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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 February 24, 2005 More than a mentor The Medicaid-funded outreach run by the Jackson County Mental Health Services basically equates to the Big Brother/Big Sister program, except the children involved all receive mental health care under the Oregon Health Plan for issues such as anger-management, learning disabilities or attention-deficit disorder. Diverse ideas for downtown voiced Pedestrian access and parking availability are emerging as the two most important issues to the continued success of downtown Ashland, according to a mixed group of business owners and concerned residents who met Wednesday night to discuss updating the city's downtown plan. Boy Scouts accused of inflating troop totals A Wyoming man has filed a lawsuit against a Boy Scout council in Southern Oregon, alleging it forced him to resign when he uncovered that troop totals were inflated to boost executive salaries. Spring is coming, and it's time to Stop and trim the roses When the first golden yellow flowers of the Forsythia shrub open in the Rogue Valley in early spring, it's the signal to local gardeners to dust off their pruning shears and don a heavy pair of gloves Tales From The Crib Grandpa Joe Freshmen save the day as SOU men advance Four days after senior night, it was two freshmen who had game changing performances in Southern Oregon's 57-55 Cascade Conference quarterfinal win Wednesday night over Warner Pacific at McNeal Pavilion. Grizz tap Hall to coach FB Hall, a Southern Oregon University alum and Ashland resident, will leave NCAA Division I-AA Northern Arizona University to be Ashland High's new head football coach and physical education teacher. - Letters - Forum - Obituaries - Police & Fire Movies | T.V. | Calendar Stories Updated Thursdays A 70th season at OSF begins The Oregon Shakespeare Festival opens its 2005 season with four productions on two stages this weekend. Celebrating a fine year David Bjurstrom Studio & Gallery at 64 N. Pioneer St. in Ashland, will be celebrating its second anniversary with a grand re-opening on March 4 Creating works of fragile beauty For glassblower Candice Barnard who works in a studio with a furnace blasting at 2100 degrees Fahrenheit, her reward, besides the completed work of art, is the natural high that is part of the process. Movie Reviews Founder of Jewish Renewal Movement coming to Ashland The founder of the Jewish Renewal movement, Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, will be leading a Shabbaton in Ashland on the weekend of March 18-19. Church Listings --> Copyright © 2006 Ashland Daily Tidings and Ottaway Newspapers. All Rights Reserved.