Heikkila elected Idaho State Grange president
By David Cole | CDA Press Staff writer
Donald Heikkila, a cattle rancher and tree farmer near Harrison, has been elected the Idaho State Grange president.
Heikkila, 65, said, “Grange members are some of the best people on earth. I’m looking forward to serving.”
Heikkila, the recent vice president of the state grange, becomes the 17th president in the 104-year history of the Idaho State Grange.
His duties will include conducting the annual state grange meeting, in October, and assisting the state’s 33 subordinate and six pomona granges with whatever they need. He also will work on legislative activities that are important to grange members.
Heikkila, a life-long resident of the Harrison area, has been a grange member himself for 43 years.
“My parents were lifelong member of the grange,” he said. “I have been attending grange meetings virtually my entire life.”
He is a past regional membership director for the National Grange, promoting grange activities and membership growth in Idaho, Washington and Montana.
