February 2025

  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 February events - see below for more info... 

  • Feb. 11th - Food For Thought presents: Pruning Tips for Apples, Pears, & Plums with Master Gardener Doug Van Allen.
  • Feb. 15th - JeffCo Repair Event - free community gathering where individuals can bring their broken belongings to be repaired by local volunteers with a variety of skills and knowledge.
  • Feb. 22nd - Early Music at the Grange presents: Schola Galante. Performing music by Hasse, Schaffrath, Graun, & more.
  • Wednesdays, Feb. 12th, 19th, & 26th - Balkan Dancing.
  • Sundays, Feb. 2nd, 16th, & 23rd - Beginning Line Dance. Mondays, Feb. 17th, & 24th - Intermediate Line Dance.


    COMMUNITY & SPONSORED EVENTS

    FEBRUARY 2025





    Pruning Tips for Apples, Pears, & Plums 
    with Doug Van Allen


    This month’s presentation will cover pruning apple, pear, Asian pear, and Italian plum trees (which take place during winter dormancy). Most stone fruit trees (such as cherries & peaches) are pruned in the summer after the fruit is picked and when conditions are dry.


    Come and learn about which tools and techniques are the best for thinning both healthy and unhealthy branches. Doug will also speak to the pros & cons of using extension pruners which have a good reach if you want to stay on the ground vs. a ladder.


    Doug will cover the differences between thinning cuts and heading cuts and what to pay attention to when making those cuts. Also covered will be the 4 D's of pruning, tool safety, sanitation and why it's important to keep light & air flowing through the limbs. Q & A will follow.


    Tuesday, February 11th, 2025

    6:30-7:30 p.m.

    Doors open at 6:15 • All Are Welcome


    Quimper Grange, 1219 Corona Ave.

    Port Townsend, WA 98368


    ADA access and 

    an outstanding Merv-13 air filtration system.


    Food For Thought is a free series offered by the Quimper Grange #720, will examine ‘’all things food” in our area. For over 100 years, this Grange has supported the Jefferson County community through public programming, concerts, dance, rental space, and a 7,000 sq.ft. all-volunteer garden which donates produce to help food insecurity around our county.

    Did you know? A pamphlet titled “The National Grange in Favour of Votes for Women” endorsed women’s suffrage and included testimonies by Grange leaders in favor of universal suffrage.



    JeffCo Repair - 
    a Port Townsend Repair Event

    Join JeffCo Repair for this free community event where people with repair skills share their time & talents to fix their neighbors’ belongings. Bring your toaster that no longer toasts, sweater with a hole in the elbow, and excitement to get these belongings repaired while also learning how the repairs are made and ways you could do it yourself next time! At this Port Townsend Repair Event, we will have volunteers donating their time to help repair:
    • Small appliances/electronics
    • Textiles/clothes
    • Bicycles
    • Tools needing sharpening
    • and other household items
    All are welcome…everyone has broken stuff, which needs repairing!

     

    Saturday, February 15th, 2025
    1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    All Ages • Free
    Quimper Grange
    1219 Corona Ave., Port Townsend, WA 98368


    Early Music at the Grange presents...

    Schola Galante

    Chamber Music from the
    Court of Frederick the Great, 1740 - 1786

    Ensemble Schola Galante members are left to right:
    Dahti Blanchard, Lee Inman, Miguel Rodé, & Douglass Hjelm

    Schola Galante will be performing music by Hasse, Schaffrath, Graun, and a seldom-performed trio by Johann Quantz for three Baroque flutes.

    Saturday, February 22nd, 2025
    2:00 pm
    Doors open at 1:30 pm
    Admission: $20

    Music students of high-school age or younger
    may attend for free! Please consider masking.

    Quimper Grange, 1219 Corona Ave.
    Port Townsend, WA 98368

    The Grange has ADA access and
    an outstanding Merv-13 air filtration system.



    Balkan Dances

    Wednesdays, Feb. 12th, 19th, & 26th


    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.




    Beginning Line Dance
    No Experience Necessary • Drop-ins Welcome
    Every Sunday at 1:00 p.m.
    Class dates For February will be Sunday the 2nd, 16th, & 23rd.
    90 minute class • $10 Suggested Donation
    For more info: 360-302-0188
    vickieltownsend@gmail.com

    Intermediate Line Dance Class
    This class is not for beginners - one should have some line dance experience before attending.
    Every Monday at 6:00 p.m.
    Class dates For February will be Monday the 17th, & 24th.
    90 minute class • $10 Suggested Donation
    For more info: 360-302-0188
    vickieltownsend@gmail.com



    QG FOOD BANK GARDEN NEWS

    by Mary Beth Haralovich

    While garden production decreases in the winter, in the month of January so far, Grange Food Bank Garden delivered 66 pounds of produce, including carrots, stir fry mix and micro-greens.


    GREAT NEWS: The Quimper Grange Food Bank Garden received a $2,500 dollar grant from the Food Co-op Farmer’s Fund toward the build of a raised garden bed, accessible to people in wheelchairs and people for whom kneeling or standing can be a challenge. The bed will be in the shape of a letter ‘E' with two inserts for wheel chairs. The edges of the bed will be wide enough that someone can sit and lean into the bed. This will make the full range of gardening experience available for weeding, planting, & harvesting.

    If you are in the neighborhood of 1219 Corona St. on Tuesday or Friday 1:00-3:00, please stop by for a tour of what we're doing this fall and winter. Something is always happening in the Garden!




    BECOME A MEMBER  •  RENT  •  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 p.m. at the Quimper Grange Hall. Come to meet members and learn about activities, concerts 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. 

    1. Check our website under Calendar of Events” to see if the date you want is available.  
    2. Email quimpergrange@gmail.com or Call Doug at 360-531-0326.
    3. 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!