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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 The Ashland Independent Film Festival hosts a director’s dinner on the first night of the festival. April 6, 2006 * updated by 5 p.m. daily Tasting bonanza opens AIFF The Fifth Annual Ashland Independent Film Festival erupts onto the city’s social scene tonight with an opening night bash featuring what event organizers are calling the “largest ‘Tasting’ event in Rogue Valley,” with local wines, beers and food items at Science Works Museum on Walker Avenue. AIFF Film reviews and audience responses Click here for the front page of the printed version of today's Tidings Mayor to make case to council Police chief’s status is topic of executive session * Community Forum : Post your comments at the end of this article Driver gets 8 years for grad night crash A drunk driver who killed Ashland High School student Leah Castillo on graduation day last year was sentenced to eight years in prison. County lobbies for continuation of timber subsidy Intense lobbying of lawmakers will be needed to bolster chances of renewing a federal forest timber subsidy that helps keep local libraries open and sheriff’s patrols operating. Study: Student debt piling up in state * 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. A place for Ian For Katie Larive, of Ashland, the birth of her son Ian was long and difficult, spanning the Labor Day weekend of 1992. But in the end, Katie marveled at her small son. “He was a beautiful, healthy boy, a sweet, beautiful face and golden hair. He smiled constantly. He rarely cried during the first two years of his life, and he smiled pretty much every day.” 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 Bonobo – it’s not an ice cream flavor 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) — There are no local sports today Opinion & Editorial — LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — LETTER: at length — EDITORIAL Film festival merges into the fast lane Now entering its fifth season, the Ashland Independent Film Festival starts today looking every bit the staple of spring that it hoped to become on the local events calendar. Sure, in Ashland the Festival — the other festival — reigns supreme in our community ethos from February to November. But for five days those incredibly talented thespians on the bricks share center stage with up-and-coming artists of the silver screen. ... — 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.