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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 Aurora Olson,4, left, and Lily, 3, enjoy a cool splash at the Garfield fountain. May 19, 2006 Memorable heat gives way today A new front rolled into the Valley today lowering temperatures that hit the mid 90s throughout the week. Valley residents found many cool spots to beat the heat Thursday, like Garfield Park ... more ... Mayor breaks tie, shelves downtown plan The possibility of doing a downtown plan in Ashland this year officially died on Thursday night when a divided Ashland City Council had their tie vote broken by Mayor John Morrison’s no vote. 76-year-old CERT member gives survival a 72-hour test The former llama farmer from Grants Pass is training to test her emergency preparedness in case of a natural disaster. New AFN budget to decline City to phase out TV service by year’s end Rogue Valley Transportation may double bus fares Rides for 99 disabled people in jeopardy 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 The natural touch Step-by-step guide to flower arranging asserts greens are the answer 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? Grizzlies roar at districts Hemphill cruises to repeat win in 3,000; Jackson PR’s for discus title; Pittman takes second in high jump Moyse ‘pumped’ after first-round win at state Ashland High senior easily advances at 4A state tennis tournament, but Grizz teammates fall Opinion & Editorial — OPINION PAGE POLICY — LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — EDITORIAL The winner is nothing Mayor John Morrison backed away from an earlier pledge of support for downtown planning when he broke a 3-3 council tie Thursday night with a no vote. 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 ) 'The Forum' Curly hair and beard frame a gnomish sparkle in the mischievous eyes of this bacchanalian looking fellow named Pat Patton. Patton takes time out of his busy rehearsal schedule to sit down and discuss his exciting and long awaited return to Ashland as the director for “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” at Southern Oregon University Center Stage Theatre May 18 through June 4. Artist in Ashland ‘In the Realm of Dreams’ New to Ashland, Linda Lamore is preparing for her first public show LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT MOVIE: In Review Poseidon remake sinks to the bottom MOVIES: NOW PLAYING 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.