With our Merv-13 air filtration system, we feel confident hosting our events.
Please stay home if you are not feeling well! See each event for health precautions.
Mark your calendars with these January events - see below for more info...
- Jan. 7th - Ukuleles Unite: Open Mic & Sing Along.
- Jan. 8th, 15th, 22nd, & 29th - Balkan Dancing.
- Jan. 14th - Food for Thought: The Secret Life of Shellfish.
JAN. 2025 SPONSORED & COMMUNITY EVENTS
Ukuleles Unite: Open Mic & Sing Along
Ukuleles Unite gatherings are open to the public. Join us to listen or sing along. We are a warm, happy group, and have loaner ukes for you to strum along.
Tuesday, January 7th, 2025
5:00-6:30 pm
Admission is free!
Quimper Grange is located at 1219 Corona Ave.
Port Townsend, WA 98368
Ukuleles Unite also ‘Rendezvous' at the Grace Lutheran Church on Walker St. in Port Townsend, at 1:00-3:00 pm. The next Rendezvous dates are: January 18th & March 15th, 2025. For more information, contact George Yount, at (360) 477-5788 or gyount@olypen.com
Balkan Dances
Wednesdays, Jan. 8th, 15th, 22nd, & 29th
Every Wednesday except the first Wed. of the month. No partner needed. Evenings start with mellow dances & progress to intermediate. Fast paced & fun! Richard & Susi Watson host. 7:00 pm, $5 entry.
The Secret Life of Shellfish
presented by Gordon King & Molly Jackson
of Taylor Shellfish
Gordon King of Taylor Shellfish will present the historical significance of bivalves as a food source – the millennia of tribal usage and its current status today. Gordon will reference the known history of shellfish aquaculture & USA history, its importance to the economy & for employment, and why it has been relatively successful.
Molly Jackson, also from Taylor Shellfish, will discuss the technical side of the industry; their oyster breeding program, and some of the genetic work involved.
Taylor Shellfish is committed to clean water issues, like ocean acidification which is a major threat to our shellfish. We have been on the forefront of the issue since it surfaced in our shellfish hatcheries a few years ago, decimating our baby oysters. All Taylor Shellfish products are certified by Food Alliance, a sustainable agriculture third-party certifier.
“He was a bold man who first ate an oyster.” ~ Jonathan Swift
Tuesday, Jan. 14th, 6:30-7:30 pm
Doors open at 6:15 pm
Quimper Grange is located at 1219 Corona Ave,
Port Townsend, WA 98368
The Grange has ADA access and
an outstanding Merv-13 air filtration system.
'Food For Thought' is a free monthly lecture series that is open to all. Quimper Grange is located at 1219 Corona St. Doors open at 6:15; there will be time afterwards to socialize.
Did you know? 24th St. and Haines St. in Port Townsend is the site of the Henry Miller family farm chicken house, an early location of Port Townsend’s Quimper Grange.
JO YOUNT BENCH/ARBOR & DEDICATION
Thursday, 26th December 2024
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Jo Yount tries out ‘her’ bench, dedicated in honor of her years of work in the Quimper Grange Food Bank Garden. |
What an amazing day it was. Brent Bellamy from the Community Boat Project (CBP) and his crew of ten hard workers arrived at the Quimper Grange Food Bank Garden loaded down with a beautiful handmade arbor and gorgeous bench, complete with a hand-forged plaque honoring Jo Yount, founding mother of the garden. Five QG Garden volunteers joined them to achieve this beautiful installation.
In addition to designing, planning and building the arbor and bench, the CBP students hand-carved beautiful flowers and sunny images to decorate this arbor, the wood all scrap pieces from their supplies. The wood on the very substantial bench contains end pieces also used to make improvements on the schooner Adventuress.
Food Bank Growers volunteers at the dedication to Jo Yount.
This is not the first project that this crew has built for Food Bank Growers' gardens. The Boat School Garden (just uphill from the CBP shop) was gifted a lovely wash station that they built. Blessings Garden (Umatilla St.) also received a wash station built to order. And Fairwinds Food Bank Garden received a much-needed storage shed.
The Community Boat Project equips teens and young adults with the critical skills needed for personal and professional success. They unanimously affirm with two thumbs up that they have brilliantly achieved this with their creations.
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Community Boat Project Volunteers and Staff enjoying their completed project. |
FOOD BANK GARDEN NEWS
by Barbara Tusting
The raised beds financed by the Noon Rotary have produced so many wonderful vegetables so far! We still have many pounds of carrots that we'll be pulling out in January and February, Some brilliant purple cabbages, endive, arugula, radish, and other greens that thrive in the cooler months. We're hoping that our beautiful purple sprouting broccoli will survive the cutworms that are threatening so many of our plants in the brassica and mustard families.
Yes,
cutworms. An ugly striped caterpillar that will clean out an entire crop in a matter of days. One way to prevent the devastation is to hand dig around each infested plant and pull them out of the soil (they're pretty easy to find); another is to apply an organic spray that will not harm any human or other insect besides the targeted pest. We are, so far, opting for the hand dig method, depending upon stalwart winter volunteers to do the job. We are also doing a trial with some plants surrounded by a collar and others not.
To date, the Quimper Grange garden is one of only a few gardens that has reportable numbers of donations to the food bank during the winter. We're hoping that one or two more gardens join us this season for winter growing, but this garden is one of the few lucky ones to have THREE hoop houses! They really do make a huge difference.
Happy New Year to One & All. Come by the garden any Tuesday or Friday, 1:00-3:00 pm to see what keeps us happy throughout the growing season!
BE A MEMBER • RENT • SUPPORT • DONATE
Grange Membership
Support your local Grange! Become a member! Help keep the hall open for community
events, concerts, dances and rentals! Meetings occur the third Sunday of the month, 3:30 pm at the Quimper Grange Hall. Come at 3:00 pm to meet members, learn about activities, proposed events, and new projects we’re considering. Download and print our brochure from our website: quimpergrange.com at the Membership Information tab and mail to:Quimper Grange, 1219 Corona Ave, Port Townsend, WA 98368.
Building Rentals
Rent our Grange Hall for your event or meeting. We have an excellent air filtration system and a beautiful interior.
- Check our website under “Calendar of Events” to see if the date you want is available.
- Call Doug at 360-531-0326; or write to quimpergrange@gmail.com
- An orientation to the building will follow for potential renters.
Donations
Your support keeps the Grange Hall maintained and open to offer music, dance, community events, and private rentals. Your help also supports the food bank garden with water and electricity bills. Checks made out to “Quimper Grange #720” can be mailed to 1219 Corona Ave, Port Townsend WA 98368.
See you at the Quimper Grange!
