2 Spring 2016 Applegater
Maslow Project benefit
Paul Tipton awarded first place
at Smoked Salmon Festival
As a benefit for the Maslow
Project, the second annual
Southern Oregon Smoked Salmon
Festival was held in October
2015 at the Britt Gardens in
Jacksonville. “Maslow Project is a
nonprofit grassroots organization
based in Medford, Oregon,
providing street outreach and
basic needs, crisis intervention and
advocacy, and essential support
services to homeless children
and youth—ages 0 to 21—and Paul Tipton cooks up the winning smoked salmon for
the 2015 Smoked Salmon Festival at Britt Gardens.
their families throughout Jackson
County,” according to their website everyone got to vote for their favorite in
(www.maslowproject.org). Its mission the People’s Choice award.
This year the People’s Choice
is “to offer every homeless child and
youth the probability of success and the Award, a Big Chief smoker donated by
opportunity for a better life. The Maslow Smokehouse Products of Hood River,
Project does this by providing resources went to Bret Hildebrand of Klamath
for basic needs, removing barriers Falls. Third place and $200 went to Peter
to education and employment, and Mendell of Bend, while second place and
fostering self-sufficiency in a collaborative $500 went to Luke Grim of Portland.
The first place prize of $1,000 was
and empowering environment.”
awarded
to an “astounded” Applegate
Mary Ferrell, founder and
executive director, started out on her resident, Paul Tipton. Paul entered the
own in 2000 doing what she could, contest “because lots of people told me
then founded the grassroots organization they liked my smoked salmon, probably
in 2006. The organization has been a because I was giving it away,” and the
fundraiser was for an organization that
nonprofit since 2009.
Two Jacksonville residents, he strongly supports.
Beer, wine, and food tastings
Frank Kukla and Ted Trujillo, started
the Smoked Salmon Festival two years are included in the ticket price for
ago to benefit the Maslow Project and attendees, and a good crowd was on
to challenge and reward the talents of hand for the festivities. Watch for
those who enjoy making smoked salmon. news of the 2016 festival at www.
Contestants in 2015 hailed from all over southernoregonsmokedsalmonfest.com,
Oregon; there was even one entrant from then come out next October to enjoy
Alaska who flew in for the event with his an afternoon of smoked salmon tasting
tribe’s entry! Each contestant provided and good libations—and see Paul defend
three pounds of smoked salmon, then his title.
In the meantime, Paul says, “If
a half dozen or so judges from local
restaurants and food-related occupations you can afford to do so, send a check
sampled a three-ounce portion for to Maslow Project to support its work
judging. The rest was brought out for the making our community a better place
attending crowd and served in paper trays for everyone.”
For more information, contact Paul
filled with little cups of samples of each
entry identified by number. As usual, Tipton at ptipton@frontier.com.
A changing of the guard:
New fire chief appointed
With Fire Chief Brett Fillis retiring
at the end of March, the Board of
Directors (BOD) of our Applegate Fire
District is pleased to announce that we
have signed a contract with his successor,
Michael S. McLaughlin. Mike has been a
captain with the San Bernardino County
Fire Department for the last ten years and
has been in the fire service for 24 years.
This past fall the BOD undertook
a comprehensive campaign to find the
right individual to become our next fire
chief. We received ten applications for the
position, and a small committee whittled
those down to six possible applicants
who met our basic requirements and
needs. We ended up with five applicants
attending an all-day “assessment center”
at our new Community Center in early
December.
A 17-member committee, who
would observe, evaluate and ultimately
recommend the top candidates, was
comprised of district volunteers, captains,
officers, BOD members, three members
of the community at large, a Rogue
Valley fire chief, and representatives from
the US Forest Service and the Oregon
Department of Forestry.
After a full day of six different types
of tests, challenges and interviews, the
group identified the top three candidates
for final BOD consideration. After
personal interviews with each of those
candidates, and a thorough background
check, the BOD signed a contract with
Mike McLaughlin as our new fire chief.
Those of us on your BOD are very
pleased with our decision, and we look
forward to working with Mike.
Mike will begin working with Chief
Fillis on March 1 to help smooth the
transition. He will take over as our Fire
Chief on March 30, 2016, when Chief
Fillis retires. We will introduce Mike and
his family to the Applegate community
in the Summer Applegater!
Sandy Shaffer
Board of Directors
Applegate Valley Fire District #9
Historic home and garden tour:
‘Unique Jacksonville...Enjoy our past,
savor our present’
Join the Jacksonville
Boosters Club for this year’s
Home and Garden Tour on
Saturday, May 14, and Sunday,
May 15, between 11 am and
4 pm. In addition to four
historic homes, one modern-
day Craftsman-style home,
and two gardens, a very rare
and interesting tour of the
See the historic Minerva Armstrong house
backstage areas of Britt Festival
on tour in mid May.
will be included.
To top off the tour and leisurely day in Jacksonville, there will be a
complimentary tasting of three wines at Daisy Creek Vineyard.
Transportation around the entire route will be by trolley. A brochure
containing a complete listing, pictures, and descriptions of all the properties on
the tour will be provided when tickets are purchased. There will also be a map
showing the location of the properties and the trolley route. People will be able
to start the tour at any location they choose.
Tickets are $20 and are available by calling Judy at 541-899-4070 or
Linda at 541-899-1666. Tickets will also be available on tour days outside the
Jacksonville Post Office and Visitor Information Center on Oregon Street. The
Visitor Information Center (541-899-8118) will be able to answer questions as
the event draws closer.
Woodland Charter School Spring Soirée
From left to right: Ted Trujillo, along with sponsor Scott Jensen, Frank Kukla (foreground), and
Mary Ferrell, announces the winners: Bret Hildebrand, Paul Tipton, Luke Grim,
and Peter Mendell. Photo: Gene Rimmer Photography.
From the Heart
of the Applegate
Anthology of original essays, poems, and short
stories contributed by Applegate Valley writers
in support of the Applegater.
Available now for $16 at:
Amazon.com and www.applegater.org
Applegate Valley Realty, Jacksonville
Bloomsbury Books, Ashland
Oregon Books, Grants Pass
Terra Firma, Jacksonville
Woodland Charter School invites
you to attend its Fourth Annual Spring
Soirée auction and dinner on Saturday,
April 16, 2016, from 5:30 to 11 pm at
the Josephine County Fairgrounds Floral
Building in Grants Pass.
This festive event is a fundraiser
for Woodland Charter School, a
tuition-free public school in Murphy,
Oregon. Highlights include dinner
and dessert catered by local favorite,
The Haul, live music and dancing to
the original vaudevillian folk band
Intuitive Compass, and locally crafted
beer and wine. The silent and live
auctions feature a multitude of fantastic
items, including a Club Northwest
membership, Disneyland getaway, and
organic farm shares.
Woodland Charter School opened
in 2012 with 60 students in first through
sixth grades. It currently has 135 students
in first through eighth grades.
Woodland is a Waldorf public
charter school that seeks to kindle a
lifelong love of learning by providing
a developmentally appropriate, arts-
integrated curriculum that engages the
whole child: head, heart and hands. Its
unique approach to classical academics
includes Spanish, woodworking, music,
and handwork.
Tickets are available at www.
woodlandcharterschool.org or by calling
Erika Fey at 541-659-3267. Tickets are
$28 each or $190 for a table for eight.
The funds raised will support
campus development, artistic aspects of
the curriculum, and other crucial needs
of the school. To make a donation, please
contact Erika Fey at 541-659-3267 or
wcsparentcouncil@gmail.com.
