Photo by Teya Jacobi

1	Grand plans for McKee Bridge Centennial Celebration [by Paul Tipton]	(Cont'd p.3)
	The Applegate mourns the loss of vintner Jim Devitt
	Applegate inns abound [by Shelley Manning]	(Cont'd p.12)
	Applegate history: Hippy communes revisited - Part 1 [by Diana Coogle]	(Cont'd p.12)
2	OBITUARY: Remembering Chuck Guches
	OBITUARY: Richard “Dutch” Offenbacher
	OBITUARY: Major General David S. Trump
3	Who We Are
	A huge THANKS to our generous donors
	A Crafts-of-Colrain style tour in the Applegate?
	McKee Bridge (continued from page 1)
	Poetry Corner: Hopes for 2017 (by Janis Mohr-Tipton)
	Inside the Gater
4	BIZBITS
	From the editor: Our unsung heroes	(Cont'd p.5)
5	Creating our future together: Applegate Valley Economic Vitality Roadmap [by Bonnie Rinaldi]
	Stories of Southern Oregon project: Folks, fields, forests
	Our unsung heroes (continued from page 4)
6	Applegate Valley Beekeepers tend bees organically [by Shanna Rose]
	Give back to nature - plant native! [by Suzie Savoie]
	Sap tap wrap [by Laird Funk]
7	THE STARRY SIDE: How fast are you moving? [by Greeley Wells]
8	Increased tree mortality in the Applegate AMA [by Bill Schaupp]
9	DIRTY FINGERNAILS AND ALL: Munching and mulching strawberries [by Sioux Rogers]
10	Cantrall Buckley Park News [by Tom Carstens & Rick Barclay]
11	BIRD EXPLORER: Rare winter visitors [by Peter J. Thiemann]
12	Communes (continued from page 1)
	Applegate Inns (continued from page 1)	(Cont'd p.13)
13	Two butterflies of the Nymphalidae family [by Linda Kappen]
	Applegate Inns (continued from page 12)
14	Cabin fever: Stir-crazy or think tank? [by Sandy Shaffer]
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
	ACCESS Food Share Gardens [by Kim Barnes]
	Applegate ACCESS Pantry [by Charlotte Knott]
	Applegate Community Church [by Parker Reardon]
	Applegate Valley Garden Club [by Nicki Bell]
	Pacifica
	Williams Grange [by Cassidy Geppert]
17	GRAPE TALK
	The grape and wine community [by Debbie Tollefson]
	Southern Oregon medal-winning wineries from 2017 S.F. Chronicle Wine Competition
	Voices of the Applegate Spring Concerts [by Joan Peterson]
18	Upper Applegate Demonstration Treatment Units [by Don Boucher]
19	Notes from a Rogue entomologist: Partnering to address pesticides in streams [by Richard J. Hilton]
	OPINION: Smokey the Bear says 'resist' [by Luke Ruediger]
20	OPINIONS:
	River Right: Process? Fuhgeddaboudit [by Tom Carstens]
	OSGG working toward cannaculture terroir [by Pete Gendron]	(Cont'd p.24)
21	OPINIONS:
	BEHIND THE GREEN DOOR: Community face-off [by Chris Bratt]
	Industrial cannabis production is not good for the Applegate [by Taylor Starr]
22	NEXT GENERATION
	Ruch student essay to be published [by Julie Barry]
	Applegate students return to Cantrall Buckley: Long live the monarchs
	Fire station tour interrupted by an emergency
	Committee formed to study Williams Elementary School viability
	Applegate and Ruch schools to meet for Battle of the Books matches
23	WAHOO! The East ART is scheduled to begin! [by Diana Coogle]
	We got dirty with construction of the Jack-Ash Trail! [by Neal Anderson]
	Trail horse trials at Pacifica
24	OSGG (continued from page 20)
24	Look who's reading the Gater
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	Movie Review: Hidden Figures [reviewed by Mikell Nielsen]

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