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Ashland, Oregon HOME Valley & State Sports Nation & World Opinion/Editorial Classifieds Business Columnists Obituaries Weather Archive Hot Topics Forum Photo Gallery Revels Etcetera Backpage O-Zone Real Estate Guide Menu Guide Shakespeare Subscribe Contact Us Rate Card Place an Ad Online Games SOU students get ready to make their final walk-through Friday afternoon at Raider Stadium before graduation day at Southern Oregon University. June 11, 2005 Getting ready to go Saturday exercises include conferring of 1,083 degrees Identical twin sisters who grew up on the Klamath River in Orleans, Calif., and graduated from high school on the Hupa Indian Reservation will address fellow graduates at Southern Oregon University’s 79th annual commencement ceremony Saturday morning . Photo by Orville Hector | Ashland Daily Tidings WEEKEND SOU: Quest for a degree, sometimes circuitous, comes to an end Wind Woods always knew he wanted to tell stories, but it took the 26-year-old a bit longer to learn higher education would be the path to his dreams. Interrupted school complete Three years ago, a 150-foot tree crashed down on Jeanette Morgan, fracturing her back. For many, it would have been a difficult situation to rebound from, but the 24-year-old nursing school graduate looked at it as a bump in the road. NEWS: DA receives file on wreck that killed AHS grad Ashland police have forwarded the results of their investigation of a fatal traffic crash on June 3 to the Jackson County District Attorney’s Office, Detective Brent Jensen said Friday. SOU student goes AWOL from Guard A Southern Oregon University computer science major set to graduate Saturday failed to report for two weeks of Oregon National Guard training on Thursday and has been classified absent without leave. Resident input sought on plans for new city park The Ashland Parks and Recreation Department is asking residents what they would like included in a planned neighborhood park on Hersey Street near the intersection with Water Street. The public is invited to give input during a meeting that begins at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the Upper Room Coffeehouse & Bookstore, located near the park site on the second floor of Ashland Christian Fellowship, 50 E. Hersey St. Friday Mourning Leah Leah Castillo was remembered Thursday as the “perfect” student, child, sister and companion. Few charges as investigation into Thatcher-Stevens’ wreck ends Victim’s estate files suit against parents of teen Planners reluctantly approve amendment to urban renewal agency Although the members of the Talent Planning Commission had apprehensions about the scope of power of the Talent Urban Renewal Agency, the body recommended the city council approve a substantial amendment to the urban renewal plan. Scramble up Oregon Off the beaten path without getting technical Healthy Pets Vaccine not a panacea for Lyme disease Dual Perspectives Be an effective arguer Marketing Today ‘Re-serve’ your rights – turn no into yes Ashland’s Chad Healy, left, and Jamal Pautsch glide across the water during a recent practice session. Healy and Pautsch will team up to compete in the U.S. Rowing National Youth Invitational starting Saturday in Cincinnati. Unlikely duo off to nationals Ashland rowers Healy, Pautsch to compete in Ohio Next step: Respectability Pilots look to rebound from disastrous 2004 season - Letters - Forum - Editorial - Obituaries At press deadline no reports had been filed by police agencies WEEKEND SPECIAL Live from Ashland ... it’s Saturday (and Sunday and so on) night! Despite it being Wednesday, a crowd comes out to see "The Devil Makes Three" make some music at the Wild Goose. Rogue Valley rockers, jazz musicians, blues groups and more take the stage all week long at Ashland venues. Get ready for a cavalcade of Carol King tunes For its summer production, Oregon Cabaret Theatre is reaching into the treasure trove of hit songs that dominated the radio airwaves of the 1960s and 1970s. Siskiyou Violins playing benefit concert Bound for Carnegie Hall, Faina Podolnaya’s Siskiyou Violins will be performing in Ashland on Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Temple Emek Shalom, 1800 E. Main St. The Ashland concert will serve as the final send-off concert for the Siskiyou Violins, who were accepted to participate in the 2005 New York Youth Orchestra Festival at Carnegie Hall this June. Movies | T.V. | Calendar Stories updated by 5 p.m. Thursdays ( Back issues available ) June 9 - 15 A MidSummer’s Dream ... will raise money for Ashland schools and Briscoe-based artists Spiritual visions turned to art Grace Mantle, contributing artist to this weekend’s A Midsummer’s Dream and Music Festival, is a classically trained artist who combines her technique with spiritual visions to create paintings that heal. Her work may be best known around Ashland for her contributions to the Beloved Community and her volunteer work as lunchtime resident artist at Walker Elementary. ‘Eventide’ brings characters to life Eventide” is a gem of a book and Kent Haruf is a remarkable writer. However, to really appreciate this fine story, it is all but essential to have read its antecedent, “Plainsong.” But not mandatory. Movie Reviews Scott Dalgarno The irreplaceable ‘Mister Rogers’ I miss Fred Rogers. In her recent book “The Simple Faith of Mister Rogers,” Amy Hollingsworth argues that “Mister Rogers’” faith is not simplistic but is simple, and there’s a difference. Church Listings --> Copyright © 2006 Ashland Daily Tidings and Ottaway Newspapers. All Rights Reserved.