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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 Children run to the end of the line after the Earth ball rolled over them to start the process over during the Earth Day celebration at North Mountain park in Ashland. April 24, 2006 *updated daily by 5 p.m. Earth Day Thousands make event biggest ever People of all ages stream into North Mountain Park for day of learning A consistent crowd occupied North Mountain Park on Saturday as the annual Earth Day celebration exploded into what may have been the most popular year yet. Click here for the front page of the printed version of today's Tidings Brown finishes tour in Iraq Public Works director finishing up military duty on East Coast, will start work June 12 Foreign Film Festival Overture Caché 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. Last update 4/24 A raven? Make sure not to eat crow Earth Day: Enlightened fun for global change On April 22, our world unites to celebrate the wonder we call Earth, and recommit ourselves to protecting and restoring it. Mon: Essentially Ashland Twin vision sets new standards Mon: Tales From The Crib Signature moment? Not so much. Mon: From Denmark Cartoons shatter Danes’ feeling of safety Tues: Off The Vine Don’t forget the history of Cabernet Weds: Food & History Japan’s tomb of Christ – part II Thurs: Sustainability Every Oregon home can support clean electricity Fri: I'll Shut Up — Right After This Why ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny Fri: Healthy Pets Make sure to restrain pets in cars Fri: For Your Health Are you squatting correctly? Sat: Marketing Today Location, location, location Surprise: Grizzlies back in hunt Ashland dominates North Medford in SOC sweep, ties Tornado in league standings SOU Roundup Binney reaches milestone Earns 100th win as SOU coach with sweep SOU women add Brookins Opinion & Editorial — WEB LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — EDITORIAL A good time to choose our words carefully Words will become very important in the days to come. The goal of a safe and inclusive downtown has already become another rhetorical soccer ball, kicked around by anyone with a foot. Only clear words will diffuse the potentially inflammatory rhetoric. — OPINION PAGE POLICY Updated Tuesdays: From the Right Side Mike Green Little Johnny can’t read … so let’s hide his test scores Two of the most widely trusted professions outside of physicians and attorneys are arguably politicians and teachers. Say what you will about doctors and lawyers; at one time or another we end up trusting our lives to them. And despite the rampant corruption within our federal government and state legislatures, we can hardly wait to line up at the polls to vote our guy or girl to another term of office. But who would taint teachers with the sordid stench that emanates from the halls of congress and justice? I would. CASE IN POINT (OPED) Updated Mondays: — Case In Point : Preempting the unthinkable As the dustup over Iran’s fast-tracked development of weapons-grade plutonium continues, it has been reported in the media that the U.S. is gaming military options, such as tactical nuclear strikes. Many of Iran’s nuclear facilities are below ground and so vulnerable only to nuclear-tipped bunker busting missiles capable of penetrating hardened underground revetments. We have such weapons. It is the idea that we might use them that should give us pause, especially in the light of the current administration’s policy of preemptive warfare. — No obituaries today — POLICE click here to see print version Chicago Promises to make Ashland a Cirque du Soleil kind of town Varsity again hosts film festival, this time going international Those seeking more movies following AIFF bonaza can turn to foreign film festival this weekend Two movies at film festival bring messages from the Middle East In Review | tick, Tick ... BOOM! An edge-of-the-seat ride through coming of age BUSINESS Grilla Bites nearly finished Does Ashland need a new downtown plan? Once you vote you will be taken to the results page. Only 1 vote per person will be counted Movies | T.V. | Calendar Stories updated by 6 p.m. Thursday ( Back issues available ) 2006 Rogue Valley Earth Day Celebration calls for consciousness ‘Today and Everyday’ Rogue Valley residents of all ages are invited to celebrate Earth Day at North Mountain Park in Ashland from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. to discover how this community may come together to make Earth Day "Today and Everyday." Charu Colorado: Pleinairist – Inside and out Plein-air (playn-air), adj. — Designating or pertaining to certain schools of painting devoted especially to representing effects of outdoor life done outdoors on location. LO CAL ENTERTAINMENT MOVIES: Now playing Duncan has plenty of gems to share at program Wednesday “I’d heard at church that the kingdom of heaven is within us and thought, Yeah, sure. But the first time I walked up a trout stream, fly in hand, I didn’t feel I was ‘outside’ at all: I was traveling further and further in.” So says David James Duncan, author of the novel “The River Why.” Perhaps you’re reading it right now, having accepted the invitation of our county to be part of our “Jackson County Reads” program. I hope so. Duncan’s prose is worth the effort. “I was struck by the suspicion that rivers and mountains are myself turned inside out,” he wrote. Bingo. Church Listings --> Copyright © 2006 Ashland Daily Tidings and Ottaway Newspapers. All Rights Reserved.