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FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA (FFA) - The National FFA Organization is an American youth organization, specifically a career and technical student organization, based on middle and high school classes that promote and support agricultural education.   It was founded in 1925 at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, by agriculture teachers, Henry C. Groseclose, Walter Newman, Edmund Magilland and Harry Sanders as Future Farmers of Virginia.

The Sweet Annie Herb Club of Grand Lake will be hosting the 2016 Christmas Thyme Tour of Homes on December 5 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For more information please call 918-791-9355

The Second Chance Pet Rescue Annual Christmas Breakfast and Pie Auction is scheduled for December 10 at 9 a.m.  The event will be held at the Grove Community Center, 104 W. 3rd Street.

For more information call 918-786-7630 or visit their website at www.doitforthedogs.com

The Grove Area Chamber of Commerce will hold it Annual Christmas Parade on Saturday, December 10 beginning at 6 p.m.

For additional information or to enter the parade contact Lisa Frieden, Chamber President at 918-786-9079.

4-H CLUB -  4-H is a U.S. Government network of youth organizations whose mission is "engaging youth to reach their fullest potential while advancing the field of youth development".   Its name is a reference to the occurrence of the initial letter H four times in the organization's original motto ‘head, heart, hands, and health’ which was later incorporated into the fuller pledge officially adopted in 1927.   In the United States, the organization is administered by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

The Grove Convention and Tourism Bureau offers Sponsorship to assist with funding events that will attract out-of-town visitors to Grove and the Grand Lake Area that will stay overnight in local hotels and motels.

Only events that meet the criteria of the Hotel-Motel Tax Ordinance will be considered.

Preference will be given to NEW events and events that are held during OFF-SEASON (October - April).

YORK RITE (MASONIC) -  The York Rite or American Rite is one of several Rites of Freemasonry.  A Rite is a series of progressive degrees that are conferred by various Masonic organizations or bodies, each of which operates under the control of its own central authority.   The York Rite specifically is a collection of separate Masonic Bodies and associated Degrees that would otherwise operate independently.

WOMEN'S LAND ARMY -  The Woman's Land Army of America (WLAA), later the Woman's Land Army (WLA), was a civilian organization created during the First and Second World Wars to work in agriculture replacing men called up to the military.   Women who worked for the WLAA were sometimes known as farmerettes.  

WINGED OX (SAINT LUKE) -  Luke the Evangelist,  was a doctor who wrote the book of Luke to Theophilus and the author of the third gospel account (and the Acts of the Apostles), is symbolized by a winged ox or bull – a figure of sacrifice, service and strength.   Luke's account begins with the duties of Zechariah in the temple; it represents Jesus' sacrifice in His Passion and Crucifixion, as well as Christ being High priest (this also represents Mary's obedience).  The ox signifies that Christians should be prepared to sacrifice themselves in following Christ.

WW1 INFANTRY -  The First World War precipitated a revolution in infantry tactics that changed the course of warfare.  Armies adapted to modern industrialized war along a four-year learning curve, moving from 19th century linear formations to trench warfare and ultimately to mobile combined arms.