WWW.COLORADOGRANGE.ORG THE COLORADO GRANGER, NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2019 VOLUME 95, NUMBER 4

Colorado State Grange 146th Annual ConventionRaffle

ResultsThe winners of the Raffle drawing

are as follows:Heart Quilt – Jeanne DaviesLamb Meat – Beverly WeinertTable Runner – Left Hand GrangeThe Raffle brought in $897. Thank

you to everyone who sold tickets andpurchased tickets. These funds will beused to help Colorado Grangers attendvarious conferences.

Any Grange who desires to havetheir own raffle may use the ColoradoState Grange Raffle License with per-mission. They must have one mem-ber who is willing to become a rafflemanager, that way we are insured thatone member of the Grange using thelicense knows the rules and is com-mitted to following the rules set up bythe Secretary of State.

Jeanne DaviesTHANK YOU

To all of you who worked on thebeautiful quilt that was raffled at theState Grange Convention, a heartyTHANK YOU. It is lovely and somuch appreciated.

Jeanne Davies

Ag Commissioner Kate GreenburgAmy Peterson presenting PublicRelations Awards.

Junior Master Billy Greer

National Secretary Judy Sherrod

Lisa Mittan

Friend of Grange Susie Knight

Dom Breton

Spotlight on Granges: EnterpriseGrange — Carol Lackey and Dor-othy Dannels.

Juniors’ Opening March Colorado State Grange Officers

Gala Cowboy Costumes

Gala Alien CostumesMike Lackey, receiving his Quilt of Valor. Grangers partake in Gala Grub.

Judy Harrison joining in the fun at the Gala.

Cowboys Alan and Dom

See More PhotosFrom State Session

In CentennialOn Page 4

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Notes FromThe Secretary

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

719-748-5008Email: costategrange@gmail.com

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: costategrange@gmail.comCall 719-748-5008 or mail the form below.

FOR THE COLORADO GRANGER MAILING LISTADDRESS CHANGE FORM

NAME_____________________________________________GRANGE #___________OLD ADDRESS(IF CHANGE OR DROP) __________________________________________________

__________________________________________________ ZIP CODE____________

PRESENT ADDRESS_____________________________________________________

__________________________________________________ ZIP CODE____________(GIVE ROUTE AND BOX NUMBER)

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

From The Secretary’sAnnual Report

Membership numbers for the StateGrange this year are from the mostcurrent count ending August 2018.We have 40 Subordinate Granges witha total of 1,230 initiated members,nine family groups, and 23 associatemembers for a total membership of1,253, which is an increase from last

year. Congratulation to all of us for in-creasing our membership. There arethree active Pomona Granges and twoactive Junior Granges.

The three largest Granges, usingthe August 2019 figures, were GoldenGate with 180 members, Mt. Lookoutwith 71 members and Florissant with53 members.

The past four years, working with

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EDITORIAL STAFFCindy Greer........................................Editor2009 CR 31, Florissant, CO 80816Email - costategrange@gmail.comPhone - 719-748-5008Renee Caldwell................Managing Editor

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

COLORADO STATE GRANGE OFFICERSMaster...................................... Cindy GreerOverseer................................. Gary WardleLecturer............................. Elizabeth HinerSteward.................................... Harry GreerAssistant Steward ....................Dean HinerLady Asst. Steward............. Amy PetersonChaplain............................ Loeda WestphalTreasurer................................ Sheryl AyersSecretary............................Renee CaldwellGatekeeper...................Christopher ClearyCeres............................... Marlys HalbeisenPomona........................................... J. KellyFlora.................................Dorothy Dannels

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,Larry Corman,

John Cruz, Tom Campion

Master’s MessageCindy Greer, State Master

7629 CR 100, Hesperus, CO 81316970-588-3386 • Email: hcrdgreer@frontier.net

Serving as the Master/President of the Colorado StateGrange has been a challenge and a joy and I’m look-ing forward to the next two years. We are looking for-ward to visiting with many of you in the coming years.We hope that we can get to one of your meetings orevents at some point in time. The challenge is mostlygetting there, especially if you meet mid-week, due tothe obligations that we have at home.

We have some new officers and I want to remind youto be patient as it will take some time for them to fig-

ure out what they need to do and how to do it.The delegate body passed a $10 per member dues increase at the conven-

tion. For some this may be a challenge, but if we can work with our membersand allow them to perhaps pay half or quarterly throughout the year hopeful-ly we can retain all of them. National Grange has provided instructions onhow to set up a PayPal account.

The Colorado State Grange has joined forces with RALI (Rx Abuse Lead-ership Initiative). This is a wonderful community service project. RALI willprovide “Deterra” drug disposal bags to Granges who want to distribute themin their community for free. All one has to do is complete an order form, emailit in, sign a memorandum of understanding and wait for delivery. I must saythat I am impressed with their service. I ordered five boxes of 200 bags forthe State Fair one week before I needed them and the bags arrived much tomy surprise and delight. All the orders I have placed since then have been re-ceived within in one week.

Please take some time to review the Resolutions passed at State Conventionthat are summarized elsewhere in this issue of The Colorado Granger.

Let’s make 2020 a great Grange year for Colorado. We’re gearing up tohost the Great Plains Regional Conference in June of 2020, and Colorado willbe one of the hosts of the National Convention in Wichita, Kansas, in 2021.

the Executive Committee has been funand interesting. Larry Corman has beenthe Chairman of the Executive Com-mittee with Overseer Gary Wardle,John Cruz, and newly elected TomCampion and Treasurer Marlys Halbei-sen. We have worked hard to contin-ue to organize, understand our financ-es, and streamline our processes.

It is always a pleasure to work withour officers, Directors and membersof each Grange in our efforts keepour Granges active and grow our or-ganization.

Many thanks to the staff at South-east Denver Graphics and PublicationPrinters who handle our Grangernewspaper needs and to Master Cin-dy Greer who helps to edit and proofread all the articles.

Visit www.coloradogrange.org

State Master Cindy and Harry Greer at the Colorado State Fair.

Colorado State Grange display at the Colorado State Fair.

Important DatesCall individual Granges for more information.

Nov. 8 Mt. Allison — Spanish GroupNov. 8 Wheat Ridge Grange —Volunteer at Active Adult

Harvest Meal and Art Sale Fundraiser, 4 p.m.Nov. 9 Golden Gate Grange — Holiday Craft Fair, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.Nov. 9 Wheat Ridge Grange — Second Saturday Sale

at the Grange, 9 a.m. to 1p.m.Nov. 10 Golden Gate Grange — Pancake Breakfast, 8-10:30 a.m. Nov. 11 Mt. Lookout — Cooking ClassNov. 13 Enterprise Grange — Thanksgiving Potluck, 6:30 p.m.Nov. 16 Florissant Grange — Pine Needle Basket Class/

Gourds and Base Painting, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.Nov. 21 Wheat Ridge Grange — Fall Celebration Potluck

with Grange Hall Renters and Community, 6:30 p.m.Nov. 22 Golden Gate Grange —Line Dancing, 7-9 p.m.Nov. 27 Florissant Grange — Free Community

Thanksgiving Dinner, 6-9 p.m.Nov. 30 Marvel Grange —Community Breakfast, 8-10 a.m.Dec. 6 Marvel Grange —Business Meeting, 7:30 p.m.Dec. 7 Golden Gate Grange —Wreath Making and

Kids’ Crafts, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.Dec. 7 Darden Pomona — Christmas Party at Enterprise Grange Dec. 7 Wheat Ridge Grange — City Tree Lighting with

Hot Chocolate and Cookies at the Grange, 3-6:30 p.m.Dec. 7 Florissant Grange — Santa and Mrs. Claus at the

Florissant Grange 1-3 p.m.Dec. 8&10 Mt. Lookout — Community Dinner Dec. 13 Golden Gate Grange — Line Dancing, 7-9 p.m.Dec. 14 Christmas Craft Show and Sale 9 a.m.-3 p.m.Dec. 14 Florissant Grange —

Christmas Craft Show & Sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.mDec. 14 Enterprise Grange —

The Darden Pomona Old Fashioned Christmas DinnerDec. 15 Golden Gate Grange — Pancake Breakfast, 8-10:30 a.m.Dec. 15 Golden Gate Grange — Foster Kids of Jeffco

Christmas Gift Drive/Wrapping Event, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.Dec. 19 Wheat Ridge Grange —Grange Member ChristmasDec. 20 Marvel Grange —Waffle Night, 6:30 p.m.Dec. 31 Marvel Grange —New Year’s Eve Party

CommunityService

Lisa Mittan,State Director

4956 W. 66th Ave., Arvada, CO 80003Email: mittan42@msn.com

Good news – Bad news. The GoodNews is that we had some reallyamazing Community Service activi-ties and events reported by Grangesin Colorado! The Bad News is that inspeaking with many of you, there area LOT of other activities and eventsthat you are all doing throughout theyear to engage with, and help out inyour communities — but you didn’treport on them. Many of you did notsubmit any one-book reports at all.

That said, I recognize that the re-porting form for Community Serviceis confusing, and it’s possible thatsome of you local Grange CommunityService Coordinators may have notreceived it. Back to the Good News:Elizabeth — your new Colorado StateGrange Lecturer — and I are work-ing on improving the forms and in-structions in the Handbook for the2019-2020 Grange year, to help makethings easier for you.

Meanwhile, I encourage you all tokeep really good notes on your Au-tumn and Winter holiday events andactivities NOW, so when you get yourHandbooks, you can have details fresh

to document them into the reports foryour one-books. Remember to makea note of how many guests you hadattend the event, and how manyvolunteer hours your Grange mem-bers spent putting on the event.

Collect the number of hours yourmembers spend volunteering on othercommunity service activities indivi-dually as well — it all matters!! Theseare numbers I will compile with thosefrom the other reporting Granges, toNational. If we have enough localGranges submit Community Servicereports for Colorado State Grange an-nual session, National will send usprize money for us to pass on to you.We didn’t have enough reports thisyear for them to give us money. Ifmore of you put together reports onthe activities you’re already doing,Colorado can easily have enough re-ports for National to send prize moneyfor you!

On to our Top Three Granges fortheir Community Service reports sub-mitted to State Session. First placewent to Animas Valley Grange! Theyhad some really specific challenges

going on in their area and they focusedtheir events on how they could helpbring their people in their area togeth-er with a number of ways they couldget help with those particular chal-lenges. In addition, their report wasvery well organized and clearly pre-sented the activities and events, andthe resulting benefits to their commu-nity.

Marvel Grange took second place.Many of their activities through theyear were involving the active parti-cipation of others in their communi-ty. Regular meal and other festivalevents involved other organizationsand non-Grange individuals who alsorolled up their sleeves and cooked,ran children’s activities, and tookadvantage of their opportunities tojoin others — our Grangers — toserve their neighbors as well.

Third place went to Maple GroveGrange. They had a LOT of smalleractivities that added up! Ongoing foodbank collection, and frequent deliver-ies to special homes and other orga-nizations that provide direct outreachto the folks who need the help —oftentimes bringing the personaltouch to let the shut-ins and otherswho may be feeling lonely get a face-to-face reminder that they’re not for-gotten.

Again, please keep good notesabout any of your events for the nextcouple of months and look for whatwill hopefully be a much easier andclearer report format to use. If you’redoing some great things out there,we’d really like to have you report onthem. Our Colorado State Grange win-ning book will also go to the Nation-al Grange annual conference — yourGrange could be the one representingour state on the National stage! Pleasefeel free to contact me with any ques-tions, suggestions, or ideas!

November-December 2019, The Colorado Granger, Page 3

Lecturer’s CreativeAnd Performing Arts

Elizabeth Hiner, State Director970-403-4592

Email: Floridagrange306@yahoo.com

I would like to introduce myself asyour new Lecturer for the comingterm and to thank Kathy Wardle forthe great job she has done for the lasteight years. I am working on familiar-izing myself with the job and am look-ing for input on what you would liketo see in the future. Please feel free tocontact me at any time at the email ornumber above. I am looking forwardto working with each Grange.

Award WinnersCongratulations to all 2019 Colo-

rado State Grange Lecturer Depart-ment winners.Colorado State Grange 2019Outstanding Achievement Granges:

Darden Pomona GrangeAnimas Valley GrangeEnterprise GrangeFlorissant GrangeMaple Grove GrangeMarvel GrangeMount Allison Grange

Community Dinner Award:Animas Valley GrangeEnterprise GrangeFlorissant GrangeMaple Grove GrangeMarvel GrangeMount Allison Grange

Food Sustainability Award:Animas Valley GrangeEnterprise GrangeMarvel GrangeMount Allison Grange

Outstanding Program of the Year:Animas Valley Grange

Outstanding Lecturer of the Year:Yvonne Chapman, Mount Allison Grange

Outstanding YearbookAchievement:Enterprise Grange andMount Allison Grange

Talent Winner:Danny Greer and Nathen Greer,Marvel Grange

Best of Show in Crafts:Billy Greer, Marvel Grange

Sweepstake Award:Cindy Greer, Marvel Grange

Participation Award:Cindy Greer, Marvel Grange

FINE ARTPainting:First – David Sassman,

Victory GrangeSecond – Cindy Greer,

Marvel GrangeDrawing:First – Samuel Burke,

El Paso GrangeComputer Collage:First – Darcy and Ryan St. Aubin,

Wheat Ridge GrangeSecond – Darcy and Alex St. Aubin,

Wheat Ridge GrangeHOBBY CORNER

Individual Scrapbook:First – Doug Hawthorne, Maple Grove Grange

Grange Scrapbook: First – Renee Caldwell,

Florissant GrangeSpecial Gifts: First – Pauline Ford,

Florida Grange

Second – Yvonne Chapman, Mount Allison Grange

Third – Renee Caldwell, Florissant Grange

Miscellaneous: First – Renee Caldwell,

Florissant GrangeSecond – Renee Caldwell,

Florissant GrangeThird -– Elizabeth Hiner,

Florida GrangeJewelry:First – Vicki Sutton-Gallegos,

Mount Allison GrangeHoliday Craft:First – Yvonne Chapman,

Mount Allison GrangeSecond – Cindy Greer,

Marvel GrangePHOTOGRAPHY

National Representative: Cindy Greer, Marvel Grange

Landscape and Seascape:First – Cindy Greer, Marvel GrangeSecond – Danny Greer,

Marvel GrangeThird – Trish Corman,

Mount Allison GrangeAnimals and Other Creatures: First – Larry Corman,

Mount Allison GrangeSecond – Danny Greer, MarvelThird – Jenna Greer, MarvelPhoto Collage or Story: First – Cindy Greer, Marvel GrangeSecond – Trish Corman,

Mount Allison GrangeThird – Jane Harvey,

Maple Grove GrangePeople: First - Jenna Greer, Marvel GrangeSecond – Cindy Greer,

Marvel GrangeThird – Kara Jacobs,

Wheat Ridge GrangeWORKBENCH

Leather Craft: First – Billy Greer, Marvel Grange

WITH PEN IN HANDPoetry: First – Jeanne Davies,

Grandview GrangeSecond – Sheryl Ayers,

Marvel GrangeThird – Jeanne Davies,

Grandview GrangeRecommend a Book: First – Sheryl Ayers, Marvel GrangeShort Story/Essay: First – Helen Denison,

Paonia GrangeSecond – Renee Caldwell,

Florissant GrangeThird – Jeanne Davies,

Grandview Grange

Winners were recognized Friday,September 27, at the 2019 GrangeAwards Gala. Additionally Commu-nity Service, Family Activities, Mem-bership, Publicity and Master Awardswere presented that night. The eve-ning’s theme was Cowboys and Ali-ens and entertainment was providedby award-winning Cowboy Entertain-er Susie Knight. An alien yogurt barand a cowboy popcorn bar providedrefreshments.

Mandy ProjectCindy Greer, Coordinator

970-588-3386 • Email: hcrdgreer@frontier.net

GRANGE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION(Seattle, Washington)

NOTICE OF 2020 ANNUALPOLICYHOLDERS’ MEETING

The Annual Policyholders’ meeting of the Grange InsuranceAssociation will be held on Monday, March 16, 2020

at 10:00 a.m. at Grange Insurance Association, 200 Cedar Street, Seattle, Washington 98121.

All Grange Insurance Association policyholders are welcome to attend.

Signed at Seattle, Washington, this 16th day of September 2019.

Rodney A. King, CIC, AFIS, Corporate SecretaryGRANGE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION

FamilyActivities

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

Email: idellamlewis@gmail.comKaren Baxter, 14857 CR 240, Bayfield, CO 81122

970-259-1595

2019 was a very productive year atthe State Session in Centennial. Therewere a total of 89 entries in the bak-ing and needlework events. MapleGrove led with the most entries (33),Marvel was second (14), and Mt.Allison third (13).

The bake sale held after the judg-ing brought in $111.

The National quilt block winnerwas made by Jane Harvey of MapleGrove and will be sent on to the Na-tional Lecturer to be made into a quiltand raffled off at the National GrangeConvention.

A resolution passed at the StateSession for a name change from Fam-ily and Women’s Activities to FamilyActivities. This will include all mem-bers of a family. Many other states arenow going with this name.

All of the “From The Heart” proj-ects will now be donated locallyrather than brought to the StateSession. Eyeglasses collected do notneed the cases. Many Lions Clubscollect them as well as some eye clin-ics.

The following were winners in theBaking and Needlework events at theState Session;

BAKINGCakes

1st – Dorothy Dannels, Enterprise2nd – Cindy Greer, Marvel3rd – Alyn Sue Hanson, Golden Gate

Altered Cake Mix1st – Idella Lewis, Maple Grove

Yeast Bread1st – Alyn Sue Hanson, Golden Gate

2nd – Idella Lewis, Maple GroveSweet Rolls

1st – Idella Lewis, Maple Grove2nd – Jane Harvey, Maple Grove

Bar Cookies1st – Tammy, Enterprise2nd – Dorothy Dannels, Enterprise3rd – Norma Conley, Mt. Allison

Drop/Rolled Cookies1st – Marlys Halbeisen, Maple Grove2nd – Trish Corman, Mt.Allison3rd – Norene Hawthorne,

Maple GroveGluten Free Cookies

1st – Elizabeth Hiner, Florida2nd – Jane Harvey, Maple Grove

Quick Breads1st – Dorothy Dannels, Enterprise2nd – Marlys Halbeisen, Maple Grove3rd – Carol Lackey, Enterprise

Fudge1st – Cindy Greer, Marvel2nd – Alyn Sue Hanson, Golden Gate3rd – Norene Hawthorne,

Maple GroveOther Candy

1st – Cindy Greer, MarvelJams & Jellies

1st – Loeda Westphal, Pikes Peak2nd – Sheryl Ayers, Marvel

Juices1st – Trish Corman, Mt. Allison2nd – Sheryl Ayers, Marvel3rd – Vickie Sutton-Gallegos,

Mt. AllisonTomatoes/Salsas

1st – Carol Lackey, Enterprise2nd – Norene Hawthorne,

Maple Grove3rd – Marily Lane, Maple Grove

Pickles1st – Marily Lane, Maple Grove2nd – Alyn Sue Hanson, Golden Gate3rd – Vickie Sutton-Gallegos,

Mt. AllisonNEEDLEWORK

Afghans1st – Pauline Ford, Grandview2nd – Alyn Sue Hanson, Golden Gate3rd – Marlys Halbeisen, Maple Grove

Crochet, Misc.1st – Mary Ann Forman, Maple Grove2nd – Alyn Sue Hanson, Golden Gate3rd – Marlys Halbeisen, Maple Grove

Embroidery1st – Karen Baxter, Mt. Allison2nd – Cindy Greer, Marvel

Decorator Pillow1st – Jane Harvey, Maple Grove

Quilting, Machine1st – Jane Harvey, Maple Grove2nd – Cindy Greer, Marvel

Quilting, Hand1st – Jane Harvey, Maple Grove

Table Runner1st – Jane Harvey, Maple Grove

Wall Hanging1st – Jane Harvey, Maple Grove

Sewing, Adult Garment1st – Jane Harvey, Maple GroveSewing, Child Garment1st – Jane Harvey, Maple Grove

Apron1st – Jane Harvey, Maple Grove2nd – Karen Baxter, Mt. Allison3rd – Cindy Greer, Marvel

Stuffed Toy1st – Jane Harvey, Maple Grove2nd – Alyn Sue Hansen, Golden Gate3rd – Cindy Greer, Marvel

Leadership Scholarship Foundation Newsby Jeanne Davies,

Foundation PresidentThe Colorado Leadership and

Scholarship Foundation is able to givescholarships each school year and tohelp with other youth activities be-cause of the Granges and Grangersdonating to the Foundation usuallyas a memorial for a Granger who haspassed away. It is because of yourgenerosity over the years and remem-bering the Scholarship Foundation asa way to honor a deceased friend tomake scholarships available to theyoung Grange people.

The Leadership/Scholarship Foun-dation also has been named in Grang-ers’wills and we appreciate that greatsupport for our Foundation that give

us the opportunity to support theyouth in their endeavors in futureyears.

This year 12 scholarships wereawarded during the process time inApril and May when the applicationsare received and reviewed. Applica-tions are on the State Grange Lead-ership and Scholarship Foundationwebsite and are accepted up to April15.

Those students receiving scholar-ships this year are:

Rebecca Borst attending Universityof Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Katrina Borst attending Universityof Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Shannon Baughman attending theUniversity of Northern Colorado.

Molly Cooksey attending ColoradoState University.

Miles Green attending Red RocksCommunity College.

Teagan Hackett attending RedRocks Community College.

Benjamin Hoppes attendingColorado Mesa University.

Emily Kirts attending ColoradoMesa University.

Jared Kirts attending ColoradoMesa University.

Nathan Lane attending ColoradoSchool of Mines.

Sierra Saltus attending ColoradoState University.

William Land attending Universityof Northern Colorado.

The beginning of the school year isa time when schools do health checkson students which usually includes ahearing test. It’s often during thesetests that they discover hearing lossand vision problems. If a child fails ahearing test at school they usuallyrecommend that the child visit an au-diologist for a more extensive, and amore accurate test. Sometimes theoutcome is different. Heavy ear waxcan impede hearing. If there is a hear-ing loss they eventually get fitted fora hearing aid and then need to havenew ear molds periodically as theygrow. Hearing aids are not cheap andmany times a family finds themselvesin a bind due to the astronomical costof hearing aids and that’s where theMandy project helps those families.

Your donations are appreciated, butmore importantly educating yourcommunity about hearing loss isequally important. I challenge eachGrange to do two things this year: 1.Educate your community about hear-ing loss; and 2. Donate to the Mandyprojects. Donations can be sent to theState Grange or to PICK for the Man-dy Project. CHECKS SHOULD NOTBE MADE OUT TO THE MANDYPROJECT, either make checks out to

Colorado State Grange or PICK.Web Med says: “About the only

thing doctors do agree on is that put-ting anything inside your ear is a badidea. Your ears usually do a good jobcleaning themselves and don’t needany extra care. The only reason youshould clean them is to soften or re-move earwax from the outside of yourear canals. And if you’re going to dothat, you’ll need to know how to doit carefully.

Why Your Ears Make WaxThe reason we feel tempted to clean

our ears is because of that substancecalled cerumen, commonly called ear-wax. It’s normal for your body to pro-duce it, and it actually helps protectand lubricate your ears. If you didn’thave earwax, your ears would prob-ably be itchy and dry.

It even has antibacterial properties,which means your ears are self-clean-ing. Earwax is like a filter for yourears, keeping out harmful things likedirt and dust, and trapping them sothey don’t go deep inside.

When you chew and move yourjaw, you help move old earwax out ofthe ear canal to the ear opening. That’swhere it usually dries up and falls out.But earwax isn’t formed in the deeppart of your ear canal; it’s made in theouter section.

So, the only reason you’d have anearwax blockage up against your ear-

drum, is because you tried to cleanyour ears with a cotton swab — orsomething like it — and pushed thewax in deeper.

Swabbing or sticking pointy ob-jects inside your ear can cause otherserious problems:• Infection• Rupture of the eardrum• Significant hearing loss

Should You Clean Your Ears?Ideally, no; your ear canals should-

n’t need cleaning. But if too muchearwax builds up and starts to causesymptoms or it keeps your doctorfrom doing a proper ear exam, youmight have something called ceru-men impaction. This means earwaxhas completely filled your ear canaland it can happen in one or both ears.”

LEADERSHIPCONFERENCE

VIA ZOOMThursday, January 23

7 p.m.Who will be participating: Mas-

ter, Lecturer, Community Service,Family Activities, Membership,Junior and Youth, Secretary.

Information on how to partic-ipate will be sent out at a laterdate.

Join us to learn “What’s New!”

Page 4, The Colorado Granger, November-December 2019

Real EstateManagement

Mike Lackey, State Director303-521-8773

Email: thelackeyteam@gmail.comThe landlord-tenant law requires

landlords to maintain their rentalproperty. Although the specific re-quirements will differ slightly, thereare general requirements that all land-lords will have. Here are six ways aGrange must keep up with propertymaintenance. Maintaining the Rental Property Involves:• Adhering to Building Codes• Performing Repairs• Maintaining Common Areas• Keeping Vital Services Functioning• Providing Proper Trash

Receptacles• Supplying Running Water

Building CodesGranges are responsible for protect-

ing the safety of their tenants. Oneway to do this is by making sure theproperty complies with all local build-ing and safety codes. Building andsafety codes can regulate:• Lead-based paint for properties

built before 1978• Toxic Mold• Asbestos• Maximum Number of People Per

Unit• Smoke Detectors• Carbon Monoxide Detectors• Adequate Lighting in Common

Areas• Safety Guards on Windows• Use of Fire Retardant Paint• Plumbing• Electrical Wiring• Structural Integrity of the Building

Most towns will require you tohave your property inspected beforeyou can place tenants in the proper-ty. These inspectors are checking tomake sure the property complies withall the safety codes, such as havingworking smoke and carbon monoxidedetectors and meets the standards forhabitability, such as having runningwater.

RepairGranges are responsible for ensur-

ing that the property is in habitablecondition. This involves making allrepairs and doing whatever else is“reasonably” necessary to keep theproperty in good condition. For exam-ple, fixing a roof leak would be a“reasonably” necessary repair. How-ever, replacing the entire roof becauseone small leak would not be reason-able or necessary.

Maintain Common AreasGranges are responsible for main-

taining all common areas of the build-ing. This involves making sure theyare:• Safe — Keeping the area safe

would involve making sure it hasadequate lighting and that theselighting fixtures are in workingcondition and have working light

bulbs. It also means keeping thearea free from hazards that couldcause injuries, such as faulty ban-isters or unsafe stairs.

• Clean — The responsibility to keepcommon areas clean often only ap-plies to properties that have morethan one unit. The area does nothave to be pristine, but it does needto be consistently free from trashand other debris. If a tenant is re-sponsible for the common area be-ing consistently dirty, then the land-lord can send a notice to quit thebehavior. If the behavior does notstop, the landlord may be able tofile for an eviction.

Keep Electricity, Plumbing, Etc.Functioning

A Grange is responsible for ensur-ing that all vital processes are in func-tioning order. This includes, but isnot limited to:• Plumbing• Electricity• Gas• Central Air Conditioning

(If Applicable)• Heat• Appliances that Have Been

Supplied by the Landlord• Elevators (If Applicable)

This requirement is not for theGrange to actually supply the utilityto the tenant. It is just to make sure thesystems to supply them are in goodand functioning order. Whether theutilities, such as heat and electricity,are included in the price of the rentaland thus the responsibility of theGrange, is a separate issue that shouldbe spelled out in the lease agreement.

Provide Trash ReceptaclesGranges are required to provide

the appropriate garbage cans or recy-cling bins for debris. These binsshould be equipped for storing thetrash until it is time for removal.

The size of the bins and the num-ber of bins must be appropriate for thesize of the rental property. For exam-ple, one trash bin for a 20 unit build-ing is not going to cut it. The Grangeis also responsible for the removal ofthis trash, whether it be taking it outthemselves or arranging for someoneelse to do so.

Supply Running WaterUnder the landlord-tenant act, a

Grange is responsible for providingthe tenant with running water. TheGrange is also responsible for provid-ing adequate heat in the cold months,air conditioning in the warm months(if the unit has central air condition-ing) and hot water. Units in whichthese utilities are directly installed inand can only be directly controlled bythe tenant and are connected directlyto a public utility do not have to fol-low this rule.

PublicityElizabeth Hiner, State Director

and National Communications Fellow970-403-4592

Email: Floridagrange306@yahoo.com

The Colorado State 146th GrangeConvention was held in Centennial,Colorado, at the Castlewood Grangeon September 26-28, 2019. Judy Sher-rod, Secretary for the National Grangeand Tennessee State Grange Masterwas our guest at the Convention. Sheentertained us with a cute sketch, youcan see in part on the Florida Grange306 Facebook page.

During session, we also had threespeakers come in. The first was Kate

Greenberg from the Department ofAgriculture who spoke about conser-vation of land and water. Jose Esqui-bel talked to the delegates regardingthe opioid crisis and availability ofservices. Tom McKern rounded outthe speakers with an update on GrangeInsurance and its future.

During the Thursday evening mem-orial service Master Cindy Greer andher granddaughter Brianna, signedthe song “I Can Only Imagine.” We

honored Pat Quick, 2/16/30-3/22/19;Dale Neugebauer, 2/28/20-7/3/19;George Knoll, 10/6/32-8/1/19; andHenry Ernest, 2/5/26-8/13/19.

At the Gala on Thursday eveningPublicity gave out three awards. Firstprize went to Enterprise Grange for$15, Second prize went to MarvelGrange for $10 and Third prize wentto Maple Grove Grange for $5. TheJunior Grange opened the Grange onSaturday with a very nice presenta-tion; they did a nice job and served avery good lunch on that day.

The State Grange held elections thisyear and we elected a new slate of of-ficers. Cindy Greer retains her positionas Master of the Colorado State Grangealong with Gary Wardle as Overseer,Harry Greer as Steward, Amy Petersonas Lady Assistant Steward, ReneeCaldwell as Secretary and Larry Cor-man, Tom Campion and John Cruz atthe Executive Committee.

The new Grange Members votedinto the leadership are Elizabeth Hineras Lecturer, Dean Hiner as AssistantSteward, Christopher Cleary as GateKeeper, Sheryl Ayers as Treasurer,Loeda Westphal as Chaplin, MarlysHalbeisen as Ceres, J.Kelly as Pomo-na and Dorothy Dannels as Flora.

After the banquet, which was acatered affair featuring pork andchicken served buffet style, Mike Lac-key - Army, Skip Hill - Navy, andJohn Cruz - Army, each received aQuilt of Valor for their service. Ouroutgoing Lecturer Kathy Wardle re-ceived a pin and a commemorativecoffee cup for her eight years as Lec-turer for the Colorado State Grange.Jeanne Davies was the Grand Prizewinner of the PICK Raffle and wonthe Tender Heart Quilt.

Our talent for the evening wasDaniel and Nathen Greer doing a ven-triloquist act, with Daniel being theMarvelous Nathen’s Dummy. Theyperformed at the Night of Excellencein Bloomington, Minnesota. SherylAyers entertained us with a spokenword presentation on the unique say-ings that come from the Southern U.S.

P.I.C.K.People Improving Communities And Kids

Cindy Greer, Secretary/Treasurer7629 CR 100, Hesperus, CO 81316970-588-3386 • Fax 970-588-3871

Email: hcrdgreer@frontier.net

Minutes for September 27, 2019Those Present: Dominic Breton,

Renee Caldwell, Marlys Halbeison, Cin-dy Greer, Harry Greer, Jeanne Davies.

Dominic called the meeting to or-der at 8:49 p.m. following the Cow-boys and Aliens Gala at CastlewoodGrange.

The minutes from 2018 were readand approved.

Communications were read from Jo-seph Stefanoni, National Membership,thanking us for the donation for theFFA convention, and Colorado Non-profit Association regarding receiving$ on Income Tax refund donations.

Cindy reviewed the annual report.Jeanne moved we accept the report.Seconded and carried.

Jeanne moved the officers and boardmembers remain the same as this pasttwo years. Seconded and carried.

Budget was reviewed and approved.We discussed seeking grants for

capital improvement from CoorsFamily Foundation and will pursuethat this coming year. It was notedthat we can also apply for Network forGood once month.

We discussed the silent auction anddecided that it is time to do somethingelse. Dominic volunteered to do somefundraiser for PICK for next year. Af-ter the meeting Marlys and Cindy dis-cussed just having five baskets to auc-tion off next year as a possibility.

We have given $500 to ElizabethHiner from Women’s Resources tohelp with workshop at National Ses-sion with the Fellows program whichwas approved via email.

If we have talent going to Nationalwe will decide via email. Followingthe Final Banquet we determined viaemail to give Daniel and Nathen Greer$300.

Motion was made to close themeeting at 9:10 p.m.

Scenes From State Session

November-December 2019, The Colorado Granger, Page 5

Granger Deadline And GuidelinesDecember 15, 2019, is the dead-

line for articles for the January-Feb-ruary 2020 edition of The Colora-do Granger. You can send them tothe State Grange Office, 2009 CR31, Florissant, CO 80816 or emailcostategrange@gmail.com.

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

Junior Grange And YouthDan and Jenna Greer, State Directors

970-749-9449 • 970-588-3844 • Email: djbngreer@live.com

Hello again.We have had a great year so far

and we are super stoked for the up-coming year. Colorado has been verywell represented across the nation inregards to JG. Dan and Billy havebeen from California to Pennsylvania.We have both made new friends andwere able to see some older friendsalong the way. We are all excited tohead to Minnesota in November forNational session where Billy willhand off his National JG Ambassadortitle to the next lucky kid.

We took time to go white waterrafting over Labor Day weekend, inDurango. It was a blast for all who at-tended. We floated down the AnimasRiver, the kids were able to jump intothe river a few times and we also gotto catch some wicked rapids. Luckily,no one fell out of the boats, but we didlose an oar.

State Session was an awesome ex-perience for all who attended. The JGopened the State Session on Saturdaymorning by marching in and openingthe Grange in the JG Degree. It’s al-ways fun to watch the kids.

After handing off their sashes tothe State Officers, we headed back tothe kitchen to start cooking lunch.For the last few years, the kids havehad the pleasure of preparing the mealfor the JG Luncheon and using it asa fundraiser for the program. Thisyear the kids decided that the menuwould be Frito pies. If you don’t knowwhat that is its where you take someFritos and put some good ol’ chili ontop of them, then top it off with let-tuce, tomatoes, (pretty much what-ever you like).

The kids helped serve lunch, pickedup plates, then we headed off to therec center to have some fun. We wentice skating, played some laser tag,and knocked each other around onthe bumper cars. This year at StateSession, we had over 160 JG entriesand handed out over $340. How awe-some is that!!

At State Session, we also announc-ed next year’s fun family event for JGand Youth. We will be “Sleeping withthe Fishes” at the Denver Aquarium.We are getting the dates finalized rightnow and should have them out short-ly. Keep an eye on our Facebook pagefor updates. We will be looking forGranges and Grangers to sponsor akid to attend this awesome event. Assoon as we have the details ironedout, we will pass them along.

We are trying to get a San Diegobeach trip planned for 2021. Who’s onboard to join us oceanside and havea blast in the cool Pacific Ocean? Ifyou have fundraising ideas or knowof any grants that we could apply forlet us know!

Lastly, we need to talk about Great

AgricultureReport

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

Email: dmccord60@earthlink.net

Emmy Jacobs, (unknown) Jacobs, Jace Jacobs, Gavin Dough-arty, Nathen Greer, Billy Greer, Jacob Greer, and Brianna Greer.

Plains! It is Colorado’s turn to hostGreat Plains in 2020. We have madethe decision to have the event in theDenver area. We are in the process ofworking out the complete details butshould have them soon. All I can sayfor right now is bring your swimmingsuit because it looks like we are going

to be making a huge splash. If you knew me as a kid, you know

that I had a hard time coloring insidethe lines. As it turns out I still have is-sues staying inside the lines, so we arethinking outside the box for ourevents. If you have any ideas or sug-gestions for what you or your kids

would like to see happen in the future,now is the time to start making thosedreams come to life. Let us know. Wewould like to get an email list togeth-er to send out blasts of upcomingevents and to bounce ideas off people.If you are interested, please send usan email at djbngreer@live.com.

How much do you know aboutour State’s School Trust Lands?

Under the trust, lands are adminis-tered by the State Land Board andhave funded Colorado’s schools sincestatehood in 1876. The concept forstate lands began in 1785 with theLand and the Northwest Ordinancesthat divided the public domain intotownships, six miles by six miles.Each township is further divided into36 one-mile square sections each con-taining 640 acres. Sections are num-bered 1 to 36 in sequence beginningin the township’s upper right cornerand end with 36 in the lower rightcorner. Sections 16 and 36 are SchoolTrust lands.

From Wikipedia: “The state landgrant program descended from a com-mon belief that liberty was foundedon education, and as a result, the pro-vision of universal public educationwas an essential requirement to ensurea democratic future for the expandingnation. Although the early federalgovernment had little money availableto support the public needs of thenewly organizing states, thanks to theLouisiana Purchase, the federal gov-ernment had one resource in abun-dance — land.”

Lands were granted each state atstatehood to hold in trust. Revenuegenerated from the sale or lease ofthe lands is entered into each state’sincome used for public schools but

can be used for higher education, hos-pitals, public buildings, and correc-tions facilities. In Colorado, the LandBoard generates most money fromleases for grazing, and mineral extrac-tion (coal, oil and gas), but also pub-lic access for hunting, fishing, andwildlife viewing. There is a permanentK-12 endowment receiving revenuefor schools for bonds, loan guarantees,teacher salary supplements, and con-struction. Rarely will the Board sellland though land swaps may occur.

Via funds generated from licensesthe Parks and Wildlife Division paysthe Land Board to lease lands forwildlife public access use. In the re-cent 10 years CPW paid $900,000 ayear to lease 485,000 acres for access,roughly $2 per acre, and a July ap-proval added an additional 100,000acres of Trust lands for public accesswith a goal of reaching a million ac-cess acres in the next two years. Com-monly, access is open Septemberthrough February. Available accessand allowable uses, site-specific rulesand timeframes for use and limita-tions are listed on the Division’s“Colorado Recreational Lands Bro-chure.” Not all Trust land is availabledue to earlier leases including privaterecreation leases held by outfitters.Any of us can enter into an agree-ment with the Land Board for a par-cel of Trust land for our use on pay-ment of an agreed fee. For a non-

agreement person to enter may be aviolation.

Some state lands not suitable forpublic access are 40,000-acres nearPueblo used for testing high-speedtrains. The Land Board owns much ofthe former Lowry Bombing and Gun-nery range located east of Aurora nowused for grazing and development.Parts of the Range are in Aurora andCentennial in private ownership alsoincludes the Aurora Reservoir andArapahoe County Fair Grounds.Twenty years ago the Corps of ArmyEngineers began an extensive surveyand mitigation to remove ordnancefrom prior military training use.

Side comment: In 2006 the Boardentered into an agreement with a landdeveloper who proposed urban den-sity development on approximately3,800 acres of the Range along E.Quincy Avenue. This land was outsidethe generally accepted metro Denvergrowth area plans supported by theDenver Regional Council of Govern-ment and was not shown for that levelof development. The Board’s powerswould have overridden local govern-ment planning expectations and inter-governmental cooperation with thisplan. The developer dropped out in2009 due to a lack of available water.

Other sizeable parcel leases areheld by large property owning fami-lies and companies with overlappingleases, possibly including leased BLMand Forest Service land, for ranchingand recreation. Private recreation leas-es cost a minimum $2 per acre peryear. Most lands do not allow off-road driving including ATVs, snow-mobiles, and parking, and camping isusually not permitted. The addedTrust land access may open access toForest Service and BLM lands notpreviously available. Usually camp-ing is permitted on federal land.

Thank yous to Cindy and HarryGreer and family for again assembl-ing the Grange booth at this year’sState Fair. Per attendance and revenuenumbers the Fair had a record atten-dance of 466,380 visitors, five percentahead of last year, who experiencedthe Fair’s livestock shows, fine arts,food exhibits, concerts, rodeos, foodbooths, carnivals, entertainment, ven-dor exhibits, and 4-H and FHA con-test displays.

Colorado StateGrange Museum

Jeanne Davies, Grange Museum Board720-379-5834 • Email: jeannedavies@comcast.net

We are in a whole new scenariothis year than what we were a yearago. The Museum Board had voted toclose down the Grange Museummostly because we lacked volunteersto help us keep it open and to main-tain it. The State Grange agreed withus and we were in the process of plan-ning how to distribute the museumitems. We want to thank the manyGranges and Grangers who offered totake items to display in their halls.We did not know what else to do withthe items as we had contacted manymuseums who were not interested inthe artifacts we had. Colorado StateUniversity was interested in the writ-ten material and the history of theGranges as well as the scrapbooksand will take those when we need tofind a place for them.

Soon after State Grange Conven-tion last year we had a member of theAurora City Council who had been aGrange member in another state whosaid closing down the museum wouldbe a mistake as it was probably theonly free standing Grange museum ofits size and scope in the country. Weknow this to be true but did not seehow we could continue operation ofthe museum where it was located inthe Conservation Park in Aurora, withnot enough Grangers to be at the mu-seum when the park was open to thepublic.

The City of Aurora now owns theConservation Park and the councilsuggested we wait until they complet-ed their 5 year planning program forthe park to see how we could fit inwith the city helping us in their 5 yearprogram. It was suggested that grantscould be applied for that would makepermanent display possible so Grangevolunteers would not be needed to bepresent when the museum buildingwas open. We could still have a pres-ence in the museum building thatwould be on display for the public.

The building would also possibly beused for other displays and publicmeetings.

The building was owned by theGrange Museum Board and was plac-ed on land owned by the ArapahoeSoil Conservation District. The origi-nal contract stated that the ownershipof the building would be turned overto the Conservation District if theGrange Museum Board closed themuseum.

We honored that contract althoughthe land had changed ownership morethan once while the museum wasthere. We never paid rent to be there.We left the building in good conditionand had hail damage to the siding re-paired and a new roof put on. Our in-surance paid for most of that work.The city of Aurora will now main-tain the building and will help theGrange Museum Board place a per-manent display within the buildingas they feel it is a benefit to their nat-ure, agriculture and historic park.

We want to thank Audrey Maydew,Treasurer, for the Grange MuseumBoard for arranging for the repairson the building and opening the muse-um for display once this summer forthe public visiting the ConservationPark. Also Audrey is keeping in touchwith the Planning Committee for theConservation Park and attendingmeetings to help plan a future for themuseum. She reports that they defi-nitely want the Grange to be a part oftheir future. I understand that the cityhas to take action on the master plandesigned by the planning committee.

So we are basically in limbo untilsome action is taken by the City ofAurora. We will just have to see if wereally do fit into their future plans fora permanent display or whether wewill be dispersing our inventory com-pletely from the building. We willkeep you informed as we know whatis to happen.

Plan Ahead For Colorado State Grange SessionSeptember 23-26, 2020!

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DardenJefferson County

Contact Idella Lewis, idellamlewis@gmail.com, 303-233-3393,for further information.

Dec. 7 — Darden Pomona Christ-mas Party at Enterprise Grange.

Darden Pomona Delegates to theState Session held in September inCentennial, were Marlys Halbeisenand Idella Lewis of Maple GroveGrange. Many awards were receivedat the Session.

State Officers of the Colorado StateGrange were elected to serve in the2019-2020 year which included: JKelly of Maple Grove, State Pomona;Marlys Halbeisen of Maple Grove,State Ceres; Dorothy Dannels of En-terprise, State Flora; John Cruz ofMaple Grove, State Executive Com-mittee; and Idella Lewis of MapleGrove, State Co-Chairperson of Fam-ily Activities Committee.

The annual Darden Pomona Christ-mas Party will be held along with En-terprise Grange the evening of Dec-ember 7 at Enterprise Grange. A din-ner will be served for Grange mem-bers and guests attending with Christ-mas party to follow.

Idella Lewis

EnterpriseContact Carol Lackey, carollack

ey@att.net, 303-521-4477, for fur-ther information.

November 13, Wednesday —Thanksgiving Potluck at 6:30 p.m.Carin’ Clinic and Shannon’s Hopeclients will join us along with anyGranger, friends and family who wishto attend. Our Thanksgiving feast isa traditional potluck with turkey andall the trimmings. Turkey, beveragesand desserts are provided by theGrange. Attendees bring a small dishto share. It is our small way to thankthe community we live in and aroundand to share with those that don’t havewhat we have.

December 14, Saturday — TheDarden Pomona Old-FashionedChristmas Dinner starts with apotluck for Friends and Family of allthe Granges and Disadvantaged Chil-dren referred from the Carin’ Clinicand Shannon’s Hope. Main course,beverages and desserts are providedby the Grangers of the Pomona. At-tendees bring a small dish to share.The Program after includes ChristmasCarol sing-a-longs, children’s per-formances and reading of the “NightBefore Christmas.” Santa Claus ar-rives and everyone sits on Santa’s lap,and gets a small gift and tells himtheir Christmas wishes. The eveningfinale is a piñata for the children.Please join us with your children fora festive holiday evening.

January 8, Wednesday — Pot-luck at 6:30 p.m. Our speaker will beDarlene Bowman with ProfessionalMove Management. She will be talk-ing to us about planning and manag-ing stress-free moves for older adults,seniors, and their families. What wecan all do to cope with the next chap-ter of life.

Some activities we enjoyed thisfall include:

On Saturday, September14, AmyMcClure, Pam Campbell, Lisa Mittanand Carol Lackey went to CelestialSeasonings and took their factory tour.Celestial Seasonings is nestled in theGunbarrel neighborhood of Boulder.While we waited for our tour to begin,we were able to taste test several dif-ferent teas. Then during the 30-minutetour, we got a behind-the-scenes lookhow tea is made — from raw ingredi-ents to finished products.

There is one room on the tour calledthe famous Mint Room. They separatemint from the rest of the factory be-cause of its strong smell and how itgets into all the tea flavors if not keptseparate. That room will clean outyour sinuses! We ended up in the TeaShop where you could buy everythingand anything tea. The Celestial Caféwas closed on Saturday so we decid-ed to eat at the Huckleberry, locatedin Historic Downtown Louisville. TheHuckleberry’s historic building datesback to 1894. Originally the town’sPost Office, the building has also serv-ed as a bank, a pharmacy, and two dif-ferent restaurants. The building wasalso one of the places along the “pro-hibition tunnels,” dug by the minersto get from one saloon to another dur-

ing the years of Prohibition. It was aunique place to stop and have a pleas-ant lunch with friends.

Several of us attended the ColoradoState Grange Convention at the Castle-wood Grange in Centennial at the endof September. Some of the highlightsfor us: Mike Lackey was honored withthe Quilt of Valor during the AnnualBanquet. The mission of the Quilts ofValor Foundation is to cover servicemembers and veterans touched by warwith comforting and healing quilts.Mike’s quilt was designed and made byRenee Caldwell. It was stunning andMike was thrilled. His family came tosee him receive this honor and wereproud of their father, grandfather,father-in-law and husband. DorothyDannels was elected as Flora for theState. We know that she will do a won-derful job in her new position and islooking forward to the opportunity.

On Wednesday, October 2, we wentas a Grange to “The Gracias Christ-mas Cantata.” It was earlier than weexpected this year so it was at thevery last minute that we found outabout it. Only three were able to ar-range their schedules to attend: Dor-othy Dannels, Pam Campbell andCarol Lackey. It was being held atthe Ritchie Auditorium (better knownas the Magness Arena) on the Univer-sity of Denver campus. It is a wonder-ful free event and the auditorium wasfilled. It was an unforgettable eveningfilled with cherished music, magicalstages, and excellent performances.The voices of the performers wereoutstanding. The mayor of Denver,Michael Hancock, came to present athank you plaque to the group anddeclared October 2 to be known inDenver as “Christmas Cantata Day.”

On October 12, we gathered to goto the Dushambe Tea House in Boul-der. From 1987 through 1990, morethan 40 artisans in several cities ofTajikistan (a small country in Asia)created the decorative elements of theTeahouse, including its hand-carvedand hand-painted ceiling, tables,stools, columns, and exterior ceram-ic panels. They sent each piece toBoulder to be assembled by the archi-

tect who came from Dushambe toassist. It is a beautiful tea house andwe hope to see it in either January orFebruary this year. Yes, that’s right.When we arrived, they were just clos-ing for a private event. We were toldwe did not need reservations if wecame at 1 or after. That won’t happenthe next time. So we had to improvise.The Boulder farmer’s market wasgoing on so we walked around andbought some things there. That mar-ket is huge with so much variety andlots of things to choose from. Thenwhat for lunch? We decided on theChautauqua Park restaurant. We hada wonderful afternoon even thoughour original plan failed. If anyonewould like to join us for the nextattempt at visiting the Tea House,please let us know. We would love tohave you join us on our adventures.

This year we will again be puttingtogether stockings for disadvantagedand disabled seniors and low incomefamilies. Items Needed To Stuff Stockings

• Men’s and women’s gloves or mit-tens, scarves

• Ladies Socks• Christmas cards with words of en-

couragement• Non-perishable food & snacks —

individual size containers such aspudding, fruit cups, cheese &crackers, granola bars, etc.

• Large print puzzle books like cross-word, search words

• Christmas pins or fun jewelry,watches, etc.

• Toiletries, i.e. lip balm, toothpaste,individual packets of facial tissues,toilet paper (gift wrap individualrolls), shaving cream, combs, nailpolish, body wash, shampoo andconditioner, body lotion etc.

• Individually wrapped candy/choco-lates (including sugar free)

• Tea bags or instant coffee bags • Supplies — zip lock bags & tape

We are also collecting non-perish-able food items for baskets to be givenout to families in need.

A tub will be left in the lobby to putany items you would wish to donate.

Call Dorothy Dannels at 303-921-7849, email: dorothydannels@gmail.com, or Carol Lackey at 303-521-4477, email: carollackeyhomes@gmail.com for pick-up or for furtherinformation.

Carol Lackey

Maple GroveContact Idella Lewis, idellam

lewis@gmail.com, 303-233-3393,for further information.

Maple Grove Grange met in Octo-ber with a potluck dinner followed bythe meeting led by Overseer John Cruzin the absence of Marlys Halbeisen.Welcome to our visitor, Eric Lauber,a member of the Rollin’ WheelsSquare Dance Club. Welcome to newmember, Gary Gorman, of Arvada.

A report was given on the 146thannual Colorado State Grange Sessionheld in Centennial, Colorado. Dele-gates from Maple Grove Grange wereJ Kelly and John Cruz. Also attendingwere Marlys Halbeisen and IdellaLewis. Officers elected from MapleGrove were John Cruz, re-elected toExecutive Committee, J Kelly elect-ed to Pomona, Marlys Halbeisen elect-ed to Ceres, and Idella Lewis as Co-Chairperson of Family Activities.Everyone who attended enjoyed thesession. Thank you to all who enteredthe various contest events. Manyawards were received, congratulationsto all!

A discussion was held on the newdues increase, the first since 1997.Grange Insurance Association is nolonger able to donate funds to us asthey had done in the past. The newdues amount will occur with nextyear’s dues.

Congratulations to the State GrangeScholarship winner, Nathan Lane, whois attending The School of Mines inGolden. He is the grandson of Billand Marily Lane.

Flowers for Seniors were taken toWheat Ridge Manor Care Center inJune by Idella Lewis and Marlys Hal-beisen. Flowers from our yards includ-ed iris, peonies, buttercups, bachelorbuttons, lemon balm and peppermint.The residents really enjoyed receivinga bouquet to take back to their rooms.Fresh flowers brighten anyone’s day!

Maple Grove Grange again provid-ed a dictionary for each third grade stu-dent in The Words For Thirds Dic-tionary Project at Kullerstrand andPeak Academy Elementary Schools.Idella Lewis gave a presentation on theextra things included in the back of thedictionary (such as biographies of thepresidents and the solar system) andthey were presented to each student.

Idella Lewis

WorkingAdams, Morgan and Weld Counties

VictoryContact Marge Sassman, 303-

693-1656or Coloradonana3@gmail.com, for further information.

Victory Grange was honored topresent Debbie (Sassman) Kemper

with her 25 year Silver Star certificatelast spring. Debbie joined ProgressivePomona Junior Grange with JudyHarrison at the age of 5 and was activein local and state JG activities until sheturned 14 and joined Victory Grange.She served as State Deaf Director forseveral years.

We were pleased to welcome Justindel Sol into Victory’s membership

this year. Justin had been a memberof Pikes Peak Grange several yearsago, so it’s nice to have him back inGrange. He is a round dance caller andhopes to start a club at Victory.

At the same time we had to saygood-bye to Jean Greenwood whomoved to Grand Junction. Jean alsoworked in the State Office for manyyears before the office moved fromAurora to Lakewood.

In lieu of a summer picnic themembers met for lunch at FrontRange Airport’s restaurant. It was lotsof fun and the staff treated us royally.

This past year Victory joined theAurora Chamber of Commerce. Thishas brought an awareness of theGrange to the community.

During August and September sev-eral projects were done at the Grangehall to “spruce it up” which includedpainting, and refinishing the hard-wood floor.

We welcome everyone to join usfor our Christmas Party in December.

Marge Sassman

Debbie(Sassman)Kemper,right,receiving her 25-yearcertificatefrom VictoryGrangeSecretaryMargeSassman.

Enterprise Grangers at Celestial Seasonings for a factory tour: Carol Lac-key, Amy McClure, Pam Campbell and Lisa Mittan.

Mike Lackey was honored with this Quilt of Valor at State Convention.

Carol Lackey, Dorothy Dannels andPam Campbell enjoyed The GraciasChristmas Cantata on October 2.

A portionof the

ornateceiling

inside theDushambeTea House.

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Wheat RidgeContact Vivian Vos, vlvos@ya

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

Nov. 5, Tuesday — Elections ofcity/county/state officials and bal-lot questions.

Nov. 8, Friday — Volunteer atActive Adult harvest meal and artsale fundraiser 4 p.m.

Nov. 9, Saturday — Second Sat-urday Sale at the Grange 9 a.m. to1 p.m.

Nov. 14, Thursday — MonthlyGrange business meeting 6:30-7:30p.m.

Nov. 21, Thursday — Fall cele-bration potluck with Grange hallrenters and community 6:30 p.m.

Dec 7, Saturday — City treelighting with hot chocolate andcookies at the Grange 3-6:30 p.m.

Dec 12, Thursday — Chamber ofCommerce Christmas party.

Dec 19, Thursday — Grangemember Christmas.

Vivian Vos

Golden GateContact Master Rich Phillips,

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

November 7, 3:30-4:30 p.m. —Grange Meeting.

November 9, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. —Holiday Craft Fair.

November 10, 8-10:30 a.m. —Pancake Breakfast.

November 22, 7-9 p.m. — LineDancing.

December 5, 3:30-4:30 p.m. —Grange Meeting.

December 7, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. —Wreath Making and Kids’ Crafts.

December 13, 7-9 p.m. — LineDancing.

December 15, 8-10:30 a.m. —Pancake Breakfast.

December 15, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. —Foster Kids of Jeffco ChristmasGift Drive /Wrapping Event.

January 2, 2020, 3:30-4:30 p.m.— Grange Meeting.

Grange meetings are held on thefirst Thursday of each month from3:30-4:30 p.m. Grange members areinvited to attend. If you cannot attendbut have an idea for an event or com-munity project, call or email TerriCosteldia (terricosteldia@hotmail.com) or 303 277-0351.

Pancake Breakfasts are on the sec-ond Sunday of the Month from 8-10:30 a.m. Join us for juice, eggs,sausage, pancakes, fruit, and coffee.Cost is $5 per adult and $3 for kids 3to 10 years old. Kids 2 and under eatfor free. At the December PancakeBreakfast we will also be collectingand wrapping gifts for the JeffersonCounty Foster Children. More infor-mation on this project will be avail-able soon. It is a wonderful way to

spread some happiness during thisseason of giving.

Line Dancing Classes will be heldsecond and forth Friday of mostmonths from 7-9 p.m. Check our web-site or Facebook page for the sched-ule for the rest of the year and beyond.Beginners are welcome. Cost is $5per person.

The Golden Gate Grange 10th An-nual Holiday Craft Fair will be heldon November 9 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.There will be myriad arts, crafts andhomemade food items to choose from.Some of the offerings are Jewelry,Handmade Leather Fashion Acces-sories, Paintings by Sandy Pearce,Christmas Decorations, Wooden Toysand Art, Pottery, Jellies and Dips,Knitware, Mary Ramstetter’s Books,Photography, Stuffed Dragons andUnicorns, Wooden Pen, Seam Rip-pers, Cheese Boards, Bee Boxes, BirdFeeders, Gift Baskets, Natural BeautyProducts, Printmaking, StockingStuffers, Pocket Knives, Pine NeedleBaskets, Candles and much more!You will be able to purchase lunch andbaked goods, too! Cash or Checkswill be needed. Since we don’t haveInternet, we can’t offer credit cardservice. Check the website for moreinformation on the vendors offeringtheir handmade wares!

Join us on December 7 for WreathMaking with greenery from our beau-tiful canyon. We would appreciatehelp gathering some pine boughs, es-pecially White Pine, Douglas Fir,Limber Pine, Juniper, Engelman Fir.We use some Ponderosa Pine, main-ly as accents, since their limbs tend tobe too heavy for wreath making. Wealso would love to have some OregonGrape (Mahonia Repens). Pleaseemail Jayne at jayruesch@aol.com todonate material or to sign up. Walk-ins will be accommodated if we haveenough materials. Cost for the wirewreath frame is $5 or bring your ownframe. Non-Grange members are ask-ed to donate an additional smallamount.

Ahuge thanks goes out to our Tues-day renters for providing the man-power to paint the Grange. The build-ing looks great! Thanks to DebbieJohnson and Brian Quarnstrom,Grange members and owners of Gold-en Group Real Estate, for the fundrais-er last spring that paid for all the mate-rials for this and future projects toimprove the Golden Gate Grange!

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

Ute MountainDolores and Montezuma Counties

Pikes PeakEl Paso and Teller Counties

La PlataArchuleta and La Plata Counties, CO

and San Juan County, NM

FlorissantContact Renee Caldwell, 719-

748-5004, florissantGrange@gmail.com, for further information.

Nov. 16 — Pine Needle BasketClass/Gourds and base painting 9a.m.-12 p.m.

Nov. 27 — Free CommunityThanksgiving Dinner 6-9 p.m.

Dec. 7 — Santa and Mrs. Clausat the Florissant Grange 1-3 p.m.

Dec. 14 — Christmas Craft Showand Sale 9-3 p.m.

The Florissant Grange continuesto hold monthly Pine Needle BasketClasses with new and continuing stu-dents. In September and October weworked on baskets and gourds and inNovember we will add in a smallpainting class to paint the base of abasket.

The Florissant Grange Quilt ofValor Guild provided a quilt to bepresented at the Colorado StateGrange Session, pieced by Linda Bris-tow and quilted by Sue Hart. Ourgroup is hard at work putting togeth-er new quilts for future presentations.

State Session was fun this year.Two of our newer members came asdelegates from Florissant Grange. We

Pine Needle Basket and Gourds Classes are held at Florissant Grange.like to spread the fun and ask mem-bers to come act as delegates.

As always everyone is invited toattend the “Page 34” Pot Luck / JamSession every Wednesday eveningstarting at 6pm. Music starts around6:30. Bring a dish and a donation, orjust stop in and enjoy the evening.Everyone’s welcome.

We had our annual Halloweenparty with crafts, a potato hunt (tocelebrate the potato harvest time) acostume parade and outdoor games.We built a maze for the kids to crawlthrough and we served hotdogs for

lunch.Coming in November will be our

Free Community Thanksgiving Din-ner. This is always a well-attendeddinner that we love to host for ourcommunity. We have quite a few re-tired folks up here in the mountainswho may not be going “home” andmay not want to cook for themselves,and we have some members who sim-ply may not get a Thanksgiving Din-ner if they don’t come join in the fun.It is a great time of year to open ourdoors and invite everyone in.

Renee Caldwell

Contact Cindy Greer, 970-588-3386 or hcrdgreer@frontier.net, forfurther information.

Pomona Meetings — SecondMonday of Jan., April, and July.

September Exhibit Day andPlanning meeting. Time 7:30 p.m.— Location Florida Grange Hall.

January 13 — refreshments anddoor prizes provided by — Florida.

April 13 — refreshments anddoor prizes provided by — Mt. Al-lison.

July 13 — refreshments and doorprizes provided by — Animas Val-ley.

August TBD, 1 p.m. — PomonaPicnic — Host Marvel Grange#479.

September 19 — Exhibit Day. Entries taken from 11:30 a.m.-1p.m.

Planning Meeting — 5 p.m.Potluck supper — 6 p.m.

VISITATION EVENTS:Animas Valley — September 12

— Picnic Visitation, 12:30-3:30 p.m.Florida — To Be DeterminedMarvel — July 18 — Ice cream

social honoring veterans 3 p.m.Location: 8097 County Road

100, Hesperus (Pat & Lila Greerresidence).

Mt. Allison — March 14 — Chilicook-off 4 p.m.OTHER DATES:

October 26 — Mt. Allison

Grange Harvest Supper.November 16 — Thanksmas

Party at Florida, 1 p.m. potluck.November 30 — Marvel — Com-

munity Breakfast — 8-10 a.m.December 7 — Mt. Allison

Christmas Breakfast.January 18, 2020 — Chili cook

off and dessert auction at Marvel6:30 p.m.

February 29, 2020 — Marvel —Community Breakfast — 8-10 a.m.

April 11, 2020 — Mt. AllisonEaster Supper.

May 30, 2020 — Marvel — Com-munity Breakfast — 8-10 a.m.

August 4-9, 2020 — La PlataCounty Fair.

August 29, 2020 — Marvel —Community Breakfast — 8-10 a.m.

April-August — Florida Break-fast on 4th Saturday except Sep-tember will be on third Sat. of Sept.will be a breakfast — 8-10 a.m.

September 23-26, 2020 — Colo-rado State Grange — tentative atColorado Springs.

Cindy Greer

MarvelContact Cindy Greer, 970-588-

3386 or hcrdgreer@frontier.net, forfurther information.

November 30 — CommunityBreakfast 8-10 a.m.

December 6 — Business Meeting7:30 p.m.

December 20 — Waffle Night6:30 p.m.

December 31 — New Year’s EveParty.

January 3 — Business Meeting7:30 p.m.

We’ve welcomed two new mem-bers! One in September and one inOctober. Sandy Valencia and IsaacGreer joined Marvel Grange. We’rehappy to have new members.

In September we had a potluck sup-per and learned a little about the pro-posed library district that we will bevoting on in November. We also learn-ed how to make green chili and flourtortillas from Elanna Simmons.

The county commissioners alsoheld a “On The Road” meeting at theGrange hall with a good crowd in at-tendance. We provided refreshments.

In October we learned about theballot issues from the League of Wo-men voters.

We draped or charter in memory ofMary Dossey.

The Lecturer is looking for volun-teers to do the program at businessmeetings throughout the year. If you’dlike to do a program please contacther.

We discussed the funds that wehave earmarked as community Springand will be looking for ideas on thebest way to help people in the commu-nity with those funds related to waterneeds.

Strength and Balance classes arestill being held at the Grange Hall onMonday and Wednesday at 11 a.m.

We reviewed the Junior GrangePassport program about the Foundersof the Grange as our Literary pro-gram in October.

Cindy Greer

Mount LookoutContact Kathryn Fulton, kes

tralfarm@gmail.com, for furtherinformation.

Nov. 11 — Cooking Class.Each Monday — Mancos Food-

Share distribution.Nov. 8 — Spanish Group.

Nov. 10 and Dec. 8. — Commu-nity Dinner.

2nd and 4th Thursdays —Acoustic Jam.

Nov. 21 — Mancos Valley Re-sources.

Last Friday of each month —Singing Circle.

Other private events.It’s been a beautiful, albeit dry,

autumn in Southwest Colorado. Thefields and mountainsides radiate with

fall colors, and our community ofMancos has been robust with socialand creative activities.

Mt. Lookout Grange brought in theseason co-hosting with the MancosCreative District an annual harvestdinner on the second Sunday of Sep-tember. The event was held on a clos-ed downtown street. MLG provided

a huge pot of scrumptious beef stewand the community brought manyharvest-like pot luck contributions.

This past Saturday, MLG held our4th Annual Pig Roast. Our president,Josh Horner, had raised two fat pigsand smoked them up at the Grange.The menu also included fresh, Man-cos grown roasted beets and carrots,

cole slaw, local baked beans, flakeybread, and incredible homemade des-serts. Local beer, cider, wine, and livemusic featuring the Lindells made fora fun party for the entire age spectrum.

As an organization, we have beenreaching out to the community fornew board members. While we havea diverse and dedicated board, ourorganization is ready for some freshideas and energy. We also continue toseek funds for major capital improve-ments.

We hope you all enjoy a healthyand happy winter season. We’ll bedown here in the SW doing our snowdances!

Kathryn Fulton

4th Annual Pig Roast at Mount Lookout Grange featured live music in addition to the great food, drinks and fun.

Colorado State Grange WebsiteLarry Corman takes care of the web

page for the State Grange. He is request-ing that Officers and Directors contacthim with updates for their departments.

He would like to link the web page ofeach Grange to the State Grange site.Please contact him to have this done soGrange members and others can easilyaccess your page for information.

Larry Corman: larry_corman@hotmail.com or 970-884-4762.

Page 8, The Colorado Granger, November-December 2019

AG-3 RESOLUTION TO OPPOSE

INTRODUCTION OF WOLVES IN COLORADORESOLVED, that Colorado State Grange opposes introduction of wolves

into Colorado.EHEW-1

GRANGES ADDRESSING PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSERESOLVED, that Colorado State Granges and Grangers be encouraged

through the website and the Master’s newsletter to acquire and distributedrug deactivation bags in their communities; and be it further

RESOLVED, that at least one-fourth of a page of the next two ColoradoGrangers be devoted to highlighted/boxed information about the prescrip-tion drug abuse issue and the Deterra drug deactivation system, includ-ing its website, phone number, cost (nothing!), how it is used, how mucheach bag can handle, etc.

GA-1FAMILY AND WOMEN’S ACTIVITIES NAME CHANGE

RESOLVED, that the Colorado State Grange Family and Women’s Activitiesbecome known as Family Activities.

GOTO-1ROUND TABLE FORMAT FOR GRANGE MEETINGS

RESOLVED, that the Colorado State Grange urges the National Grange toadopt a Grange Round Table Format as an option for all Granges.

GOTO-2COLORADO STATE GRANGE JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS

RESOLVED, that Colorado State Grange (CSG) print the Journal ofProceedings (JOP) no smaller than 11 points; and be it further

RESOLVED, that a printed copy of the CSG JOP be mailed to ONLY the

Granges who have paid their annual state session fee; and be it furtherRESOLVED, that the CSG JOP be made available in a PDF format on the

Colorado State Grange web site.GOTO-3

COLORADO STATE GRANGE DUES RESOLVED, that the Colorado State Grange raise membership dues $10

per member, and also be it RESOLVED, The Ex Committee update the by-laws to reflect this amount.

NOTE: This change will not affect family membership dues for youth age14-22, nor will it affect the Junior Plus One membership.

GOTO-4COMMUNICATIONS FROM STATE GRANGE OFFICE

RESOLVED, that the State Grange Office make a special effort to informvia electronic communication Grangers and Granges when a Grangemember has passed away and include any information concerning arrange-ments or family contacts when available.

GOTO-5CSG MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS

RESOLVED, that a listing of membership types and annual dues will be pro-vided in writing to all Granges, and be it further

RESOLVED, that this listing will also be available on the CSG website, pub-lished with the annual handbook in the Granger.

L/T-1ELECTORAL COLLEGE

RESOLVED, the Colorado State Grange lobby for an Electoral College Sys-tem that requires electoral voters cast their vote according to results oftheir district elections, be it further Resolved, this resolution be forward-ed for consideration at National Grange.

Resolutions Passed At The 2019 State SessionThe following is a list of Resolutions adopted at the Colorado State Grange Session, September 26-28, 2019.

A GrangerIs Honored2019 ColoradoAviation Hall OfFame Inducts

Grange MemberGary Tobey

At the Colorado Aviation Hall ofFame Banquet on October 12 thisyear, Colonel Gary Tobey and threeother Colorado residents were induct-ed into the Hall of Fame. Gary Tobeyhas a long history of Grange member-ship including his present member-ship with Castlewood Grange. Hisaviation experience includes manyyears with the Colorado Civil Air Pa-trol as a pilot, mentor, leader, andteacher. Several of his students havegone on to illustrious flying and lead-ership experiences, including a U-2pilot, C-17 pilot, and positions of lead-ership with other branches of our mili-tary. He had 188 combat missionsover North Vietnam returning safelyevery time and now stating, “I waslucky.” Grange members DavidMcCord and Polly Page (Castlewood)were in attendance at the ceremony.

From the Colorado AviationHistorical Society 2019-2 Post-Summer Journal:

During the Vietnam conflict,Gary Tobey served as a fighterpilot, flying from carriers in theGulf of Tonkin on combat mis-sions over North Vietnam.

After his military service, hecame to Colorado to practice lawand became active with the CivilAir Patrol (CAP). As Wing Com-mander of the Colorado CAP, Col-onel Tobey set the standards to de-velop a first class CAP organiza-tion in our state.

In 1996, he co-founded the Col-orado CAP Foundation, a programto provide scholarships for youngpeople aspiring to become pilotsthat would allow them to completepilot training.

Gary Tobey has been extreme-ly effective in representing theinterests of general aviation-withhis legislative efforts as Presidentof Colorado Pilots Association(CPA) before the Colorado Gen-eral Assembly, and through hisyears of leadership on the Arapa-hoe County Airport Authority. The other recipients were Ward

Bond, 30-year volunteer with theWings over the Rockies Air and SpaceMuseum; Peter Luce, pilot and alsoa volunteer and board member leaderat the Wings museum; and Greg An-derson, former CEO of the Wings mu-seum. A Special Recognition Awardwas given to former Durango resi-dent Flight Sergeant Fred RenshawVance who joined the Royal CanadianAir Force in 1939 and later the RoyalAir Force. He perished in combat overItaly. He is one of 12 RCAF volun-teers from Colorado, all of whomwere earlier recognized.

Gary Tobey and his wife.

Deadline for theJanuary-February 2020 Issue

Is December 15, 2019.