The Parkman Grange will be having a Hunter’s Supper on Saturday, November 19, 2022, from 4:30 to 6:00. The menu is beans, hot dogs, coleslaw, chop suey, Jackie Libby’s famous yeast rolls, desserts, and beverages. The meal is by cash donation to the MSAD 4 Santa Project, which provides warm winter coats, boots, and toys to local kids. Gun raffle winners will be picked at 6 PM, followed by a pie auction to benefit the PCSS Class of 2023. The Grange is located at the corner of State Highway 150 and North Dexter Road. For more info, call Sue Manchester 277-3942.
“Elections belong to the people. It’s their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.”
The 40th Annual St George Grange Craft Fair will be held Saturday, December 3, 2022, from 9 am-2 pm and will include crafts, baked goods, jams, relish, fudge raffles, and more! It’s a big day!
Lunch starts at 11 am and will include homemade soups, biscuits, hot dogs, and drinks. Free coffee & mulled cider will be served. A live nativity, then a public supper starting at 5 pm.
Spend the day with us!
St George Grange is located at 32 Wiley’s Corner Road in St George. Contact Tammy Willey for more information.
Family Game Night at St. George Grange. Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 6 pm-8 pm. Lots of fun games for all ages. Cards, cribbage, Janga, Go Fish, Battle Ship, Checkers, Operation, and many more.
Free refreshments!
St. George Grange is located at 32 Wiley’s Corner Road in St. George. For more information, contact Tammy Willey.
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Grange Heirlooms are snippets from the lessons of the Grange as taught in the Rituals and Declaration of Purposes.
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Here’s a reminder that there are some really cool things happening in November! If your event is missing let us know!
November 3, 2022, Special Program on Hawaii at Highland Lake Grange, 7 pm. FMI Dave Gowen at gowenfrm@gwi.net or 207-536-0038
November 5, 2022, Cards for Vets, 9 -11 am at Ocean View Grange. Write a card or draw a picture to send to our Vets. Contact Larry at 207 372-8075 for more information.
November 11, 2022, application deadline for MSAD #4 Santa Project sponsored by Parkman Grange. Call Sue Manchester for more information at 207 277-3942. MSAD #4 includes Abbot, Cambridge, Guilford Parkman, Sangerville and Wellington.
November 14, 2022, MSG Bulletin Deadline — columns and posts are due.
November 17, 2022, Annual Turkey Bowling Contest at Highland Lake Grange at 7 pm. Intrigued? Join us! FMI Dave Gowen at gowenfrm@gwi.net or 207-536-0038 (What is it with Highland Lake Grange and Turkeys?!)
November 19, 2022, Junior Grange Virtual Meeting at 10 am. Contact Junior Director for more information.
Ocean View Grange is located at 435 Port Clyde Road in Martinsville Maine.
By Larry Bailey, Ocean View Master
One of our Grangers, Emily Chadwick, is organizing a “Thank You Card” program where anyone (adults or children) can come to the Grange to write a card or draw a picture to send to our St George Vets. Join in the fun on November 5, 2022, from 9 am to 11 am at the Ocean View Grange in Martinsville. Put it on your calendar.
This initiative by Grange member Emily caused me to re-light our previous efforts to support our Vets. Once again this year, The Ocean View Grange is spearheading a drive to provide needed items for our Veterans at Togus. Check the “Wish List.” We will set a date(s) for you to deliver the items to the Grange and/or another location. (You can bring them on November 5 and write a card or note!)
Our Grange has provided items several times over the years, but, given the Covid disruption, we have not done so recently.
If you are able to help, it will make a difference to those at Togus. We want our Vets to know they are not forgotten.
This article is reprinted with permission from an e-newsletter published by UMaine Extension.
The Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle* (Harmonia axyridis), is a common ladybug that can become a household nuisance each fall in cold climates–in New England, for example–when adults begin seeking out warm locations to spend the winter. It is inherently a beneficial insect, and one which has frequently been deliberately released in the U.S. (beginning as long ago as 1916) for the purpose of controlling harmful plant pests such as aphids, mites, scale insects, etc. They can pose a legitimate nuisance, though, when confronted with large numbers of them indoors, and their secretions can stain furniture, curtains, blankets, rugs, etc. They do not breed, lay eggs, or feed inside the home, however, and they are not structurally-damaging.
As the name suggests, the Multicolored Asian lady beetle exhibits a great many color forms. However, outside its native area of eastern Asia, one finds them primarily showing only one of three basic color types: red or orange with black spots, black with four red spots, and black with two red spots. The form with anywhere from zero to 19 spots–known as the succinea form—is the most common form that we have here in Maine. They have reddish-brown legs and are noticeably brown on the underside of the abdomen.
Two similar species are the Seven-spotted Lady Beetle (Coccinella septempunctata) whose wing covers are spotted in a 1-4-2 pattern, and the Two-spotted Lady Beetle (Adalia bipunctata), which has orange wing coverings and just one black spot on each side.
