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- Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Archives Revels Classifieds Real Estate Menu Guide Wedding Weather Subscribe Contact Us April 26, 2005 Vote Alexander How fortunate for our community that Ruth Bell Alexander has decided to run for the Ashland School Board. Ruth has been actively committed to excellence in education for many years. Her involvement is multifaceted and includes authoring and co-authoring a variety of educational works, most notably the classic best-seller, “Our Bodies Ourselves,” and “Make It Equal,” a wonderful book about an innovative math strategy she developed. Ruth has presented nationwide educational seminars on using math games in the classroom. She has volunteered extensively in our local schools and has taken a leadership role in numerous Ashland educational forums. Of Ruth Alexander’s many strengths, one I particularly admire is her ability to facilitate workable solutions to complex challenges. She is able to listen to varied points of view, synthesize the information presented, prioritize critical issues and then identify common ground solutions that incorporate diverse opinions and points of view. Join me in voting for Ruth Alexander for the Ashland School Board. She is the right choice for promoting strong schools for our children and our community. Sandy Wasserman Ashland educator Vote for Hayes At an open meeting on April 11, the Ashland School Board took the sale of Lincoln Elementary School off the table for now, in favor of a lease arrangement. This decision may have the effect of defusing public outcry over the proposed sale, but it shouldn’t. The fate of Lincoln Elementary is only the tip of the iceberg. Remaining at issue are questions of what goals and standards the school board has set for our schools, whether there is a sound fiscal plan for meeting Ashland’s public education needs and whether such a plan has received input from citizens. If the school board regularly conducted its business in an open forum, the answers to these questions would be apparent. Sadly, this is not the case. On May 17, Ashland voters should elect school board candidates willing to address these broad concerns. Michael L. Hays is such a candidate. Hays sees Lincoln as a community asset that must be retained. More importantly, he is dedicated to conducting public dialogue on educational goals and standards and finding financially responsible means to reach them. The school board election is not the sole concern of voters with children in the public schools. Only through continually improving the quality of our public education can we maintain a vital, multi-generational community. It is crucial to the long-term health of Ashland that we attract young families, not just retirees. Electing Michael L. Hays to the school board is a first step in that direction. M. J. Daspit Ashland AIFF was great This is a slightly belated “Thanks!” to everyone at the Ashland Independent Film Festival for making such a wonderful contribution to our community. Both last year and this year I took advantage of the opportunity to immerse myself in films for five days solid and it was fantastic. The experience was wonderful on so many levels. I saw so many stunning features, documentaries and shorts that both amazed and amused me and completely enriched my experience of being human. But equally enriching was the whole community aspect: sharing films with friends, running into other friends and acquaintances I don’t see enough of, meeting new people, and just the buzz of excitement as people constantly shared their thoughts and feelings about films! So often these days, I watch films at home on my couch or among a small crowd in a local movie theater. It’s such a different experience to be in a full house of excited movie buffs. And very often, the filmmakers or even the subjects of the films were on hand to discuss the film afterward. AIFF is truly a stimulating and exciting community event and I encourage everyone in the community to set aside some time to enjoy the AIFF next year. Jim Giancarlo Ashland Keep estate tax The estate tax has survived a very long time quietly redistributing money throughout our society, guaranteeing that it doesn’t accumulate into private hands as it once did during the feudal time of lords and serfs. It also protected wealth from passing from the hands of those who grew it into pockets of the indolent who would waste it on foolishness. Until the neocons renamed it the “death tax,” most people were unaware of this tax, as most of us don’t have “estates.” But death comes to us all, and now under this new name, many people think they are against this tax. Your inheritance can be up to $650,000 before the tax would apply. Still think this issue would affect you? The inheritance, estate, death tax are all the same animal and serves the important function of redistributing vast sums of money to the public for libraries, schools, hospitals, roads, parks, etc. Let’s keep it. Sue Lily Cave Junction DailyTidings.com Home Page Archives | Revels | Classifieds | Real Estate Guide | Weather | Subscribe | Contact Us Copyright 2005 Ashland Daily Tidings and Ottaway Newspapers All Rights Reserved Free Musick Downloads Slippers Women's & Men's Slippers Ceramic Piggy Banks heloc Calenders 2005 Calender 2005 Accelerate Weightloss Products Memory Foam Mattress tcg student loan consolidation home equity loans teleconferencing W2 Forms cortisol weight loss Tatoos website design & marketing student loans African Safari Conference Calls - $50/Month Security Systems diamonds Currancy Exchange Online Casinos Community Student Loans Tatoo Poker Games Homeschooling Click Here .:Advertisements:. Site Search: RESOURCES - Mail Tribune News - ODOT Road Cams