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- Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Archives Revels Classifieds Real Estate Menu Guide Wedding Weather Subscribe Contact Us December 3, 2005 AFN sale isn’t cure for debts Although counter-intuitive, the City of Ashland would save little money from selling the debt-ridden Ashland Fiber Network — even for top dollar — compared to continuing current operations. That’s largely because AFN, like all city departments, has been shouldering a share of the costs for accounting, legal work, billing, human resources, administration and other services used by departments. AFN’s annual contribution for that work, known as “central services” in city budget parlance, is $460,000. Printed version of the front page of today's Tidings Board of fall Fresh snow on Mount Ashland has winter sports fans ready to hit the slopes An AIDS pandemic, and yet they smile HIV/AIDS, seven letters that have become so much a part of our contemporary vocabulary that when we hear them spoken, we scarcely take notice. In America it is seemingly halted, the numbers of those ill are declining, behaviors have changed, antiretrovirals are available to those infected. Like America, surely, the rest of the world will follow this arc of containment. Mon: Essentially Ashland Ashland’s solemate Mon: Tales From The Crib Sensitive to kids’ special requirements Mon: From Denmark Time passes quickly as new host family looms Tues: Off The Vine Vegetarian can be paired with wine well Weds:Food & History Expressions that have roots in food Commentary The perils of cartoon media Fri: I'll Shut Up — Right After This The need for interrelation is obvious Fri: Healthy Pets Avoid dogs’ parvovirus with vaccine Sat: Marketing Today Balancing interests and commitments Pirates brace for Marist offense Spartan WRs pose a challenge for Phoenix ‘D’ SOU men, Corban women win league openers Washington returns from ankle injury, has 21 points and seven rebounds in Raider victory SOU soccer coach steps down Chavez leaves team after eight years at the helm Freshman leads Grizz past Pacers Brenna Heater tallies double-double in OT victory Opinion & Editorial — OPINION PAGE POLICY — GUEST FORUM: AT LENGTH (2) Tidings’ new policy weakens newspaper DiChiro has earned a three-year hitch COLUMNIST Updated Tuesdays: From the Right Side Mike Green America’s WAR against RELIGION Today our nation is attempting to establish a secular democracy in a nation that is rooted in religion. In other words, we are attempting to achieve in Iraq what could not be achieved in our own nation. ... we have inadvertently swatted a hornet’s nest and released a swarm of problems that threaten to send us running from the region despite the president’s call to “stay the course.” The president ought to take a course in history. CASE IN POINT (OPED) Updated Mondays: — CASE IN POINT : Our Brother’s Keeper What is clear is that the Catholic church has singled out a group of individuals for condemnation; yet they have done so in a most ambiguous, if not blatantly discriminatory way. While the church teaches that homosexuality is not a sin, it does state that homosexual acts are. But if a priest enters into a covenant with the church and with God that he will remain celibate, then why would a man’s sexual orientation be at all relevant? There are no obituaries today. At press deadline there were no police reports. It’s all up in the air for Ashland’s novel ‘Nutcracker’ “Wassail!” a celebration of holiday music, will be presented by the Southern Oregon University Concert and Chamber choirs on Sunday at 3 p.m. in the SOU Music Recital Hall. In Review | Ebenezer, Who? OSW provides a new twist on an old favorite “Ebenezer, Who?,” which recently debuted at Oregon Stage Works, seems at first blush straightforward: two acts, a play within a play. But this is far more than a simple Christmas tale. Commentary & review Why ‘chick flicks’ have that appeal ... ‘Pride and Prejudice’ a worthwhile journey Movies | T.V. | Calendar Stories updated by 5 p.m. Thursday ( Back issues available ) The Jefferson State Choral Coalition will present two performances of their concert, “We Sing!” Saturday, Dec. 3 in the SOU Music Recital Hall. Due to sold out concerts last year, a 3 p.m. matinee has been added before the regular 8 p.m. concert. Ashland artist trades cold steel for warmer copper Deborah DeLaunay’s current artistic work couldn’t be much more different than it is from her work of 20 years ago when she was as an interior designer for a large, architectural firm. Except for the metal. But then it was cool, stainless steel fixtures, a popular choice in corporate offices, and today it’s warm, copper wires sculpted into works of whimsy. The Black Swan Theatre , Pioneer St., Ashland, will present three performances of Sonoluminescence December 8-10 at 8 p.m. Sonoluminescence is four creative performance artists and a visual artist together in an experimental environment to explore the boundaries of time, light, music and space. MORE LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT Movie: Now playing 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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