Applegater
Applegate Food
Pantry thanks you
We hope everyone had a wonderful
holiday season.
Our pantry has been very busy this
past year and fortunately, we received a
lot of help from the local community.
We are very grateful to Craig and Amber
Hamm of the Ruch Country Store for their
continued support and generous donations
of food every week. The Applegate Garden
Club and Ruch School are also big food
pantry supporters as well as too many
individuals to name. And, of course, we
have about a dozen dedicated volunteers
who actually do all the work required to
make the pantry operate.
We used to have weeks when only 8
to 12 families would show up, but now it
is a rare week that we serve fewer than 30
families. In the last two years, we have seen
a huge increase in need, so we continue to
ask the community to help us provide food
for the hungry in our community. You can
write a check made payable to “Applegate
Access” and send it to:
Arlene Aron
1684 Humbug Creek Road
Jacksonville, OR 97530
You also can donate food directly to
our pantry. We are located behind Ruch
School and are there on Thursdays at
2:15 pm.
Thank you in advance—we all
appreciate your generosity!
Arlene and Claude Aron
541-846-0380
www.eyelandgallery.com
Accidental Ensemble to
perform in Jacksonville
and Applegate
To celebrate Valentine’s Day and
the coming of spring, The Accidental
Ensemble will perform at the Jacksonville
Library on February 10 at 7 pm, and at
the Applegate Library on March 4 at 3
pm. Our repertoire will include a few love
songs, old and new, that will rekindle the
spark in our hearts.
We are all local Applegate singers:
strong of voice, a cappella in style and
small in number. Our selection of music
is eclectic, with four-part harmony and
essentially madrigal in nature. Above all,
we simply love singing together.
Our performances will begin on time
and will last about an hour. They are free of
charge, and refreshments will be provided
following each performance.
Please join us in support of either or
both of our local libraries.
Joan Peterson
541-846-6988
APPLEGATE OUTBACK: MY OPINION
Cowboy coffee
BY BOB FISCHER
Camp cooks
who can pull off
authentic morning
mud are getting scarce
as Oregon Trail ruts.
C ow b oy c o f f e e i s
pure chuck wagon art
and an exact science.
The Dictionary of the
American West defines
cowboy coffee as “the brew you make
on the range strong enough to float a
horseshoe.”
If you want to brew coffee like a real
cowboy, here is the way all my hunting
and fishing buddies build a brew. You
want to use a pot that’s been making coffee
for months or years, and has never been
washed. Between brews, you keep part of
the old grounds and, for a new brew, add
some new grounds and then some water.
Boil it, add some cold water to settle the
grounds down, then pour.
The obvious appeal to cowboy coffee is
that the creation
of it is “any
way you want
to make it.” I
have watched
Bob Fischer
other methods:
breaking a raw egg into the pot, or
dropping in several marble-size rocks, or
using the centrifugal force of several full-
circle arm swings. Anything to get those
coffee grounds to sink.
My recipe has been tested over years
of fireside mornings, and it goes like this:
fill the pot with cold water and toss in five
or six handfuls of grounds. Bring the water
to a brisk boil, then take the pot off the fire.
If you have time, let the grounds settle on
their own for a few minutes. Tap on the pot
with a spoon and the last few grounds will
drop. If your camp companions are restless
and waiting, then throw in a horseshoe. If
it doesn’t sink, “drink” it!
Bob Fischer
541-846-6218
“ Men, chocolate and coffee are all better rich. ”
Update on Applegate Dam
Hydroelectric Project
Construction of the Applegate Dam hydroelectric plant was scheduled to begin
in January this year. However, according to a Symbiotics representative, the project
has been delayed by at least six months while Symbiotics reworks the design of the
intake structures at the base of the dam to accommodate the Army Corps of Engineers’
requirements. Stay tuned…
Margaret della Santina
541-899-9950
mperrow@sonic.net
Winter 2012 13
Featuring:
Feed & Pet Supply
1750 Dowell Road
Grants Pass, OR 97527
Ph: 541-476-0402
Fax: 541-476-3622
www.farmersbuildingsupply.com
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