New class for Land Stewards
starts in September
BY JACK DUGGAN
Land Stewards learn about pasture management from local landowners.
In the fall of 2009, a new educational
program came to Jackson and Josephine
counties, little noticed or recognized at
the time. Since then Southern Oregon
Research and Extension Center’s Land
Steward program has grown to apply to
more than 7,000 acres. It has won awards
and created a community of Land Stewards
who continually contribute to each other’s
education. Hundreds of those acres are in
the Applegate, including land sold by one
of the first Land Stewards to a new Land
Steward in 2014.
Registration for this fall’s program is
now open. The field-based Land Steward
Program will meet each Tuesday afternoon
for 11 weeks. During that time participants
learn about and observe land-management
practices across a full spectrum of topics.
They meet and interact with resource
specialists who can help them fulfill their
stewardship dream. During the program,
participants develop a stewardship plan
for their lands that reflects their particular
goals and dreams.
Landowners in the Land Stewards
program have come from a wide variety
of backgrounds, caring for property from
a quarter-acre city lot to hundreds of
acres. They are mostly newer landowners,
but many Land Stewards have lived and
worked in southern Oregon for years.
Some folks come into the Land Steward
program before buying property to gain a
better understanding of their goals.
The program covers forestry and
wildfire, wildlife and water, pastures and
soils, economics and resources. Each class
goes into the field to visit a property that
participates in the Land Steward program
to see how different goals for each of the
subjects are being carried out in real time.
Registration for this year’s program,
which begins September 5, 2017, can be
done online or via mail by requesting a
brochure. The website for the program is
http://extension.oregonstate.edu/sorec/
land-steward-program.
For more information, contact Rachel
Werling, Land Steward coordinator,
at 541-776-7371 or rachel.werling@
oregonstate.edu.
Jack Duggan
shanachie@hughes.net
•••BIZ bits•••
Apple Outlaw Tap Room @ Fiasco Winery. The new Apple Outlaw Tap Room
is open! Enjoy delicious hard ciders by the flight or
glass, take home bottles and growlers, and try ciders
not available elsewhere. Enjoy the family-friendly
atmosphere with outdoor seating, games like giant
Jenga and corn hole, and live music most Saturdays.
Get updates on bands, events, and ciders on
facebook.com/appleoutlaw. Open Friday - Sunday
from 11 am - 5 pm. 8035 Highway 238, Jacksonville • appleoutlaw.com.
• • •
Applegate Country Club. Complete with beautiful
gardens and a new commercial kitchen, the Applegate
Country Club (ACC), in the vision of proprietor Cyn Torp,
will be the community center that she thinks has long been
needed in the neighborhood. Rather than a golf course, ACC
is a club in the country, though expansion plans do include
putt-putt golf and bocce. Club memberships are offered at
a reasonable price and give members first access to special
events like founders’ dinners and concerts, use of the space
for meetings and workshops, use of the commercial kitchen,
and discounts on menu items. Expert pizza man and chef
ACC’s Nitai Sanchez,
Nitai Sanchez makes everything from scratch (including the Cyn Torp, and Kristin Atkins.
gluten-free pizza dough), and ingredients are locally sourced
whenever possible. On the menu are five different seasonally created pizzas, custom
pizzas, salads, and pasta. Sunday barbecues will start in September. Open 11 am - 10
pm, Friday - Sunday, with Thursdays soon to be added. 15090 Highway 238, Applegate
(across from the Applegate Store) • 541-846-1666 • applegatecountryclub.com.
BizBits highlights businesses new to the area, holding special events, or offering new products. If you are a
business owner, let us know when you move into the area or to a different location, hold a special event, expand
your business, or mark a milestone. Email Shelley Manning at manningshelley@icloud.com.
Applegater Fall 2017
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An interactive
community website
is coming to
the Applegate Valley
The Applegater newsmagazine, along with its website,
Facebook page, and online calendar, has long been an
important vehicle for Applegaters to connect with and
learn about what’s happening in the Applegate Valley.
Another important Applegate nonprofit, the Greater
Applegate Community Development Corporation
(GACDC), has both a new name—A Greater
Applegate—and some new directions (see article on
page 7).
Now, thanks to support from The Ford Family
Foundation and Community Systems, LLC, the
Applegater and A Greater Applegate are joining
forces with other community members to develop an
interactive community website.
Called “Applegate Valley Connect,” this website will
be accessible to everyone in the Applegate Valley. You
will be able to post your own events to the calendar, add
your information to the directory of local businesses and
service organizations, read about local news, and post
community projects of interest to the public. There will
also be links to informative websites and social media
connections. And that’s just for starters.
Updates about this exciting new website will be
posted on the Applegater’s Facebook page. Stay tuned!
If you would like more information, please email
gater@applegater.org.
Applegate Valley
Connect
Augustino Estate and Vineyard. On the site of the former Bridgeview Winery in
the Applegate is Augustino Estate’s new tasting room, which is open Thursday through
Sunday from 11 am - 5 pm. Another tasting room, their “Treehouse Tasting Room,” is
located at 400 Brown Road in O’Brien, Oregon. 16995 North Applegate Road, Grants
Pass • 541-846-1881 • augustinoestate.com.
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Boutique Body Art. Out of love of people and art,
Amber Bishop created Boutique Body Art, specializing
in face painting and organic henna. Boutique Body Art
brings fun and festivity to parties, public events, and special
occasions like pregnant belly blessings. At the Applegater’s
recent fundraiser at Applegate River Lodge, Amber adorned
women with elegant henna designs (she has achieved
International Certification for Natural Henna Arts) and
painted children’s faces to resemble colorful, fanciful
animals. Amber’s latest endeavor, in collaboration with
Boutique Body Art artist Brooke Nuckles-Gentekos, is a
presentation for girls ages 9 to 16 that is focused on their
journey into womanhood. Ancient traditions applied henna
to mark transformational experiences in life; in this presentation, participants celebrate
their transitions through henna body art. 541-899-6827 • boutiquebodyart.com.
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Cowhorn Vineyard and Garden. Congratulations to Cowhorn for being awarded
the “Living Building Challenge”
(LBC) Certification from the
International Living Future
Institute. Cowhorn is the first
tasting room building in the world
to meet these zero-energy, toxin-
free standards. In fact, Cowhorn’s
building is the fourth building
in Oregon, the 22nd in the US, the 63rd in the world, and Cowhorn the first small
business ever to receive LBC Materials Petal. Created with locally sourced, carcinogen-
free materials, the tasting room is inspiring, healthy, and beautiful. 1665 Eastside Road,
Jacksonville • 541-899-6876 • cowhornwine.com.