Lorraine Vail’s and Ed Smith’s garden at 780 Walker St. is the Ashland Garden Club’s Garden of the Month for June 2022. It is a very special garden in many ways, not least of which is the couple’s desire to share the beauty and knowledge they have gained through creating this garden.
Lee Juillerat: “Call me a prude, but incessant swearing, acts of violence, including a mass murder, running away from the law, beating up other people, for whatever allegedly justifiable reason, should not be condoned or celebrated.”
James Bruce of Ashland captured this image of, from bottom left to upper right, Venus, the Moon, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn at 4:20 a.m. Saturday, June 25, from Ashland Mine Road. The spectacle won’t be seen again for nearly 20 years.
Matt Witt: “Affordable housing, getting small businesses back on their feet after the Almeda fire, and fire prevention and emergency preparedness are the public’s three top priorities for Talent’s urban renewal plan. Talent’s mayor and city councilors, who also serve as the TURA board, meet Wednesday to consider an urban renewal proposal based on those priorities after months of public input. If approved, that will trigger a period for additional comment from the public and other agencies before the board adopts a final plan later this summer.”
Peter Finkle: “One of the highlights of Fourth of July in Ashland is hearing our Ashland City Band play at the Lithia Park Bandshell right after the Ashland Chamber’s 4th of July Parade. You can gather with hundreds of fellow community members and have a picnic lunch while you listen to John Philip Sousa marches and patriotic music.”
A hundred or more people rallied on the Ashland Plaza Friday evening, responding to that morning’s announcement the Supreme Court had reversed a decision recognizing a constitutional right to an abortion. Participants included many with personal stories to tell about what the decision meant to them.
People in Southern Oregon and Northern California are advised to take precautions during high temperatures over the next couple of days, according to a heat advisory issued Saturday afternoon by the National Weather Service (NWS), to minimize the risk of heat illnesses.
Asifa Kanji: “I would rather give my worldly wealth that would be used to stitch me together and keep me alive to the Nature Conservancy, the homeless, or to the young folks to give them a leg up in life. That would be my legacy.”
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Friday to overturn nearly 50 years of abortion rights protections sparked an outpouring of condemnation in Oregon where reproductive rights are protected by law and Democrats hold the majority of state offices. A rally is planned for 7 p.m. Friday on the Ashland Plaza.
Herbert Rothschild: “Reaching back in history to judge how historical figures acted … can be a treacherous undertaking. … Humans are complex, flawed creatures and each of our stories includes passages that should be abiding sources of regret.”
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Ask Strider: A worried older brother asks our advice columnist’s advice. And a dog’s guardian wants to know if there is any hope getting their hat-hating dog to calm down. As always, Strider tries to give words that help!
After a successful production of “The Vagina Monologues” and raising more than $2,000 for Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon, Ashland actor and director Lia Dugal intends for “The Climate Monologues” to premiere in Oregon in late 2025 or early 2026 at the Bellview Grange in Ashland.
It’s complicated.
Herbert Rothschild: Whether visualization and intention by themselves can effect broad social change is impossible to determine, but the question merits sustained consideration.
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