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1	Fire report: This year the intensity level was higher [by Sandy Shaffer]	(Cont'd p.8)
	The solution is zero [by Heather Murphy]	(Cont'd p.12)
	Celebrate McKee Bridge Day
2	SUTA suits us, and ATA is at it again [by Diana Coogle]
	Handcrafted Applecrates for sale
	Discovering Pacifica: A garden in the Siskiyous [by Gabriela Eaglesome]
	Pacificas Summer Day Camps
	Get published - and support a good cause!
3	Who We Are
	A huge THANKS to our generous donors
	From the Editor [by Barbara Holiday]
	What's Inside the Gater
4	Community Calendar
5	BOOK & MOVIE REVIEWS [by T. Carstens, J.H. Hoskins, and J.D. Rogers]
	Voices of the Applegate
6	BACK IN TIME: First year of school [by Evelyn Byrne Williams with Janeen Sathre]
	Sweet Madrone [by Lily Myers Kaplan]
7	THE STARRY SIDE: Once in a blue moon [by Greeley Wells
8	Making rural residential areas fire resilient [by Brian Ballou]
	Intensity Level (continued from Page 1)
	Ruch School students create firewise demonstration sites and learn how to be fire adapted
9	BLM impressed by Community Alternative effort [by John Gerritsma]
	Report illegal burning
10	Cantrall Buckley Park News:
	Turtle and trails are coming to Cantrall Buckley Park [by Heather Tugaw and Audrey Eldridge]
11	BIRD EXPLORER: The story of Acorn Woodpeckers [by Peter J. Thiemann]
	Natures benefits and the Applegate AMA [by Don Boucher]
12	Oregon universities go environmentally friendly [by Melissa Rhodes]
	Moving toward a zero waste lifestyle
	Zero Waste (continued from page 1)
13	Winged beauties of summer [by Linda Kappen]
	Cultivate your sense of wonder [by Kathleen Pyle]
	Two crops for the price of one [by Jonathan Spero]
14	USFS taking action: Trash mars headwater streams of Applegate River [by Suzie Savoie]
	Boy Scouts clean gravestones in Logtown Cemetery
15	Jackson County Library Services
	Applegate Library [by Lisa Martin]
	Ruch Library [by Thalia Truesdell]
	Friends of Ruch Library seeks program ideas and volunteers [by Curtis Mekemson]
	Josephine Community Libraries
	Williams Branch Library [by Danielle Schreck]
16	NONPROFIT NEWS AND UPDATES
	Applegate Food Pantry [by Claude and Arlene Aron]
	For Love of the Applegate
	Applegate Valley Community Grange [by Paul Tipton & Janis Mohr-Tipton]
	Wayside parking lot: Reflections from the GACDC
17	GRAPE TALK: Summer fun at Applegate wineries [by Debbie Tollefson]
	Local winery addresses and hours
18	Geothermal: A cleaner, more efficient way to live [by Randal Lee]
19	The role of tour guide at Sanctuary One:
	Telling stories of success on nature's stage [by Jill Townsley]
20	OPINIONS:
	River Right: Peeling the onion [by Tom Carstens]
	Natural history of climate changes [by Alan Voetsch]
	Maple tapping season a bust [by Laird Funk]
21	MY OPINION FROM BEHIND THE GREEN DOOR: Public lands under siege [by Chris Bratt]
	Where have all the salmon gone? [by Rex Garoutte]
22	NEXT GENERATION
	APPLEGATE SCHOOL:
	Applegate School is proud of student accomplishments [by Seana Hodge]
	RUCH SCHOOL: Climate change:
	Classroom, community, and environment merge [by Margaret Perrow della Santina]
23	Fire-resistant plants versus chocolate cake [by Sioux Rogers]
	Dyers woad - unwanted in the Applegate Valley [by Barbara Mumblo]
	Applegate Partnership throws its weight around [by Barbara Summerhawk]
24	Look who's reading the Gater
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	First graders become published authors at Ruch Community School
	Local heroes are special guests at this year's Childrens Festival
	Lavender is a blooming business in the Applegate Valley

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