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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 Many cuts in the budget were recommended by the city’s budget committee Thursday, including a decision to deny Ashland Police Department’s request for three additional officers. As a result, downtown patrols may suffer, according to Deputy Chief Rick Walsh. Despite the cuts the committee voted to raise property taxes. May 26, 2006 Ashland City Budget City will launch community visioning When it comes to planning for the future, community members will be asked to look beyond the downtown and at Ashland as a whole. On Wednesday night, the Ashland Citizens’ Budget Committee approved $100,000 to help fund a Community Visioning Plan. more ... Ashland City Budget Property taxes to rise to help cover AFN debt Increase dampened by other budget cuts No new officers for APD Downtown patrols may have to scale back * * * Parks, schools reach deal The Ashland Parks and Recreation Commission and the Ashland School Board came to a tentative agreement Thursday night to share the cost of maintaining Lincoln and Briscoe school grounds. Ragland winner took water in her own hands Effort to save Briscoe grounds leads to volunteer spirit award Winmill says he’d step aside in commissioner race if asked Tom Winmill blames himself for persistent rumors that he plans to drop out of the race for Jackson County commissioner so the Democratic Party can select a replacement candidate. Kiwanis honors student of the month Motorists unphased by gas prices 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 5/22 Beliefs to music Josh Capehart’s first music practice space was on the side of a highway at a sno-cone stand in Texas. Capehart, then 14, had just come back from church camp, where he saw the contemporary Christian act Mercy Me in concert. Hearing them inspired him to start making his own music. “I felt a call in my life,” Capehart said. Mon: Essentially Ashland Awash in confusion Mon: Tales From The Crib A vacation that almost turned deadly . Tues: Off The Vine Ebb and flow of prices Weds: Food & History Two anthems for one country Thurs: Sustainability Every Oregon home can support clean electricity Fri: I'll Shut Up — Right After This Death: A grave mistake Fri: Healthy Pets Make sure to restrain pets in cars Fri: For Your Health Are you squatting correctly? Sat: Marketing Today The Business plan, part 1 Five SOU tracksters advance at nationals All five of Southern Oregon University’s Day 1 competitors advanced to Saturday foot race finals at the 55th-annual NAIA Track and Field Championships in Fresno, Calif. Thursday. Opinion & Editorial — OPINION PAGE POLICY — LETTERS: at length — EDITORIALS Updated Tuesdays: From the Right Side Mike Green So what? My kid can beat up your kid . If a single bumper sticker were used to sum up the sentiment held by millions of Americans who take great pride in the notion that we are the most powerful nation on earth, it might be this one: “My kid can beat up your honor student.” There are certainly legitimate reasons for our military to fight. But, when the nation and the nation's leaders are at odds about the reasons and rationale behind sending soldiers to their death, the people ought to win that fight every time. more ... CASE IN POINT (OPED) Updated Mondays: — Case In Point: Strangers in a strange land In the days ahead Congress and the White House will struggle to find a solution to perhaps one of the most intractable problems to come along in years: illegal immigration. Like few other issues (abortion might qualify), this problem is profoundly complex, clearly divisive, and does not lend itself to easy CNN sound bite analysis. If there is a middle ground it will be geography not easily reached as positions harden and the rhetoric heats up. As the debate is framed, what is striking is that there is so little discussion about causation. Nevertheless, if this massive, ongoing migration is a symptom, then the cause resides in Mexico. more ... no obituaries published today — POLICE Artist profile Bli nd Faith in his fathers flows to canvas Voices from the Valley turn to Mozart The latest in a host of performances of Mozart’s music is scheduled for Sunday and Monday, May 21 and 22, when Rogue Opera and the Southern Oregon University Department of Music present “Voices from the Valley: Mozart Opera Scenes.” Movie review ‘Tsotsi’ offers riveting filmmaking at its best The Oscar winning “Tsotsi” (pronounced sut-see) is riveting filmmaking. Based on a novel by Athol Fugard, it tells a story that gradually envelopes and then touches the audience. On Stage: In Review | An American Daughter Wasserstein play captures media frenzy What happens when a high-achieving, loving and compassionate woman is nominated for a high-profile public office? What happens when that woman is discovered to have done something minor, thoughtless and less than perfect? What happens is a media frenzy that reduces complex ideas to sound bites and people to social abstractions. more ... BUSINESS Coming Attractions Theatres buys Minor Theatre Ashland company buys longest running feature theater in country *Notice The Daily Tidings web site is undergoing a process of renovation in order to make improvements that will provide our readers an even more enjoyable interactive experience. Please pardon the problems in the coming weeks as we strive to make the Tidings' web site on a par with our award-winning print product. If you notice any particular problems or would like to offer constructive suggestions, or perhaps just want to tell us what improvements you really like, please direct your comments to the Content Editor at [email protected]. We welcome your input and appreciate your patience. 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 ) ' Duke' revived What once was lost, now is found. Well, not literally lost. However, “Duke,” a play written some 30 years ago by the well-known comedy writing team of Arne Sultan and Earl Barrett, will finally premiere May 26, at Ashland Middle School Commons. Arne Sultan, whose son Rick Sultan is a local resident and comic actor, was a prolific writer for television and feature films and an Emmy award winner. Artist in Ashland Small movies, big passion Peter Quince, an Ashland video producer, loves talking about his work, a life-long interest but relatively new career that he pursues with his video Storyline Pictures, where he collaborates with Claudia Ballard in producing what he calls “small movies.” LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT Movie: review ‘Da Vinci’ underwhelms at the theater MOVIES: NOW PLAYING Havura hosts class on Judaism and Christianity Beginning Sunday at 7:30 p.m. there will be a six-week historic interfaith study course entitled “Roots and Branches.” The class will consist of Christians and Jews tackling the difficult issues of anti-Semitism, and the future of our shared vision to make the world a better place. The course will answer questions such as: What are the Jewish roots of the “Our father” prayer? What are the Jewish roots of the Eucharist? What did the notions of heaven, salvation, and redemption mean to religious Jews in the first century? 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