Applegater Fall 2012 3
Community Calendar
AA Meeting There is an open meeting of
Alcoholics Anonymous every Wednesday at
7 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 pm. New members are welcome. For more
information, call Bob Fischer 541-846-6218.
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 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 on the first Thursday of each month at
6:30 pm at Ruch Library. All are welcome.
541-899-7438.
Grants Pass Nordic Ski Club meets on the first
Thursday of the month, November through
April, at the Newman Methodist Church at
7th and B Streets in Grants Pass at 7 pm. Ski
outings are on Saturdays. Listings are on the
snow phone at 541-592-4977.
Greater Applegate Community Development
Corporation meets the second Wednesday
of January, April, July and October at 6
pm at Applegate Fire District Station 1,
18489 North Applegate Road. For more
information, 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.
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!
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 am,
followed by the Bluegrass Jam, 11 am to 1
pm. 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 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.
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Transparency and public involvement
continue with Pilot projects
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A cornerstone for
the success thus far of the
Secretarial restoration
Pilot projects, Pilot Joe
and Pilot Thompson,
has been a commitment
to maintain transparency
in the various project
developments and
implementations, and
a commitment to keep
local and interested
stakeholders informed.
Working with the Southern Oregon
Restoration Collaborative (formerly
the Knitting Circle) and the Applegate
Partnership, the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) has provided
a number of public involvement
opportunities. These opportunities range
from simply giving you information, to
you having a voice in the design of the
project, or overseeing the effects of
its implementation. Here is a list of
activities to date:
• Public meetings—designed and
sponsored by the collaborative groups
rather than BLM. The end result is
more “community-speak” and less
“bureaucratese.”
• Neighborhood meetings —an
intimate venue for neighbors to have
localized discussion with BLM about
Pilot Thompson in their neighborhood.
All you need is a living room or porch
and BLM will meet with you and invited
neighbors for a one-on-one discussion
with BLM. Contact me if you have a
group.
• Collaboration groups—formed
around a specific issue. A community
group explored the road issues (new
construction) and opportunities
(removing unwanted roads) related
to Pilot Thompson. A common
understanding of the needs for BLM
and concerns from Thompson Creek
residents resulted in a proposal to remove
roads at a 5:1 ratio to building new ones.
• Public interdisciplinary team
members—community participation
on interdisciplinary teams, the BLM
resource specialists who help frame up
the project and discuss the various effects
and mitigation of project design.
• Field trips—early and often. More
are scheduled for late summer and fall of
2012. The website will have information
on dates and times. You can also get on
the Pilot project mailing list and will be
notified via email of field trips.
• Project information on website—
accessible information for the public,
such as project notes, maps and photos.
In addition, there are links to other Pilot
projects.
• S c o p i n g Re p o r t — a d e t a i l e d
categorization of public scoping
comments that help define the upcoming
analysis work for the Pilot Thompson
project. The report is available on the
website and provides stakeholders the
understanding and insight into how
the interdisciplinary team will be using
public comments in the environmental
analysis.
• Multiparty monitoring—placement
of plots with photos and data to
track the changes that occur after the
implementation of the Pilot projects.
The team is open to anyone who would
like to help monitor the effects of
implementing the Johnson and Franklin
principles. The team is managed by
the Restoration Collaborative and the
Applegate Partnership.
The Pilot projects are being
implemented under the Middle
Applegate Restoration Pilot designated
by Secretary Ken Salazar in 2011 to
demonstrate the restoration principles of
Drs. Norm Johnson and Jerry Franklin.
The projects consist of logging and other
vegetation removal operations to reduce
tree densities and create conditions that
are more consistent with the ecological
processes of the area. As of July 2012,
Pilot Joe is about 50 percent treated
(the operator has not yet returned to
the project site after the spring hiatus),
and Pilot Thompson is in the middle
of an analysis phase by BLM resource
specialists. Pilot Thompson contracts
will be advertised in the spring of 2013.
Field trips to both projects will resume
in September 2012, and information
will be posted on the website. The
website address for information on the
Pilot projects is http://www.blm.gov/or/
districts/medford/forestrypilot/.
Anyone who is interested in keeping
abreast of developments with the Pilots
via email, who would like to be involved
in any of the public events or activities,
or has questions about the projects can
contact me at john_gerritsma@blm.gov
or 541-618-2438.
John Gerritsma
541-618-2438
Ashland Field Manager
Medford District
Bureau of Land Management
john_gerritsma@blm.gov