2 Spring 2011 Applegater
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:
Wanted:
Volunteer Proof Readers
The Applegater is looking for a few good
men and/or women with an eye for
detail and good spelling and grammar.
For more information call J.D. Rogers at 541-846-7736 or send an
email to gater@applegater.org.
The Gater is gratified by the support
of these recent donors
Contributors
Chris Bratt, Applegate, OR
Supporters
Alan Ameen, Applegate, OR
Applegate Valley Garden Club, Jacksonville, OR
Bah Bah Humbug, Applegate, OR
Sue Bailey, Jacksonville, OR
Drummond & Deborah, Rennie, Jacksonville, OR
Sally Mackler/SNYP, Jacksonville, OR
Lou & Jan Wilt, Ruch, OR
Anonymous (1)
Sponsors
John Anderson, Applegate, OR
Barbara Applegate, San Francisco, CA
T. Bass, Applegate, OR
Bill Crooks, Grants Pass, OR
John Dutcher, Medford, OR
Keri Green, Ashland, OR
Consuelo Kurz, Ashland, OR
Robert Loveless, Grants Pass, OR
Joyce Schmidt, Jacksonville, OR
Jeanette Stobie, Applegate, OR
Pat Street, Williams, OR
Mark & Alissa Weaver, Jacksonville, OR
Anonymous (2)
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
Donors: We strive to ensure our donor list is accurate.
Please contact us if there are errors or omissions.
What's Inside the Gater
Applegate Outback: World War III ..............................................................p. 6
Back in Time: A special grade-school friend .................................................p. 21
Behind the Green Door: It’s all the rage .......................................................p. 17
Birdman: Tiny travelers return ...................................................................p. 22
Dirty Fingernails and All: Letting go of perfect............................................ p. 5
Letters to the Editor ....................................................................................p. 15
Opinion: Response to “Time to turn down the rhetoric” ..............................p. 16
Something to Cerebrate: Are genetically modified organisms
killing the bees? ........................................................................................p. 23
Tall Tales from the Editor: The beast or Upright and mobile ....................... p. 14
The Starry Side: Starry spring sky ............................................................... p. 7
Trends: Five-dollar oil? ................................................................................ p. 8
• 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 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
Spring masthead
photo credi t
Teya Jacobi took this issue’s masthead
photo of Shooting Star flowers on her
property near Ruch.
Applegater
ISSUE
DEADLINE
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Winter
Spring
July 1
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Advertisers !
We can help you reach your
market. The Applegater is the only
newspaper covering the entire
Applegate Valley.
With a circulation of 9,000 and a
readership of over 20,000, we cover
Jacksonville, Ruch, Applegate, Wil-
liams, Murphy, Wilderville, Wonder,
Jerome Prairie and areas of Medford
and Grants Pass.
For more information call
Ruth Austin • 541-899-7476
Sally Buttshaw, Jackson County
541-646-8418
Jill Wright, Josephine County
541 324 0950
or send email to:
ads@applegater.org
Next deadline is July 1.
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,
Sue Maesen, Joan Peterson, Chris
Allen and Paul Tipton for editing; P. R.
Kellogg and Kaye Clayton for proofing;
Susan Bondesen and Patsy King for
transcripton and Lisa Crean for book-
keeping.
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
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 Jully 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
