Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-09
Tuesday, Nov. 10 Shakespeare and Charlie Brown: Shakespeare expert Mike Jensen will present "This is Shakespeare, Charlie Brown: How Charles M. Schulz Used Shakespeare in Peanuts and Other Comic Strip Work" from 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, at the Ashland library, 410 Siskiyou Blvd. Learn how Peanuts comic strip creator Schulz quoted and invoked Shakespeare to reveal the personalities of his creations. Call 541-774-6996 or see www.jcls.org . Ashland Tuesday Market: Fresh produce and other goods
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-09
So many policy proposals aimed at reducing economic inequality emphasize moving disadvantaged people into higher-paying, higher-skilled jobs, typically with more access to education and training. We do need to invest far more in expanding opportunity for fellow citizens who have lost all hope for advancement, but there is a flaw in this thinking, as Steven Dawson argues in “Make Bad Jobs Better,” a compendium of his recent work published earlier this year by the Pinkerton Foundation. If we defin
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-09
A former school administrator I deeply respect had a saying: “School is about second chances.” It’s a saying that has stuck with me through the years. Many times, the best thing that parents and teachers can do for school-age children is teach them how they can recover from poor choices and turn their lives around in ways big and small. As the year draws to a close, the calendar serves as a reminder that the school year is nearly half over. For some students, that means they
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-09
It’s a hot time at the old County Fair these days, but hopefully not as hot as it has been in the past. A lot of us still remember walking the 100-plus-degree midway in tank tops and shorts, while a mini-cascade of perspiration rippled down our foreheads. I’m writing this a week before opening day at Central Point, so if temperatures have suddenly soared — please remember, soothsaying and weather prognostication are not included in History Snoop’s bag of tricks. The farmers and ranchers of Jacks
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-09
After selling the wildly successful organic Dagoba Chocolates to Hershey Chocolate, Frederick Schilling went on to spawn another, similarly conscious, organic and fair-traded commodity, using coconut and cocoa farmers — 14,000 of them — in Indonesia.  Schilling, 42, is still in his beloved Ashland, marketing their many products, but his partner and co-founder Ben Ripple works in Bali, overseeing the largest organic growing operation in Southeast Asia, says Schilling, and doing
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-09
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: Click here for more national and international news. 1. HOW 'AFFLUENZA' TEEN SAID FAREWELL Eighteen-year-old Ethan Couch had something "akin to a going-away party" before traveling to Mexico with his mother, as authorities in Texas were investigating whether he had violated his probation, the sheriff says. 2. IRAN ACCUSED OF CONDUCTING ROCKET TESTS NEAR WARSHIPS The U.S. says the tests
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-09
Two more Ashland High School Students earned college-sponsored National Merit Scholarships, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced June 6. Clover Hall of Ashland and Alexander Webb of Talent are among approximately 3,500 winners of National Merit Scholarships financed by U.S. colleges and universities. AHS students Claire Pryor, Julian Rice and Dylan Kistler were previously named winners of scholarships in another National Merit Scholarship program. Hall, who anticipates pursuing a
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-26
Multicultural dance troupe Complexions Contemporary Ballet, directed by Desmond Richardson and Dwight Rhoden, was founded in 1994 and is committed to blending all styles of dance from ballet to hip-hop. Look for a passionate tribute to late rock star David Bowie. The show is set for 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, at the Craterian Theater, 23 S. Central Ave., Medford. Tickets are $32, $35 or $38, $22, $25 or $28 for ages 22 and younger, and can be purchased online at craterian.org, at the box offic
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-17
ELECTION LETTER DEADLINE Because of the volume of election letters, we are setting a deadline of 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19 for letters endorsing or opposing candidates or ballot measures. Election letters received after that time cannot be assured of publication. Vote for Kramer In the October Sneak Preview, Councilor Stephen Jensen said the chaos surrounding the 2017-2019 budget process was due, among other things, to “cranky Budget Committee members” and that the “public antagonism and contention
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-16
During this summer’s wildfire smoke siege, the base of potential diners for Ashland's Greenleaf Restaurant was “halved,” cutting sales by roughly a hefty 50 percent and making their creekside dining a place customers didn’t want to go. “It turned summer into something like you’d see in September or October,” says Manager Charlie Bass. “No one was out.” Neil Clooney, owner of Smithfield’s restaurant, normally a spot for joyous summer imbibing and dancing outside, reports, “We lost the patio for f
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-16
Every classic play was a new play at one point in time, says Ashland New Plays Festival’s executive director Kyle Haden. “Think of how exciting it must have been for that first audience to see ‘Hamlet’ or August Wilson’s ‘Piano Lesson’ or Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘Hamilton.’ All of the classics have to start somewhere,” he says. “Being part of that beginning process is exciting for the artists writing, for those directly working on the plays, for our readers sifting through all the plays looking for
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-16
The former vice president was in rural Kentucky campaigning for Democrats, where he stated that President Trump “is just trashing American values the way he talks about people, the way he makes fun of people, the way he denigrates folks” (New York Times, Oct. 12). In July, Joe Biden responded to the forced separation of migrant families: “This is not who we are: America is better than this.” He condemned Trump’s immigration policy, calling the separation of migrant families “one of the darkest m
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-16
Today, most folks don’t know what kind of apple (or pear or plum) tree is growing in their yard and just enjoy the fruit that nature brings. But, often, their fruit trees can produce an overwhelming quantity. Ashland residents have an outlet for that over-abundant harvest and windfall fruit thanks to the Community Cider project, a collaboration now in its third year between the Ashland Food Co-op and Apple Outlaw, a cidery on Thompson Creek in the Applegate Valley. The excess fruit can be droppe
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-16
Every event has a calendar date these days from pirates to teacher appreciation, and the Great Oregon ShakeOut is no exception. Oregonians participate in ShakeOut annually on the third Thursday in October — tomorrow, Oct. 18, in this case. The movement in motivating the community to participate is actually a partnership, or alliance, between several organizations such as the United States Geological Society, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the National Science Foundation and more. The p
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-16
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: Rachel Hyatt bathes her daughter, Eva, 2, using a lantern and bottled water in their damaged home as they spend a fifth night without power and running water in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael in Callaway, Fla., Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018. In this April 15, 2018 photo, Dawoud Suleiman plays with a doll as his sisters Dawlat, left, and Omaima, sit with him in their tent at Dakuk Camp, near Kirkuk
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-16
Harry Potter fans and music lovers can join forces in the audience for the Rogue Valley Symphonic Band’s Halloween-themed concert at 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21, in Southern Oregon University’s Music Recital Hall, 450 S. Mountain Ave., Ashland. The first concert of the band’s 30th season is titled the “Deathly Hallows” and will have a few Harry Potter themed surprises. Admission will be free for costumed attendees and there will be additional activities for kids. The concert program includes: “In the
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-18
A missing Ashland teenager, Annessa Moriarty, was found at about 10:30 a.m. today in Medford. The 16-year-old reportedly ran away Monday evening. Her family was concerned that she did not have the proper medication with her. She left on her bike and initially eluded police before being spotted by an Ashland Peeps member in Medford who reported it to the police as well as the Facebook group. Ashland Peeps is a community-based closed Facebook group, of which Moriarty’s mother, Sabena Vaughan, is t
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-10
The city of Ashland is facing a dilemma of how to deal with ongoing conflicts on Will Dodge Way, where two nightlife businesses can’t see eye-to-eye with a landlord whose property is across Will Dodge Way, the alley between Lithia Way and East Main Street. Bob Kendrick, who owns a building with two seasonal condo units in the alley, has a long laundry list of concerns and complaints about O’Ryan Irish Pub, the Vinyl Club and the bars' patrons. Kendrick said he has endured noise, sm
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-09
“We have a voice, but no platform,” Ed Little Crow said above the beating of the drums at the Indigenous Peoples’ Day observance Monday at Southern Oregon University. Little Crow is a member of the elder council in Ashland, a group dedicated to ensuring indigenous peoples’ rights in the Pacific Northwest. Scents of smoking salmon and earthy herbs filled the Stevenson Courtyard as burning bundles of sage were passed around at a salmon bake. “We’re the smallest population in this world and we don’
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-10
The Supreme Court’s legitimacy is in tatters. Conservative forces in the country, led by the Republican Party, have completed a judicial coup, decades in the making. Republicans rushed through Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to avoid the possible consequences of an election. They aborted a full investigation because they feared what it might find. They made themselves complicit in a presidential attack on Christine Blasey Ford, a brave woman who asked only that her case against Kavanaugh be taken