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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 June 10-11, 2006 Music, poetry, jokes highlight AHS graduation ceremony in Lithia Park There’s something fun, unique and charismatic about the Ashland High School class of 2006. more ... WEEKEND 28 years on the bench Ashland Municipal Court Judge Allen Drescher steps down Council discusses AFN goals Two months on the job, Joe Franell has a plan U.S.F.S. auctions roadless area timber The U.S. Forest Service auctioned off timber-cutting rights Friday on 261 acres within the largest swath of undeveloped national forest on the West Coast. Cycle Oregon hits the road Cycle Oregon and the Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department have teamed up to design and develop the second leg of the first ever scenic bikeway in Oregon. Soroptimists award $14,500 to local women and girls Business i n Ashland Jefferson State to replace Siskiyou Brew Pub Bar regulars priority for one new owner Friday Late Ashland entertainer’s memory will live in garden created to feed the hungry in Ashland Friends of the late Joanie McGowan have found a way to honor her by serving a cause that was dear to her heart. Dr. Mary Cullinan named SOU president New administrator comes to Ashland from Texas AHS grads to party safely Underage DUII stats are down in Ashland ScienceWorks and SOU launch balloon satellite Slide show images from the adventure to be shown Saturday Blues show and workshop Noted bluesman Walker T Ryan will be appearing in a concert of solo acoustic blues and originals on Saturday at 8 p.m. at Ashland’s MOJO Rising Workshop & Event Studio Despite recent rain, open burning is still banned 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 6/10 A dream of COMMUNITY After several previously unsuccessful attempts, cohousing is taking shape in Ashland. SOU scientist in demand for wine expertise Ever wonder which resident of Ashland has the highest media profile? A good guess at the moment would be climatologist Gregory Jones. The Southern Oregon University associate professor is making headlines with his research into the effects of climate change on vineyards and winemaking. With global warming increasingly evident, Jones’s expertise is being sought by grape growers and wine makers here and abroad. Mon: Essentially Ashland The spirit is willing, but ... Mon: Tales From The Crib Do divorces come in waves? . Tues: Off The Vine That morning in Paris Weds: Food & History Josh Norton; American Emperor Fri: I'll Shut Up — Right After This Why we need Greek Sat: Marketing Today The Business plan, part 3 Roupp snares Division-I scholarship at WSU Ashland High guard learns of scholarship offer while eating lunch, will join team in summer school Look who’s back (or still here) Former and current AHS players will see action during Saturday’s Fuego exhibition Angels vs White Sox in Ashland Opinion & Editorial — OPINION PAGE POLICY — LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — WEEKEND LETTERS — LETTER: at length The Future of Employment Updated Tuesdays: From the Right Side Mike Green Peace through aggression If I kill all of my enemies, will I have peace ... or just develop new enemies? This is the question America has grappled with for centuries. And it is the fuel that drives the quest to conquer foreign lands today. Let’s face it ... we are a warring nation. We always have been. more ... CASE IN POINT (OPED) Updated Mondays: — Case In Point: Questions still remain It’s the question that haunts all discussions of the Iraq war: why did this administration make the decision to invade Iraq? What was the meta-rationale that caused the United States to put in harm’s way our troops and expend our treasure? Now, some three years later, at a cost approaching $300 billion, with thousands wounded and more than 2,400 soldiers killed, the answer to that question is more elusive than ever. more ... OBITUARIES no police reports at press deadline MUSIC FEST Major recording artists, including Lynyrd Skynyrd, Elvis Costello, Styx and others will headline the 44th annual Britt Festival this summer. STAGE & FILM reviews ‘The Memory of Water’ ‘Memory’ addresses pressing family issues There is a theory in homeopathy that insists that water remembers things that it has been in contact with, even after all traces of the substance has been removed. Water molecules, it seems, react to each other in strange and unpredictable ways. The same can be said of families as Shelagh Stephenson so poignantly points out in her play, “The Memory of Water.” ‘The Breakup’ needs closure It’s hard out there for a television actress such as Jennifer Aniston (“Friends”), doyenne of People Magazine cover stories, her every breath covered by the tabloids, especially when she slipped her Brad Pitt moorings and set sail on her own. 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 Briscoe School comes to life with artists and music from across the nation On the weekend of June 10 and 11, the grounds of the old Briscoe School will come alive for the second annual, Midsummer’s Dream Art and Music Festival. The park-like setting of the old elementary school will burst with art, music, dance and all the magic that one would expect from a festival of this magnitude. The festival hours are from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, and from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday. Artist in Ashland All in the family Violinist Kendra Law works with her two daughters teaching music LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT MOVIES: NOW PLAYING Remembering John Heidbrink The passing of an old friend brings back memories Church Listings --> Copyright © 2006 Ashland Daily Tidings and Ottaway Newspapers. All Rights Reserved.