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- Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Archives Revels Classifieds Real Estate Menu Guide Wedding Weather Subscribe Contact Us Among the observations of consultants the city may hire to lead the latest downtown planning effort is that the Plaza is “underperforming” as the center of city life. January 27, 2006 Once more, with feeling City restarts its downtown planning a year to the day of its last aborted attempt It was a year ago on Thursday that more than 100 Ashlanders met at the Historic Ashland Armory to initiate a new downtown plan. At that time, the process was being spearheaded by the city’s planning department. Residents and business owners were sharply divided over the future of downtown. After a couple of contentious meetings, the city abruptly halted the process. See the front page of the printed version of today's Tidings Planners challenged for hosting infill meeting Discussing infill is no longer just a highly charged political issue in Ashland. It is now, in the opinion of two Ashland planning and design professionals, an impeachable offense if you happen to be a member of the Ashland Planning Commission. Bad weather doesn’t stop sculptors in final stretch As blowing snow and generally rotten weather swarmed Mount Ashland, Thursday, Southern Oregon University art students Cliff Miya and Mike McDowell decided to step inside for a moment. Tidings to review APD internal investigations The Daily Tidings will begin reviewing a portion of the internal investigations conducted by the Ashland Police Department since 2000 and push for access to all of the investigations. Avalanche! Experts explain what to do in winter’s most dangerous of predicaments Mon: Essentially Ashland Crunch time in Ashland Mon: Tales From The Crib Why we now say Shabbat Mon: From Denmark Feeling out of place, a snowfall provides relief Tues: Off The Vine Wine is great as an added ingredient Weds: Food & History William Walker, part 2 Thurs: Commentary The war on EID Fri: I'll Shut Up — Right After This Hunkering down with the Gray Lady Fri: Healthy Pets Raw foods aren’t meant for pets Sat: Marketing Today Who should help you? Kennedy staying positive Southern Oregon University women’s basketball coach Lynn Kennedy is like the nice-guy uncle. As he meets his team for their 6 a.m. practice — five days a week at McNeal Pavilion — the first-year coach gets into the game as he runs up and down the court running drills and slowing things down to give pointers. Raiders’ Farley earns respect with clutch shooting Whenever Steve Farley makes an impressive play in practice, his Southern Oregon University basketball teammates like to say, “There goes Farley, being an athlete.” The insinuation, of course, is that Farley is looked on as a non-athlete. Opinion & Editorial — LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — AT LENGTH — OPINION PAGE POLICY COLUMNIST Updated Tuesdays: From the Right Side Mike Green Liars, cheats and thieves … oh my! Welcome to another episode in the continuing saga of “Iraq, the sequel,” otherwise known as “Why is the CIA running Iraq?” In this week’s focus behind the scenes on the lead actors in the series, “Iraq, the sequel,” we turn our attention to yet another member of “The Family.” He is the cousin of Deputy Prime Minister (and new oil king) Ahmed Chalabi. He is also related to Chalabi’s nephew, Ali Allawi, who is the Minister of Finance. This man was Iraq’s Interim Prime Minister before we turned that position over to another long-term CIA-funded individual early last year. Before I introduce this gentleman (for whom I use the term loosely), I would like to remind the audience that there are numerous reviews of “Iraq, the sequel” around the nation. On Jan. 23, Oprah Winfrey conducted her own analysis of the theatrics we’re witnessing in Iraq. Unfortunately, her panel was replete with actors who were or are currently involved in a variety of the scenes that have been produced for our entertainment and misdirection. Both former president Clinton and his wife, Senator Hillary Clinton , joined others such as media mogul Ted Turner and Queen Rania of Jordan for a fun-filled afternoon of “who can give the best sound bite.” I applaud Oprah for her focus on Iraq, but unfortunately the panel she assembled was tantamount to rounding up stray actors from behind the curtain of “Iraq, the sequel” and interviewing them on the roles they played in the original screenplay and stage productions. CASE IN POINT (OPED) Updated Mondays: — CASE IN POINT Hold on to the story of ‘Night’ Much in the news of late has been the brouhaha regarding the memoir, “A Million Little Pieces,” by James Frey, selected last fall by Oprah Winfrey’s book club. It is a graphic and compelling account of Frey's time in a drug and alcohol rehab center. When Frey’s work was recently vetted by an online investigative Web site, it found that some sections of the book were embellished. Winfrey has since defended Frey saying that "the underlying message of redemption in James Frey’s memoir still resonates with me." The key words in Winfrey’s statement are "the underlying message." As if to make her point regarding the synergistic impact of a memoir, Winfrey recently announced that the book club's most recent selection is the memoir, "Night," written by Elie Wiesel, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. It is the account of his experience in the Nazi death camps during WWII. It is a courageous and important choice. — OBITUARIES — POLICE Together, differently The Indigo Girls’ marriage of music and activism continues with delightful harmony Miller’s ‘Crucible’ in search of a hero A play widely regarded as an American classic that delves into the turbulent times of the Salem witch trials, opens Thursday at Oregon Stage Works. In Review | Glory Road We’ve seen this before, but we still like it Movies | T.V. | Calendar Stories updated by 6 p.m. Thursday ( Back issues available ) Cabaret Theatre kicks off its 20th Anniversary season with “Honky Tonk Laundry,” a new country musical written by Roger Bean, creator of OCT’s 2002 show “Route 66.” Jussara Luz Padilha Jussara Luz Padilha’s new series of original prints, paintings, and collage work will be showing at Village Shoes and Art Gallery in downtown Ashland at 337 E. Main St. through April. LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT Book Review & Movies: Now playing Ashland’s cultural heritage should be held up as a model Recently I was looking through a collection of materials housed in our fine library concerning the history of the Ashland Chautauqua society. The Chautauqua movement was begun in America by the Rev. John Heyl Vincent in 1874. Like millions of others of his countrymen, Vincent was appalled by the horrors of the Civil War. No one had imagined at the outset that such a war could have been so bloody. One United States Congressman had said on the floor of the House that he did not fear such a conflict. He insisted that the blood drawn in the event of a war between the states could be “mopped up with a single pocket handkerchief.” 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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