2 Summer 2009 Applegater
The = Gater is gratified
by the support of
these recent donors
Contributor
Friends of the Ruch Library
Jacksonville, OR 97530
Supporters
Dorothy Bohannon
Jacksonville, OR 97530
Don and Sandy Shaffer
Jacksonville, OR 97530
Barbara Summerhawk
Applegate, OR 97530
Sponsors
Jan and Anneke Buur
Santa Barbara, CA 93109
Elsie and Al Chachere
Applegate, OR 97530
Judy Crowe
Grants Pass, OR 97527
David and Colette Hamann
Grants Pass, OR 97525
Suzanne and Joseph Lavine
Grants Pass, OR 97527
The Old Library Collectible Thrift Shop
Jacksonville, OR
Help us ensure that we have the
ongoing support needed to publish the
Applegater. All contributors will receive
recognition in the Applegater each issue.
Sponsor $5 - $50
Supporter $51 - $200
Contributor $201 - $500
Sustainer $501- $1000
Patron - over $1000
All donations are tax-deductible and are
greatly appreciated. Please make your
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Applegater now online!
The Applegater is now publishing a web site that is a
companion and expansion of the content and services that the
printed Applegater newspaper provides.
Highlights of what this website will offer include:
• Index and viewable/downloadable issues of
the Applegater starting from March 2008.
• Expansion of content and pictures of selected
articles that appear in the printed paper.
• Community calendar that nonprofit
organizations and Gater advertisers can post
special events (sorry, no classes) by contacting
our webmaster via email.
• Community services directory with contacts,
current activities and bulletins for all our major
community services such as police, fire, library,
BLM, etc.
• Directory of local businesses.
• Listing of web sites that pertain to the Applegate
Valley.
• Changing collection of images of scenery and
activities within our beautiful valley.
We encourage you to log on to www.applegater.org.
Be sure to add the Gater web site to your favorites!
Gary Brauer, Webmaster
AVCNGaryBrauer@gmail.com
Applegater
7386 Highway 238 • PMB 308
Jacksonville, OR 97530
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This issue’s photo of the crest of the
Siskiyou Mountains is by Jim Hughes.
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needed for the
Applegater
Contact J. D. Rogers, Editor,
541-846-7736.
WHO WE ARE
The Applegate Valley Commu-
nity Newspaper, Inc. is a nonprofit
501(c)(3) corporation dedicated to the
publication of the Applegater newspa-
per, which we feel reflects the heart
and soul of our community. Make your
contributions to either the Applegate
Valley Community Newspaper, Inc. or
to the Applegater.
Our Mission
The nonprofit Applegate Valley
Community Newspaper, Inc., (AVCN)
provides the many rural and diverse
communities of the Applegate Water-
shed with a communications vehicle,
the Applegater newspaper, free of
charge to all watershed residents. Our
quarterly paper presents constructive,
relevant, educational and entertaining
reports on a wide variety of subjects
such as:
n natural resource issues
n ecology and other science
information
n historical and current events
n community news and opinions
AVCN encourages and publishes
differing viewpoints and, through the
Applegater newspaper, acts as a clear-
inghouse for this diverse community.
We are dedicated to working together
with community members to maintain
and enhance the quality of life that is
unique to the Applegate Watershed.
Acknowledgements
The Applegater is published quar-
terly by the Applegate Valley Commu-
nity Newspaper, Inc. and is funded by
donations from our loyal readers and
advertisements for local businesses.
Special thanks to Carole Moskovita
for layout; Barbara Holiday, Joan Pe-
terson, Sue Maesen and Paul Tipton
for editing; Barbara Holiday, P. R. Kel-
logg and homeschoolers Kelton and
Jakob Shockey for proofreading; and
Lisa Crean for bookkeeping.
Board of Directors
Greeley Wells, Chairman
Gary Brauer, Webmaster
Lisa Crean, Treasurer
Linda Fischer, Secretary
Barbara Holiday
Hal Macy
Paula Rissler
J.D. Rogers, Editor
Editorial Board
J.D. Rogers, Editor
Chris Bratt
Linda Fischer
Jan Perttu
Rauno Perttu
Marvin Rosenberg
Sandy Shaffer
Greeley Wells
Connie Young
All articles, stories, opinions and
letters that appear in the Applegater
are the opinion and property of the
author, and not necessarily that of the
Applegater or the Applegate Valley
Community Newspaper, Inc.
PROTECTION OF
COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL
The Applegater requires that any
and all materials submitted for publica-
tion be the intellectual property of the
author unless otherwise credited.
Letters to the Editor cannot be
more than 450 words. Opinion pieces
and unsolicited articles cannot exceed
600 words. Community calendar
submissions must be to the point. All
submissions must be received either
at the address or email below by Sep-
tember 1 for our next issue.
The Applegater
c/o Applegate Valley
Community Newspaper, Inc.
7386 Highway 238, PMB 308
Jacksonville, OR 97530
Email: gater@applegater.org
Website: www.applegater.org
