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3 of 3 Premium Clicks used this month SUBSCRIBE Print + Online Subscriber Activation | Register x Forgot Password | Need an Account? subscribe | newsletter | deals Classifieds Jobs Autos Real Estate FEATURED » Obituaries Photos Videos Blogs Business Business Services NEWS NOW What advice for you have for new grads? ... Willow Wind ukelele concert Monday ... Ashland tennis club offers summer camps ... What advice for you have for new grads? ... Willow Wind ukelele concert Monday ... Ashland tennis club offers summer camps ... EDITOR'S NOTES Whodunit? Nobodydunit By Bert Etling DailyTidings.com By Bert Etling Posted May. 28, 2015 @ 12:01 am By Bert Etling Posted May. 28, 2015 @ 12:01 am » Social News p bs:newslist StartDate="20121121" EndDate="p bs:datecalc Months="3"" DateSort="1" UseObjects="1" ObjectClass="81" Taxonomywords="2324,665" ExactTaxonomyMatch="1" Image="1" Count="4" --> This whodunit turned out to have a somewhat existential dénouement: nobodydunit. Some readers of the May edition of the Sneak Preview were distressed to read that, supposedly, longtime member of the local theater community Deb Note had died (she has not). That’s what you’d think if you read Sneak Preview Editor Curtis Hayden’s column “It Was 20 years Ago Today: A Stroll Down Memory Lane.” Hayden recounts the 1995 review by Amy Richard (now media and communications manager for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival) of a play starring Note and her husband, Jonathan Farwell, in Actors’ Theatre’s “Shadowlands.” So far, so good. But then, Hayden adds, “Amazingly, after writing this, I opened up the Tidings and read an obit for Deb Note. Rest in peace, Deb.” This is where the plot gets complicated. At least one other local theater community member, whose name we’ll leave out, is distressed to learn Deb has, supposedly, exited the world’s stage. He reaches out to extend his regrets to Jonathan — who’s amazed to hear of her supposed passing, as they’re both alive and well and living in Colorado, where they work with the Bas Bleu Theatre. While they may have moved about 10 years ago on to a higher plain, it’s only 3,000 or so feet higher, not in another dimension altogether. The un-dead Deb replies: “I’M STILL HERE …!!” — certainly one of those instances where all-caps and exclamation points are, truly, appropriate. The obligatory Mark Twain quote about “rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated” is mentioned. This is where I come in. A demand arrives in my email that the Tidings retract the erroneous obituary and make other amends as appropriate. Long story short, I discover an obituary for Deborah Joan Note of Eagle Point appeared in the April 22 Tidings — an entirely different person than the Deb Note of Fort Collins, Colo. It was an honest mistake on Hayden’s part — who knew there were two Deb Notes with Rogue Valley connections? To his credit, he’s promised to put a correction on the front page of the next Sneak Preview, and in its letters to the editor section. As for Jonathan and Deb, they’re “rolling in the aisles!” reports Jonathan, adding that he hopes it helps the couple get back in touch with “some of our old Ashland crowd.” Part of that can be in the form of congratulations: Jonathan won the 2014 Colorado Theatre Guild “Henry” award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance as Antonio Salieri in “Amadeus.” And he hopes to revive “King Lear,” saying “because if I do, I think I’ll be the oldest actor (83) ever to have played it!” At least he doesn’t need to revive Deb. Moral of the story: You better take what you read in editor’s columns in their own publications with a large dose of salt — and maybe chase that with a splash of tequila. Just because. • • • Farewell to Rogues: The eight-month run of “Rogues: Tales from The Valley” wraps up in Tuesday’s Tidings. Don’t miss the climactic episode that concludes the second of two adventures with protagonist Dawn, set in Ashland and other Rogue Valley locations. We thank Rogues author Lyda Woods for sharing these episodes and colorful characters with Tidings readers and wish the writer, playwright, Rogue Community College writing instructor and producing artistic director all the best. Watch that Tuesday slot for new local features we’re bringing into the Tidings pages. Reach Daily Tidings editor Bert Etling at [email protected] or 541-631-1313. Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/betling. 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