Mahmoud Shelton: Ashland residents shouldn’t need to be reminded about Lithia Water. The city earned a place in the online “Atlas Obscura” simply by virtue of it.
Bus ridership numbers in Jackson County continue to struggle after the double-whammy of the 2020 Almeda Fire and the COVID-19 pandemic. Route 10 to Ashland, the most popular route in the 14-route system, is still down 32% from pre-pandemic levels.
Ashland High School Superintendent Samuel Bogdanove recently presented Tess Hobein and Aiden Espinoza as Rotary’s Students of the Month for November and December.
Lue Douthit: “A typical Shakespeare production follows an odd convention: a contemporary setting with Elizabethan language. What if we flipped that? Contemporary language with an Elizabethan setting.”
Obituary: James Douglas “Jim” Long died peacefully in his sleep on Dec. 15 with his son Toshio (Wesley) by his side. An event honoring his memory and life will take place at a future time.
Obituary: Francis “Frank” Hayes passed away at Celia’s House in Medford on Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. His kindness, helpfulness, and his wonderful personality will be missed by his many friends and relatives.
A Christmas tree recycling event is set for Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024, in the City of Ashland. Ashland residents wanting to participate should have their Christmas tree curbside by the night of Friday, Jan. 5.
Reader Photo: Bill Street of Ashland took this photo of an old manzanita in the afternoon sun in Lithia Park earlier this month.
Ashland streets were quiet Christmas morning. Most businesses were closed in observance of the holiday — but that wasn’t true of every establishment. Gas stations, hotels, senior living communities and police, firefighters and health care workers at Asante Ashland Community Hospital were among those on the job despite the holiday.
The eighth annual Holiday Peace Meal drew a large, grateful crowd to Calvin Hall at the First Presbyterian Church of Ashland on Friday. “There’s this magic that’s created every time we get together at a big event like this,” said organizer Vanessa Houk.
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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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