Grange Notes by Tim Swartz, Grange President (with everyone’s help) April 6, 2024
Short Grange meeting Saturday
Items on the agenda include:
- Review of our finances.
- New carpet squares installed in the Original Entrance foyer (see pictures below).
- State Grange grant that helped us get the carpet installed.
- May 4: cooking contest planning: we hope you’re experimenting with cheesy dishes!
- FCCGH update on grant possibilities for fresh-air ventilation for the Hall.
- Brief discussion of a “Capital City Grange mission statement” if there’s time–I’m interested in your reactions to the ideas I proposed in the previous Grange Notes!
April 6: Grange Program will feature former VT AFL-CIO chair David Van Deusen
Van Deusen is about to release a book, Insurgent Labor, which describes the trials and tribulations of bringing change to the VT State Labor Council (another name for the VT AFL-CIO). In 2019, he led a slate of candidates onto the Board of Directors, with the goal of creating a progressive and militant labor organization. His book chronicles victories during his 4-year tenure as President, including expanding union democracy into the rank and file and moving power away from single individuals and into democratic structures.
We hope you’ll join us for this discussion, in person or via Zoom. The Zoom link is in the Grange website Calendar listing.
At 6:00, all are welcome to the monthly Community Potluck in the Lower Level, where we can share conversation about the program, as well as great dishes brought by…you!
We’ve got a beautiful new floor in our
“Original Entrance” foyer!
Ever since we rebuilt the wall between the Main Hall and the foyer, the mixture of 2 or 3 types of mats sitting on the original wood floor has looked very out of place. The de-cluttering of the space (removing the table storage, brooms, snow-shovels and the trash & recycling bins) left us looking at a patchwork of floor coverings–see the top photo below.
The way it was–before
Floor coverings included a “runner” carpet, which held grit so well that it was hard to vacuum, a waterproof entry mat which covered only part of the floor, and some old ribbed rubber.
The way it is–after
The photos below show the carpet tiles installed by Delair’s Carpet & Flooring on Wednesday. This type is designed to catch outside dirt/grit/water/snow. We chose a variegated color pattern we hope will make the dirt stand out less. Like the tiles downstairs, individual ones can be replaced once wear makes them unattractive.
