Photo by Linda Kappen

1	Your donation counts twice!
	Annual holiday extravaganza supports student scholarships [by Laura B. Ahern]	(Cont'd p.3)
	Let's talk turkey!
	Celebrating the holidays with Applegate Valley wines: A guide to perfect pairings [by Cathy Rodgers]	(Cont'd p.9)
	Planning for our future: Updating the Applegate fire and emergency plan [by Nathan Gehres]	(Cont'd p.20)
2	Welcoming winter - A time for reflection, renewal, and transformation at JCC [by Julie Raefield]
	The 2024 Chris Bratt Environment Advocacy Award goes to Diana Coogle [by Rose Gerstner]
	You're invited to an open house at Applegate Valley Historical Museum [by Joan Peterson]
	Welcome to our new editor, Annika Hodges [by Diana Coogle]
	Voices of the Applegate comes to a close [by Bella Grubb]
3	What's happening at the Meraki Project this winter [by Maria Richard]
	Upper Applegate Grange reopens [by Margaret Patterson]
	Finding your holiday tree in the woods
	MBHS SCHOLARSHIPS (Continued from page 1)
4	POETRY CORNER: If for a Moment I Could Become (For John Muir) [by Diana Coogle]
	BOOK REVIEW: The Homeless: A Living Gallery of Hope , by Chan Bush [reviewed by Christin Lore Weber]
5	Fine Print — Our Mission — Acknowledgements — Board — Editorial Committee — Copyright
	The Applegater needs your ongoing help! Thank you for your generosity.
	A huge THANKS to the generous donors who recently contributed to the Applegater
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6	Jackson County Library Services
	Applegate Library - Winter wonders await! [by Christine Grubb]
	Ruch Library - Winter delights at the library! [by Megan Pinder]
7	Josephine Community Library
	Williams Library - Celebrating our one-year anniversary! [by Brandace Rojo]
	HISTORY BITS: RUCH SCHOOL
	Ruch School 1914 [photo courtesy Evelyn Byrne Williams]
8	THE STARRY SIDE
	The galaxy's twist [by Greeley Wells]
	— Of Note — Planets • Meteor showers
9	DIRTY FINGERNAILS AND ALL
	Mindful mentoring, with a twist [by Sioux Rogers]
	HOLIDAY WINE PAIRING (Continued from page 1)
	Holiday pairing sources
10	CANTRALL BUCKLEY PARK
	Fall into winter work [by Janis Mohr-Tipton]
11	THEY LIVE AMONG US
	Pulitzer Prize nominee Gay Bradshaw would say, about animals, 'We live among them' [by Diana Coogle]
	Books by Gay Bradshaw
12	Nonnative turkeys gobble up important habitat for native species in the Applegate [by Suzie Savoie]
13	THROUGH THE LEPIDOPTERAN LENS
	The agile and acrobatic Sachem Skipper [by Linda Kappen]
14	Ruch Library History: Part Two
	Here's to the next 40 years! [by Thalia Truesdell]
15	Building community connections with A Greater Applegate [by Megan Fehrman]
16	THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAIN ADVOCATE
	BLM timber sale updates: Deceptive proposals and canceled old-growth logging in the Applegate Valley [by Luke Ruediger]
17	Warm greetings from the Southern Oregon Living and Dying Alliance [by Hayriya Heidi Hansen]
	Finding grace…in place [by Christina Ammon]
18	OPINIONS
	Thoughts about the future in the Applegate [by Paul Tipton]
	Does how we vote reflect who we are? [by Jim Reiland]
	SEEKING BIRD EXPLORER
19	OPINIONS
	Williams water at risk [by Sandy Olken]
	REPORT FROM THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD
	Don't forget to donate in November and December in order to double your tax-deductible donation! [by Diana Coogle]
20	Discover
	Stories on the Land [by Doug Frank and George McKinley. Excerpted by Diana Coogle]
	FIRE AND EMERGENCY PLAN (Continued from page 1)
21	Art is important to individuals, to community, and to Pacifica [by Peg Prag
	Winter update from Star Ranger Station [by Jen Sanborn]
22	Scouting America Troop 7 enhances Steamboat Cemetery with a new sign [by Diana Coogle]
	Grow Youth grows roots at Provolt Recreation Site [by Charlotte Hyde]
23	NEXT GENERATION | SCHOOL NEWS
	Hands-on learning at Applegate School [by Renee Gourley]
	Meet Little Red:Ruch Outdoor Community School's new feathered friend [by Isabel Jalamov]
	Ridiculous Rose [by Salila Oldham]
24	Look who's reading the Gater!
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