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WATERTOWN-The <\/p>\n
153rd <\/p>\n
Annual <\/p>\n
New <\/p>\n
York <\/p>\n
State <\/p>\n
Grange <\/p>\n
Session <\/p>\n
was <\/p>\n
held <\/p>\n
at <\/p>\n
Hilton <\/p>\n
Garden <\/p>\n
Inn <\/p>\n
October <\/p>\n
17 <\/p>\n
through <\/p>\n
21. <\/p>\n
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Many <\/p>\n
Grangers <\/p>\n
from <\/p>\n
Butternut <\/p>\n
Valley <\/p>\n
Grange <\/p>\n
attended <\/p>\n
including <\/p>\n
Delegate <\/p>\n
at <\/p>\n
Large <\/p>\n
Calvin <\/p>\n
Wilcox <\/p>\n
and <\/p>\n
Associate <\/p>\n
Delegate <\/p>\n
Anna <\/p>\n
Ritchey <\/p>\n
representing <\/p>\n
Otsego <\/p>\n
County <\/p>\n
Pomona <\/p>\n
Grange. <\/p>\n
Delegates <\/p>\n
were <\/p>\n
Lynne <\/p>\n
Porter <\/p>\n
and <\/p>\n
Cathy <\/p>\n
Galley. <\/p>\n
Also <\/p>\n
attending <\/p>\n
were <\/p>\n
Special <\/p>\n
Deputy <\/p>\n
Roger <\/p>\n
Halbert <\/p>\n
and <\/p>\n
State <\/p>\n
Family <\/p>\n
Activities <\/p>\n
Chairperson <\/p>\n
Maryanne <\/p>\n
Campbell. <\/p>\n
Grange <\/p>\n
members <\/p>\n
Sarah <\/p>\n
Galley, <\/p>\n
Roberta <\/p>\n
Halbert, <\/p>\n
Norman, <\/p>\n
Bruce <\/p>\n
and <\/p>\n
Helen <\/p>\n
Ritchey. <\/p>\n
Others <\/p>\n
attending <\/p>\n
from <\/p>\n
Otsego <\/p>\n
County <\/p>\n
were <\/p>\n
Tom <\/p>\n
and <\/p>\n
Patricia <\/p>\n
Hornbeck, <\/p>\n
Carolyn <\/p>\n
Hopper, <\/p>\n
Susan <\/p>\n
Drake <\/p>\n
and <\/p>\n
Irene <\/p>\n
Fassett, <\/p>\n
State <\/p>\n
Pianist. <\/p>\n
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Delegates <\/p>\n
worked <\/p>\n
on <\/p>\n
resolutions <\/p>\n
with <\/p>\n
several <\/p>\n
issues <\/p>\n
approved <\/p>\n
which <\/p>\n
Granger\u2019s <\/p>\n
support <\/p>\n
to <\/p>\n
be <\/p>\n
sent <\/p>\n
to <\/p>\n
NYS <\/p>\n
Legislators. <\/p>\n
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The <\/p>\n
Family <\/p>\n
Activities <\/p>\n
Chocolate <\/p>\n
Cake <\/p>\n
with <\/p>\n
Peanut <\/p>\n
Butter <\/p>\n
frosting <\/p>\n
contest <\/p>\n
was <\/p>\n
held. <\/p>\n
Nineteen <\/p>\n
entries <\/p>\n
from <\/p>\n
Counties <\/p>\n
were <\/p>\n
judged. <\/p>\n
The <\/p>\n
Otsego <\/p>\n
County <\/p>\n
entry <\/p>\n
by <\/p>\n
Anna <\/p>\n
Ritchey <\/p>\n
from <\/p>\n
BVG <\/p>\n
won <\/p>\n
first <\/p>\n
place. <\/p>\n
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The <\/p>\n
yearly <\/p>\n
Community <\/p>\n
Service <\/p>\n
report <\/p>\n
from <\/p>\n
September <\/p>\n
2024 <\/p>\n
to <\/p>\n
September <\/p>\n
2025 <\/p>\n
of <\/p>\n
BVG <\/p>\n
received <\/p>\n
third <\/p>\n
place <\/p>\n
and <\/p>\n
a <\/p>\n
monetary <\/p>\n
prize <\/p>\n
of <\/p>\n
$50.00. <\/p>\n
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Many <\/p>\n
Grangers <\/p>\n
donated <\/p>\n
\u201cC\u201d <\/p>\n
one-dollar <\/p>\n
bills <\/p>\n
that <\/p>\n
were <\/p>\n
presented <\/p>\n
to <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
Oswego <\/p>\n
County <\/p>\n
Cancer <\/p>\n
services <\/p>\n
program. <\/p>\n
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collected <\/p>\n
from <\/p>\n
Grangers <\/p>\n
across <\/p>\n
NYS <\/p>\n
was <\/p>\n
$2,000. <\/p>\n
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Backpack <\/p>\n
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to <\/p>\n
Carthage <\/p>\n
Central <\/p>\n
School <\/p>\n
District. <\/p>\n
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The <\/p>\n
annual <\/p>\n
session <\/p>\n
was <\/p>\n
hosted <\/p>\n
by <\/p>\n
Jefferson <\/p>\n
Pomona <\/p>\n
Grange. <\/p>\n
Next <\/p>\n
year\u2019s <\/p>\n
session <\/p>\n
will <\/p>\n
be <\/p>\n
held <\/p>\n
in <\/p>\n
Senaca <\/p>\n
Falls, <\/p>\n
October <\/p>\n
16 <\/p>\n
through <\/p>\n
20, <\/p>\n
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