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- Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Archives Revels Classifieds Real Estate Menu Guide Wedding Weather Subscribe Contact Us Reining it in A costumed reveler leaps from the damaged statue on the Plaza on Halloween night 2001. Summer has hardly faded, but the Ashland Police Department’s plan to handle Halloween celebrations is nearly finalized, according to police officials. September 17, 2005 ACH shifts lead to 4-5% cut in staff Downturn in hospital income results in some layoffs; officials point to competition, rising costs Ashland Community Hospital announced to its employees on Friday morning that it would be making cutbacks and reducing its staff. Due to a decline in income for the 2004-2005 fiscal year ending in June, department managers were told to seek ways to make “staffing adjustments,” said Carolyn Johnson, the marketing director for the hospital. Front page of today's printed Daily Tidings WEEKEND The rise and fall of Halloween celebrations in Ashland The beginnings of Ashland’s Halloween street party can be credited or blamed on several sources. 75 years with the grange A number of anniversaries are being celebrated at the Bellview Grange this weekend. Betty Thompson, the current master of the grange, is receiving her 25-year anniversary pin. Her mother, Vera Kerr, will also be pinned. She will be awarded her 50-year pin. And the grange itself is celebrating 75 years of service all autumn long. Two Talent projects on hold while planning commission ponders The futures of two developments on the south side of town remain unclear after the Talent Planning Commission met on Thursday evening. Ashland School Board zeroing in on district goals Board members met Friday morning at the school district office to add specifics to the five goals the school board approved at its Monday night meeting. They worked on three of the five during the two-hour meeting. FRIDAY Listing of local efforts to assist victims of Katrina Guard goes to work in deserted city streets Elements of the 1st Battalion 186th Infantry (“Guardians”) of the 41st Brigade Combat Team (BCT), Oregon Army National Guard, headquartered in Ashland, are slowly moving into the “recovery phase” of their operation, after spending the last week searching on foot and by boat for survivors, residents ready to evacuate, and human remains. Home gutted by early morning fire Just before 2 a.m. today, the woman living in the three-bedroom house called 911 and said her roof was on fire. A bountiful community harvest The colors and flavors of late summer in the Ashland Community Gardens on Hersey Street are in full bloom. One of the Ashland Community Gardens' cats strolls through the planting plots. Off The Vine Technology can’t change the weather Food & History Independent Belgium came late Commentary Bush, bedeviled Marketing Today Pricing 101 Essentially Ashland Awash in administrative froth Tales From The Crib Don’t fall for the white bread scam SOCCER Home is where the goals are SOU women’s soccer team ends scoring drought with lopsided win over Corban SOU 5, Corban 1 SOUTHERN OREGON SENIOR midfielder Lisa Howard opens her arms wide to hug her teammates after a victory over Corban. AHS PREP ROUNDUP FOOTBALL Grizzlies remain unbeaten At Portland, Ashland High trounced Cleveland 41-13 Friday night to improve to 3-0 for the first time since 1998. VOLLEYBALL Tops in the league Ashland pushes past South Medford and leaps to 6-0 overall and 3-0 in league play. — Guest Forum HOW CAN WE HELP? We have all watched the news and have seen the total destruction and despair in the wake of Hurricane Katrina — so many towns and cities destroyed, so many houses gone, so many families displaced. From the Right Side The UNcivil war Mike Green Underneath all of the hype, stigma, dogma and propaganda, there is a war going on in America. It isn’t the “war on terror,” but rather the battle of the secular faithful (or as I call them, the anti-religious) versus the religious faithful (a.k.a. kooks) over the soul of this nation. This battle is the backdrop for seemingly endless political fights over such issues as abortion and gay marriage. — Letters (today's print edition) — CASE IN POINT Contemporary Religion: Despite what the polls suggest, what do we really believe? The fastest growing category identified in the Newsweek survey was “spirituality,” especially among those younger then 60. ... it would not be much of a stretch to conclude that America is going through a spiritual/religious renaissance of sorts. RESPONSES TO CASE IN POINT There are no obituaries today — Police BUSINESS Practicing wellness Bunny Lewis is not your typical nurse practitioner. This nurse practitioner ‘walks the talk.’ Oregon Stage Works presents ‘ Copenhagen ’ A tale of two scientists Stefan Fischer, left, as Neils Bohr and Judith Sanford as Magrethe perform in Oregon Stage Works’ production of “Copenhagen,” which opened Friday at the A Street Marketplace. In Review | The Constant Gardener There are many reasons to see “The Constant Gardener.” First are the performances of a fine ensemble cast led by Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz. Fiennes portrays a British diplomat, Justin Quayle, who is stationed in Africa. He begins the film as a diffident, reserved man, gracious in all respects, who then, when faced with a personal loss of staggering proportions, a loss that takes him into an international conspiracy, is transformed. Weisz, in the role of his wife, Tessa Quayle, is a study in contrast. Where he is consistently diplomatic, so to speak, she is sharp-tongued and unafraid when confronting those who she concludes can best address the problems of her adopted country. Movies | T.V. | Calendar Stories updated by 5 p.m. Thursdays ( Back issues available ) ‘Five Course Love’ shows alternate angles on affection Picture five different restaurants, each with its own kind of food and music to go along with it. Picture five sets of lovers (played by a cast of three) meeting in the restaurants, exchanging glances across the table. Sounds like a recipe for true romance. But add a dose of speed-dating madness, personal agendas and impossible pairings and you’ve got the recipe for “Five Course Love,” Oregon Cabaret Theatre’s new musical comedy, which opens Friday. Angermann The Geometry of artistic expression André Angermann (pronounced with a soft “a” and “g”), or Brighteyes as he is known locally, was born in Poland and raised there and in Germany. In 1982 he moved to the United States; last year, he moved to Talent, where he began creating his sacred geometry designs. Spragg’s ‘An Unfinished Life’ rich with characters It’s pure coincidence that Kent Haruf’s “The Ties that Bind” was recently reviewed in these pages. And now along comes a novel, “An Unfinished Life,” reminiscent not only of “Ties” but of Haruf’s other two well-received and well-written novels, “Plainsong” and “Eventide.” Movie Reviews: Now playing 'The rain falls on the just and the unjust alike' The devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina has me thinking back to Ashland’s New Year’s 1997 flood. Oh, I know, that was a walk in Lithia Park compared to what our southern brothers and sisters are going through right now. Word comes, as I write this, that thousands are feared dead. Few if any expected waters to rise like they have or to wreak such grave havoc. 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