2 Fall 2010 Applegater
What can
this do?
After numerous Apple-
gater budget meetings over the
last few months, we have come to
the realization that if each family that
received the Gater in their mailbox
would send us five dollars our financial
worries would be solved for an entire
year.
That’s right—ONLY FIVE DOL-
LARS per household per year is all it
would take! Seems reasonable, don’t
you think? You could continue to get
the only local newspaper featuring
articles pertaining to the Applegate.
For five dollars per year you can keep
this local news coming your way. Five
dollars could be a challenge for some
families right now but if 170 people
sent in $100 per year or 340 people sent
in $50 per year or 680 people sent in
$25 per year our financial woes would
Our cup does
NOT runneth
over—
YOU can help
fill it!
With our donations, we
are able to fill the cup to
about $9300. We still have
a ways to go so keep those
donations coming.
Thank you,
Applegater Board of
Directors
be solved for an
ENTIRE YEAR.
Every issue we have more
articles from local residents than
we can print—wouldn’t you rather be
reading what your friends and neigh-
bors have to say?
The Applegater Newspaper is run
by a group of dedicated volunteers
who spend hundreds of hours each
year making this the great publication
that it is!
Each issue until our goal is reached,
we will report on our progress. We will
also continually feature our fundraising
efforts on our website www.applegater.
org.
HELP us reach the goal by send-
ing in your tax deductible contribution
by December 1! Our address is 7386
Hwy 238, PMB 308, Jacksonville,
OR 97530.
If you need more info call Paula
Rissler at 541-846-7673.
$20,000
2/1/2011
$15,000
11/1/2010
$10,000
$5,000
8/1/2010
5/1/2010
Applegater now
online!
The Applegater is now publishing a web
site that is a companion and expan-
sion 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 pic-
tures of selected articles that appear
in the printed paper.
• Community calendar on which
nonprofit organizations and Gater
advertisers can post special events
on (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!
Joe Lavine, Webmaster
joelavine@hotmail.com
$ 0
3/1/2010
Fall masthead
photo credi t
The Gater is gratified by the support
of these recent donors
This issue’s photo, by Barbara Holiday.
Fall in Williams, Oregon
Contributors
Chris Kane and Stan Long, Grants Pass, OR
Applegater
Supporters
Bonnie Johnson, Williams, OR
Joseph & Suzanne Lavine, Grants Pass, OR
Richard & Doris Waring, Corvallis, OR
Joe and Rosemary West, Las Vegas, NV
Evelyn & Clarence Williams, Jacksonville, OR
Sponsors
Anonymous (3)
Consuelo Kurz, Ashland, OR
Virginia Bruns, Wilderville OR
Mark & Kasie Michel, Jacksonville, OR
Kathleen Clayton, Jacksonville, OR
P&D Excavating, Murphy, OR
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Deltour,
Colin & Carole Patrick, Williams, OR
Williams, OR
Norman & Carol Robinson, Tucson, AZ
Jim & Karri Devos, Jacksonville, OR
Tamara Rousso, Applegate, OR
Albert Drexel, Greenville, NY
David Speigel & Sandra Baker,
John Dutcher, Medford, OR
Medford, OR
Wilson Edinger, Medford, OR
Lavonne Stumbo, Jacksonville, OR
Judy Fitzgerald, Rogue River, OR
Manuel Suarez
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 checks payable to Applegater Newspaper and mail to:
Applegater, 7386 Highway 238 • PMB 308
Jacksonville, OR 97530
Thanks to Diana Johnson for her past help
proofing the Applegater.
ISSUE
DEADLINE
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A DVERTISERS !
We can help you reach
your market —
Call Ruth Austin
541-899-7476
or
Sally Franklin
541-535-6293
WANTED:
Sales Person
The Applegater is looking
for a person(s) to sell ads in
the Grants Pass area.
Commissions are a high
25% to 30% per sale.
Contact JD Rogers
541-846-7736.
WHO WE ARE
The Applegate Valley Community
Newspaper, Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)
(3) corporation dedicated to the pub-
lication of the Applegater newspaper,
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; Margaret Della Sanitina,
Jodie Feighner, Laura Johnson, Sue
Maesen, Joan Peterson and Paul Tip-
ton for editing; P. R. Kellogg and Kaye
Clayton for proofing; Susan Bondesen
and Patsy King for transcripton and
Lisa Crean for bookkeeping.
Board of Directors
Greeley Wells, Chairman
Joseph Lavine, Webmaster
Lisa Crean, Treasurer
Linda Fischer, Secretary
Hal Macy
Michael Riding
Paula Rissler
J.D. Rogers, Editor
Editorial Board
J.D. Rogers, Editor
Chris Bratt
Linda Fischer
Jan Perttu
Rauno Perttu
Sandy Shaffer
Greeley Wells
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 sub-
missions must brief. All submissions
must be received either at the address
or email below by December 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