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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 The normally bustling Plaza area has been even more lively of late, as cars back up along Siskiyou Boulevard. Traffic has been forced into two or even one lane through town during the construction of pedestrian safety bump outs. The curbs, when completed, will extend out into the street even with the row of parked cars, affording walkers a better view of oncoming traffic. April 27, 2006 *updated daily at 5 p.m. Character of city highest priority Meetings about downtown conclude with clear focus After two days of at least eight meetings attended by more than 200 people, George Crandall and Don Arambula are settling right in. The principles in a Portland-based planning firm hired to pitch a new downtown plan to this community say they are beginning to get a sense of what makes Ashland tick and what residents want from a downtown plan. Click here for the front page of the printed version of today's Tidings Transient found guilty of murder Jurich beat to death a fellow homeless man in Ashland hotel Bond won’t include stadium Committee looks to trim costs for final proposal for school improvements Past daffodil donations produce growing harvest It has been a bumper crop for daffodils in Ashland this year SOHS director controversy continues In the Southern Oregon Historical Society’s first board meeting since staff and former volunteers publicly criticized Executive Director John Enders, board members firmed up ranks, disputed the charges and branded them as “lies.” Woman killed on I-5 identified The woman killed Wednesday by a semi truck on Interstate 5 near Medford’s Exit 27 has been identified as Georgia Lee Webb, a 42-year-old homeless Medford woman. Oregon State Police are looking for the truck, which was headed south on the freeway. 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 A little pidgin goes a long way 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 no local sports today Opinion & Editorial — WEB LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — PRINTED LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — EDITORIAL Fixing the funding system a top priority While recent news out of Salem conveyed a level of optimism and success following the shortest special session in state history, the reality of a broken financial system remains. True, the special session produced results for the people of Oregon, including another $42 million in public school funding. Ashland benefited directly with more than $200,000 of those funds, courtesy of Mr. Kulongoski, whose bet is paying off. By adding slot machines to our legalized gambling, revenues have risen as hoped. Of course they would. Slot machines are known to be the most addictive form of gambling available. — 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. — OBITUARIES — 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.