Dinner: 6:45
Regular meeting: 7:30
Dinner: 6:45
Regular meeting: 7:30
Dinner: 6:45
Regular Meeting 7:30
From NOAA:
...VERY COLD AIR RETURNS TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THIS WEEK... CONFIDENCE IS HIGH IN A PERIOD OF VERY COLD CONDITIONS FOR THE MIDDLE TO LATTER HALF OF THIS WEEK. CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS IN HOW COLD IT WILL GET. WHILE COLDER AIR WILL ARRIVE ON TUESDAY...THE COLDEST PERIOD WILL BE WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH THURSDAY LOOKING TO BE THE COLDEST DAY. EXPECT TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY TO BE AT LEAST 15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL IN MOST AREAS. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S...AND LOWS WILL BE IN THE TEENS IN THE VALLEY. EVEN COLDER CONDITIONS WILL BE FOUND IN THE CASCADES. IN ADDITION TO THE COLD...EXPECT GUSTY EAST WINDS ACROSS THE AREA...WITH BREEZY NORTH WINDS IN THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY. THEREFORE...WIND CHILL READINGS WILL DIP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS IN THE VALLEY...BELOW ZERO IN THE GORGE...AND APPROACHING MINUS 20 IN THE CASCADES. CONFIDENCE IS MODERATE TO HIGH THAT A PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE ON SATURDAY THAT LOOKS TO BRING A PERIOD OF WINTRY WEATHER TO PARTS OF THE REGION. SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE...BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOW ON THE SPECIFICS AT THIS TIME. RESIDENTS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CASCADES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF VERY COLD CONDITIONS. THOSE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS.
6:45 Dinner
7:30 Installation of Officers / Short business meeting.
Grays River Grange #124, is extending an invitation to you and your family to attend the Grays River Grange’s Traditional Christmas Party On the agenda for the evening: Potluck dinner, caroling, gift exchange, raffle drawing for the Christmas Wall Hanging, Grays River Farmer’s Market T-shirts, and more (Raffle tickets can be purchased at the party) Recognition of Years of Grange membership, The Night before Christmas read by Robert Pyle, and of course a visit from Santa.
If you have a child attending, please bring a gift with your child’s name on it for Santa to deliver. To participate in the adult gift exchange, bring a gift not to exceed $5 and mark the package male or female. Questions, call Grays River Grange at 465-2268 and we will get back to you or email at grange@wwest.net Join us for an evening of good old fashion family fun. You do not have to be a Grange member to attend.
Please bring non-perishable food items for local food banks.
Listen to National Grange volunteer Victoria Whitehead chat with National Grange Legislative Director Grace Boatright and Agri-Pulse Journalist Derrick Cain on the progress of the 2013 Farm Bill and what it might mean for Grange members.