee once a month, will

start in June.2. Chili Cook-off for October.3. Kids Craft Day — Card Making

to be scheduled between Thanksgiv-ing and Christmas.

4. Cooking Class — Jelly makingto be scheduled at the Oxford Grangeif enough interest in the fall.

“We make a living by what we get.

We make a life by what we give.”Winston Churchill

Elizabeth Hiner

Mt. AllisonContact Larry Corman, Larry_

[email protected], or 970-884-4762 for further information.Upcoming events:• May 4 — Visitation Day with

Lunch, 11:30 a.m.We are recovering from hosting the

Ignacio 9Health Fair on April 13. Itwas a great success thanks to all of thevolunteer help. It takes a team of over35+ volunteers for this fair to be thesuccess that it is. From Mt. Allison,we had Sharon Nossaman, LouettaPhelps, Karen Baxter, Vickie Sutton-Gallegos, Norma Conley, YvonneChapman, Larry and Trish Corman,and George and Joyce Knoll. 162participants came to take ownershipof their health!

We had a great turnout for the chilicook off and are now preparing for theupcoming Easter Supper.

We hope that everyone is enjoyingtheir spring. The pastures have real-ly turned green this year.

Larry Corman

MarvelContact Cindy Greer, 970-588-

3386 or [email protected], forfurther information.

May 3 — Business meeting, 7:30p.m. Program Sheryl Ayers.

May 7 — Basin CO-OP Banquetat La Plata County Fairgrounds.

May 9 — Queso Cheese Classfollowed by Line Dancing 1 p.m.

May 13 — Pioneer 4-H Clubmeeting.

May 17 — Pressure Cannertesting at 6:15 p.m. by ExtensionService, $5 each; Potluck Supper,6:30 p.m. and Pressure canning

safety presentation.May 18 — Hesperus History Tour.

Marvel Grange catering lunch.May 20 — Marvel Junior

Grange, 3:45 p.m.May 21 — Animas La Plata

Water District meeting.Our Breakfast in March had 103 in

attendance. We also had a communi-ty Talent night in March that was en-joyed by those who attended and par-ticipated.

The Luau we had in February hadover 60 in attendance despite the snowthat had fallen a few short days priorto the Luau. The Sleeping Ukes andtwo groups of Hawaiian dancers en-tertained all in attendance.

In April we provided refreshmentsfor the La Plata Pomona Meeting andwe celebrated Community Heroes andhad the National Junior Ambassador,Billy Greer give a presentation fol-lowing a potluck supper. We also hada presentation by FFA students.

Cindy Greer

Marvel JGsContact: Cindy Greer or Jenna

Greer hcrdgreer @frontier.net, forfurther information.

May 20 — Junior Grange at 3:45p.m.

In March we worked on the Nation-al Art Project, practiced the ritual, re-ceived some Merit Badges and learn-ed about a new Passport Program. Acouple of Juniors participated in theGrange’s Talent Night.

April 1 we had a Senior CitizenDinner with 16 senior citizens in at-tendance and 13 juniors and adultshelping serve. We served ham, scal-loped potatoes, rolls, green beans andTexas sheet cakes with beverages.

In April we worked on our GrowProject containers.

Cindy Greer & Jenna Greer

GavinDoughartypouring coffeeat the SeniorCitizen lunch.

Billy Greer andIsaac Greer

putting tablesaway after

Senior Lunch.


DardenJefferson County

Contact Idella Lewis, [email protected], 303-233-3393,for further information.

May 4 — Saturday, Darden Po-mona meets at Enterprise Grange.Meeting at 4 p.m., Potluck to follow.

Following the potluck dinner wewill be signing Christmas cards whichhave been collected for the “MillionThanks” project, sending Christmascards to those serving in the militaryoverseas. These will be distributed inDecember.

Darden Pomona Granges will berecognizing outstanding members ofthe community at Community Nightsheld at various Granges this spring.Please attend and show your supportto those being recognized!

Idella Lewis

EnterpriseContact Carol Lackey, carollack

[email protected], 303-521-4477, for fur-ther information.

May 4 — Saturday, 4-6:30 p.m.,DARDEN POMONA meeting Pot-luck at 4 p.m. with meeting to fol-low.

May 8 — Wednesday, 6:30-8:30pm, ENTERPRISE meeting Cincode Mayo themed Potluck.

June – No Meeting We are plan-ning a group outing to HiwanHomestead Museum with a picniclunch. Date and Details to follow.

July10 — Pomona Picnic Discus-sions will be held at the May Pomo-na meeting. Time and location willfollow.

July — Enterprise is planning agroup outing to the Cussler CarMuseum in July. Date and detailsto follow.

Our March meeting had to be can-celled due to the weather when a“bomb cyclone” hit the metro area.But we all gathered to attend a fieldtrip on March 20 to the Museum ofOutdoor Arts for their exhibit calledNatura Obscura. It was a self-guidedexploration through a surrealist forestthat combines art, sculpture, and thelatest in virtual, augmented, and digi-tal technologies. It is considered anew form of art called immersive. Ican assure you that everyone loved itand found it to be fascinating, fun andeven intriguing. Afterwards, we de-cided on lunch at the Copper Pot onBroadway. It was an enjoyable daygetting to know each other a littlemore and sharing an experience wewill be talking about for a long time.

On March 23 Ashley Lackey coor-dinated a pop-up shop at the Grangefor vendors that have unique prod-ucts to sell. It was very well advertisedand quite a few shoppers came through.Each vendor donated to the Grangefor their space and we received moremoney for our community serviceprojects. A huge Thank You goes outto Ashley for thinking of projects tosupport our ability to give more!

May 8, Wednesday, 6:30 to 8:30p.m., ENTERPRISE meeting, Cincode Mayo-themed Potluck. Bring aMexican dish. There will be a garden-ing presentation by Kerry Pope, Mas-ter Gardener with the CU ExtensionCenter of Jefferson County. She hasbeen a gardener for over 40 years.Her father was one of the gardenersfor the Queen of England at BalmoralCastle in Scotland. She joined theCSU Jefferson County Master Gard-ener Program in 1987. She has her

certification in home landscape de-sign, created and taught a several ele-mentary and high school horticultureprograms. She also achieved her Col-orado Certified Nursery Professional(CCNP) certification in 2017. Shewill be giving us a presentation ongetting water-wise in Colorado usingthe best vegetable plants and floralsfor our dry climate. How to use lesswater but get a bumper crop! After thepresentation, elections will be held.

Again, in April, we had to cancelour meeting and community servicenight due to weather. We were able toreschedule for Friday, April 12. Wehave had a significant amount of vol-unteer help this year, especially withour High Tea, an event that needs lotsof coordination, setting up, tearingdown, running and serving. And withour Christmas projects. We decided topresent our volunteers with a GratefulAppreciation Award for their gener-ous time volunteering for the Better-ment of our Grange. The recipientswere Amelia Shields, Camden Dan-nels, Jeremiah Shields, Jon Dannels,Stazia Torres, Wendi Shields andWendy Torres. Thank you all fromthe bottom of our hearts. We couldn’tdo it without you!

The recipient of our CommunityService Citizen Award is Evelyn Gei-ser. We found out when she arrivedthat her parents were members of ourGrange many years ago. She had herwedding reception in the very roomwhere she received her award! Evelynspends many hours at Foster Elemen-tary in Arvada, volunteering at theschool for over 51 years. She has be-come lovingly known as “The Queenof Foster Elementary.” The Principal,Leigh Heister refers to her as “theirmagical little elf” because whensomething is left on her desk, poof itis completed before anyone needs toask. Many others just call her MissEvelyn. Her heart is at Foster. Sheworks at the school not for moneybut because she loves giving backand loves her Foster Community. This

was a very well-deserved acknowl-edgment of all her efforts and hardwork in helping our elementary chil-dren, teachers and the staff at FosterElementary.

Carol Lackey

Maple GroveContact Idella Lewis, idellam

[email protected], 303-233-3393,for further information.

April 27 — Pancake/BurritoBreakfast Fundraiser for JuniorGrange. 9-11 a.m. at Maple GroveGrange.

June 15 — Community Nightwith entertainment provided bySusie Knight’s “Hollywood Revue.”

Maple Grove Grange met in March.A discussion was led by Idella Lewison New Orleans and Mardi Gras. It isan amazing city and effects of Hurri-cane Katrina are still present. Severalof our members have been there to ex-perience Mardi Gras. What a hugeparty!

At the April meeting J. Kelly re-ported that many items were donatedto the food drive held at Maple GroveGrange the end of March. Renters aswell as members donated to the fooddrive. The collection will be given tolocal food banks.

Attending Ag Day at The Capitolwere Jane Dianich and Idella Lewisfrom Maple Grove Grange. Idellapassed out some of the brochures fromAg producers throughout Coloradoat the meeting and told of the wonder-ful foods that were made using Colo-rado grown products.

On April 27 Maple Grove Grangewill be sponsoring the annual Pan-cake/Burrito Breakfast fundraiser fea-turing Ernie Sandoval’s “famous”breakfast burritos. Funds from thebreakfast will be donated to the JuniorDepartment of the Colorado StateGrange. Cost is by donation to thisworthy cause.

The Colorado Storm was selectedto be the recipient of the recognitionfor Community night. A Leonardo de

Vinci exhibit is on display at the Mu-seum of Nature and Science as wellas at School of Mines in Golden. A.discussion led by Idella was held onthe many inventions and paintings ondisplay of this amazing person, Leo-nardo.

Idella Lewis

Wheat RidgeContact Vivian Vos, vlvos@ya

hoo.com, 720-217-1340, for furtherinformation.

April 13 — Second Saturday Saleat the Grange, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

April 25 — Annual WR GrangeCommunity Night, 6:30 p.m.

May 11 — Second Saturday Saleat the Grange, 9 a.m. -1 p.m.

May 23 — WR Fire Dept histo-ry/updates about what is happen-ing and going on, 6:30 p.m.

June 8 — Second Saturday Saleat the Grange, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

June 27 — Wheat Ridge Grangewith 4H family BBQ.

Vivian Vos

Pleasant ParkContact Yvonne Ludwig, Master,

303-838-4805, for information.May 11 — Regular meeting 10

a.m. followed by Potluck Lunch.June 8 — Regular meeting 10

a.m. followed by Potluck Lunch. July 13 — Regular meeting 10

a.m. followed by Potluck and IceCream Social.

April 13 was our annual Chili Din-ner. We got four new members andpossibly three more. Attendance wasgreat even though it was snowing.We were honored to have Idella Lewisattend. Good old Springtime in theRockies!

We have some interesting speakerscoming. May will be author, Jan Mur-phy, talking about Myths and Leg-ends. June will be Sharon Minnicktalking about the history of the cen-sus and July will be historian andauthor John Steinle. John has writtena book about Conifer that includesseveral members of the Grange andfacts about the Pleasant Park Grange.He will be speaking at the regularmeeting at 11 a.m. and staying to talkwith those who attend the Ice CreamSocial from 1-3 p.m.

Prayers are needed for longtimemember, Betty Long as her health hasbeen declining recently.

We are gearing up for the bicyclerest stop again. It is our major fund-raiser and a pleasure to serve thehearty riders who make it up DeerCreek Road.

Mother Nature took down one ofour large trees. A special thanks tothe Spoor family for taking care of themess it made!

Everyone is invited to come andjoin us at any of our meetings!

Yvonne Ludwig

Golden GateContact Master Rich Phillips,

303-277-1933, or Terri Costeldia,303-277-0351, for further informa-tion.

April 28 — Wildlife Program(Mountain Lion and Moose), 3 p.m.

May 2 — Grange Meeting, 3:30-4:30 p.m.

May 10 — Golden Group’s BBQFundraiser for the Grange, 5:30-8p.m.

May 11 — Peak to Peak ChoraleMusical, 3-4:30 p.m.

May 12 — Mother’s Day Pan-cake Breakfast, 8-10:30 a.m. (MomsEat For Free!)

May 12-19 — Hydration Drivefor GGFPD.

May 19 — Road Clean-Up Proj-ect, 7-9 a.m.

June 6 — Grange Meeting, 3:30-4:30 p.m.

June 7-8 — Rummage and Bake

Attendees of the outing to the Natura Obsura Exhibit:Mike Lackey, Peggy Brett, Kathy Wardle, Merry Why-man, Tammy Skomasa, Carol Lackey, Dorothy Dan-nels and Pam Campbell.

Grateful Appreciation Awards were presented to:Amelia Shields, Jeremiah Shields, Stazi Torres, WendiShields and Wendy Torres. Not pictured: CamdenDannels, Jon Dannels and Nicole Dannels.

Community Service Citizen Award recipient EvelynGeiser with Enterprise Master Mike Lackey and Lec-turer Dorothy Dannels.

Vendors and Shoppers at March pop-up Shop at En-terprise Grange.

Pleasant Park Grange held its annual Chili Dinner on April 13. Attendancewas great in spite of the snow — and resulted in new members!


Pikes PeakEl Paso and Teller Counties

Sale, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.June 14 — Line Dancing, 7-9

p.m.Grange meetings are held on the

first Thursday of each month from3:30-4:30 p.m. All Grange membersare invited to attend. If you cannot at-tend but have an idea for an event orcommunity project, call or email TerriCosteldia ([email protected]) or 303 277-0351).

Golden Group Real Estate (DebbieJohnson and Brian Quarnstrom) willhold a BBQ dinner/fundraiser for theGolden Gate Grange. Join us for greatfood, live music provided by MitchJervis and a great cause. The event isscheduled for May 10 from 5 to 8p.m. Cost is $10 per person.

The Peak to Peak Chorale presents“Law and Order vs. Sinners and Scal-awags: Justice in Mining Country”featuring characters drawn from ourlocal history. Come and enjoy thesongs and stories! Performance at theGolden Gate Grange will be on Sat-urday, May 11 from 3-4:30 p.m. Tic-kets are $15 (children 12 and under,$10) and include snacks, desserts andbeverages.

Mother’s Day Pancake Breakfastwill be held on May 12 from 8-10:30a.m. Pancakes, eggs, fruit or juice andcoffee plus great company make thisa canyon favorite. Moms eat forfree!!! Cost is $5 for adults and $3 forkids 3-years-old and over.

We will hold a Hydration Drive forthe Golden Gate Fire Protection Dis-trict’s fire fighters/first respondersfrom May 12 -19. Bring donations ofbottled water or sport hydration drinkslike Gatorade to the Grange. Dona-tions can be left on the porch.

Help us clean up Golden Gate Can-yon Road on May 19 from 7-9 a.m.We will provide all materials to aid inthe project. We are responsible forabout three miles of roadway fromjust below Galbraith Open Space Parkto the corner of Golden Gate andCrawford Gulch Roads. Please con-sider helping us with this commit-ment. Ideally we will have enoughpeople so each pair of volunteers willhave about a half mile to cover.

Line Dancing Classes will be heldon June 14 from 7-9 p.m. Beginnersare welcome. Cost is $5 for Grangemembers and $8 for non-Grangers.

We enjoyed an interesting and in-formative look at the history of Gold-en Gate Canyon. Resident Mary Ram-stetter, Jeanne Hostetler, Vicky TrippRamsden and Idella Lewis relatedstories of the history of Golden GateCanyon and of their own recollec-tions of yesteryear. Thanks to theseladies for sharing their memories witheveryone. Dee Dee and Kirk Ram-stetter shared photographs of Canyonlife in the early 1900s, while TerriCosteldia shared old Canyon maps.Our next History Night will featurestories about how the wars impactedthe Canyon and its residents.

Our annual Rummage and BakeSale will take place on June 7 and 8from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Start cleaningyour closets and put aside gently useditems to donate to the Rummage Sale.This is one of our biggest fundraisersfor the Golden Gate Grange each year.We depend on your generous dona-tions to make the sale a success! Do-nations can be dropped off from theweekend before the sale until Thurs-day of that week. Watch your emailsfor more information in late May. NoTVs, tires, sofas, mattresses, comput-er equipment. Please check with DeeDee Ramstetter 303-279-6223 or 225-603-2705 or ([email protected])BEFORE bringing any large pieces offurniture. Come and look over ourwide array of items….find a bargainor maybe a treasure!!

Yoga classes continue to be a popu-lar offering at the Golden Gate Grange.Classes are held on Mondays at 1:30p.m. Cost for Grange members is $10for a single class or $80 for a 10-classcard. Join us to help improve yourbalance, strength, and flexibility.

Website: www.goldengategrange.com; Like us on our Facebook pageGolden Gate Canyon Community.

Jayne Ruesch

FlorissantContact Renee Caldwell, 719-

748-5004, [email protected], for further information.

May 5 — 3-6 p.m. — Cinco DeMayo Chili/Salsa, Pies and Enter-tainment.

May 11 — 9 a.m.-12 p.m. —Monthly Pine Needle Basket Class.

May 18 — 9 a.m. — FlorissantGrange Quilt of Valor Guild pres-ents at the Library with VeteransBreakfast.

June 8 — 9 a.m.-3 p.m. — FleaMarket and Craft Show.

June 15 — 9 a.m.-12 p.m. —Monthly Pine Needle Basket Class.

July 27 — 9 a.m.-3 p.m. — Her-itage Day at the Grange.

The Florissant Grange has starteda new Gardening Group and their sec-ond meeting was April 28. Gardeningat high altitude (8000 to 9200) uphere is a challenge and it is good tohave a group to discuss successes andfailures and solution.

Our monthly Pine Needle BasketClasses continue their success. Wetry to learn something new you can dowith Pine Needles at each class. Class-es are normally held on the secondSaturday of each month, but schedul-ing sometimes requires that to change,so check our calendar on the websiteto be certain. We did a special classfor four home-schooled communitychildren on Tuesday, March 26. Allfour kiddos were able to complete abasket and had a great time.

The weather was good and manyshoppers turned out for our SpringCraft Fair on March 16. Many itemswere available from our local crafts-men and women. Items to wear, eat,write with or just “pretties” for thehome were on display. Amazing whatsome of these crafty people come upwith.

On March 30 we had one of ourDinner Concerts featuring the Back-road Bluegrass Boys. They entertain-ed a full house of 60 people (54 soldseats and the rest were Grange mem-bers and helpers). We had a great timeand even had some dancing.

Our Children’s Easter Party washeld on April 6. The weather was niceso the Easter Egg hunt went well. Wehad a fantastic crowd of little ones. Atleast 40 children managed to talk theirfolks into coming to see the EasterBunny and 288 eggs were hiddenaround our hall by the Easter Bunny.Photos were taken, crafts were madeby little hands and goodies and stuff-ed toys were handed out. A good timewas had by all in attendance.

As always you’re cordially invitedto attend our Potluck/Jam Sessionevery Thursday evening starting at 6p.m. Music starts around 6:30 p.m.Bring a dish and a donation, or juststop in and enjoy the evening. Every-one’s welcome.

Renee Caldwell

Boulder CountyBoulder County

Left HandContact Bruce Johnson, 720-301-

6367 or [email protected] further information.

Business Meetings at 6 p.m. —May 8, June 11.

Music Open Stage — The 7th sea-son of our monthly Sunday MusicOpen Stage concluded on Sunday,April 14. We had 11 performers anda total of about 26 people in atten-dance. We had a wide variety of typesof music, including folk, country andwestern, bluegrass, rock and classicalguitar. It was another fun event foreveryone . These free events are host-ed by Bruce and Marcia Johnson andthe Left Hand Grange #9. We willstart up again in October, so stay tun-ed. Please contact Bruce for more in-formation at 720-301-6367.

Scouting — Left Hand Grange #9is the proud sponsor of Troop 161 ofthe Boy Scouts, as well as Pack 161of the Cub Scouts. Over the years,the Grange has benefited from a num-ber of building improvement projectsby Eagle Scout candidates. A recentproject completed by Eagle candidateEvan Law was finished on March 16.It was a wall enhancement in theGrange kitchen (see photo below) andextended out into our main hall. Theproject will help protect the wall from

damage by folding chair carts andtable carts. He installed and paintedthe attractive “bead-board” and pro-tective trim over the existing damag-ed drywall.

Bruce Johnson

CrescentContact Marci Heiser, mheiser

[email protected], 303-818-2708, forfurther information.

Grange member meetings are the4th Tuesday of each month at 6:30p.m.

May 4 — 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Victori-an/Vintage Swap Meet, with boothsselling outfits, accessories, hats,shoes, patterns, and trims for menand women for your next ball, tea,or historical event.

May 26 — 4 p.m. Build YourOwn Insect Motel for beneficialinsects and pollinators with instruc-tor Nico Danks.

In April, Crescent was representedat the Broomfield Volunteer Fair andthe Sustainability Expo, where wegreeted potential new members andinvited them to share in our commu-nity garden.

Our annual Open House was onApril 28. The Country Touch Bandprovided dance tunes that got the vis-itors’heels tapping. Attendees danced,socialized, enjoyed snacks, took homematerials from the garden store, andtoured Crescent’s community gardenand beehives.

Crescent’s communal garden wasawarded a grant from the city ofBroomfield, which will make possi-ble several additions and upgrades,including a new three-stage compostsystem, a produce wash station, andtotal replacement of the hoop houseplastic.

This year, Crescent continues itspartnership with the Broomfield De-pot Museum by hosting its Local His-tory Comes Alive speaker series. May2 at 7 p.m. Rocky’s West Side Stories,history of the west side of RockyMountain National Park. June 6 at 7p.m. 1859 Gold Rush. July 11 at 7p.m. Chasing the Cure: Tuberculosisin Early 20th Century Denver.

Marci Heiser

ProgressiveArapahoe, Denver, Douglas & Elbert Counties

CastlewoodContact Gary Tobey, 303-888-

0582, [email protected], forfurther information.

Sad Occasion. On April 6, 2019,Castlewood was the location of thememorial service for Pat Quick, long-time Granger and strong supporter ofthe Colorado Grange Museum.

Coors Brewery. Although he wasunable to attend this visit due to his

hospitalization, Ike Kerley arrangedan enlightening tour of the CoorsBrewery in Golden for members ofCastlewood Grange and family mem-bers on April 13, 2019 (see photobelow). Of course this trip was onlyfor the purpose of tracking the uses ofhigh plains barley, but everyoneenjoyed the education and the tasting.We will return in the summer whenIke and others are available for a sec-ond quality control sampling. Fieldtrips are all about learning where ourfood and fiber come from.

Gary Tobey

Backroads Bluegrass Boys entertained at the Dinner Concert.

It was a full house for the Florissant Dinner Concert.

A Quilt of Valor presentation to veteran JoeKraudelt.

EasterBunny

withkids.

Easter Egg Hunt at Florissant Grange.

Packed House for the Easter Party at Florissant Grange.

Three Colorado Students Win GIA ScholarshipsGrange Insurance Association is pleased to announce that Brittany Soderquist

of Delta, Danielle Lee of Hesperus, and Martin Fernandez of Rocky Ford, wereawarded Grange Insurance Association scholarships.

Each year Grange Insurance Association awards scholarships to qualifiedapplicants. The applicant or their parents must be policyholders of GrangeInsurance Association. Among the 49 applications received, 27 scholarshipswere awarded this year.

The quality of applicants was exceptionally high again this year and theCompany is extremely pleased with the caliber of students who applied forour scholarships. It is always a difficult process to make the selections whenall the applicants are so highly qualified.

An announcement will be made in the late fall regarding the program forthe following year, and we encourage you to watch this paper for informa-tion on the application process for next year’s program. Grange InsuranceAssociation has made scholarships available since 1965. They may be usedat any accredited school or college and are offered throughout GIA’s operat-ing territory, which includes the states of California, Colorado, Idaho, Oregon,Wyoming, and Washington. The Home Office of Grange Insurance Associationis in Seattle, WA.


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