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- Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Archives Revels Classifieds Real Estate Menu Guide Wedding Weather Subscribe Contact Us Gladys S. Contreras, left, and Alejandra Moreno , right, join other cast members going over their scripts during dress rehearsal for the Spanish version of “The Vagina Monologues” at Southern Oregon University. February 8, 2006 ‘Vagina’ en Español Spanish version of annual performance is a first in the Valley When Yula Mata heard about a production of “The Vagina Monologues” in her home town of Mexico City four years ago, she was reluctant to attend. “I thought it was going to be too gross maybe,” said Mata, now a mental health counselor at La Clinica del Valle in Phoenix. See the front page of the printed version of today's Tidings Grants for OSF, chamber passed Council receives tome from business group regarding expenditures Long-term plan on trails approved Eight paths through city would provide access for leisure use City attorney defends Nevada LID cost-split Resident brought suit, saying taxpayers are subsidizing Billings Car, headstones totaled in accident An Ashland man had a literal brush with death when his Ford car swung off Ashland Street and into the Mountain View Cemetery late Tuesday morning. Saxton campaigns in Medford Branding himself as the business-friendly candidate who’d get state government going as a no-nonsense CEO, Republican gubernatorial hopeful Ron Saxton spoke in Medford Tuesday as part of his weeklong campaign launch. Friendly rivals search for birds Mon: Essentially Ashland A dying breed in Ashland: blue-collar artist Mon: Tales From The Crib Murder on my mind Mon: From Denmark Feeling out of place, a snowfall provides relief Tues: Off The Vine Get more wine into your life Weds: Food & History Confederate army had few blacks Thurs: Commentary Second thoughts on profiling Fri: I'll Shut Up — Right After This Hunkering down with the Gray Lady Fri: Healthy Pets Aflatoxin is deadly for dogs Sat: Marketing Today Thoughts on management Indians top Grizz, close the SOC gap Roseburg sophomore heats up late as AHS win streak ends at nine AHS boys suffer costly road loss Grizzlies blow opportunity to make up a game on KU Opinion & Editorial — EDITORIAL — OPINION PAGE POLICY COLUMNIST Updated Tuesdays: From the Right Side Mike Green It's all about R-E-S-P-E-C-T Yo mama is so big she uses the driveway for an ironing board! Oh yeah? Well, yo mama is so ugly when she looked out the window she was arrested for indecent exposure! For those of you unfamiliar with this uniquely inner-city game played among many black Americans, it’s called, “the dozens.” But make no mistake, this game isn’t all about getting big laughs … it is fundamentally about undermining respect for others and gaining respect for oneself. Respect is what most everyone seeks, regardless of who they are, where they reside or the conditions in which they live. Take a look at the recent events in the Middle East. Since December of last year, hundreds of thousands of Muslims have become outraged about 12 cartoons that initially appeared in a Danish newspaper, which depicted caricatures of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. CASE IN POINT (OPED) Updated Mondays: — CASE IN POINT: Truthiness When it comes to truth, even facts don’t get in the way Last month the American Dialectic Society announced that it had selected the word “truthiness” as the word of the year for 2005. The Society explained their choice in a press release as follows which stated that the word “truthiness,” which was recently popularized on the Cobert Report, “a satirical mock news show on Comedy Central television chanel, refers to the quality of preferring concepts or facts one wishes to be true, rather than concepts or facts known to be true.” What the society is referring to is the use of the word “truthiness” by Stephen Colbert during a feature called “The Word.” He defines “truthiness” as the quality by which someone purports to know something emotionally or instinctively without regard to evidence which might be deduced after a close examination of the facts. There are no obituaries today — POLICE Camelot pulls off a ‘Miracle’ Actors enjoy the power of recreating an inspirational true story In Review | Arthur's Dreams Playwright Richard Moeschl’s "Arthur's Dreams" superimposes the theme of death, rebirth and transformation of the human spirit onto mundane family events of three generations of the Ellis family. It’s a large undertaking, and it is to the playwright’s credit — as well as director Paul Roland’s skill — that, on the whole, it succeeds. Movies | T.V. | Calendar Stories updated by 6 p.m. Thursday ( Back issues available ) Camelot opens its 2006 season with William Gibson’s Tony Award Winning play, “The Miracle Worker.” This stirring dramatization of the story of Helen Keller is one of the most successful and warmly admired plays of the modern stage. An evolving art form Digital art often gets a bad rap, but eventually this new art form will likely follow in the path of what also was once thought to never be a true art, photography, says digital artist Bruce Bayard. LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS: Authors speaking in Ashland Movies: Now playing ‘Affluent beggars’ an opportunity to examine ourselves Forgive me, but I’m feeling yanked in a couple of directions by the current discussion / firefight over Jason Pancoast and Elizabeth Johnson — you remember, the “affluent beggars” who walk our streets and whose story has been spread across the country by the Associated Press. And it’s easy to say you feel compassion for the homeless until you meet people like Jason and Elizabeth who’ve been pretty, shall we say, up-front about their situation. 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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