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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 Elizabeth Vonradics, right, with her daughter Ellie and friend Jeni Janson, left, wait in line Thursday to see a classmate in one of the local short films screening this weekend at the Ashland Independent Film Festival. April 7, 2006 * updated by 5 p.m. daily Festival opens smoothly, gets ‘Funky’ Ashland movie buffs lined up outside the Varsity Theatre on Thursday to kick off their favorite time of year in the Rogue Valley: Ashland Independent Film Festival season. From Thursday until Monday the Varsity will put on hold the normal Hollywood blockbusters to dedicate its screen to some of the best, most interesting and most pertinent independent films around. AIFF Film reviews and audience responses Click here for the front page of the printed version of today's Tidings Amid council turmoil, Bianca opts out Ashland Police Chief Mike Bianca asked the city council to allow him to proceed with his severance negotiations in an executive session on Thursday. * NEW * 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 Terry Skibby’s Treasure Trove Mon: Tales From The Crib And then, they are teenagers Mon: From Denmark Cartoons shatter Danes’ feeling of safety Tues: Off The Vine Evaluating wine is a personal act Weds: Food & History Latvia gives proof of a small world 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 Get familiar with your future customers lights, camera, ACTION ... money! Film festival brings big bucks into Ashland economy With so many films, scheduling can be hardest part * NEW * Planning on attending AIFF? Check out all the movies BEFORE you go by reading what audience members have to say. (click here) AFTER you've seen a movie you can be a critic too! Just add your comments and we will post them for others to read. (click here) AHS girls settle for SOC tie The Ashland High girls tennis team won three of four singles matches, including a three-set victory for Maddy Stokes in the No. 3 spot, en route to a 4-4 tie with Southern Oregon Conference rival North Medford, Thursday at Hunter Park. Opinion & Editorial — LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — EDITORIAL — OPINION PAGE POLICY Updated Tuesdays: From the Right Side Mike Green Secular is insufficient By reason we can divine our own path through life, gleaning knowledge and wisdom from a variety of experiences (both good and bad) that assist in directing and bringing us ever closer to an understanding that all living creatures are deserving of dignity and respect. This concept, as espoused by many who purport to be secularists, is seemingly benevolent and benign. Unfortunately, it is insufficient as an overall model protocol, doctrine or philosophy. ... CASE IN POINT (OPED) Updated Mondays: — Case In Point : Culture clash plays out badly for some No question, the written word is a glorious thing. To imagine a life without it, without fiction, exposition, even the truncated phraseology of emails and texting is to feel life being leached of its richness. ... — Obituaries — Police click here to see print version BUS STOP Having launched OSF’s 2006 season with her own production of Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale,” Libby Appel now tackles another and very different winter’s tale. It is William Inge’s 1956 gem, “Bus Stop,” that plays in the Bowmer through Oct. 29. In Review | The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada Cowboy speaks volumes by saying little A tale of humanity, in perfect balance As that wonderful, and yet again wonderful, quintessential Jewish grandmother, Bubbie, might say, “What’s not to like?” Well, nothing. “Crossing Delancey” is all good. 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. FEMA Experience in Texas 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. The impact of the Gulf Coast tragedy on Native Americans --> Copyright © 2006 Ashland Daily Tidings and Ottaway Newspapers. All Rights Reserved.