NAOMI FLETCHER, LECTURER
14685 25.75 Road
Rapid River, MI 49878
Tel: 906-399-2815
Naomi.fletcher54@gmail.com
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2025 GRANGE NEWS
Items created from yarn
Items created from paper
Items created from fabric
Items that are mixed media
Collections
BRIDGES
FRUIT PIE
CANNED ITEMS
TRADITIONAL/UNUSUAL FAMILY RECIPE
SUBORDINATE GRANGES:
I want to thank everyone that entered the Lecturer’s contests this year. Please encourage your members to enter, even if they think it isn’t good enough. I’m also looking for more Junior entries! Kids don’t need to be, Granger, just sponsored by a Grange! Below you’ll find the list of winners.
We’ll be publishing recipes in the Lecturer’s Column and quarterly bulletin that were entered. You were all winners! Naomi Fletcher
We’ll be publishing recipes in the Lecturer’s Column and quarterly bulletin that were entered. You were all winners! Naomi Fletcher
WINNERS! WINNERS! WINNERS! WINNERS!
Items created from yarn
1st Place: Karen Wolletz Barnard #689
2nd Place: Naomi Fletcher Burns #160
3rd Place: LaDonna Kurburski Harbor Springs #730
Items created from paper
1st Place: Naomi Fletcher Burns #160
2nd Place: Peggy Johnston Burns #160
3rd Place: Fran Longsdorf Burns #160
Items created from fabric
1st Place: Karen Wolletz Barnard #689
2nd Place: Naomi Fletcher Burns #160
3rd Place: Fran Longsdorf Burns #160
Items created with thread
1st Place: Karen Wolletz Barnard #689
2nd Place LaDonna Kurbursi Harbor Springs #730
Items that are mixed media
1st Place: Evelyn Ward Burns #160
2nd Place: Sharon Popler Burns #160
3rd Place: Dale Moore Burns #160
Collections
1st Place: Peggy Johnston Burns #160
2nd Place: LaDonna Kurburski Harbor Springs #730
3rd Place: Jackie Bishop Home #129
Miscellaneous Art
1st Place: Karen Wolletz Barnard #689
2nd Place: Barbara Johnston North Adrian #721
PHOTOGRAPHY
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
JUNIORS 8 & UNDER
1st Place: Winter Hsu-Bishop Home #129
SUBORDINATE
1st Place: Peggy Johnston Burns #160
2nd Place: Jackie Bishop Home #129
3rd Place: Naomi Fletcher Burns #160
SAY IT WITH FLOWERS
JUNIORS 8 & UNDER
1st Place: Winter Hsu-Bishop Home #129
2nd Place: Willow Hsu-Bishop Home #129
SUBORDINATE
1st Place: Peggy Johnston Burns #160
2nd Place: Dale Moore Burns #160
3rd Place: Kathryn Hsu-Bishop Home #129
AGRICUTURE/FARMING
1st Place: Kathryn Hsu-Bishop Home #129
2nd Place: Tricia Eidsmoe Studley #1174
3rd Place: Jackie Bishop Home #129
BRIDGES
1st Place: Kathryn Hsu-Bishop Home #129 ** ** Best of Show**
2nd Place: Tricia Eidsmoe Studley #1174
3rd Place: Peggy Johnston Burns #160
WATER
1st Place: Kathryn Hsu-Bishop Home #129
2nd Place: Naomi Fletcher Burns #160
3rd Place: Tricia Eidsmoe Studley #1174
HOME-MADE FOOD CONTEST
YEAST BREADS
1st Place: Barbara Johnston North Adrian #721
2nd Place: Dale Moore Burns #160
FRUIT PIE
1st Place: Peggy Johnston Burns #160
2nd Place: Lena Young Community #1675
CANNED ITEMS
1st Place: Peggy Johnston Burns #160
2nd Place: Lena Young Community #1675
TRADITIONAL/UNUSUAL FAMILY RECIPE
All winners! Will be posting in the MGN
BEST OF SHOW FOR LECTURER’S DEPT.
BEST OF SHOW FOR LECTURER’S DEPT.
KAREN WOLLETZ BARNARD #689
CERTIFICATES FOR REPORTING:
CERTIFICATES FOR REPORTING:
POMONA GRANGES:
St. Joseph/Cass/Kalamazoo #4 Mid Michigan #61
Lenawee #15
SUBORDINATE GRANGES:
Plymouth/Westland #389
Barnard #689
Colon #215
Barnard #689
Colon #215
Burns #160
Gratiot #1898
Harbor Springs #730
Gratiot #1898
Harbor Springs #730
Community #1675
Home #129
Studley #1174
Home #129
Studley #1174
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2026 GRANGE NEWS
Is it possible to overdose on Grange conferences and conventions? We attended the Mid-West Grange conference in July, California State Grange’s 150th Annual Session AND Michigan’s Annual Session in October, then two weeks later boarded a ship for the southern Caribbean for the National Grange session. A lot of Grange-ing for sure!! Saw a lot of friends and family, had some great fun everywhere, visited the beautiful coastal Redwood Forest, and visited the islands of Aruba, Bonair and Curacao. My favorite was Curacao. Clean, beautiful, welcoming, and lots of local art. I wish we had more time on Curacao.
I’m going to keep this short, because the Convention Booklet is a focus right now for me. New contests, more divisions to choose from, and some fun activities are coming your way! Check your Lecturer’s Bulletin for some new ideas for open discussion at your meetings, as well as some history to share. If you’re looking
I’d like to encourage you all to enter as many categories as possible. And get your kids, grandkids, local schools, neighbors and friends to enter as well! The more the merrier! My challenge to you is to enter more categories than I will!
New contest this year is “Tell me a Story”. Writing prompts will be: 1. Travel 2. Family 3. Autobiography. Write a story about your travels, your family or your autobiography. Brag about yourself! I’m hoping to publish a booklet of recipes, stories and pictures over the next two years to share with membership.
Happy New Year!!!!
Is it possible to overdose on Grange conferences and conventions? We attended the Mid-West Grange conference in July, California State Grange’s 150th Annual Session AND Michigan’s Annual Session in October, then two weeks later boarded a ship for the southern Caribbean for the National Grange session. A lot of Grange-ing for sure!! Saw a lot of friends and family, had some great fun everywhere, visited the beautiful coastal Redwood Forest, and visited the islands of Aruba, Bonair and Curacao. My favorite was Curacao. Clean, beautiful, welcoming, and lots of local art. I wish we had more time on Curacao.
I’m going to keep this short, because the Convention Booklet is a focus right now for me. New contests, more divisions to choose from, and some fun activities are coming your way! Check your Lecturer’s Bulletin for some new ideas for open discussion at your meetings, as well as some history to share. If you’re looking
for interesting facts, look up History.com and search “this day in history”. You can pick a day and look up historical facts from around the world.
I’d like to encourage you all to enter as many categories as possible. And get your kids, grandkids, local schools, neighbors and friends to enter as well! The more the merrier! My challenge to you is to enter more categories than I will!
New contest this year is “Tell me a Story”. Writing prompts will be: 1. Travel 2. Family 3. Autobiography. Write a story about your travels, your family or your autobiography. Brag about yourself! I’m hoping to publish a booklet of recipes, stories and pictures over the next two years to share with membership.
Happy New Year!!!!
