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Breakfast, fiddle tunes, photos this Saturday

Leedy Grange will provide a hearty breakfast and rousing entertainment this Saturday, March 10 from 8 am to noon at the hall. The popular event features two choices for breakfast—French Toast with sausage links and biscuits with sausage gravy (something you should probably only eat once a year—but now is the time!). Coffee, tea and juice included, $6 large, $4 small.

The Old-time Fiddlers rock the house!

Bring the family and enjoy the rousing tunes provided by The Old-time Fiddlers in the main hall, and our ever-fascinating collection of historical photos of Cedar Mill.

The photo exhibit is up in the hall permanently now, thanks to the scanning job provided by Portland Vital Signs. We've been putting the images into frames as we can. If you have any large frames sitting around in your garage or basement that you'd like to pass along, please bring them to the event.

Later that day, at 2 pm, organic farmer and County Commissioner Greg Malinowski will talk about his farm-leasing program. He makes portions of his farm available to young farmers who want to grow food for farmers' markets and restaurants in the area where locally-grown organic produce is valued. This program is free and open to anyone interested in learning more.

The hall now has a new kitchen sink. Our old one had sprung several leaks. In the "slippery-slope" tradition of improvement, the job morphed from a simple sink installation to a partial repair of the floor, a new water heater, and new pipes to replace some ancient and corroded ones. Thanks to our Steward Bruce Bartlett who supervised the work, and to Anctil Plumbing who carried it out.

We also installed hose bibbs to serve the front of the building, where we're planning to plant some native landscaping to enhance our wonderful mural. That should take place in the coming weeks. We have the plants, we just need to schedule a planting party, hopefully with some help from members of the Cedar Mill Garden Club.

Looking forward, plan to come and enjoy our Spring Fair during the Earth Day weekend of April 20-22. Art and craft vendors will display their wares, with an emphasis on items made from recycled materials. The dining hall will include information from many local organization about sustainable living. A plant sale in the parking lot, and a barbecue lunch from our good friends the Burnt Ends BBQ Team will round out the weekend. Contact us if you'd like to get involved.

Grange members help make all these decisions, man the spatulas, and carry out other activities to bring this wonderful old building to the community. Membership is only $35 per year ($65 for a family) and brings with it the satisfaction of helping the community, and the opportunity to learn new skills and make new friends. Ask for more information during the breakfast—you don't have to be a farmer to join the Grange!

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