Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-27
On New Year’s Day in 1882 in Jacksonville, 17-year-old Amalia “Molly” Britt received a special present from her older brother Emil. It was an imposing cookbook with the long title “Common Sense in The Kitchen; Treatise on the Art of Cooking Every Variety of Food in Common Use in a Palatable and Digestible Manner at a Reasonable Cost.” One recipe was for turtle soup, a popular delicacy in fine restaurants in the latter part of the 19th century. A turtle farm located
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-24
Animal shelter wish list Hey, baby, it’s wet out there! The Jackson County Animal Shelter is in need of big, fluffy towels to dry the animals off both after their outside time and after baths. The shelter would be grateful for donations of used (but still usable) bath-sized large towels. The animal shelter’s wish list also includes donations of any brand of premium dog and cat food, as well as used (but still usable) collars and leashes. Donations can be brought to the Jackson County
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-26
Lions say thanks The Jacksonville Lions Club would like to thank the following merchants for their generous donations enabling our annual Christmas Basket program. These merchants contributed foodstuffs and cash allowing us to send 50 baskets to some of the neediest people in our county. This program is in cooperation with Food and Friends / Meals on Wheels. The baskets were delivered Friday, Dec. 21, along with a regular meal delivery. Participating businesses are Bi-Mart, Jacob J. Finch (State
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-24
Christmas remains wondrous, but it arrives at a difficult moment for Christianity in the United States. We still see Christmas trees strapped to the tops of cars, neighbors lighting up their homes and kids getting as excited as ever. And the churches will be unusually full. This last point is revealing: A relative decline of religious observance has brought forth the “Chreasters,” Christians who attend services only on Christmas and Easter. Regular worshipers can be disdainful of the
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-24
A 15-year-old girl who was hit by a car near Ashland High School Dec. 7 is using a walker to get around and will miss about a month of school. Kailynn Cauley, a freshman athlete, sustained three fractured vertebrae in her lower back and sprained both ankles, her family said. Cauley said she paused at the stoplight on the corner of Siskiyou Boulevard and Morse Avenue around 8 a.m. on her way to school. She crossed the street after the walk sign turned on, but a woman didn’t stop and slammed
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-24
A 15-year-old girl who was hit by a car near Ashland High School Dec. 7 is using a walker to get around and will miss about a month of school. Kailynn Cauley, a freshman athlete, sustained three fractured vertebrae in her lower back and sprained both ankles, her family said. Cauley said she paused at the stoplight on the corner of Siskiyou Boulevard and Morse Avenue around 8 a.m. on her way to school. She crossed the street after the walk sign turned on, but a woman didn’t stop and slammed
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-23
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A tsunami apparently caused by the eruption of an island volcano killed at least 62 people around Indonesia's Sunda Strait, sending a wall of water crashing some 65 feet (20 meters) inland and sweeping away hundreds of houses including hotels, the government and witnesses said. Some 600 people have been reported injured when the tsunami hit 9:27 p.m. Saturday, the Disaster Management Agency said. At least 20 others are unaccounted for. Scientists from Indonesia's
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-22
Acoustic Dave Barnes 6 p.m. Fridays Green Springs Inn, 11570 Highway 66, Ashland, 541-482-0614 Jug of Punch 4:30 p.m. Saturdays 4 Daughters Irish Pub, 126 W. Main St., Medford, 541-779-4455 Dave Barnes 6 p.m. Saturdays Julek’s Polish Kitchen, 160 N. Pacific Highway, Talent, 541-897-4444 Ken Hart 6 p.m. Saturdays through Wednesdays Callahan’s Lodge, 7100 Old Highway 99 S., Ashland, 541-482-1299 Rum Tum School of Music 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16 Aqua Restaurant and Bar, 31 Water St., Ashla
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-22
This column is the first (and probably the last) occasion I’ll have for using the word “contumelious.” I came across it while reading old blasphemy statutes. The one passed in 1697 by the Massachusetts Bay Colony reads, “Whoever willfully blasphemes the holy name of God by denying, cursing or contumeliously reproaching God, His creation, government or final judging of the world, or by cursing or contumeliously reproaching Jesus Christ or the Holy Ghost, or by cursing or c
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-23
Suzanne Seiber is the choreographer for Brava! Opera Theater’s “Hansel and Gretel.” Seiber holds a Master of Arts degree in dance from the University of Oregon with a focus on movement training for actors. She teaches dance and choreographs in numerous settings including the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Oregon Cabaret Theatre and Southern Oregon University. We chatted one morning at The Growler Guys in Ashland. EH: How do you choreograph plays? SS: A lot of it is character
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-23
A pilot program to test taxing motorists by the mile launching July 1 could prove to be the solution to building and maintaining roads even as gasoline consumption drops. The program has its pros and cons, but some alternative to the traditional per-gallon gas tax must be found. Once again, Oregon finds itself in the forefront of a new approach. Under the test program, up to 5,000 volunteers will have their vehicles equipped with a device that records the miles they drive. The volunteers can cho
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-22
Food Project says thanks As winter approaches and the spirit of giving is at its height, we are thankful. On Dec. 8 (and five other times this year) nearly 3,000 households in our commuity left a bright green bag full of nonperishable food on their driveways, porches and doorsteps which were picked up by a brigade of Neighborhood Coordinators. This month, upwards of 33,000 pounds of food were dropped at the Ashland Emergency Food Bank to help our neighbors alleviate their food insecurity. The As
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-21
Jacksonville Carvers: The club meets from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fridays for carving and coffee at the Jacksonville library, 340 West C St. Admission is free. Call 541-899-5571. Book Nook Sale: A book sale is held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each Friday at the Shady Cove library, 22477 Highway 62. Look for new or gently used books, DVDs and CDs. Proceeds help fund programs, activities and library collections. Call 541-878-2270 or see jcls.org. Color Happy Fridays: Coloring sessions for adults will be held
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-22
“The sign of Christmas is a star, a light in darkness. See it not outside yourself, but shining in the Heaven within, and accept it as the sign the time of Christ has come.” (“A Course In Miracles,” T.15.XI.2). When our young son asked his innocent question “Why Christmas” I’m not sure what my husband said but it did surprise him. We attended church as children, but with adulthood came agnostic tendencies. We didn’t see much evidence of a supreme b
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-22
The Medford School District is taking steps to reduce radon levels in several classrooms after recent testing showed levels slightly above standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency. The test results aren’t an excuse to play hooky, the district says, and the students will be safe. As required by a 2016 state law, the school district has begun testing classrooms for the naturally occurring but unhealthful gas, finding most schools within safe levels and others fixable with improve
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-20
Three Ashland Parks and Recreation commissioners said they won't be resigning after Jackson County Clerk officials confirmed Friday afternoon a sufficient number of signatures were collected to initiate a recall. Commissioners Jim Lewis, Mike Gardiner and Rick Landt are subjects of a recall effort after parks commission unanimously approved in August a reorganization that resulted in the dismissal of former Senior Center manager, Chris Dodson. Reached by phone Friday night, they said t
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-21
I would like to thank everyone for the opportunity to complete Sen./Dr. Alan Bates’ term and the education that it has provided me. As my term comes to a close and I leave office Jan. 13, it is time to reflect on government and the many problems and opportunities that exist in our state. I had the pleasure to invite my replacement Jeff Golden to sit on the Senate floor with me as I cast the last vote as your senator and look forward to working with him. The biggest problem we currently fac
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-21
Police are warning of a new wave of scams in which fraudsters pose as local law enforcement and ask for money. A woman reported losing roughly $2,500 to the scammers Wednesday, police said. The woman told the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office she got a call from a scammer who identified himself as a deputy, according to a JCSO news release. The woman was told she had a warrant for failing to appear in court, and the scammer demanded she buy prepaid debit cards and provide the numbers over th
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-21
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is stepping down from his post, President Donald Trump announced Thursday, after the retired Marine general clashed with the president over a troop drawdown in Syria and Trump’s go-it-alone stance in world affairs. Mattis, perhaps the most respected foreign policy official in Trump’s administration, will leave by the end of February after two tumultuous years struggling to soften and moderate the president’s hardline and some
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-21
Share solutions, please Mayor John Stromberg was recently quoted in the paper as saying that “he was sure there were other solutions to the deer problem” other than culling them. Would he please share those solutions with the rest of us? Anthony J. Pippel Ashland Character matters The German populace in the 1930s accepted a deranged leader because fear-mongering convinced them of a “national security” crisis. Being stuck with him, they chose to make the best of it. Now th