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Ashland, Oregon HOME Valley & State Sports Opinion/Editorial Classifieds Business Columnists Obituaries Weather Archive Revels Etcetera Backpage O-Zone Real Estate Guide Menu Guide Shakespeare Subscribe Contact Us Rate Card Place an Ad Maddy and Simon DiRienzo , left, peruse the cactuses from June Timberman's collection from Timbermanor Nursery. May 17, 2006 Open season for Farmer's Market Certain rituals are commonly associated with the onset of spring. Long, sunny days, flowers in bloom, crickets chirping at night. And for many in Ashland, the Rogue Valley Growers and Crafters Market is another rite of spring that denotes the warmer time of the year is finally here to stay. more ... Voisin to run for Democrats against Walden SOU instructor beats out Davis in primary Ashland City Council LID on Park St. stymied Bullock’s resistance to city moves to new neighbhood Photo editor Orville Hector welcomes you to the O-Zone. Check it out each week and see what "O" is up to when he isn't shooting news and sports. Last update 5/13 Youngsters give oldies new spin Ashland’s Wild Honey Pie plans benefit concert Down & Out in Ashland A mother's sadness Q&A: The Rev. Pamela Shepherd Locally grown: people and planet prosper B Street house raises eyebrows, art A Queen Anne-style house on Pioneer and B Street has been raising eyebrows since Steve Strickland and Megan Mitchell began renovating it almost three years ago. Vintage autos are one man's treasure 12 Golden questions Mon: Essentially Ashland Smile, you’re (not) on the city’s camera Mon: Tales From The Crib If I had a horse Tues: Off The Vine They actually said it Weds: Food & History More on the Lady Baltimore Thurs: Sustainability Every Oregon home can support clean electricity Fri: I'll Shut Up — Right After This What about love? Fri: Healthy Pets Make sure to restrain pets in cars Fri: For Your Health Are you squatting correctly? Sat: Marketing Today Who should you listen to? Moyse finally seeded at state tourney Ashland’s No. 1 singles player earns No. 5 rating; AHS boys Lachmund, Spurlock face tough draws Three SOU softballers make All-region Foster, Burch, Rowley rewarded for spectacular seasons Opinion & Editorial — OPINION PAGE POLICY — LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — LETTER: at length Updated Tuesdays: From the Right Side Mike Green The clash of two worlds: one fun; one reverent Beneath the war of words and “justified” conflicts that inflict pain torture and death, there is a similar vein running through both Western and Muslim cultures — both sides are motivated out of fear and defense of their beliefs. Since the early 1950’s, when the U.S. government joined Britain in a conquest for importing oil from the Middle East, it also exported something else — western culture and values — a demonic force viewed by the Muslim Brotherhood as intolerable. more ... CASE IN POINT (OPED) Updated Mondays: — Case In Point : An agenda needed for ’06 This is a seminal moment in our history, and Americans are coming to grips with the fact that while issues loom that beg for solutions, there is a vacuum of leadership in government and a poverty of imagination in the White House that is stunning to behold. But that was then and this is now. Over the course of the next few months, Case in Point would like to contribute to that discourse and so we will examine those issues deemed to be in intensive care and going critical. So here’s the working list ... no obituaries published today — POLICE Reviews of stage & film Who is abler than Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), the famed Norwegian playwright, at rattling skeletons in the closet? Especially those of the Alving family in his haunting masterpiece “Ghosts” (1881), now being presented by SOU Theater Arts in its Center Square Theater through May 21. Hollywood rolls out the summer blockbusters 'Going Shopping' at the Varsity Coming Attractions Theatres, Inc. and Director Henry Jaglom combined to present a week of benefit screenings that started Friday of “Going Shopping,” Jaglom’s latest film. One hundred precent of the proceeds will go directly to the nonprofit Ashland Independent Film Festival, which offered the film during April’s festival. I hear what you’re saying: Freud turns 150 . *Notice The Daily Tidings web site is undergoing a process of renovation in order to make improvements that will provide our readers an even more enjoyable interactive experience. Please pardon the problems in the coming weeks as we strive to make the Tidings' web site on a par with our award-winning print product. If you notice any particular problems or would like to offer constructive suggestions, or perhaps just want to tell us what improvements you really like, please direct your comments to the Content Editor at [email protected]. We welcome your input and appreciate your patience. Does Ashland need a new downtown plan? Once you vote you will be taken to the results page. Only 1 vote per person will be counted Movies | T.V. | Calendar Stories updated by 6 p.m. Thursday ( Back issues available ) Liverpool Oratorio Siskiyou Singers salute Sir Paul McCartney’s ‘Liverpool Oratorio’ A musical first for Southern Oregon will occur when the Siskiyou Singers, under the direction of Dave Marston, perform the Liverpool Oratorio by Sir Paul McCartney on Saturday and Sunday. The performances, Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 4 p.m., will take place at the Southern Oregon University Music Recital Hall on Mountain Avenue. Artist profile “Hawkeye” McGuire mixes music with sustainible gardening Scott “Hawkeye” McGuire, performing artist and horticulturist/sustainable agriculture advocate, enjoys the balance of music and nature. LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT MOVIES: Mother’s Day freak-out at The Bad Film Society Duncan has plenty of gems to share at program Wednesday “I’d heard at church that the kingdom of heaven is within us and thought, Yeah, sure. But the first time I walked up a trout stream, fly in hand, I didn’t feel I was ‘outside’ at all: I was traveling further and further in.” So says David James Duncan, author of the novel “The River Why.” Perhaps you’re reading it right now, having accepted the invitation of our county to be part of our “Jackson County Reads” program. I hope so. Duncan’s prose is worth the effort. “I was struck by the suspicion that rivers and mountains are myself turned inside out,” he wrote. Bingo. Church Listings --> Copyright © 2006 Ashland Daily Tidings and Ottaway Newspapers. All Rights Reserved.