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Reuters News Service || National News || World News || USA Today Ashland's nuisance law keeps party noise down By DANI DODGE ASHLAND ­ The streets of Ashland are just a bit quieter these days. The city's chronic nuisance ordinance, which gives police the power to cite property owners when their tenants have obnoxious parties night after night, has been a success, city officials say. "The ordinance is working really, really well," said Wendy Svaren, an Ashland Police Department community service officer. "It's opened up a new avenue for us to work on these problems." (More...) Eric Fiegi (left) and Cody George, seventh-graders at Hedrick Middle School, help move a cart of books into the school's new library Monday afternoon. Photo by Andy Atkinson Kids help cart books By PEGYANN HUTCHINSON They're moving them out ­ books, that is ­ from the old library at Hedrick Middle School into the nearly completed new library. Monday and today a number of students are loading books ­ in order ­ on carts and rolling them down the hall, making a left onto the handicapped ramp and heading back on the lower level to be re-shelved in the new library by staff members. Each trip covers about 100 yards. Harry Gates, school librarian and media specialist, says the students' help is a great saver of time and money. The student labor eliminates the need to box the books. The last day of school is Wednesday. (More...) Local man charges fraud over `kicker' By ALBERTO ENRIQUEZ Frank Marlow may be just one guy, but when he strode into the Medford Post Office on Monday wearing a white cowboy hat, he took a stand for all Oregon taxpayers who'd like to have their share of state "kicker funds" returned. Unlike traditional white hats, Marlow, a Medford resident and helicopter mechanic, relied not on a six-gun but upon his reading of state law. His only weapon: a U.S. Postal Service mail fraud form accusing the state of Oregon and Gov. John Kitzhaber of fraud. (More...) Mail Tribune Home Page