The historic water tubs at the Tub Springs State Wayside, which have been a popular water source for generations, are operating again but not as a source of drinking water. “Something happened geologically that has changed that spring,” Nathan Seable of Oregon Parks and Recreation said.
State lawmakers will descend on Salem this week for the first time since June for dozens of meetings that will preview some of the most important issues they’ll tackle next year.
Ashland New Plays Festival is accepting scripts for its 2024 Fall Festival. Submissions close when 350 scripts are received or on Dec. 1, 2023, whichever comes first. A running tally of submissions will be shown on the organization’s website.
Sage on Stage: This month, Rogue Theater Company Artistic Director Jessica Sage discusses the qualities a great actor needs to enthrall an audience.
Obituary: Thomas L. Burnham passed away Sept. 17 at Bartlett House in Medford due to complications of dementia. Burnham, 86, was partly responsible for Ashland acquiring Oredson-Todd Woods and keeping the historic building in North Mountain Park.
Diane Sloan: Small amounts of toxins in the air are quickly becoming huge amounts, but we are still throwing our garbage out the window. Let’s get behind behind laws that protect our air the same way we protect our lands.
After more than two decades of devotion to Omar’s restaurant, owner Jennifer Sink is selling the whole establishment — to the right person. The restaurant was listed for sale around two weeks ago at $350,000 for the business only, no real estate.
Applications are due Wednesday for a new pilot program open to childcare providers. The program offers Early Childhood Affordability Grants to childcare providers so they in turn can offer scholarships to qualified low- and moderate-income Ashland households seeking childcare.
MaryAnn Shank: The leadership in our theatrical world, led, I suspect, by OSF, is throwing open its hospitality doors for everyone who enjoys any measure of theater. This is much ado about something indeed.
Obituary: Christopher Jared Ross passed away peacefully at his home in Sahuarita, Arizona, on Sept. 10, 2023, from complications of diabetes. A memorial service and celebration of life will be held Oct. 8 at 2:30 p.m. at Roxy Ann Grange, 1850 Spring St., Medford.
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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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