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May 19 , 2004 - Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Valley&State Backpage O&E Sports Archives Classifieds Faith&Beliefs Obituaries Revels April 3, 2004 Partnership of SOU, city works Southern Oregon University and its students are indebted to the City of Ashland for helping us to restore campus network capacity quickly after a rooter malfunctioned and immobilized our system. The city's information technology professionals responded immediately to help Southern Oregon University. A highly rare event, SOU's network was disabled last Friday. It was the last day of spring break, and a prime time for students to come to campus to access registration, business services, and financial aid. With the support of the city, however, Southern Oregon University staff restored the network within a few hours. SOU faculty, staff, and students are grateful for the city's prompt response and their assistance in returning the university to "business as usual." We are fortunate to live in a city as progressive as is Ashland. It supports its community and the institutions fortunate to call it home. The city's foresight and planning has made Ashland one of "The Most Wired Towns" in America according to Yahoo! Internet Life magazine. This is just one example of the valuable partnership between Southern Oregon University and the city. On behalf of Southern Oregon University, I would like to thank the city for fostering a sense of what it means to be a community and to help one another in times of need. Elisabeth Zinser SOU President Uherbelau brings needed experience I write to express my enthusiastic support for Judy Uherbelau, candidate for state representative for our district. Judy has recently served three immensely successful terms as our representative. She was well known in Salem during those six years for her diligent, careful analysis of proposed legislation, her great ability to work well with Republicans and Democrats alike, and her dedication to the well being of Oregonians. As a practicing attorney and a registered nurse, Judy brings an unusual combination of talents to this vital legislative work. We need her experience; we need her energy and lively intelligence. Please vote for Judy Uherbelau in the May 18 primary. Virginia C. Lemon Ashland Support offered for Bates I am writing to express my support for Alan Bates' campaign for state senator in the upcoming primaries. As one of Doctor Bates' constituents during his time as representative, I was pleased to learn that he is seeking another office. I believe Doctor Bates is a person of great fairness and integrity, who has the rare ability to temper a forthright, practical approach with compassion and humanity. I respect his support of Human Services, especially in light of our current budget challenges, and believe that he has always had the best interests of our region's most vulnerable citizens at heart. I also believe he has the intelligence and experience to comprehend the complex issues that face our elected officials. In light of these and many other considerations, I invite the voters of our region to join with me in helping to elect Alan Bates. William J Coyne Medford Bates can lead I'm writing from the perspective of 20-plus years as a public works engineer with the Medford to state my support for Alan Bates for senator in the upcoming primaries. Our region's population has grown rapidly. As a result, our elected officials have been called upon to demonstrate a through understanding of the issues that make this expansion both livable and sustainable. Key to this area is maintaining existing infrastructure and adding more capacity to accommodate the new demands. These efforts add jobs to our local economy. Alan Bates' attention and success as a state representative in these areas, suggest to me that he would be even more valuable to our area as a state senator. I encourage the voters of Jackson County to let Alan Bates continue the work he began as a Representative by voting for him as their state senator. Don Walker Medford Living lightly In our modern, industrialized society, we are far removed from all but the last link in the chain of events that brings us goods. While our distance from the production and distribution process is, in some cases, of little consequence, in others, the effects of our behavior as consumers are far-reaching. We wouldn't directly trash the environment and abuse animals, but we unintentionally do it indirectly when we buy animal products. Readers who want to live lightly on the Earth and spare her creatures unnecessary suffering, or who are just curious about why animal rights activists do what they do, are invited to experience a presentation by four members of the Southern Oregon Animal Rights Society on Tuesday from 7 to 9 pm at the Rogue Valley Metaphysical Library, 258 A Street, No. 2 in Ashland. To learn more about our presentation, "Living Compassionately in an Industrialized Society," visit http://www.rvml.org/calendar/wc04062004.htm. Ron Elterman Ashland DailyTidings.com Home Page Valley&State | Backpage | O&E | Sports | Archives | Weather | Classifieds Columnists | Faith&Beliefs | Obituaries | Revels | Subscribe | Contact Us Copyright 2004 Ashland Daily Tidings and Ottaway Newspapers All Rights Reserved Site Search: .:Advertisements:. RESOURCES - Mail Tribune News - ODOT Road Cams