24 Fall 2012 Applegater
Look who’s reading the Gater
Take us with you on your next trip. Then send your favorite “reading the gater” photo to: gater@applegater.org
or mail to: Applegater, p.O. Box 14, Jacksonville, Or 97530. photos will appear as space allows.
Photos, top row from left:
—Jane and John Fischer visit Blue Earth
Minnesota to introduce granddaughters Ella
and Wren to the Applegater (oh, and maybe
the Jolly Green Giant, too).
—Lynn and Laird Funk acquaint Eagle, the chief
totem spirit of the First Nation residents of Bella
Coola, B.C., with his fellow totem spirit, Gater.
—Having nothing better to do, Dan and Janeen
Sathre peruse the Applegater in the courtyard
of Kilkenny Castle in Kilkenny, Ireland.
Photos, middle row from left:
—Julie Wiles, head of Whatcom County,
Washington, public defenders office, and
husband Michael admire the editorial skills of
her former client.
—The Accidental Ensemble takes a rehearsal
break to chuckle at the always entertaining
feature articles in the Applegater.
—Tom and Kathy Carstens are forced to share
the Applegater with fierce warriors of the Toka
Leya tribe in Mosi Oa Tunya National Park,
Zambia.
Photos, bottom row from left:
–Margaret Shoemaker shows off the Gater to
fellow students at Corbin University in Germany.
–While at the Roman ruins at Baalbek in
Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, Annette Parsons
shares a Gater blooper with Joseph Bechara
with the Lebanon Reforestation Initiative.