10 Summer 2019 Applegater
Sugarloaf Community
Association turns 20!
BY JENNY VAN WINKLE
Springing forward at the park
BY JANIS MOHR-TIPTON
This spring, shooting star wildflowers
have made thick magenta-colored
carpets in many places in the park
and campground. While these brilliant
flowers have been busy blooming, metal
sculptor Cheryl Garcia has been busy
in her shop creating the Shooting Star
sculpture, the next in the “Art in the Park”
series for our park.
While you are waiting for the Shooting
Star sculpture, look for the metal bird
sculptures that Cheryl and her crew have
already installed—the acorn woodpecker
near the entrance, the northern flicker
and three red-breasted nuthatches in the
picnic areas just beyond the monarch
garden in the upper level, and, in the lower
picnic area, the pileated woodpecker on a
pine tree by the drive-through road and
violet-green swallows in flight. At the 12-
foot high Mock Orange sculpture, look
toward the river for the belted kingfisher
taking flight near the volleyball space at
the north end.
The winter and spring rains have
been good for the recovery of many
plants and shrubs. Ponderosa pines that
succumbed to the drought have been
removed in all the picnic areas to reduce
the hazard to visitors of falling dead limbs.
Now new plants and shrubs are being
added with the help of Ruch Outdoor
Community School students, community
volunteers, and A Greater Applegate’s Park
Enhancement Program team, thanks to an
Oregon Community Foundation grant
to restore more native, drought-tolerant,
and pollinator varieties. Steve Lambert,
Jackson County Parks manager, is pleased
to see more restoration of the habitat with
plants that can survive in the changing
environment and attract pollinators.
Our new park hosts, Pam and Bill, are
very busy helping to add color to the park
with landscaping at the restroom in Area
A with the help of Deb, our park ranger.
Stop to say hello when you are visiting.
They are friendly folks who are adding a
lot of cheeriness to the park experience.
Ron, who stays in the park throughout the
year, is always busy working on improving
it and cleaning it up. Give him a hello, too,
and thank him for his ongoing dedication
to making this park look nice.
During Earth Day cleanup, Lydia Shockey
clears weeds and dead debris
with the help of Finn and Lyra.
Photo: Janis Mohr-Tipton.
Young girl trying out the newly installed
interactive sundial in Cantrall Buckley Park.
Photo: Janis Mohr-Tipton.
I want to thank you for all the wonderful
compliments about the new features in
the park—the art sculptures, the new
plantings—and how good the park looks
in general. It is a wonderful example
of the partnership of our community’s
generous donors and willing volunteers
working alongside the Jackson County
Parks management.
We all love it when the park looks
so good, and we are a part of making
that happen.
Janis Mohr-Tipton
541-846-7501
janis.agapark@gmail.com
This year the Sugarloaf Community
Association (SCA), which supports
seven vibrant acres of community land
in downtown Williams, is celebrating
our 20th anniversary. Founded by
folks seeking a sanctuary for grassroots
education for their children, the SCA
has always been a center for both
education and recreation. Previously
home to several generations of students,
the land now houses a Waldorf-inspired
kindergarten, an outdoor after-school
program for young children, and a
The SCA garden is tended by children who attend
newly opened Resource Center.
the Forever Flowering Kindergarten there.
SCA has several playgrounds, a
Photo: Jessie Casey.
playing field and track, a community
garden, and an outdoor amphitheater
for events—including the recent Earth educational materials, including books,
Day Celebration, marking the first zines, games, arts and crafts supplies,
Williams Farmers’ Market of the year. computers, and more. The center is also
The Monday-afternoon market, open available to host classes, meetings, and
from 4 - 6:30 pm through October, brings events. For more information, to book an
the community together, and the land event, or to find out about how you can
provides an expansive green setting where get involved with this exciting new project,
kids love to run and play while adults shop, visit sugarloafcenter.org.
SCA has received grants to provide
mingle, and support our local farmers and
artisans. The land is open to the public low-cost or free preschool at the Williams
during daytime hours, excluding the upper Elementary School and also supports an
classroom area while classes are in session. after-school Strings Music Program for
Our most active programs on the land community children there. Both programs
at the moment are the Forever Flowering are in high demand, with SCA volunteers
Children’s Garden, with the Friends of administering them.
We are also excitedly preparing for
the Forest after-school program, and the
new Resource Center. Here are a few notes our 20th Anniversary Celebration, which
will be held outdoors on the SCA land on
from the directors of those programs.
The Forever Flowering Children’s Saturday, June 22, from 4 - 10 pm. Games
Garden offers a Waldorf kindergarten and activities for children and adults begin
curriculum that is inspired with a nature- at 4 pm, with live music, dinner, and
based approach for ages four to seven. drinks available from 5 - 7 pm. This will be
Daily and seasonal rhythms are created followed by a lively live auction and more
with circle movement, free play, gardening, fun live music and dancing, with drinks
wholesome handmade snacks, nature and treats available. The silent auction will
crafting, forest exploration, earth skills, be an opportunity for amazing scores! SCA
watercolor painting, storytelling, puppetry, is an inspiring haven in our community,
woodworking, early handwork arts, and and everyone is invited to join the party!
much more. For more information, We are especially calling on all past board
contact lead teacher, Misti, at misti. members, teachers, students, and many
volunteers to join us in celebrating all we
lefevre@gmail.com or 707-921-9694.
The Sugarloaf Resource Center, an have created together. Let’s see what we
all-ages space for culture and learning, can do with the next 20 years!
Fo r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t
welcomes public visitors to SCA land
on Mondays and Thursdays from 3:30 - Sugarloaf Community Association, go to
6:30 pm and Sundays from 1:30 - 6:30 sugarloafcommunityassociation.org or visit
pm. The resource center provides a info@sugarloafcommunityassociation.org.
Jenny Van Winkle
cozy environment for self-directed and
manzanitadream@gmx.com
social learning and hosts a collection of
Debbie Tollefson
Don Tollefson
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