Applegater
Community Calendar
AA Meeting There is an open meeting of Alcoholics
Anonymous every Wednesday at 7:00 am at the
Williams Community Church Fellowship Hall
on East Fork Road in Williams. This meeting
is open to those who have a drinking problem
and have a desire to stop drinking, and also to
anyone interested in the Alcoholics Anonymous
program of recovery from drinking.
American Association of University Women
(AAUW) Grants Pass Branch meets monthly
from September through June. Days, times, and
locations vary. All those who hold an associate
of arts, a baccalaureate or higher degree from an
accredited college or university are welcome to
join. Contact Sylvia Rose at snrjrose2@charter.
net or 541-479-0277 or Georgia Applegate at
gkapple@apbb.net or 541-787-7175.
Applegate Christian Fellowship. For service times,
call 541-899-8732, 24 hours/day.
Applegate Fire District Board of Directors meets
on the third Wednesday of each month at
Station 1 – 18489 N. Applegate Rd. at 7:30
pm. Except for the months of March, April and
May, which are held at Headquarters – 1095
Upper Applegate Rd. For more information,
call 541-899-1050.
Applegate 4-H Swine Club meets on Tuesday
following the third Wednesday of every
month at 7 pm. For more information contact
Charles Elmore at 541-846-6528 or Barbara
Niedermeyer at 541-846-7635.
Applegate Friends of Fire District #9 meets on
the third Tuesday of each month at the Fire
Station—1095 Upper Applegate Road—at
6:00 pm. New members are welcome. For more
information, call Bob Fischer 541-846-6218.
Applegate Lake Cub Scouts Pack #18 (Ruch
Region) Outdoor activity (fishing, rafting,
hikes, etc.) the first Friday of each month;
regular meeting the third Friday of each
month. Upper Applegate Grange from 10 am
to 1 pm. All boys in grades first through fifth
including homeschoolers, Ruch students, and
non-Ruch students are welcome. For more
information, contact Cub Leader Vic Agnifili
at 541-899-1717.
Applegate Library Hours
Sunday...........................................................closed
Monday.........................................................closed
Tuesday..............................................2 pm - 6 pm
Wednesday...................................................closed
Thursday.......................................................closed
Friday .................................................2 pm - 6 pm
Saturday...........................................10 am - 2 pm
(Storytime will be held Tuesdays at 2:30 pm.)
Applegate Neighborhood Network (ANN) meets
on the last Wednesday of every month at
the Ruch Library. All interested persons are
welcome to attend. ANN is a community
organization dedicated to protecting ,
preserving , and restoring the Applegate
watershed. For more information about ANN,
call Duane Bowman, 541-899-7264.
Applegate Partnership and Watershed Council
meets the 4th Thursday of the month at the
Applegate Library. For more information call
541-899-9982.
Applegate Valley Community Forum (AVCF)
meets the third Thursday of each month,
location alternating between Applegate and
Ruch. For more information, call Pat Gordon
at 541-899-7655.
Applegate Valley Garden Club meets at 1:30 pm
on the third Wednesday of the month from
September through May. For meeting locations
and programs, call Sandra King at 541-899-
9027 or Betty Lou Smith at 541-846-6817.
Food & Friends Senior Nutrition Program invites
local 60+ seniors to enjoy a nutritious, hot
meal served at 11:30 am Monday through
Friday at the Jacksonville IOOF Hall located
at the corner of Main and Oregon Streets.
A donation is suggested and appreciated.
Volunteers help serve meals or deliver meals
to homebound seniors. For information
about volunteering (it takes 40 volunteers
to keep the Jacksonville program going )
or receiving meals, call Food & Friends at
541-664-6674, x246 or x208.
Friends of Ruch Library Board of Directors meets
monthly. Check with the Ruch Library for
schedule. 541-899-7438.
Greater Applegate Community Development
Corporation meets the second Wednesday
of each month at 6:00 pm at Applegate Fire
District Station 1 on North Applegate Road.
For more information, call 541-245-4741 or
go to www.gacdc.org.
Josephine County Soil and Water Conservation
District (SWCD) meets Thursdays at 6 pm.
For meeting information, call 541-474-6840.
Ladies Spring Luncheon at Applegate Community
Church, April 30 at 10:00 am. All ladies
invited to come and enjoy special music,
speaker and salad luncheon. Any questions
contact: 541-846-6100.
Ruch Library Hours
Sunday..........................................................closed
Monday........................................................closed
Tuesday............................................11 am - 5 pm
Wednesday..................................................closed
Thursday...........................................1 pm - 7 pm
Friday ...........................................................closed
Saturday..........................................12 pm - 4 pm
(Storytime will be held Tuesdays at 11 am.)
Sanctuary One is open to the public for farm
tours every Wednesday and Saturday at 10
am. Recommended donation is $5. Please
check out our website for details: www.
SanctuaryOne.org and call to reserve a spot.
541-899-8627.
Southern Oregon Beekeepers Association meets
the first Monday of each month, 7:30 pm, at
the OSU extension. For more information,
please contact sobeekeepers@gmail.com.
T.O.P.S. (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets every
Monday morning at Applegate Church, 18960
North Applegate Road (at the corner of Hwy.
238 and N. Applegate Road). Weigh-in starts
at 8:30 am; the meeting starts at 9:00 am.
Come join us!
Upper Applegate Grange #239 Business meetings:
second Thursday at 7:30 pm. Potluck/Social
meetings: fourth Friday at 7:30 pm, open to
the public. Join us for informative meetings,
fun and involvement in community service.
Sponsors of Cub Scout Pack Troop #18. Call
541- 899-6987.
Williams Creek Watershed Council Meetings:
fourth Wednesday of the month at 7 pm at
the Williams Creek Fire Station. The Public
is welcome. For more information, call 541-
846-9175.
Williams Grange Pancake Breakfast, second
Sunday of each month, 8:30 to 11:00, followed
by the Bluegrass Jam, 11:00 to 1:00. Closed
July and August. 20100 Williams Hwy, near
Tetherow Rd. Information 541-846-6844.
Williams Grange #399 Business Meeting, second
Tuesday of each month, 7:00 pm. 20100
Williams Hwy, near Tetherow Rd. Information
541-846-6844.
Williams Library Hours
Sunday..........................................................closed
Monday........................................................closed
Tuesday........................................1:30 pm - 4 pm
Wednesday..................................1:30 pm - 4 pm
Thursday.......................................................closed
Friday............................................................closed
Saturday..........................................12 pm - 4 pm
Williams Rural Fire Protection District Meetings:
fourth Wednesday of the month at 7 pm at the
Williams Fire Department.
Women Helping Other Women (WHOW) meets
the second Tuesday of the month at 10036
Hwy 238 (Gyda Lane) at 6:30 pm for a potluck
meeting to plan work parties at each other’s
homes. New members are welcome. For more
information, call Thalia Truesdell at 541-899-
8741 or Sioux Rogers at 541-846-7736.
Wonder Neighborhood Watch Meetings: second
Tuesday of each month, 6:30 pm, Wonder
Bible Chapel.
Send your calendar
information to gater@
applegater.org. Be sure
to keep the Gater updated
with any changes to these
Community Calendar listings.
Fall 2011 3
A milestone for the
Pilot project
BY John Gerritsma
The first
project of the Middle
Applegate Pilot is a
timber sale known as
Pilot Joe. It sold to
Boise Cascade Wood
Products on September
15 for $230,606
and will yield about
1.5-million board feet
of timber. On its heels
will be noncommercial
thinning and fuels reduction
contracts, but Congress’s progress on
finalizing the fiscal year 2012 (which
began October 1) federal budget will
have a direct influence as to when
the contracts will be let. With these
two sets of projects, a portion of the
first phase of the Middle Applegate
Pilot is complete. However, all the
discussions, planning, and design
work will be for naught if the project
resembles a different outcome than
what was envisioned. Hence, a
crucial—and likely more important
phase of Pilot Joe—is about to begin.
Jerry Franklin, PhD, and
Norm Johnson, PhD, have stated
repeatedly that a great design is
worthless if the implementation is
suspect. To that end, the collaborative
partners of the Pilot project and the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
provided for integrating the planning
and implementation personnel on the
project, provided for a multi-party
monitoring plan, and provided for a
consultant with expertise in logging
systems to meet restoration goals. As
an unexpected benefit, the purchaser
of Pilot Joe was strongly represented
in the collaboration effort, and was
party to much of the conversation
about the goals and outcome of the
restoration principles reflected in
Pilot Joe. Incidentally, a number of
industry representatives are a part of
the collaborative effort. Thus, there is
plenty of “front-end” loading to have
the implementation of Pilot Joe and
the subsequent thinning and fuels
reduction contracts be as successful
as they can possibly be.
The next phase of the Pilot will
encompass lands in the Thompson
Creek drainage (approximately
13,000 acres to assess for restoration
needs). We will utilize the same
planning principles used in Pilot
Joe. That is, the habitat needs for
older forest species will be considered
key zones to maintain (increase their
“hang” time as Dr. Franklin likes
to say), and a strategy to reduce the
influence of wildfire on those key
habitats will be a primary driver for
selecting stands for restoration. In
addition, the publicly developed
criteria for prioritizing stands for
restoration will come into play much
stronger than with the first Pilot
projects. Key issues in this next phase
will be the protection of the northern
spotted owl and managing for the
appropriate transportation system.
Anything that is learned during the
implementation of Pilot Joe will be
incorporated (adaptive management)
into the ongoing planning and
project design for phase two.
The transparent and
collaborative nature of Pilot Joe will
be continued. There will be numerous
public involvement opportunities as
well as field trips and joint planning.
We will continue the practice of
community representation on the
interdisciplinary team (IDT), as
well as providing information on the
BLM’s website (www.blm.gov/or/
districts/medford). Please refer to
the website for information on public
participation. Those who have been
on the hard mail and email lists for
Pilot Joe will continue to be notified
about all Pilot activities.
We will be adding a new
collaborative feature. The Small
Diameter Collaborative and the
Applegate Partnership will jointly be
hosting a multi-party, collaborative
work group to assess the current status
and future needs of the transportation
system (i.e., roads). One of the key
issues associated with the first project
was the issue of roads, though in the
end, Pilot Joe did not have any new
road construction. Therefore, it is
very important to have discussions,
fact-finding and understanding of
the road system currently in place,
and identify needs for the future. The
group will have representation from
the community, the collaborative
partners, industry, environmental
organizations, and BLM. The fact-
finding will provide good baseline
information for the next phase
of the Pilot as well as identifying
opportunities to change the road
system (additions and/or deletions).
If you wish to stay informed
on and/or join the aforementioned
and other opportunities related to
the Pilot, please contact Stephanie_
Kellerher@blm.gov, or call 541-618-
2205.
John Gerritsma
Ashland Resource Area
Field Manager
Medford District
Bureau of Land Management
541-618-2438
John_Gerritsma@blm.gov