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- Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Archives Revels Classifieds Real Estate Menu Guide Wedding Weather Subscribe Contact Us February 22, 2006 * updated by 5 p.m. daily 37 claims have city surrounded Ashland will consider expanding its urban growth boundary, according to City Attorney Mike Franell, as a result of the Oregon Supreme Court’s decision Tuesday to uphold Measure 37, the voter referendum that gives property owners the right to be compensated for changes in land-use laws enacted after their land was purchased. See the front page of the printed version of today's Tidings Company could stay in Ashland The Ashland City Council unanimously gave its approval for city staff to file an application for a state economic development grant or loan that would help keep a burgeoning business in town. City to seek emergency water supply Talent eventually could be more than Ashland’s friendly next-door neighbor. The town is likely to be a source of emergency water if Ashland’s water treatment system is disrupted by flooding, earthquake or wildfire. Fuel Committee wants to keep electricity on Low-income residents could be spared the threat of having their electricity cut off during the winter for unpaid bills. Talent planning commission seeks to lighten load Talent planning commissioners will consider lightening their workload a bit at the Thursday’s planning commission meeting. Soroptimists: 60 years of service Since 1921, the Soroptimist Federation’s goal has been to make better lives for women, by offering educational, community and personal services for its members. Spread out over 120 countries, the international organization is home to more than 100,000 members. Mon: Essentially Ashland The Cabinet Works has carved its niche in Ashland Mon: Tales From The Crib The dangers of daycare are many Mon: From Denmark Feeling out of place, a snowfall provides relief Tues: Off The Vine Judging is a rewarding experience Weds: Food & History Iceland's national anthem Thurs: Commentary Muslim anger, intolerance not so unusual Fri: I'll Shut Up — Right After This The oneness that comes with calm Fri: Healthy Pets Dental health is necessary for pets, too Sat: Marketing Today The joys of technophilia Grizzlies top North to end season on a high note The Ashland High boys’ basketball team said goodbye to longtime Southern Oregon Conference rival North Medford in dramatic fashion Tuesday night. The Grizzlies rallied from an 18-point deficit to post a 57-55 victory at Ashland High in the season finale for both teams. Opinion & Editorial — EDITORIAL — LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — OPINION PAGE POLICY COLUMNIST Updated Tuesdays: From the Right Side Mike Green Absolute Power Welcome to the United Socialist States of America (USSA). Don’t worry about anything. We’ve got it all covered. If you need food, we will provide you with vouchers. If you need shelter, we have government-subsidized housing. You’re pregnant and don’t want the kid? We have the cleanest and most modern facilities to get you in and out quickly and on your way … sans child. Don’t worry about paying for it … we have universal healthcare for everyone. Yes, sir! We’re the government you’ve always wanted. You need a job? We’ll place you somewhere within our government structure. And if you need daycare, well, we’ve got plenty of pre-school, regular school, and after school care programs. We’ll ensure your children receive the best education the little money we have can buy. Got a drug/alcohol habit? Let us help. It’s free! Oh, it may not work, but we’ll keep you supplied while we give it a shot. You say you’re retired? Well, you qualify for our social security. It’s a guaranteed poverty level monthly income, but not to worry ... everyone else on social security will be destitute as well so there won’t be any low self-esteem issues. CASE IN POINT (OPED) Updated Mondays: — Case In Point : Nuclear report reveals how misled we are Kahn was engaged in the nuclear arms for sale business for close to two decades prior to the invasion of Iraq. If there was any one entity that presented a clear and present danger to America and the world, it was Khan and his network of nuclear materiel dealers. �It is,� Langewiesche points out, �an ongoing story of great consequence to the international political order, and perhaps even to the survival of mankind.� Some background: Despite the existence of the Nuclear Non-ProliferationTreaty, with its parallel protocols, which restricted the export of materials necessary for the construction of nuclear bombs, regulation was lax and companies, especially in Germany, were doing business with a number of nations eager to join the nuclear club. For reasons that today seem all but inexplicable, policing of the protocols was soft, despite the gravity of the technologies being sold. Large-package technology was provided to the Middle East as a way of currying favor and gaining influence in the region. But no procurement network equaled that of Khan�s. — Obituaries — Public Safety SOU celebrates Black History Month It is in keeping with that tradition that the Black Student Union of Southern Oregon University will host the award-winning writer, composer and saxophonist James McBride as their featured speaker on Feb. 22, in the Rogue River Room. ( click here to see print version ) In Review | White Countess If you’ve followed the careers of James Ivory and Ismail Merchant over the years, their most halcyon days as filmmakers being in the ’80s and ’90s, then this, their final film together, is a must see. Regrettably, Ismail Merchant died last year, ending decades of successful collaboration. Perhaps the best way to approach “White Countess” is to simply comment on it as a film that stands alone, and not as a swan song or eulogy to the remarkable Merchant-Ivory partnership. Movies | T.V. | Calendar Stories updated by 6 p.m. Thursday ( Back issues available ) The Tony Award–winning Oregon Shakespeare Festival opens its 2006 season with four productions on two stages Feb. 24-26, 2006. Ann DiSalvo paints in dialogue “Looking at other art inspires me. When I see other art I want to respond with my art, like being in dialogue,” says Ann DiSalvo, a multimedia artist specializing in pastel paintings of figures and landscapes. 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. 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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