Free All Ages dance at the Grange Friday 2/9 7 pm

Garage Sale at the Grange Nov 4th: Supporting Olympic Neighbors

Community Signing Circle at the Chimacum Grange: Sounding Joy

Repeat Thursday evenings throughout October and November finds the Grange Hall full of harmonious voices singing simple and inclusive songs. $10 per person donation supports the facilitators of this healing group.

Chimacum Water Year Update by local resident Al Latham

HAPPY NEW WATER YEAR!

Water Year runs from Oct 1 – Sept 30.   “The term "water year" in reports that deal with surface-water supply is defined as the 12-month period October 1, for any given year through September 30, of the following year.”

Here’s the report from the slightly off center (5.1 mi. south of Chimacum)  “Community Collaborative Rain Hail Snow” station www.cocorahs.org for September and the 2017 water year.

September precip was 0.88” with the average here being 1.4”

Water year total was 39.39” with 35” being the average.

The NOAA Climate Prediction Center for October is quite specific J:  “Equal probability of above normal, normal or below normal precipitation and temperature”.  How’s that for hedging their bets!   For October through December they indicate higher than normal temperature with maybe higher than normal precipitation. 

Next report in November, weather or not!   Al Latham

Local Art Students Display Chimacum Heritage Newsletter Logo's at the Grange

ROOTS in Chimacum Workshop on May 9th brought local high school Art Teacher Gary Coyan and his advanced art students to the Grange to display their iconic Chimacum images in logos created for their school art's newsletter Chimacum Heritage. This team of talented students will be leading a mural art project to celebrate the Chimacum Grange's 2018 Centennial celebration- capturing 100 years of history in Chimacum. The group donated these beautiful images which will be framed and on display at the Grange for years to come.

From Left to Right: Maisy Simon, Kelle Settje, editor of Heritage not the logo artist, Ellis Coyan, Gary Coyan, Kaitlyn Edje, Cierra Cabanilla, Ariel Sanchez.

Join Us! Citizens Insitute for Rural Design Workshop at the Grange, May 8 & 9

Find this event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/446148845730945/

FeatherPalooza Poster

Upcoming Poultry Conference: FEATHERPALOOZA

All Day Saturday March 25th, 2017, about All Things Feathered- FEATHERPALOOZA: Workshops, Presentations, Vendors, Food Trucks, Interactive Booths, & Kids Activities.

Brought to you by Northwest Discovery Lab, 4-H, WSU Jefferson County Extention, CHS NW Inc, the Chimacum Grange,

Free Admission, bring your cash for foods, beverages, samples, and sign ups!

Family Friendly, No Pets Allowed.

Located at 9572 Rhody Drive, Chimacum WA 98325. Public Parking across the street at the Chimacum Schools; please use Crosswalk to cross Rhody Drive.

Visit www.featherpalooza.com for more info!

First Annual Chimacum Holiday Weekend

 Local Food Specials, Caroling and Hot Cider, Community Portraits, Pictures with Santa, and 3 Craft Fairs to wander through, enough vendors and goodies to buy to last you through gift giving for a year! Benefiting local crafts people, businesses, farmers, schools, and community halls and centers.

Cascadia Uprising Meeting at the Grange

Square Dance 11/18

Put on your square dance panties and your swingiest skirt and get thee to the Grange this Friday night, for another country square dance, 8 - 11 or midnight.

Not Your Mama's String Band will be churning out the tunes, and no experience necessary, as Caller Dave Thielk will expertly guide your feets and arms to move to the folk music as our fore-bearers did.

$5 at the door, all ages,  Bring water and snacks, friends and neighbors!

Grange's Winter Farmer's Craft Fair: Calling All Crafters!

Do you make a useful home, farm or garden craft that your friends and family find both charming indispensable? Are you tired of the department store commerce that dominates the winter holiday giving season, and want to participate in an economy that generates thoughtfully crafted yet useful items?

The Chimacum Grange is hosting a Winter Farmers Craft Fair- sort of a homespun, country version of a Target store, emulating the local General Stores of yesteryear.

We are looking for crafter-folk who wish to sell homemade, affordable items such as baskets, blankets, rugs, candles, soaps, pottery, garden tools and products, toys, knitwear, home décor, kitchen utensils, metal-works, woolen goods, wintertime décor and more (food and medicine items can be accepted with proper sales licensing).  

Crafters can rent half or whole tables, and can share booths with friends who also craft.  This is a much smaller version of normal craft fairs, and successfully began in 2014 to offer economic opportunity to our crafty back-to-the-landers, tinkerers, and farmers during slow parts of the year, with some small fundraising for the historic Grange Hall.

 
If you are interested in learning more, now is the time to reach out! 

Email Heather at chimacumgrange@gmail.com with ‘Seeking Craft Fair Info’ in the subject line before November 15^th. You can call 360-732-0015 if you wish to leave a voice mail requesting info. This is a first-come, first-serve exhibitor event. Sign-up and contracts are due by Nov. 20^th, in order to prepare for a Dec. 10^th  & 11^th event.

SPREAD THE WORD TO YOUR CRAFTY FRIENDS! And have a Happy Autumn.

Square Dance This Friday!

This Friday, the Grange is opening its doors to fancy steppers and clodhoppers alike for its first fall SQUARE DANCE..

Dave Thielk, Katya Kirsch, Carol Hardy, and Lori Bernstein create the tunes as FREE AGENTS, and Quilcene's finest Caller Rosie Sweetman will tell us all what to do.

Doors are at 7 pm, Dance starts at 7:30, goes till 10:30; $6 donation at the door, All Ages, bring snacks and water and your friends and neighbors!  and your yeehaws.

Tilt-a-whirl dancing at the Grange this past spring

Welcome!

Welcome to the Chimacum Grange, a community center in the heart of East Jefferson County on the northeast tip of the Olympic Peninsula. We serve our rural, agricultural community by providing a space for public lectures, workshops, dance, and private events.

Keep in touch as our website gets rehauled and updated!

 

Spring Square Dances

This Spring, the Grange hosted three square dances put on by young musicians in the community. Thank you to Joanna Pontrello and Davee Bolt for gettin' us up on the floor and dancing! Thank you also to the Have Another Rounders for a hoppin' season of folk tunes!

Resoration Agriculture with Mark Shepard

On May 1st, 2016, the Chimacum Grange, partnered with WSU Extension, was proud to host Mark Shepard, author of Restoration Agriculture, to speak on the relevance and importance of perennial agriculture in our food system. Over forty people gathered to hear Mark Shepard speak and discuss what steps our community can take towards building a cooperative, sustainable food system.