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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 New homes built along Nevada Street corridor. April 12, 2006 *updated by 5 p.m. daily LID challenge lands in court City admits errors were made about Brown’s conflict of interest but questions its relevance Art Bullock, a resident of Nevada Street, doesn’t want the city to put traffic bump-outs on the road he lives on. But, because of a new development to be built at the end of his road, the city has called for street improvements that would do just that. Click here for the front page of the printed version of today's Tidings Racial slur incites gun altercation Davis accused of aiming Glock after heated words Planners OK new Brammo site proposal Carmaker’s hope for annexation of 8.43 acres heads to council Negotiations stall as Rogue River teachers strike Teachers went on strike at the four schools today after contract talks broke down. It was the second teachers strike in Oregon in the past six months, after eight years without one. RVTD shortfall could lead to route cuts Bus routes that have low ridership might be terminated this summer as the Rogue Valley Transportation District confronts a shortfall of up to $1 million. the Valley TODAY ‘Winter’s Tale’ talk Two win lit award 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. Different sexes, different diets Paul Buck has a lot to say about nutrition. A tall man with sage blue eyes, 83-year-old Buck is a biochemist by training. He earned a Ph.D. in biochemistry and physiology from the University of California at Berkeley in 1954 and taught first at the University of Wisconsin in Madison and then at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. Mon: Essentially Ashland Begging the question Mon: Tales From The Crib Chocolate: good – and good for you Mon: From Denmark Cartoons shatter Danes’ feeling of safety Tues: Off The Vine Reds from Italy can be outstanding Weds: Food & History Did Jesus settle down in Japan? Thurs: Sustainability Every Oregon home can support clean electricity Fri: I'll Shut Up — Right After This Why ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny Fri: Healthy Pets Royal Canin recalls some lines of pet food Fri: For Your Health Good joint pain? There’s no such thing Sat: Marketing Today Will your business model fly? Keitzman dominates Grizzlies Roseburg pitcher strikes out 12 in complete-game shutout PREP Local Roundup Pittman, Williams pace AHS tracksters Kling outstanding as well in loss to Crater Opinion & Editorial * NEW * Immediately respond to letters and editorials. See your comments posted within minutes! — LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — WEB LETTERS TO THE EDITOR THIS WEEK'S EDITORIALS — EDITORIAL President’s loss is not Dems gain The latest polling numbers for President George W. Bush reflect a new low point for his administration. Public confidence and approval in our president has sunk to 36 percent. Astonishing, but true: The Democrats still haven’t made up any ground. — EDITORIAL Bianca out, community policing in For months, the public debate about the Ashland Police Department spilled onto the streets of Ashland. As it turns out, we hardly knew what we were fighting about. ... — OPINION PAGE POLICY Updated Tuesdays: From the Right Side Mike Green Immigration ... the final frontier The problem with the immigration issue is that while it is easy to determine the motivating factors driving more than one million poor people to our land each year, it isn't an easy issue to determine how to deal with the inevitable impact of such mass migration. But we should start with learning the lessons inherent in history. 150 years ago, Mexico had the same problem ... with illegal immigration from the United States. CASE IN POINT (OPED) Updated Mondays: — Case In Point : Moral imperative is heavily qualified Over the course of the last three years, we have heard the administration frame America’s mission in Iraq and throughout the world as one in which we will nurture and support the tenets of freedom and democracy. President Bush has stated unequivocally that “Freedom is not America’s gift to the world, it is the Almighty God’s gift to every man and woman in the world.” This was international policy presented as a moral imperative. But as it turns out, this lofty categorical statement is heavily qualified. And we need only look at what is taking in place in Darfur for proof. ... — There are no obituaries today — Police click here to see print version What’s the matter with turning 30 ? ’ In 1990, when Jonathan Larson was turning 30, he wrote an autobiographical musical “tick, Tick ... BOOM!” about making life choices as he approached that scary milestone. In Review | Slither More gore, less of everything else In Review | Bus Stop Playwright weaves in wonderful texture Any port in a storm, they say. And what better than Grace’s Diner in a small town about 30 miles west of Kansas City? For this is where William Inge sets his 1955 romantic comedy, “Bus Stop,” when a near-blizzard renders the roads impassable and forces a bus on its way to Topeka to unload its passengers there overnight. Was Mike Bianca the right Police Chief for Ashland? 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 ) Kids, ‘Grease,’make perfect pairing The Children’s Musical Theatre of Ashland will premier “Grease-The School Version,” Thursday, April 13 at the Historic Ashland Armory. The musical, with a cast of 29, will feature some of the Rogue Valley’s most promising young performers in this “edited for families” version of the stage and screen classic musical production. Dance instructor focuses on children As the owner and director of Ashland’s Danceworks dance studio, Aisha Wand says the compliment she hears most and that means to the most to her is that she brings a positive attitude and patience to her teaching. ‘Eyes Wide Open’ at AHS The Ashland High School library’s photography series “Eyes Wide Open” features the work of Medford photographer Geri Mathewson for the entire month of April. MORE LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT Movies: Now playing Poetry often pierces to the heart of ethics “When Nazim Hikmet, the Turkish poet who spent half his adult life in prison, speaks of Spring coming and the sun rising, you can sense that he is seeing Spring coming through a barred window.” 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 traveling outside of Oregon. These submissions are not changed on a regular basis, but will be replaced as other submissions are received. Enjoy. --> Copyright © 2006 Ashland Daily Tidings and Ottaway Newspapers. All Rights Reserved.