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2006-03-19

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 - Subscribe  - Contact Us  - Rate Card  - Place an Ad Archives      Revels      Classifieds      Real Estate      Menu Guide      Wedding      Weather      Subscribe      Contact Us July 26, 2005 Fire threatens restaurant, motel Nervous patrons and workers at Burger King and Econo Lodge watch firefighters battle grass fire Fire officials are investigating the cause of an 8.2-acre grass fire that was ignited from smoldering brush on Lowe Road just north of Ashland around 11:40 a.m. Tuesday.   Front page of today's printed Daily Tidings Planning department will get a total overhaul New director, review of city ordinances and evaluation of inner workings all on the slate Top AFN post receives flood of applicants 71 people are interested in heading city’s network Rental conversions causing concern Last month an apartment complex property on the corner of Siskiyou Boulevard and Glendale Avenue was converted from rental space to condominiums, and according to Community Development Director John McLaughlin, “there is concern on the planning commission that this will affect affordable housing by eliminating some of the rental stock available.” Buyers ‘flipping’ over So. Oregon houses Area makes top list in Newsweek as place to invest in real estate Turkeys try out at Jackson County Fair The overhead misters did little but annoy and soak the three Phoenix High School students waiting in pens with their panting market turkeys. Off The Vine 25 lively Zins, and suggestions From Japan Editor’s note: this is the second in a series of journal entries written by Grizzly football player Robby Bruce from Japan, where the varsity team will play the Japan All-Stars later this month. Robby Bruce Culture shock in Osaka Wow, we couldn’t tell before we arrived, but after getting a chance to get around the city, you wouldn’t believe how really gigantic it is — there are 2 million people in this area of Japan. It looks like Los Angeles with all the buildings, roads, trains and people. The people are really nice and very polite. Ashland swings into championship Babe Ruth 14-year-olds defeat Josephine County, one win from regional tournament Sports front page print edition - Letters - Forum - Obituaries - Police     Movies | T.V. | Calendar Stories updated by 5 p.m. Thursdays ( Back issues available ) July 21 - 27 Britt Rocks Week after week through the summer, the Britt Festivals unleashes a torrent headliners of all shapes and sizes. Cirque du Soleil music director puts down roots in Ashland There’s a new artist in town, and he’s opening a new musical theater for youth. John Taylor is a former musical director, conductor and keyboardist for Cirque du Soleil “O” at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, and as a professional pianist, keyboardist and composer for over 25 years has worked with artists such as Jennifer Lopez, DeBarge, Rick Astley, and Expose. He and his family moved to Ashland about three weeks ago. Painting the dancers As a young child, spontaneously, like many young children, Shoshanah Dubiner danced and painted pictures. By 1966, Shoshanah was a stressed out and out-of-place grad student in comparative literature at Harvard. She longed to be a visual artist, but had accepted a scholarship to Harvard in part because it was too prestigious for the daughter of Jewish immigrants to decline. That year her eyes began to act strange: They would not focus on the printed page. They simply “swam” over the words. Movie Reviews The Age of Embellishment It was the fifteenth century. The world had never seen such a fashion for headdresses. Hats were huge, heavy, and reached such a height that doorways needed to be enlarged in order to accommodate them. But it was the fashion for shoes that the age was most noted for. Called poulaines, the points on them were so long and narrow, stuffed as they were with moss (no extra charge) that people commonly tripped over them. A quick tour of Ashland’s downtown shows that our age isn’t all that much different. Long and pointy seems to be in. Church Listings DailyTidings.com Home Page Archives | Revels | Classifieds | Real Estate Guide | Weather | Subscribe | Contact Us Copyright 2005 Ashland Daily Tidings and Ottaway Newspapers All Rights Reserved Deep Muscle Stimulator Ceramic Piggy Banks FREE Entertainment Guide Women's & Men's Slippers Accelerate Weightloss Products Backpacks Generic Viagra Vegas Travel Guide Search Engine Optimization Sportsbook Absinthe Supply Student Loans Hotel & Airline Reservations African Safari Hammocks Helzberg Diamonds Online Casinos Community Bonus Casino King of Spirits ink cartridges Mortgage Calculator Security Systems Mailing Lists Click Here Advertisement .:Advertisements:. Site Search: RESOURCES - Mail Tribune News - ODOT Road Cams