Welcome Dylan Trevor Uno!
Please join the Grange in celebrating the arrival of Dylan Trevor Uno, our Flora’s newborn baby boy!
Born August 9, 2010 at 2:45am, and weighing a healthy 9 pounds, 10 ounces, and 21 inches tall. Both Allison and Dylan are in excellent health. (Allison might be a little tired at this point, though)
Lecture Meeting, September 6th, 2010
Elk in the Snoqualmie Valley: Can we balance the beauty and the beasts?
What’s big and beautiful and almost alarmingly abundant in the Snoqualmie Valley? Elk!
Learn about the Elk Management Group’s efforts to encourage the local elk herds to wander back into the mountains where they will be safe from traffic and have a more natural forage. Harold Erland will explain the reasons behind the EMG’s efforts to collar, track and eventually relocate the elk herds in the valley. How do you convince a 900 pound elk to leave an all-you-can-eat buffet of roses and pasture grass?
Joining Harold is Jim Gildersleeve, who will talk about the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Master Hunter program, and its part in an effective overall elk management plan.
And in case you thought this was a new problem, it is not.
Potluck from 6pm – 7pm, then a cool lecture.
Grangestock VII, September 3rd, 7pm
Kick off Labor Day weekend right!
Labor Day honors the real backbone of this great country: Farmers, ranchers, manual laborers of all stripes, and musicians. And our Grange represents.
Come on out this Friday and bid Summer (at least by the calendar) adieu, with a rollicking good time with homegrown musicians, tasty treats beforehand, and what everyone who’s been to one has said is a fantastic time.
Potluck is beforehand, from 6-7pm. Open Mic is from 7pm until we run out of music. Come early to get the best spots. Fellowship and refreshments available in the kitchen, great music in the auditorium. Ample free parking. Just east of North Bend on North Bend way, you can’t miss it.
Admission always free, but donations are gratefully accepted. Bring some food for the Helping Hands Food Band and you’ll be our hero.
Clean Up Party, September 11, 9am – 2pm
Come on out and do some clean-up of the Grange grounds. The Building and Maintenance Committee asks all Grangers to help in the quarterly clean up. Drinks and snacks will be provided, and it’s always a lot of fun.
Come on out for a little sweeping, a little raking and a lot of fun!
Sallal Grange & Community Hall at The Festival at Mt. Si parade!
The parade and float committee wishes to thank everyone that helped out, especially Nels Melgaard who did the brunt of the heavy-lifting, for the successful Sallal Grange & Community Hall parade presence.
Thanks and gratitude to the kids (and adults!) that handed out candy and flyers, and to all the grangers who were there in spirit. You missed a very hot day, made better by the excellent parking job of our driver, fellow granger Wilkens Melgaard. And a special thanks to the technicians and musicians that put out some cool tunes on a warm morning. We should be proud.
Oh, by the way -
We were awarded 2nd Place for Best Organization in the Parade!
First Place: Snoqualmie Tribe Canoe Family
Second Place: Sallal Grange
Third Place: Mom’s Club of North Bend
Call for talent
Our esteemed Grange Musician, Gary, invites all interested Grangers to volunteer to provide closing music for the Grange Business Meetings. The meetings are, of course, the third Monday of each month and there can be an opening and a closing song. If you wish to open or close one of our meetings, please contact Gary at musician@sallalgrange.org.
The King County Pomona meeting will hold a Christmas party on December 11, 2010 at the Meridian Grange in Kent. The dinner will start at 1pm, with a program afterwards. We have been requested to tap into our somewhat amazing talent pool to provide entertainment for Grangers from all over our Pomona. If you’re willing to help out, please contact Alan or Sheila
And next year’s State Convention will be held in Moses Lake, during the last week in June. Anyone willing to entertain with a couple of songs during one of the breaks will have transportation and a day’s stay reimbursed. We have been specifically asked to help out, so please consider signing up for a set. Ask Alan or Chris or Jodi or Heidi about how much fun it is. Also, there’s a talent contest, with the winners getting $700 and a trip to the National Convention to compete there. Watch this webpage for more information.
