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- Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Archives Revels Classifieds Real Estate Menu Guide Wedding Weather Subscribe Contact Us Ashland High School Principal Jeff Schlecht points out one major problem with flat roofs at AHS: When it rains, settled water causes leaks. See story below. March 13, 2006 * updated by 5 p.m. daily UPDATED AT 1:30 P.M. Di Chiro’s contract finalized The Ashland School Board will offer Ashland Schools Superintendent Juli Di Chiro a three-year contract at tonight’s school board meeting. School board member Amy Patton reported this morning that attorneys for the two sides had reached a contract agreement; however, the contract will not become official until the school board votes to approve it. See the front page of the printed version of today's Tidings School district floats bond options In a town where support for education has historically been strong, despite the reality that the majority of registered voters in Ashland do not have school-age children — voters approved the Ashland Youth Activities Levy four times in the last dozen years — the question may be how much, not if, taxpayers will fund education this fall. Principal of Walker moving on Walker Elementary School Michelle Zundel will likely transfer to the school district office next year. Otis Street land comes to planning Twenty-two single-family homes could replace a historic recreation and swimming facility known as the Helman Baths, if the Ashland Planning Commission approves a subdivision plan, brought forward by Sage Development, at its meeting on Tuesday night at 7 in the Council Chambers on East Main Street. Farmers market brings its new life back to Ashland Despite cold, snowy weather, an early hint of spring will arrive on schedule Tuesday as the Rogue Valley Growers & Crafters Market opens right on schedule. Two APD veterans celebrate careers Two leaders within the Ashland Police Department celebrated decades of service to the city on Friday. Chief Mike Bianca marked 20 years with the force and Deputy Chief Rich Walsh commemorated 25 years. Ariel lift should reopen Tuesday The Ariel chairlift at the Mt. Ashland Ski Area was closed on Saturday afternoon after an electrical fire. The closure continued all day Sunday and again today. It’s a dog’s role On March 4, from 2 to 4 p.m., David Kelly went searching for a dog. He did not go to any pet store, take a puppy from a recent litter or even find a set of footprints leading away from his tipped garbage cans. Mon: Essentially Ashland City politics strangles an ambulance Mon: Tales From The Crib Why we don’t live in the city anymore Mon: From Denmark Cartoons shatter Danes’ feeling of safety Tues: Off The Vine Bored with Chardonnay? Solution here Weds: Food & History The national anthem of Panama Thurs: Commentary Old books, new dangers Fri: I'll Shut Up — Right After This Drop to drop comes wisdom Fri: Healthy Pets Greenies are not for alone time for dogs Sat: Marketing Today Above all, remember to have fun Raiders take sixth in Classic The Southern Oregon University softball team won four of its six tournament games to earn a sixth-place finish at the star-studded NAIA Leadoff Classic on Saturday. Opinion & Editorial — Web Letters — OPINION PAGE POLICY Updated Tuesdays: From the Right Side Mike Green True Reflections When we look in the mirror we see ourselves as others see us. For me it is always a time for close scrutiny and criticism. It is that true reflection which provides genuine insight. And when we take a truthful look at our national reflection we can begin to see ourselves as others around the world see us as well. CASE IN POINT (OPED) Updated Mondays: — Case In Point : Administration forges flexibility in law As a nation, we live by the rule of law, guided by our Constitution and its amendments. It is one of our most fundamental tenets, one that we strive to make inviolable. It is because of that tenet that the Bush administration faced a dilemma shortly after 9/11. Clearly, the images and stories since told of that day will never pass from our collective memory: airliners, held in relief against a clear morning sky, flying directly into the twin towers; the towers burning, then falling; hundreds, nay thousands, of people were in corridors, in stairwells, rushing downward to escape. Firefighters, laden with hoses and equipment, axes in hand, were on their way up. Ever upward. We watched in stunned disbelief as the towers fell in plumes of billowing, swirling dust and smoke. Later, we saw the savage, smoldering gash in a farm field in rural Pennsylvania, and the ruined, blackened Pentagon. — No obituaries today. — Police reports click here to see print version SOU’s resource, Oregon’s poet Inada named state’s poet laureate for two years University women host chance to work with Inada In Review World’s Fastest Indian Film is a chance to marvel at Hopkins’ acting Movies | T.V. | Calendar Stories updated by 6 p.m. Thursday ( Back issues available ) There will be a showing of the film, “Keep Not Silent,” winner of the Israeli Academy Award for Best Documentary 2004, at 2 and 8 p.m. Friday at Southern Oregon University’s Britt Ballroom in Britt Hall. Photographer prefers to be in the thick of it For new Ashland artist Patrick Moore, farming and photography have been closely intertwined over the years. He’s been avidly taking pictures ever since he received a Christmas gift of a Brownie camera during junior high in ‘68 in New Jersey. 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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