Grange Motto Lynette`s Visions and Wisdoms

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VOLUME 100
June 2016
Communication Report
Lynette’s Visions
and Wisdoms
Lynette Schaeffer
President
of Illinois State Grange
The weather is rainy and warm or
rainy and cold. The flowers are pretty,
gooseberries ready to pick, birds got
most of the cherries, corn is in the
ground and some hay made for the
first cutting. Hope all of you were
able to celebrate Memorial Day in a
meaningful way.
I believe that the Boone and Winnebago Grangers are working hard to
make this year’s State Session a smooth
running event. Elaine has sent the information out to the Granges so please
be working on sending in resolutions
to her, make hotel reservations, and
be working on contest items for the
display room. The Resolutions will be
compiled and sent to all the Granges
prior to the Session so that the delegates will be able to review them with
the membership. The meeting will
be the 145th State Session September
9-11, 2016, at Holmes Student Center
of Northern IL University in DeKalb.
I hope all Granges are making plans
to send two delegates to the meeting.
I hope that many of you have completed the history report and send to
Bev Smith, Historian. There are many
reports and contests that Granges
can complete each year. I hope that
several Granges are completing the
Distinguished Grange forms. They
were distributed with the Grange Week
emailing from National Grange. Any-
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one needing the form contact me and I
will see that you get one. Susan Burian,
Turkey Hill Grange member, who is
working on Historical Site documentation will be at the meeting to gather
information on Grange Halls.
Plans are being for the next executive
meeting on June 11, 2016, at the Dixie
Truck Stop in McLean, IL, at 9:00 am.
These meetings are open to all Grangers, any interested persons are encouraged to attend. We plan on discussing
State Session, budget, National Session
and more.
Mid-West Youth Grange conference
will be coming up soon – but I will not
be able attend. IL State Grange Youth
camp will be in July – sounds like a
great time. I will be going so anyone
wanting to go along let me know. Read
Karie’s article for details.
It looks like the Junior had a great
time recently at a campout. Thanks to
Sarah and Jeremy for their efforts.
The National Grange Store is having
clearance sales – they are working on
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By Elaine
Welcome to summer. It has come
with a blast of heat. Cold one week and
80+ temperature the next. Farmers are
in the fields and most of the planting is
finished. I enjoy driving and seeing the
sprouts shooting up in the fields.
Communication can be found in
many ways. Resolutions are one way
that we have of trying to change things
that are bothersome, whether locally,
statewide or nationally. If you have
an issue that you would like to have
some action on, write a resolution to
be presented at State Session. Please
make sure that it includes supporting
materials to help the committee members during their deliberations and
when presenting it to the delegates at
State Session. Grange members write
resolutions and present them to their
own Grange to be discussed and voted
upon before being sent to State Session. Make sure that there is at least
one Whereas….. stating the problem;
and then at least one Therefore Be
it Resolved …… the solution being
proposed. If you have a problem and
don’t know how to write it as a resolution, take it to a meeting and work on
it together. You might find a solution
without having to send it any further.
You need to be working on your
resolutions now as the deadline for
submitting them to the State Secretary
is August 1 which gives me time to
rewrite them and send them to each
Grange for discussion. Your delegates
represent you. Make sure that you let
them know your opinions about the
resolutions so they can vote the way
your members decide.
Deaf Activities Report
…“May flowers bring June Brides.
Recapping our statewide testing; the
students took the Social Studies statewide test. In my May article, I said,
“This will be a “pilot” computer based
test” It was actually called a “field” test.
An experience it was! At first we didn’t
know if there would even be sound for
ANY student whose IEP stated they
have a read aloud accommodation. Lo
and behold, we finally found there is
a sound under options. While “my”
students also have an interpreter on
their IEP, we as an education team
decided that since this is field test,
meaning it was all about how well the
system itself worked, not necessarily
how well the students would do (that
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was part of it, but seeing if it
worked was the point). Therefore, the students “listened”
via earphones. There was blue
curser that moved along as the
“reader” read.
Though I didn’t see much
live/taped coverage of The
Deaf Grass Movement, National Deaf Rally there was
quite a bit on social media,
mainly Facebook. Did anyone
see any television coverage?
Speaking of television coverage, huge CONGRATULATIONS goes to Nyle DiMarco
for winning the Mirror Ball on
Dancing with the Stars. While
I’m not an avid DWTS watcher
like mom (Arline Magee), I
saw high lights of the season
through former students, coworkers and Deaf friends via
Facebook. Both of the last two
(I believe it was two in a row),
performances were riveting,
inspiring, thought provoking,
and well executed "interpret-
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ing" silence and what the Deaf
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Also in my May article,
I mentioned the National
Grange Deaf Awareness Grant
Program and with my focusing and “talking up” the Deaf
Grassroots Movement, I hoped
no one objects to my submitting the DGM of Illinois as our
“project”. WELL, that didn’t
happen, as the deadline snuck
up on me; as in only 4 days
after my May article was due.
With my having to tie up end
of the month (April) loose
ends at school, I just didn’t
get to it. However, I still have
the information, so I’ll create a
document during the summer
and will definitely be ready
for next year. Maybe I can
contact someone this year and
convince the National Grange
as a whole, to donate to Nyle’s
Foundation which supports
educating Deaf students in ASL
and English.
On Saturday May 21, I attended an interpreting workshop entitled “Medical: Exploring Procedures Through
Hands on Processes”. I had
the pleasure of riding with a
fellow interpreter, her 2 ½ year
old daughter and Louise. Once
we arrived at the workshop site
in Alexandria, we said long
hellos to the presenter, Peggy,
who left LA to become the Interpreter Coordinator at Mercy
Health Systems in Springfield,
MO. Basically, we “relearned”
where internal organs are located, terms that have multiple
meanings and how to use
them accordingly, positioning
terms (anterior, posterior, lateral, etc). We did group work
on body systems and what
belongs where (esophagus=
Digestive System, bronchus=
Respiratory System…). We
were encouraged to use the
posters and models around
the perimeter of the meeting
room. Our next group activity,
involved reviewing a procedure, and discussing with our
group members how to interpret the procedure. Then we
role played, one “explained”
the procedure as a doctor or
nurse, one would interpret,
while one was an observer,
well I guess could have been
the patient. For whatever reason, a Colonoscopy seemed to
be the popular topic of the day;
that my friends, was the “end”
of the workshop. Oh except for
the fact that I won one of the
two door prizes.
Until July, what do June
brides bring?
Quotable Quote: (in honor
of Nyle’s accomplishments):
“Our goal is to change the narrative behind what it means to
be Deaf. We want to reframe
perceptions for parents, professionals, and society at large. Being Deaf or hard of hearing can
and should be an empowering
and positive part of one’s identity,” DiMarco said. (https://
nyledimarcofoundation.com/
nyle-dimarco-launches-newfoundation/)
Lydia Sai and
Vince Melillo, Flora
Grange member,
were married on
Saturday, June
4th. The ceremony
and reception
took place at Flora
Grange Hall with 60
friends and family
in attendance.
The couple will
honeymoon in
Wisconsin Dells.
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partnering with another store
for the clothing. So check the
sales at grangestore.org.
The National Grange has
started an official e-newsletter,
The Patrons Chain. If you
have not received the first one,
please let me know and I will
assist with getting you on the
mailing list. The mailing list
is from the National Grange
Database, if your Grange is not
keeping that listing current we
all need to work on that. Any
questions contact Elaine Hecathorn, Rita Wurth or myself.
There is information in the enewsletter about the database,
and Rita did presentations at
the 2014 State Session and the
following GRIT conference.
Betsy Huber’s Monthly enewsletter stated “We just
introduced a new member
benefit, Shop.com. You now
have three ways to benefit the
Grange Foundation when you
shop online. Shop.com also
gives YOU cash back when
you shop.
1) When you click on Amazon.com at the bottom of the
National Grange webpage,
a small percentage of your
purchase goes to the Youth
Department.
2) You can sign up at www.
smile.amazon.com and a percentage of your purchase goes
to the general Grange Foundation account.
3) And now with Shop.com
you can sign up for a percentage of your purchase to go to
the Grange Foundation and
another varying percentage
comes back to you as cash
back. !
I hope you are signed up
for at least one of these ways
to earn money for the Grange
when you shop. Please spread
the word about these to your
members.” The word has been
spread.
The 150th National Grange
Session will be November 1519, 2016 in Washington, DC.
Reservations for meals and
hotel accommodations can be
made at the nationalgrange.
org website under events.
We are working on a bus trip
to National Grange Session,
please look in this paper for
details as much as we have at
this point. Please contact Carol Neff if you are interested.
WELCOME BABY DOMINIC - Illinois State Grange
Treasurer Kevin, wife Deborah and son Samuel Joseph
would like to welcome Dominic Ryan Joseph born May
14, 2016; 7lb 5 Oz, 20 in long. Baby and Mom are fine
and doing well.
Big Thunder Grange Report
By Darlene Henninger,
Reporter
Dave Geske opened the
April 28th meeting with 8
members present.
The following members
filled in as protem officers;
Ron Lawson as Asst. Steward,
Sharyn Geske as Steward and
Darlene Henninger as GateKeeper.
Randy Bunger gave the
Agriculture report. He stated
that the bean price is up but
beans not in yet. Most of the
corn is planted and if it is not,
the figures show after May 1st
the longer it takes to get corn
in the more percent you lose in
price and yield.
Sharyn Geske gave the Fair
Queen report. She has 20
Little Miss contestants and
needs a few more for Miss
Boone County Fair Queen
contestants.
We voted to donate $250 to
the Fair Queens in the Cancer
walk.
Dave Geske gave the Fair
Board report. The fairground
employees will all have shirts
and pants alike when working
at the fair. He then asked Dean
Page to report on the electrical
work being done on the fairgrounds. He also reported that
May 30th was our last day of
working storage release at the
fairgrounds.
Wally Fuchs gave the Chaplain's report and reported on
Gate#2 workers at the fair.
Iris Humphry reported on
the Jim Marks Memorial Scholarship. With the money we are
raising through a raffle, we
will start giving out a scholarship next year. We wanted to
add to the scholarship so we
can give a scholarship every
year.
Iris also passed out the tickets we each are to sell for our
money making pancake breakfast at Applebees on June 28th.
Al Henninger gave the insurance report on the buildings at the fairgrounds and the
publicity report.
We voted to give the Illinois
State Grange $150 for the ILLINOIS GRANGER.
Last month we reported that
Sharyn Geske had done a nice
job with the basket Big Thunder gave for the raffle at the
Boone County Pomona Chili
Supper. I later learned I did
not have all the facts. Connie
Lawson made up some really
neat rug mats and place mats
which really made the basket
special!
Serving lunch were Connie and Ron Lawson and Iris
Humphry and Dean Page.
At our May 26th meeting,
Dave Geske, President, introduced Ruth Blasingame and
Jean Thornberry who are our
State Grange Deputies. They
gave us information on the
State Grange convention. They
said that donations were needed for the Hospitality Room.
They are asking each Grange
to have a talent contestant for
the Talent Show.
It was reported that Mike
Mundy is still having a lot of
problems with the last report
was that he needs surgery.
By Charles Treser
ISG Membership
When you read this article,
you will have just a few days
to sign up new members for
the 2016 membership year!
As I have interacted with several Granges recently, there
seems to be a trend of losing
more members than members
gained. I know times are tough
for interesting a person to join
any organization in these busy
– work-a-day daze. What we
as Granges have to offer over
most other private clubs, or
organizations, is the fraternity
and family we present. We are
not just a membership card
group – no, we are a family,
working for the betterment
of men and women in our
communities. And we have
fun doing it! Tell prospective
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Our July meeting will be
clean-up night at the Fairgrounds.
Iris Humphrey reported we
made enough money on the
storage space rental raffle to
give out two scholarships next
year.
Jarid from Loves Park won
the storage space. (had telephone # to call but could not
read the last name.)
Randy Bunger reported for
the Ag Comm that the corn
is pretty much in and already
coming up. The beans are
about 90% in the ground now.
Prices in the stores keep going
up.
Dave Geske gave the fairboard report and stated that
Martina McBride is the Saturday show at the fair.
Dean Page reported that
the new electric posts are all
installed down the middle aisle
at the fair and the electric work
is coming along ok.
Bonnie Miley reported on
the Murray Memorial in Oklahoma.
Lecturer Christine Mays
gave a narrative on the John
Deere Show Place in Moline,
IL.
Chloe Koniezki will be our
talent number at the convention.
The next Boone County
Pomona meeting will be at
the Grange Hall and not at the
Ebel's farm.
Four guests and 17 members
were present for the meeting.
Lunch was served by Phyllis
Schumaker and Gordon Butt.
Membership Report
members of the interesting
lecturer’s programs we have
at our monthly meetings. Tell
them about the wonderful
community service programs
we participate in. Let them
know that from the beginning,
they will be a vital part of
Grange. The 2016 membership
year is about complete; hope it
was a good year for growth in
your Grange!
Turkey Hill News
May has come and gone
and our Grange’s activity
has increased greatly with
its arrival and is expected
to continue at a great pace
for the next several months.
The Thursday afternoon
BBQ began the first Thursday and the Old Town Market followed on the first
Saturday. Sales at the BBQ
started slow but rapidly increased, while those of jam
and jelly at the Old Town
Market began slow and
have increased moderately.
At our regular meeting,
we awarded two $1,000
scholarships and will award
the third one at our June
meeting. These scholarships are for students who
graduated from one of the
local high schools with one
of them being awarded
to a Turkey Hill Grange
member. Our Chaplain had
a very moving Memorial
Service for those Turkey
Hill Grange members who
went to be with the “Grange
Master Above” during the
past year. As part of our
Community Service and
Legislative programs, it
was reported that an email, on
behalf of all our members, was
sent the National Geophysical
Agency (NGA) pointing out a
number of mistakes and halftruths in the preliminary decision to locate the multi-billion
dollar new NGA facility in
North St Louis, Mo, one of the
highest crime areas in the area,
versus near Scott Air Force
Base. Some of our members
also sent emails to NGA as
well as the US Army Corps
of Engineers. The Corps prepared the NGA environmental
statement and was unable
to determine the difference
among St Clair Co, Illinois;
St Clair Co, Missouri; and St
Clair Co, Michigan, as well as
a number of other inaccurate
and misleading statements.
Our social activity for the
month was a wonderful visit
to the Transportation Museum
in St Louis the first Saturday
of May.
LOOKING AHEAD:
Saturday, June 11, our annual membership appreciation gathering.
Sunday, August 8, 2016
our annual Ham and Peach
Dinner
LeRoy Grange Report
By Carol Mulholland
We met on June 15 at our
Grange Hall, following the
Road cleanup and potluck
lunch.
John Mulholland reported that the Acres for Education have been planted,
beans this year.
The repair committee
reported that all the repairs
are just about done. Jim
Mulholland and Grandson
are priming this week.
Rocky Temple gave a report on the Museum cleanup. We will be doing more
as needed.
We were able to award
three seniors from North
Boone High School with
scholarships of $500.00
each.
A donation was sent to the
Boone County Capron food
pantry.
Preparations and updates
for the June 25th Scholarship
Tractor Pull were reported.
Cooker has been reserved.
Signup sheets handed out
for the June 4th “Hunting for
a Cure” cancer run; runners
needed and food for the booth.
Paul Temple reported the
special project for the VETS is
almost done.
Our wheel chair lift is
still available, any Granger
needing one, call or leave
message at 815 519 5477 or
http://10325.
The new Grange Hand Book
and directory was distributed
among members. Great job,
even colored pictures.
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Family Activities Committee
Emerald Mound Grange
By Nicole Hohrein
Greetings from Emerald
Mound Grange. May was a
busy month for us. Although
we started the month off on a
relaxing note. On May 1, Mindy Shiefer held a tea party for
the women. It was a fun and
relaxing time. The food was
delicious and the wait staff was
gracious and accommodating,
thanks Norman and Charles.
For food we were served cucumber sandwiches on ciabatta bread and tuna on wheat
triangles, fresh fruit salad.
Desserts were angel food cake
and mini red velvet cupcakes.
Hot tea choices were chocolate
truffle tea, lavender tea, green
tea, iced tea and lemonade was
also available. Thanks Mindy
for a job well done. You did an
outstanding job on decorating
and setting up.
On May 7 Charles Treser had
his food wagon at Lebanon's
May Market. It was a nice day
and we were busy. Storms began to move in after 5:00, but
everyone made it home before
they arrived. A big thank you
goes to Charles for bringing
and getting his food trailer
set up. Thank you to Charles,
Mark, Mindy, and Nicole for
manning the trailer and help
clean up.
Then on May 15 we had
our BBQ Pork Steak dinner. It
was well received and everyone said they enjoyed it and
wanted to know when the next
one is. Thanks to Charles and
the grills at Turkey Hill Grange
for a job well done on the pork
steaks. To all the potato peelers, dish washers, pie cutters,
money takers, dessert bringers and order fillers THANK
YOU. We could not have done
it without you. A special thank
you to all those who came out
to support Emerald Mound
Grange. It is greatly appropriated.
We have been collecting
books for a local home that
houses mentally challenged
individuals. They are starting
a small library at the home
Emerald Mound hosts: Norman and Charles
and Emerald Mound Grange
members have been collecting
books to donate to them. We
will continue to collect until the
end of July. That way we will
deliver the books in August.
Mark your calendars on
July 17 from 11-1 we will have
a Salad Luncheon. More information will follow in the
July issue of the ILLINOIS
GRANGER.
Do you have a child or
a grandchild between ages
5-14? Mindy would like to
invite them to Emerald Mound
Grange to do projects that can
be used for State Session or
just do for fun. Let Mindy
know so she can get materials
together. A $3 fee is ask for to
help fray the cost of materials,
and a light lunch. Date will
follow after Mindy has a better
idea if there are enough people
expressing interest.
Now that school is out, keep
an eye out for children. Until
next time happy gardening.
By Ruth Blasingame, 2016
Chair
As we get older it seems
we need lists and reminders
on where we put things. I
use a list in a book that I keep
by my chair to keep track of
the things I make from year
to year. I start the year out
really well keeping it current and, if it is a good year I
might actually keep track until December 31. So far this
is a good year. I have made
46 rag quilts to date, various
sizes, 5 afghans, all large,
and a few odd and ends. Am
I ready for State Session, NO!
But I’m hoping to complete a
lot more projects in the next 3
months, I hope you will too.
Today I’m contemplating a quilt with a nativity
panel in the center for our
Chaplain. She doesn’t sew
or crochet or knit. But she has
been hard at work getting 6
new subordinate members
and 2 new Juniors for Prairie Grange. I’ve heard that
some of the newcomers are
crafters. So hopefully more
projects will come our way.
I hope everyone is work-
ing on their bar cookie recipes.
I’ve tried quite a few. Needless to say my family doesn’t
want to try any more of my
experiments, but we have a
picnics coming up at Pomona
and Prairie. Maybe we should
all have a bar cookie competition at our picnics so everyone
can try the bar cookies before
September. Share your recipe
and bring a plate of cookies,
make it an event. Have some
fun.
Is everyone selling their
RAFFLE tickets? I certainly
hope so. I have some very
nice donations for the raffle
already and I am anticipating many more from all over
the state. I am also looking
for volunteers to help in the
display room.
The contest entry sheets are
available online for all departments. So are the raffle ticket
master sheet and the entry
form for FAC projects.
If you have any questions
for me don’t hesitate to call
me at 815-299-7884 just about
anytime. I would love to hear
from you.
News From Beaver Valley Grange
By Dayle Paulson
Beaver Valley Grange met for the May meeting at the home of Jerry Paulson
on May 20th. Too many members had something happening on the 13th of
May (or maybe it was because it was Friday the 13th! Hmmm.) so we postponed our meeting until the 20th.
Community Service hours were turned in and a few of us worked at the
Northern IL Keep America Beautiful Clothing Drive at the Cherry Valley
Schnucks location on May 14th. Attached is a picture from that day. It was
cold and windy, but we were busy busy busy!
A majority of the members of Beaver Valley Grange will be attending a
family wedding and will not be able to participate in the Food Frenzy that
will be on June 11th, so it was decided that we would make a donation to
the Salvation Army.
We are scheduling a Trivia Night fundraiser on July 16th at 6:30 pm at the
Boone County Community Grange Hall, it will cost $10.00 per person and
teams of 6. Details to follow but mark your calendar, it should be fun time!
Our 100th Anniversary planning is moving forward. Mark your calendars
for December 11th, 2016. This will be held at the Grange Hall also. Watch
for details.
David Lembke
David William Lembke, 74,
of Mascoutah, Ill., born Dec.
16, 1941 in Belleville, Ill., died
Thursday, May 5, 2016 at his
residence.
Dave was a local banker for
over 50 years and a founding member and director of
Citizens Community Bank in
Mascoutah. He was also a lifelong farmer and loyal fan and
supporter of the University of
Illinois.
D a v e g r a d u a t e d f ro m
Mascoutah High School in
1959, received a bachelor of
science degree from the University of Illinois in 1963 and is
a 1978 graduate of the School
of Banking from the University
of Wisconsin. He was affiliated
with St. John United Church of
Christ in Mascoutah and a U.S.
Air Force Reserve veteran. He
was a member of Mascoutah
Chamber of Commerce for
over 50 years; treasurer 40
years for Mascoutah Community Lanes and eight years for
Mascoutah Swimming Pool;
member of Mascoutah Evening Lions for over 50 years
with perfect attendance and
past treasurer and president;
St. Clair County Farm Bureau;
U of I Marching Illini and
Alumni; Mascoutah Alumni
Band; he was Mascoutah Evening Lions "Man of the Year"
and Melvin Jones recipient;
Mascoutah Chamber of Commerce "Man of the Year"; received the Mascoutah Schools
Achievement Award; member
of the Mascoutah Police Pension Board; former president
of St. Clair/ Monroe Bankers
Federation; member of the
Mascoutah Historical Society
and Shiloh Valley Grange. His
grandmother, Alma Griffen,
started the Grange Nursing
Home.
Surviving are his wife, Barbara, nee Christ, Lembke
whom he married in
Mascoutah, Ill., on Jan. 13,
1973; his children; grandchildren; sisters-in-law and
brothers-in-law.
Memorials may be do-
Obituaries
nated to the Foundation for
Mascoutah Schools, 1313 W.
Main, Mascoutah, Ill. 62258 or
Hospice of Southern Illinois,
305 S. Illinois, Belleville, Ill.
62220.
Elwanda Marie Ebel
Elwanda Marie (Pilcher)
Ebel was born in Locke, AR on
Feb. 11, 1922 to Carl and Ethal
Pilcher. She married her “one
and only”, Albert Ebel II, on
August 29, 1942, who preceded
her in death on June 22, 2014.
Elwanda was not only her
husband’s helpmate on the
farm for many years, but she
was very active in her church,
community and children’s
activities.
She was a long time member of the Marengo Grange
where she served as lecturer
before moving and joining Riley Grange and serving there
also. She held county and State
Offices, attended State Grange
as a delegate and served as
Master ’s Wife at the county
level. She never missed helping
out at the turkey dinners, bake
sales and the county fair food
tent. She was a wonderful cook
and was able to bless people
with her skills of cooking. She
won many blue ribbons for her
pies, breads, crocheted afghans
and sewing. Elwanda and Albert, along with the family, installed officers for the Granges
around the Stateline for many
years.
She also served as deaconess and on many boards at the
First Baptist Church of Marengo. She was the “Egg-Fryer
Queen” of the May Breakfast
for many years. She was in
charge of the Wednesday Night
Family Dinner and never failed
to produce a wonderful homecooked meal for the crowd.
Elwanda “Loved On” people
who were home-bound and
in rest homes. She faithfully
visited them on a weekly basis.
She was a gifted cake decorator and made many brides
and anniversary couples happy. She made most of her
grandchildren’s cakes for their
weddings. Elwanda baked pies
June 2016 - Granger, Page 5
for a Marengo restaurant that
had people calling for reserved
pieces.
She was a “Tops” member
for many years and became a
“Kops” for 19 years. Elwanda
enjoyed the social aspect of the
group, was a great encouragement to many, and kept her
weight in check for the rest of
her life. She was proud of her
accomplishment and loved the
group of people she met.
Survivors include her son;
Albert (Linda Kay) Ebel III,
daughters; Dorene (Milan)
Reimer, and Carla (Richard)
Walter;10 grandchildren and
25 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
May 14, 2016 the Wait Ross
Allanson Funeral & Cremation
Services Chapel, 201 S. Main
St., Algonquin. Memorials may
be made to the KishHealth System Hospice, DeKalb, IL.
Patricia L. Christ
Patricia L. Christ, 88, of
Crystal Lake, born December
30, 1927, passed away Friday,
May 13, 2016.
Born December 30, 1927 in
Chicago; she was the daughter of Victor and Anna (Link)
Burg. She married William O.
Christ on November 24, 1949
in Chicago.
A graduate of Chicago Alvernia Catholic High School,
Patricia was a member of St.
Thomas the Apostle Church.
She was also a member of
Ridgefield Grange and a volunteer with the McHenry County
Historical Society. Pat also donated 9 gallons of blood to the
Aurora Area Blood Bank.
Survivors include her four
sons, Alan (Elaine), Kenneth
(Diana), Gary and Mark (Melissa) Christ; nine grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death
by her husband; parents; two
brothers, William and Clarence
Bozych; and a sister, Gloria
Kummerer.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at
Querhammer & Flagg Funeral
Home, 500 W. Terra Cotta Avenue, Crystal Lake.
Guilford Hope Grange
Guilford Hope Grange #6
presented community service
awards to Grange Master S.
Wayne Lyford and non-Grange
member Fred Hadley, Ph.D.,
both of Rockford, at its May
24 meeting.
Wayne was cited for his
many hours of Grange service,
and his year-round quest for
auction items to be used in
the Grange garage sale fundraiser each Spring. Proceeds
are donated to Midway Village
Museum in Rockford for the
education fund.
Dr. Hadley, Rockford University professor emeritus of
chemistry, has served more
than 120 hours since last August for Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful, mostly at the
Rockford Recycle Center and
helping with clothing drives
and rummage pickups. In addition, he teaches physics and
math at Keith School; sings in
a community chorus; helped
build a home with Habitat
for Humanity and served at
their Re-Store; served on the
board of directors of Crusader
Clinic in Rockford; and was
treasurer for the Rock River
Chapter, American Chemical Society, for more than 20
years. He and wife Maxine
also volunteer at their church,
in community cleanups and
he has been an advisor for the
student environmental club
at Rockford University. They
also participate in a community garden project in their
Rockford neighborhood.
Thank you to the 16 individuals and one Grange who
have donated the $665 for the ILLINOIS GRANGER.
Read Elaine's article to see which Grange decided to
donate and actually did.
Every little bit helps. Where else can you get a newspaper
for $1 an issue?
Page 6, Granger - June 2016
By Sara EllwangerCommunity Service Director
First and foremost- my apologies to my fellow Grangers.
I have been horrible about
getting an article in the paper
these last couple months.
We had computer issues and
ended up having to upgrade
and such- but we are back and
better than ever. I know that
Illinois State Grange Community Service
you are all hard at work doing
various community service
activities. Summer is the best
time to be outside working
on various projects. I myself
have Relay for Life, the Light
Your Fire 5K, Food Cart Frenzy,
Church Picnics, trip to Colorado, Boone County Fair, Fire
Department Water Fights, and
daily life to keep me busy this
summer. Then, just when all
those activities have wrapped
up, State Session will be upon
us. I am super excited to represent the Youth Dept. as one
half (the better half) of the IL
State Grange Young Couple as
a delegate in session this year.
Please remember to bring items
to help out our animal friends.
I have been making contacts
with various animal groups in
the DeKalb area to see how we
can help. Items mostly needed
are food, bedding, and litter.
Another request was gift cards
to stores so that items could be
purchased on an as needed basis. Was hoping that we could
set up a time to help walk the
dogs or assist with other animal care with the Jr’s during Jr
day. I will finalize these plans
with Sarah Meyers and we will
keep you all updated.
Also, please remember your
report forms and nomination
forms. Nomination forms
for Member/Non-member/
Junior Community Service Person of the year are due to me
with your report form/book in
August. National Grange has
also started a program to honor Firefighters/Police Officer
and Teachers. I am in contact
with Pete who is the National
Community Service Director
so that we may also nominate
a person from these areas for
their outstanding community
service work as well- more
information to come. Once
again, I am here for anything
you may need- please to not
hesitate to ask. You can always
email, call or even text.
I am so proud to be a Granger. It is through our good
works that we make a difference in our communities.
Thank you for making this a
great organization; you all really are amazing!
Secretary's Report
(Pictured above)
Winnebago Pomona held
garage sale May 19-20 in
Wayne and Nancy Lyford's
garage. Pictured are Vivian
Johnson, Wayne Lyford
and Sally Campbell.
(Pictured right) Great
Lakes Grange Leaders
attendees from Illinois Patty, Lynette, Vivian and
Pat Grommet.
By Elaine Hecathorn
Yea! School is out and more
child care time. Can’t call it
babysitting anymore. Katie is
in Jr. High now and Cassie is
“pre-teen” which is very important to remember. I want
to thank all of the secretaries
that have gotten their quarterly
reports sent in on time during the year. It really makes
it easier to do my report that
has to be sent in each quarter.
When your reports are late, the
information - if changed – will
not be reflected on our State
report. June 30 is the end of the
second quarter and Jr Grange
and Pomona reports are due
by July 31 as well as the Subordinate Grange reports. If you
had non-active Jr.
Grange and want to keep the
charter active, a yearly fee of
$7.00 is due by July 31.
I want to thank Big Thunder
Grange for their donation to
the IL State Granger. They read
Kevin’s article and discussed it
at their meeting and decided
to contribute to help see that
it continues. No matter what
the decision, I hope you took
time during your meeting to
discuss the issue of continuing
The Granger or other alternatives. Your feedback to one of
the State executive members
– Lynette, Karie, Wayne, Gary,
Frank or Kevin and myself,
will be taken into account.
I hope that all the secretaries
are sharing the State Session
information that was sent to
them. Plans will be finalized
at the June executive meeting. The tentative schedule is
in this issue along with meal
information. State Officers,
Deputies, and Committee
members also should have
received information…. If any
of you did not, please contact
me so I can send it to you. The
deadlines are a little earlier
from past years…. don’t wait
and then miss out.
Resolutions are due to me
by August 1st. Well, that is
all I have for now….. signing
off with my contact
Information for any of you
who want meals, delegate
and/or booklets for State
Session.
Elaine Hecathorn 1260 N
Carefree Dr. East Peoria IL
61611
ehe53@yahoo.com
309/361-0006 .
Broad Hollow Grange Celebrates 95th Anniversary
Broad Hollow Grange celebrated its 95th anniversary during Grange Month.
The Master of Broad Hollow Grange on behalf of the
members of Broad Hollow
Grange welcomed everyone
to the event. A delicious potluck was enjoyed prior to the
program and the tables and
hall were decorated for the
event. Kenneth Joseph and
Gladys Williamson provided
music during the program.
The Grange Month Declaration was read and the history
of Broad Hollow Grange was
provided. A 75-year membership award was presented to
Orville Vogler by Broad Hollow Grange Secretary, Arlene
Brandenburger, and Illinois
State Grange Master, Lynette
Schaeffer. A 50-year membership award was presented to
Betty Suemnicht.
The featured speaker was
the Illinois State Grange Maser, Lynette Schaeffer. Roger
Cortner was present to tell
about Hecker's Memorial Day
Service event. He was then
presented with Broad Hollow
Grange's Community Citizen
of the Year Award by the Illinois State Grange Master,
Lynette Schaeffer. State officers
and State Committees were
recognized and those present
were Illinois State Grange Master, Lynette Schaeffer; County
Deputies, Kenneth Joseph and
Charles Treser, and Editor of
the Illinois Granger, Arline
Magee. Visiting Grangers in
attendance were 4 from Enterprise Grange, 3 from Floraville
Community Grange, 1 from
Shiloh Valley Grange, and 5
from Turkey Hill Grange.Also,
non-members from the community were recognized. A
special 95th anniversary sheet
cake was served along with
punch and coffee.
Fliers were place in the four
nearby communities, articles
about the Grange was in the
Freeburg Tribune and the New
Athens Brief, and there was a
Grange display at the Freeburg
Library for Grange Month.
At Broad Hollow Grange's
May 13th meeting, members
were reminded that resolutions
Bus Tour For 150Th National Grange Session—Washington DC
Saturday, Nov. 12-Monday,
Nov. 21
Minimum to go: 30 people
Summary of Itinerary:
Sat., Nov. 12 and Sun., Nov.
13—travel days to DC
Mon., Nov. 14—Gettysburg
Battlefield Area
Tues., Nov. 15—Mt. Vernon
Wed., Nov. 16—tour DC (not
same as Thurs. Grange Tour)
Thurs., Nov. 17-Grange Tour
(included-no extra cost)
Thursday night thru Saturday night—National Grange
Convention
Sun., Nov. 20 and Mon., Nov.
21—Travel days to home
PICK UP POINTS: Belleville,
Bloomington, West of Indianapolis
Package to & from DC::
3 nights hotel/motel and
3 meals, Bus transportation,
Breakfast, Dinner in Gettysburg, Battlefield Theater, Guid-
ed tour of Battlefield, Eisenhower’s Home, Historic Dinner,
Dobbins House, Old Country
Buffet in Alexandria, and Admission to Mt. Vernon.
Guided tour of DC (Iwo
Jima, Arlington Cemetery with
tram, drive by White House and
Ford Theater, Grange building,
Memorials not on Thursday’s
Grange tour)
Thursday’s Grange tour:
Smithsonian History or American Museum, dinner on own
at International restaurants
at Union Station, Memorials
(Korean, Viet Nam, Women’s,
WW II), walk to White House
and other DC attractions day
and night (Capitol, Washington
Monument, Jefferson Memorial, Supreme Court, Library
of Congress) NOTE: DO NOT
make reservations for or pay
for Grange Tour as it is already
included.
Not included: (You make
reservations for:)
Hilton Dulles Airport Hotel
(Tues., Nov. 15-Sat., Nov. 19)
(703) 478-2900 (Mention National Grange for Grange rate)
Registration fee for Convention
Banquets that you plan on
attending.
NOTE: Get another person
or 2-3 to share the room to help
with the cost.
COST PER PERSON for tour
package (not including hotel at
convention, registration fee or
banquets):
1 per room per person: $1097
2 per room per person: $910
3 per room per person: $840
4 per room per person: $815
Deposit: $50.00
For questions and more information contact: Carol Neff, (618)
539-6113, 3601 Klein School
Road, New Athens, IL 62264.
will need to be submitted at the
next several meetings. Field,
Garden, and Conservation
reported that hummingbirds
have arrived. Corn has been
planted but corn and wheat
do not do well when it's too
wet. Items to be donated to
the Belleville Area Humane
Society was part of the display
at the Broad Hollow Grange's
95th Birthday. Items are being
collected for the area Crisis
Center.
In April, a variety of shows
in Branson was checked out for
next year's trip. Broad Hollow
Grange's sponsored trip this
fall is November 1, 2, and 3 and
June 2016 - Granger, Page 7
November 30, December 1 and
2, with a minimum of 30 people
needed for each trip.
Plans are being made for a
Watkins Fundraiser this summer. The program consisted
of members telling what their
favorite spring flower was, a
poem by Arlene Brandenburger, "My Mother" for Mother's
Day, a quiz on Mothers Day
and Friday the 13th, and what
members favorite time of day
was and what that said about
them.
The hall was decorated
with spring flowers and birds.
Members enjoyed fruit and
cake kabobs and sandwiches.
Troy Grove Grange
Troy Grove Grange met
May,19, 2016, at 7:00 PM. 2
brothers and 8 sisters were
present.
There was no April meeting
as some members wanted to
attend the meeting regarding
the proposed railway through
this area.
Family Activities chairman
Joan Dennison reported the
May 3 meeting was attended
by 3 members who finished 26
toys. There will be no meeting
at the Lutheran Home in July
as there will not be enough material to work on. Next meeting
will be June 7 at 1:00.
Agriculture chairman Jim
Weber reported that there had
been a good deal of planting in
April. May brought cold, wet
weather which slowed growth
and set planting back.
Community Service chairman Ethel Bauer reported that
the date and time for putting
flags on Veteran's graves in
Troy Grove and Peterstown
will be Saturday, May 28, at
10:00. Lunch will follow at
Ziggie's.
Legislative chairman Roy
Plote reported that funding for
children's and senior's services
is almost nonexistent. Many
are in danger of closing due
to the impasse in Springfield..
Many communications
were heard regarding National Grange's 150th anniversary.
A new logo was proposed in
honor of the 150th. Also several contests were announced.
Final decision in the National Grange vs California
State Grange found in favor
of the National Grange.
Florida state has found misuse of LINK and SNAP cards
in the amount of 13 million
dollars.
A report was given about
the proposed GLB Railroad.
Landowners living on adjoining land will be given electricity for their lifetime. Free
access to the rail line for rail
cars will be given to same. No
answers given to questions
about drainage, reroute get or
hazardous spill events. There
will be meetings in several
other areas. To date the reception has been negative.
Grange was pleased to
learn that our Ethan Plote
has been selected to receive a
Grange scholarship.
Grange was reminded
that State Session will be in
DeKalb September 9 to 11.
The next meeting of Troy
Grove Grange will be June 16,
2016, at 7:00 PM at the Hall.
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Broad Hollow Grange
Roger Cortner has been
named the recipient of Broad
Hollow Grange's Community
Citizen of the Year Award.
The award is presented to
someone who has made a difference in their community.
Roger started and planned
Hecker's first Memorial Day
Service and has been responsible for the program with this
year being the 16th year for the
special event. The first one
was held in 2001. He has done
an outstanding job putting the
program together to honor
the Veterans and the sacrifices
they made for their country.
Each year the Memorial Service program supersedes the
previous year and is never
the same. He organizes and
contacts participants to be on
the program and coordinates
it each year. Various program
participants have included
patriotic music, flyovers, parachute drops, military speakers
from Scott AFB and the area,
displays, recognition of Veterans, and much more. There is
a large attendance of individuals every year to honor those
who gave so much for their
country. .
Roger also was instrumental
in Hecker getting the Vietnam
Wall. Even though Hecker is
a small village the turnout of
people was overwhelming.
Roger also belongs to and is
active in the Holy Name Society at St. Augustine Church,
is a Eucharistic minister, and
a member of the Knights of
Columbus participating in
their fundraisers and activities.
He and his wife, Ruth, help at
the Kirchenfest each year and
have also been moderators for
the CYO, the Catholic Youth
Organization. He is an election
judge for the county. He plows
snow at the St. Augustine's
Cemetery and is the Cemetery
Sexton.
This is just some of Roger's
involvement in the community
and iswhy he is well deserving
of the Community Citizen of
the Year Award. Congratulations, Roger, and we know
you will continue to be active
in your community in making
it a better place for everyone.
Illinois State Lecturer's Report
By Patty Bearth
Below is a Lecturers Program and links to download
the PowerPoint (replaced
slide shows you took with
your camera.) Perfect timing since it is Strawberry
season. I have included 2
strawberry recipes to be
printed in this issue also.
There is a lot of information
so you could customize for
your Grange meeting and
use the parts that would
most interest your Grangers. Just ask me if you would
like me to print out the pdf
and snail mail it to you. You
could also send the pdf file
to your nearest Kinkos or
other print shop so they
could print it for you.
New Lecturer's Program
in a Box brings us back to
Ag Roots
The second in the series
of ready-made Lecturer's
Programs to be released
focuses on strawberries:
their production, anatomy,
diseases and research. This
allows Granges who wish to
put this program on to tap
into the roots of our Order.
This program includes a
PowerPoint or PDF version
with notes for the Lecturer
to use during the presentation.
There is also a handout that
further details some of the information in the program and
recipes for distribution.
This program was developed
by Annie Montes, a graduate
student in Plant Pathology/
Plant Biology at the University
of Maryland.
As noted in the previous
email with the first "program in
a box," looking at the Greenbelt
Towns of the New Deal Era,
I understand that meetings
styles are vastly different from
one Grange to another, but the
outline, suggested activities
and ways to engage further on
the topic allowed each Grange
to pick what they were comfortable or equipped to introduce to their membership. The
PowerPoint is available if you
wish to use it, but the PDF that
includes the same material
can also be used to put on the
program. If you are unable to
show the slides with pictures of
the diseases and plant anatomy,
you may wish to print a few
copies of the PDF or some of
the specific pages with these
pictures to hand out to your
members.
This time, I have not included a "take home" activity like
the word search, but encourage you to create something to
excite your members. Maybe
ask them to bring a strawberry
dish they enjoy to the meeting
or to write their own poem
about strawberries. There are
so many fabulously creative
lecturers across the Grange
family that I am excited to ask
for examples of interactive or
take home activities you come
up with to go along with this
program.
I encourage State or Pomona
Lecturers - or State Masters - to
provide a printed copy of the
program and related material
to Lecturer's who shy away
from computers so that they
may put on the program if they
are interested.
Should you use a program
created and distributed by the
National Lecturer and create
additional resources or materials, you can send or email them
to me and we will include
them on the web page dedicated to Lecturer's programs.
To download the programs
and content materials, and to
find other programs as they are
released, please visit http://
www.nationalgrange.org/
lecturers-programming/
The Grange 150th Anniversary Four-Minute-Movie Contest!
Get out your cameras and
put together your own amazing
four-minute-movie celebrating
Grange!
The top three finalist will
receive up-to a $200 travel stipend, Friday and Saturday night
accommodations at the 150th
Annual Session of the National
Grange in Washington DC, and
two tickets to the Celebration
banquet where the winning
movies will be shown and first,
second, and third place awards
announced!
First Place: $1000 Cash Prize;
Second Place: $500 Cash Prize;
and Third Place: $250 Cash Prize!
The top seven videos will be
part of a social media popularity
vote September 1 - September 15,
2016, with the top three favorites
moving on to the finalist round
at National Session in Washing-
ton, DC on November 19, 2016.
There are no limits to the
themes of your four minute
movie as long as it showcases
Grange! Suggestions to get your
wheels turning include--but are
not limited to:
How Grange has impacted
my life
The Grange Story: Our history
and heritage
Why I love Grange!
Why I joined the Grange, why
I stay
DEADLINES
July 1: SUBMISSIONS OPEN
August 15: SUBMISSIONS
CLOSE, midnight PST
Sept.1-15: Top seven finalist
popularity voting contest
September 16: Top three finalist announced
November 19: Prizes awarded
at National Grange Celebration
Banquet
RULES AND DETAILS
Videos must not exceed four
minutes in length (not counting
credits).
Individuals may only enter
one submission, but may also be
included in an additional group
submission.
All entries must be accompanied by a completed submission
form and waiver no later than
MIDNIGHT (PST) on AUGUST
15, 2016.
Due to large file sizes, submissions should be uploaded to
DropBox, Google Drive, or similar program. Submissions will
be considered complete upon
receipt of sharing link emailed
with entry form to 150videocontest@nationalgrange.org