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- Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Archives Revels Classifieds Real Estate Menu Guide Wedding Weather Subscribe Contact Us Teacher Kathi Bowen-Jones watches over students as they work on a writing exercise at the Ashland High School library. February 15, 2006 * updated by 5 p.m. daily Poet brings life to words Taking a lead from turn-of-the-century Ashland residents, Ashland High English teacher Kathi Bowen-Jones is resurrecting Chautauqua lectures. The latest incarnation of the historic program starts tonight when American poet, essayist and children’s author Naomi Shihab Nye teaches a writing workshop to about 40 Ashland middle and high school students. See the front page of the printed version of today's Tidings Planning commission pushes Dale for changes Representatives of developer Russ Dale, who is proposing to build a 9,700-square-foot mixed-use project in the northeast corner of the Railroad District, reached a deal with on the proposal the Ashland Planning Commission at its meeting Tuesday night. Numbers rebound for SOU Enrollment at Southern Oregon Univer-sity is on the rise, officials reported Tuesday. The total number of students enrolled in classes at SOU was 5,215 as of Feb. 6, according to Executive Vice President and Provost Earl Potter. Taking out his anger through helping others One month before his Peace Corps commitment begins, Derek Volkart casually sands cabinets. He wears paint-caked overalls and rubber-palmed gloves. In his small workspace of buckets and brushes, he quotes Mark Twain. Mon: Essentially Ashland One of the last little family businesses Mon: Tales From The Crib When your kids drive you crazy Mon: From Denmark Feeling out of place, a snowfall provides relief Tues: Off The Vine Answers to common questions Weds: Food & History New Orleans has given so much to U.S. Thurs: Commentary The battered Muslim moderate Fri: I'll Shut Up — Right After This The oneness that comes with calm Fri: Healthy Pets Aflatoxin is deadly for dogs Sat: Marketing Today Thoughts on loss prevention Panthers rout Grizzlies to lock up first place South Medford celebrated at least a share of the Southern Oregon Conference boys basketball title in style Tuesday night at South Medford High. Ashland girls on brink of SOC title The sixth-ranked Ashland High girls’ basketball team throttled South Medford 61-48 to clinch at least a tie for the Southern Oregon Conference championship. Opinion & Editorial NEW! — WEB LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — OPINION PAGE POLICY COLUMNIST Updated Tuesdays: From the Right Side Mike Green For sheer entertainment, the Mid-East action beats duck hunting Americans love a good joke. And why not? Laughter is good medicine and good exercise. But I will not bore you with another duck joke regarding Dick Cheney's hunting accident. While the entire nation has been preoccupied with a focus, humorous or otherwise, on the vice president's predilections and mishaps, a number of far more serious news stories may have gone unnoticed. Before Dick Cheney pushed aside the notorious Washington D.C. lobbyist Jack Abramoff to become the number one favorite target of cartoonists in the U.S., the American public was up in arms about the illicit dealings that have funded a number of our leaders' rise to power. Today, we learn that Israel is facing similar revelations as the son of Ariel Sharon was sentenced to nine months of prison time for illegal fund-raising for his father during a 1999 campaign in which he raised more than $1.3 million. Another story that may have gone unnoticed, while we were busy laughing at every "duck" joke known to man, is the victory of Ibrahim al-Jafaari, who won a parliamentary election among the Shiite majority by a single vote (64-63) to become Iraq's first full-term (4 years) Prime Minister and outright leader since Saddam Hussein was removed from power by the United States. What's truly funny about this story ... CASE IN POINT (OPED) Updated Mondays: — Case In Point : Cartoons Double standard is no laughing matter As we watch Congress spar with the White House over whether the president has the right to wiretap domestically at his discretion, we realize that what is at the heart of this debate is the issue of checks and balances. What are the limits to executive power, even in a time of perpetual war? The framers of the Constitution understood that too much power in the hands of any one branch of government can erode the essence of democracy and undermine our commitment to the rule of law. Because the current administration uses 9/11 repeatedly as its rationale for taking unilateral action, and because the president’s party controls all branches of government, the essential role of checks and balances, by Congress and the judiciary, has been weakened. — OBITUARIES — POLICE This weekend’s Body Mind Spirit Expo , at the Ashland Springs Hotel, assures the same. An all-weekend admission costs $6 and allows guests to shop 40 booths, listen to 30 lectures, and challenge their belief systems on everything from death to detoxification. In Review | Honky Tonk Laundry Who woulda thought that a show filled with “he done me wrong — again” songs could be so much fun? Well, let me tell you, “Honky Tonk Laundry” by Roger Bean, now playing at the Oregon Cabaret Theatre, is an absolute hoot. Movies | T.V. | Calendar Stories updated by 6 p.m. Thursday ( Back issues available ) A weekend of Environmental films 5th annual event features reception welcoming the new director of the Siskiyou Project Blue Star carves out a niche in Ashland Blue Star, creator of over 10,000 custom made flutes, is in the midst of creating two films that share a common energy. All are inspired by, as he says, “Love. By becoming unconditional love and sharing unconditional love.” LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT Movies: Now playing Visiting poet may leave you with desire to ‘shift ’ In “A Letter From Naomi Shihab Nye To Any Would-be Terrorist” the poet asks, “Have you noticed how many roads there are? Sure you have. You must check out maps and highways and small alternate routes just like anyone else. There is no way everyone on earth could travel on the same road, or believe in exactly the same religion. It would be too crowded, it would be dumb. I don’t believe you want us all to be Muslims.” She is a poet obsessed by roads. Church Listings Ashland residents traveling nationwide and around the globe provide first-person accounts of their travels, complete with pictures to share their adventures with the Tidings' readers. FEMA Experience in Texas, September 2005 I was invited by FEMA to act as a Public Information Officer (PIO) in a volunteer capacity. Mis queridos This is my first e-mail and I write it not from Syria but from South Lebanon. New Orleans: Up Close and Personal I returned to my hometown of New Orleans on Oct. 6 to view the devastation and assist my displaced family. 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