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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 Gov. Ted Kulongoski addresses questions from Roosevelt Elementary School students in Medford this morning. Kulongoski was in the Rogue Valley to sign House Bill 3510 allocating an extra $42 million for Oregon schools. April 25, 2006 *updated daily by 5 p.m. Schools cash a winner Gov. in Medford to sign bill that gives $42 million The Ashland School District will receive more than $200,000 in additional funding in the wake of Gov. Ted Kulongoski’s signing today of a bill that allocates an extra $42 million for Oregon’s schools. Click here for the front page of the printed version of today's Tidings Retirements hold off school staff cuts for now New programs funded but Di Chiro says cutbacks loom ahead Forum follows immigration law walkout After an impromptu walkout protesting House Bill HR 4437 yielded confusion and argument, the Associated Students of Southern Oregon University organized a forum Monday to address the issue of immigration reform in a different fashion. Medford planners encourage boundary move Developers got a vote for faster service in bringing property into the city’s urban growth boundary. Foreign Film Festival Annual event at the Varsity continues Trial of man accused of Ashland murder to close today 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 Give roses another gander 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 Riehm on his way to the Hall If you ask anyone who has wrestled for former Southern Oregon University coach Bob Riehm, what his influence has been, you’ll probably get just one word: profound. SOU looks to Texas to find next soccer coach Raiders hire former St. Edward’s University coach Clement to take over women’s program Raiders unveil FB schedule 2006 gauntlet includes five Division II opponents Opinion & Editorial — WEB LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — PRINTED LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — EDITORIAL Looks like we made it Though we are a business that reports local news, the news about us is interesting from time to time. Especially when the headaches we have right now are the best of times for a local newspaper. All this week we are learning how our entirely new operating system will work. When newspapers arrive on May 1, half of them will have been produced on a state-of-the-art IBM-based platform and design system, while the other half will have been produced on our old Mac-based system. The following week the entire paper will switch. ... — OPINION PAGE POLICY Updated Tuesdays: From the Right Side Mike Green When the right is wrong … We hear them framing the issues on television and radio news programs. We read their expert opinions in the newspapers. And we nod our heads in agreement. They are our nation’s voices. These men and women have names with which we are all familiar, and they exist on both the left and the right. In politics, media and religion. Unfortunately, the enemies of these leaders are doomed. They cannot speak because they are not believed. They cannot stand and fight because they will be annihilated. They employ tactics of urban guerilla warfare and are condemned for the innocent casualties of such war strategy. They cannot penetrate our media to articulate their message unfiltered. Their problem is one with which many of us can identify. ... 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.