Minot Selectman Eda Tripp, left, reads the official proclamation declaring West Minot Grange No. 42 recipient of the town’s 2014 Spirit of America Award. Grange members present were, from left, James Trundy, master of Grange No. 42; Sharon Castonguay, treasurer; and Hester Gilpatric, secretary. The Grange was honored for its years of dedicated service to the community including hosting town meetings, public dinners and fundraisers for a number of local causes; providing food boxes and fuel assistance to folk in needs; delivering student dictionaries to third-graders for the past 12 years and participating in the Minot Consolidated School’s literacy program with classroom storytelling, crafts and grandparent storytelling; picking up roadside trash and caring for the areas around “Welcome to Minot” signs.
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