Ocean View Grange Yuletide Fair

Today was the day for the Annual Yuletide Fair in the Town of St. George. By all accounts it was a very large success. The first chili contest took place this year. Four members of the Ocean View Grange made a chili in hopes of winning, not only popularity for their culinary skills, but also for the gift basket prize. The winning chili was made by Jolene Wilson. Unfortunately, Jolene did not attend the affair, so she did not have the opportunity to win the coveted prize in person. The chili recipes were given amusing names and were labeled by color and each chili was put into their assigned colored cup. It was the first year for this event, but it went very smoothly. Stephanie Davis donated two fabulous chocolate cakes and several fruit galettes that could be topped with whipped cream. Ok, the food was not a diet delight, but two days after Thanksgiving the body is in shock from intake anyway. All of the proceeds from the luncheon went directly to the Ocean View Grange Fuel Assistance Fund which helps residents of our community with fuel assistance through our long and cold Maine winters.

Two of my granddaughters bought several Christmas gifts at the fair and they actually want to rent a table next year. That may not happen, but it shows that it was a fun event, even for the little ones.

We are waiting for the final tally for fuel assistance funds.  But as a warning to those of you who live in this town, we are going to have to have a lot of bean suppers to get this fuel assistance fund up to where it needs to be for our upcoming cold winter.  Requests have already been made and it has been unseasonably warm so far this year.