Applegater - Fall 2023

    Photo by Linda Kappen


1 Applegate fire district board approves need for continued local levy and small increase [by Board of Directors, AVFD] (Cont'd p.11)
Crooked Barn Vineyards offers straight-up great wine [by Diana Coogle] (Cont'd p.15)
A rosé by any other name [by Cathy Rodgers] (Cont'd p.2)
Ice cream, beer, and gas — too much to ask? [by James 'Buck' Reinders]
2 Announcing an Applegate Town Hall, Monday, September 25 [by Tom Carstens]
New Williams Co-ed Cub Scout Troop [by Rachael Couch] (Cont'd p.3)
Rosé (continued from page 1)
Fourth annual and largest Ruch Holiday Market [by Allie Parkin & Westi Haughey]
Village of Enlightenment promises another exciting event [by Tamaura Murphy]
3 July's Siskiyou Crest Festival brought attention to the importance of our wild places [by Diana Coogle]
CUB SCOUTS (continued from page 2)
Voices of the Applegate [by David Franklin]
4 Poetry Corner: In the garden [by Anis Mojgani, Oregon Poet Laureate]
Oregon Poet Laureate in the Applegate Valley [by Christina Ammon]
BOOK REVIEW: All the Leavings, by Laurie Easter [reviewed by Christin Lore Weber]
On motherhood [by Mary Lorelli]
5 Fine Print — Our Mission — Acknowledgements — Who We Are —
Advertiser Spotlight — Keep It Local Inc Excavation and Land Management
The Applegater needs your ongoing help!
A huge THANKS to the generous donors who recently contributed to the Applegater
Editorial Calendar | Cover Photo Credit | Corrections | Inside the Gater
6 Jackson County Library Services
Applegate Library - First annual Applegate Music Festival [by Christine Grubb]
Ruch Library - Introducing new branch manager [by Megan Pinder]
Josephine Community Library
Williams Library — Ground broken for new library [ by Brandace Rojo]
7 NONPROFIT NEWS AND UPDATES
Come to the Jacksaphine Count(r)y Fair in September [by Megan Fehrman]
A brief history of Applegate harvests [by Laura Ahearn]
8 THE STARRY SIDE
A solar eclipse right here at home! [by Greeley Wells]
— Of Note — Planets • Meteor Showers
9 DIRTY FINGERNAILS AND ALL
Going gray [by Sioux Rogers]
10 CANTRALL BUCKLEY PARK
Thank-you celebration to be annual! [by Janis Mohr-Tipton]
Prepare your family and home for a wildfire emergency [by KS Wild]
      Download KS Wild's Forest & Fire Toolkit [https://www.kswild.org/forest-fire-toolkit]
ROCS hosts EE Summit [by Ryan King] (Cont'd p.11)
11 ROCS (continued from page 10)
WELCOME BACK, BIRD EXPLORER!
The spectacular Bullock's Oriole [by Peter J. Thiemann]
FIRE LEVY (continued from page 1)
13 THROUGH THE LEPIDOPTERAN LENS
The lovely Leanira [by Linda Kappen]
14 Get seedy this fall [by Suzie Savoie]
Blackberries — the good, the bad (and the ugly?) [by Barbara Mumblo]
15 Fall activities at Jacksonville Community Center [by Sue Miler]
CROOKED BARN (continued from page 1)
16 THE SISKIYOU MOUTAIN ADVOCATE
BLM timber sale update: Heading backward as the climate collapses [by Luke Ruediger]
17 Did death take a vacation? [by Hayriya Heidi Hansen]
Where did you get that book? [by Thalia Truesdell]
Free overdose reversal training in Williams [Rogue Harm Reduction]
WILLIAMS LIBRARY (continued from page 6)
18 OPINIONS
Kudos to Krikava [by Alan Journet]
Fire risk in the Applegate — Measure 15-220 can help protect our homes [by Liza Crosse]
Continue local levy to maintain critical emergency services from AVFD [by Rob Underwood]
The wallet rules: Beware of false economies for 911 response [by Tom Carstens]
19 OPINION
Reducing response times, and staffing Station 51 [by Carey Chaput and David Dobbs]
NEWS FROM THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD
Hello and farewell again — this time to our volunteers [by Diana Coogle]
20 Applegate Valley Fire District events
What's new on Applegate Valley Connect? [A Greater Applegate]
BIZBITS...
— McCully House Inn
— 777 Guest Ranch
— Cowhorn Kitchen & Wine
21 GATER TALE
The Elmores of Applegate [by Lisa Baldwin]
ASK THE GATER
What is the history of Buncom? [by Lisa Baldwin]
22 Outdoor education in the Applegate Valley [by Eva King]
Fall classes at Pacifica [by Clair Highfield]
23 A stand-up guy [by Christina Ammon]
Join the Applegate Paddling Club for a fun-filled day on the water at Hart-Tish Park! [by Angie Fuhrmann]
24 Look who's reading the Gater!

Download Entire Issue
 
 
 
 

View this issue in Flipbook format

 
 
*** EXTRA ARTICLES ***   FOUND ONLY ON THE WEB . . .

 
  List of advertisers for this issue  


           Previous issue                   Next issue