Photo by Kathy Kliewer

1	Grape Talk: Terroir 101 [by Debbie Tollefson]	(Cont'd p.17)
	What’s behind the fence? Marijuana! [by Diana Coogle]	(Cont'd p.12)
	Siskiyou Sustainable Co-op goes high-tech [by Shelley Manning]	(Cont'd p.14)
	McKee Bridge Historical Society Annual Meeting and Centennial Celebration [by Paul Tipton]
2	Applegate Fire District’s new Community Building in use! [by Carey Chaput]
	Long-time fire district office manager to retire
	David Dobbs joins the Applegater Board of Directors
	Humbug Perspective [by Paul Tipton]
3	Who We Are
	A huge THANKS to our generous donors
	From the Editor [by Barbara Holiday]
	Editorial Calendar
	Inside the Gater
4	Community Calendar
	BIZBITS
	Applegate School Community Survey
5	Andrea Wilson 1941 - 2016 [by Joan Peterson]
	BOOKS & MOVIES
	Book Review: Taking on the Trust by Ida Tarbell [reviewed by J.D. Rogers]
	Movie Review: Lights Out [reviewed by Mikell Nielsen]
6	Notes from a Rogue entomologist: Days of wine and stink bugs [by Richard J. Hilton]
	Aerial detection survey of Oregon forests is under way [by Bill Schaupp]
7	THE STARRY SIDE: Total solar eclipse in 2017 [by Greeley Wells]
8	Dogs and bunnies and cats, oh my! [by Kat von Cupcake]
9	DIRTY FINGERNAILS AND ALL: Just look — don’t touch! [by Sioux Rogers]
10	Cantrall Buckley Park News: Celebrating the park [by Tom Carstens]
	History: Cantrall ford becomes a bridge [by Tom Carstens]
11	BIRD EXPLORER: New bird identification book [by Peter J. Thiemann]
12	MARIJUANA (Continued from page 1)
	Butterfly project at Cantrall Buckley Park [by Janis Mohr-Tipton]
13	Silver-spotted Skippers [by Linda Kappen]
	Bee on the lookout [by Suzie Savoie]
14	New creamery and charcuterie at Wooldridge Creek Winery [by Elise Higley]
	SISKIYOU (Continued from page 1)
15	Jackson County Library Services
	Applegate Library [by Lisa Martin]
	Ruch Library [by Thalia Truesdell]
	Josephine Community Libraries
	Williams Branch Library [by Brandace Rojo]
16	NONPROFIT NEWS AND UPDATES
	Applegate Food Pantry [by Charlotte Knott]
	SMART [by Pat Gehres]
	Pacifica [by Peg Prag]
	Fundraiser for Friends of Jacksonville’s Historic Cemetery
17	GRAPE TALK
	TERROIR (Continued from page 1)
	Enchanted Forest Wine Run to support Applegate School music program [by Joseph Chick]
18	Applegate Partnership and Watershed Council needs you! [by Barbara Summerhawk]
	Voices of the Applegate: A new beginning [by Joan Peterson]
19	OPINIONS:
	The season for directives? [by Sandy Shaffer]
	Science and truth — Part Two — Tools for a skeptic [by Tom Atzet, PhD]
20	OPINIONS:
	River Right: Getting through the froth [by Tom Carstens]
	New BLM RMP’s impact on the Applegate Valley [by Luke Ruediger]
21	OPINIONS:
	BEHIND THE GREEN DOOR: Mixed messages from BLM [by Chris Bratt]
	More mixed messages from BLM
	Fenced in [by Tressi Albee]
22	NEXT GENERATION
	RUCH SCHOOL:
	Ruch Community School Annual Auction a success! [by Julie Barry]
	First-grade authors at Ruch Community School [by Margaret Perrow della Santina]	(Cont'd p.23)
	APPLEGATE SCHOOL: [by Darrell Erb, Principal]
	Applegate School student wins statewide art contest
	Applegate School welcomes two new teachers
23	ATA to premiere video of Ashland-Grants Pass thru-hike [by Diana Coogle]
	FIRST-GRADE AUTHORS (Continued from page 22)
24	Look who's reading the Gater
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