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- Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Archives Revels Classifieds Real Estate Menu Guide Wedding Weather Subscribe Contact Us Ticket sales at the Oregon Shakespeare festival were up in 2005 , reflecting stronger ticket sales instead of higher ticket prices. Local merchants saw the effect of more tourism in the form of higher receipts, and the festival hopes that a push to sell Ashland will bring in even more people in 2006. November 9, 2005 OSF leads strong season Revenue up despite flat ticket prices; other businesses see benefits An attendance of 373,310 resulted in 84 percent capacity in the three theaters through the nine-month, 12-play festival that closed Oct. 30, according to OSF officials. The $110,000 revenue increase in 2005 — the festival’s 70th season — is entirely based on the 4 percent rise in attendance. Front page of today's printed Daily Tidings First Street building on table again Northlight denied nixed by planning commission Key communicators view school’s future Ashland Schools superintendent Juli Di Chiro toured three dozen community members through the Ashland Quality Education Model and the facilities planning process on Tuesday night. the Valley TODAY Dog owners foul Phoenix park Southern Oregon countryside, by horseback Rain or shine, a horse is one of the best ways top enjoy the outdoors Mon: Essentially Ashland Dark, un-cozy bar offered cold welcome to Ashland Mon: Tales From The Crib A call from the principal at school Tues: Off The Vine Don’t worry about going into the shop Weds:Food & History Chilean hero was of Irish background Commentary Party-crashers need to head on home Fri: Healthy Pets Know about toxins around your property Sat: Marketing Today Reaping the double windfall PREP SOCCER Grizzlies move on Ashland edges Summit, advances to quarterfinals Phoenix boys’ soccer team earns playoff win Pirates overcome snow, Ontario en route to first-round comeback — EDITORIAL The City of Ashland crossed an important threshold with Ashland Fiber Network this fall. When the council approved a $7.50 charge on all electric customers, i.e., virtually every resident of the city, it pushed the timeline of determining AFN’s fate up dramatically. — FORUM The recent resolution by the Ashland City Council requesting the Oregon Shakespeare Festival Board of Directors to abandon plans to ask its members whether they wish to give up their voting rights to the organization’s governance is very unfortunate. Sadly, I believe it marks a turning point in an otherwise long and successful relationship with the City of Ashland since the first production was staged in July 1935. — LETTERS From the Right Side Mike Green Updated Tuesdays: Ashland’s Flailing Network ( AFN ) A lesson in socialism There is no doubt the city leaders who came up with the idea to delve into the business world and launch a high tech company owned by the residents of Ashland were well intentioned. But they were not well informed. There is a reason why socialism, for all of its good intentions and utopian ideals … just doesn’t work. Updated Mondays: — CASE IN POINT : Roe v. Wade This high court nomination puts abortion center stage With the withdrawal of Miers’ nomination, and the nomination of Samuel Alito, what is referred to as the president’s base is much pleased and itching for a fight. It will be the fight that they wanted before Miers name was offered up, and were so disappointed they were not going to get. Until now. In essence, this fight is about the landmark decision which established that all state laws outlawing or restricting abortion violated a constitutional right to privacy and those laws should be overturned. — Obituaries — Police Movies | T.V. | Calendar Stories updated by 5 p.m. Thursdays ( Back issues available ) New Ashland singer/artist set to release three new albums “That’s me. I’m five foot one,” Laura Cantrell laughs, adding that the singing connection wasn’t intentional, although she did start performing at an early age, and the New Age CD “Listen with Your Heart,” that she recorded with Grammy finalist Will Clipman climbed to position 17 last year in the Top 100 new age/ambient/world radio/Internet airwaves chart. Due to sold-out performances , Camelot Theatre will extend for one week the musical “The 1940s Radio Hour.” More Local Entertainment Movie Reviews: Now playing Church Listings Rosa Parks’ contribution honored I only saw her once. She was in her 70s then. Rosa Parks was shy and soft-spoken, at home in her own skin but clearly uncomfortable with celebrity, known as she was as mother of our nations’ civil rights movement. She acknowledged pride in the title but seemed more at home looking on as others spoke of all that was won in those pioneering days. 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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