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- Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Archives Revels Classifieds Real Estate Menu Guide Wedding Weather Subscribe Contact Us A firefighter from Jackson County Fire District 5 sprays water on the workshop fire off Highway 66 to prevent the blaze’s spread to other structures. March 4-5 , 2006 * updated by 5 p.m. daily Workshop gutted Fire destroys a structure off Highway 66 after crews struggle to find their way to the scene Matt Adolphson was on the couch, watching TV when the fire trucks came. Flames had already consumed the garage Adolphson’s friend Mark Griffiths uses for a woodworking shop and storage. It sits about 30 feet from the house Griffiths rents off of Highway 66 south of Ashland. See the front page of the printed version of today's Tidings Weekend Reporter's Journal : Behind the story SOU looks to a larger future Numbers upwards of 7,000 being considered by senior administration Skateboards welcome at schoolyard After a year, positive attitude prevails at city middle school I-5 bridge work starts Monday Lane reductions will be in place until Memorial Day Friday Youth takes over the night AHS students show artwork in area galleries Bowls back to cart meal money The hope is, this year, the bowls will runneth over. That is, organizers of the annual Empty Bowls Project hope the seventh-annual fundraiser for local food banks will surpass last year’s record-breaking totals. Administrator candidates meet council The six potential candidates to replace Gino Grimaldi as Ashland’s city administrator are interviewing with the city council, and others, today in the community development building on Winburn Way. Jury hangs in trial of Ashland bank heist Ashland police and the Jackson County District Attorney know they’ve got the guy who held up a downtown Ashland bank in August 2005. Jurors weren’t sure. Darex-made drills sold to U.S. military Darex, an Ashland company of 25 years that makes drills and various drill equipment on Hersey Street, recently received a $375,000 contract with the National Center for Defense Manufacturing, to make a drill bit for use by American troops in Iraq. In Review: Guys and Dolls Weed museum serves 2,000 a year Harold Orcutt, who was born in Mount Shasta, has been volunteering at the Weed Historic Lumber Town Museum for the last five years. “It’s strictly logging and lumber,” says Orcutt, who clearly enjoys taking visitors around the museum and talking to them about Weed’s history, “that’s what Weed is known for.” Mon: Essentially Ashland The pages of history Mon: Tales From The Crib Hypertasking– the new multitasking Mon: From Denmark As a youth ambassador, things get tricky Tues: Off The Vine Gold medal winners at wine festival Weds: Food & History Two generals and the dog they shared Thurs: Commentary Hannity and the Christian calamity Fri: I'll Shut Up — Right After This What if the world has a soul? Fri: Healthy Pets Greenies are not for alone time for dogs Sat: Marketing Today What’s your exit strategy? Thorndike wins state ski title Ashland’s Isabelle Thorndike captured a state title Friday at the state skiing meet. AHS girls boarders qualify for finals Hallie Beaver drops out with knee injury Class 4A State Basketball Playoffs Ashland loses Tough Southridge H.S. team proves to much for Grizzlies SOU wrestling Four SOU wrestlers advance to semis Raider grapplers in title contention at NAIA national meet Opinion & Editorial — LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — *UPDATED ... Web Letters — EDITORIAL The joke is on President Bush If ever a reason existed to lose all confidence, it is the precise moment the most powerful man in the world, the POTUS, the commander-in-chief, utters that he is indeed “confident.” — OPINION PAGE POLICY COLUMNIST Updated Tuesdays: From the Right Side Mike Green American Values If you asked one hundred people what American values are, it is likely you will receive at least that many different answers. So, it stands to reason that we the people, and our leaders, are a bit slipshod and inconsistent when it comes to incorporating American values into our daily decisions. Take, for example, the 5 million American taxpayer dollars that some unknown and unnamed appointed authority in our government offered to a coalition of Syrian political groups that call themselves the Damascus Declaration. Is it within the scope of American values to allow our government leaders the option to engage in acts of capricious bribery anywhere in the world they desire for any reason they deem legitimate? It certainly appears that way. CASE IN POINT (OPED) Updated Mondays: — Case In Point : A hunt involves more than this There’s no shortage of atavistic images of our national leaders walking through an open field with a shotgun resting over one arm, regaled in cammies, day-glo vest, hat, a game bag filled with small quail, dogs circling excitedly. John Kerry struck this pose just prior to the ’04 election, a contrived bit of public relations that gave proof to his repeated campaign statement that he was an avid hunter and stood shoulder to shoulder with those whose closets and garages were filled with all the necessary gear to knock bird, squirrel, varmint, or deer into next week. Of late, hunting has been much in the news, ever since our vice president, when aiming for a quail the size of a nerf ball, downed a fellow hunter instead. Front pages and electronic screens showed the veep standing in short grass, outfitted to the nines, an over/under shotgun raised, trained on, we imagine, a flushed bird that was hell bent on beating a retreat. The vice president has said, on numerous occasions, that he is an avid hunter (avid being his word choice), and has hunted in countless states, the pursuit of game birds being something that gives him one heck of a good feeling. — Obituaries No police reports at press deadline click here to see print version Replete with history, this year’s Academy Awards focus on a different type of movie Is this Hollywood’s sea change? Perhaps. Never let it be said that Hollywood isn’t paying attention, even when in the throes of making “The Dukes of Hazard.” Perhaps the best evidence of what might be a significant sea change in moviemaking are this year’s nominations. 2006 AIFF Selections AIFF selections make local party interesting Six films selected for 2006 festival are up for Academy Awards In Review | The Diary of Anne Frank A play too upbeat for horrible times At the conclusion of “The Diary of Anne Frank,” the audience rises as one and gives the cast a standing ovation. Chocolate festival returns It’s a sweet weekend to be in Ashland. For two delectable days, the Oregon Chocolate Festival will satisfy the sweet tooth with artisan chocolates created by 15 chocolatiers from around the state Movies | T.V. | Calendar Stories updated by 6 p.m. Thursday ( Back issues available ) There are two love stories woven into “ Guys and Dolls ,” the 1950 Broadway musical that Ashland High School Theatre is presenting tonight in its Mountain Theatre for a limited run. It is an event in which over 100 AHS students will participate. Directed by Bruce Hostetler, it promises to be a rich and rollicking revival. Shaktari Belew back from hiatus with Headwaters show For Ashland artist Shaktari Belew, it’s all a matter of perspective, from her art to her life philosophy. After a long hiatus from painting spent writing a book, Belew is exhibiting her art and book in her show, “Deep Perception” at Headwaters through March. 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. * Note: The stories below are submitted by local residents, and are not changed on a regular basis, but will be replaced as other submissions are received. 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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