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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. Friends of Ruch Library Board of Directors meets monthly. Check with the Ruch Library for schedule. 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 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. 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.) 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 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. 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. Winter 2012 3 Applegater now online! The Applegater is now publishing a website that is a companion and expansion of the content and services provided by the printed Applegater newspaper. Highlights of this website will include: • Index and viewable/downloadable issues of the Applegater starting from March 2008. • Expansion of content and pictures of selected articles that appear in the printed paper. • Community calendar on which nonprofit organizations and Gater advertisers can post special events (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 websites 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 website to your favorites! Joe Lavine, Webmaster joelavine@hotmail.com Check these out— only on our website • “House of Blue Lights,” another adventure with J.D. Rogers and his gang. • More photos of Webco Mill fire. • Melissa Matthewson’s essay about Yale Creek Ranch and Tim and Beth Franklin. • Greeley Wells’ photo of Applegate Lake in early winter. Winter masthead photo credit Jerry Rainforth took this issue’s masthead photo of snow-laden pyracantha berries on Georgia Applegate’s property in Williams. Applegater ISSUE DEADLINE Spring Summer Fall Winter April 1 July 1 October 1 January 1 Photo Specs To be printable, all photos submitted must be high resolution (300 dpi) or “large format” (e.g., 8” x 10”). Any questions, email gater@applegater.org. Advertisers ! We can help you reach your market. The Applegater is the only newspaper covering the entire Applegate Valley. With a circulation of 9,300 and a readership of over 20,000, we cover Jacksonville, Ruch, Applegate, Williams, Murphy, Wilderville, Wonder, Jerome Prairie and areas of Medford and Grants Pass. 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