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For the love of literacy: First graders treated to ninth annual Ashland Reads on Wednesday

First-graders in Ashland will be treated to a reading extravaganza on Wednesday at Ashland High School. The Rotary Club of Ashland and Rotary Club of Ashland Lithia Springs will host the ninth annual Ashland Reads “celebration of literacy” for about 170 first-grade students in the Ashland School District from about 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Ashland High School.

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May 7, 2024
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National Library Week: One for the books

In honor of National Library Week, Friends of the Ashland Public Library were treated on Friday to a tour of Southern Oregon University’s Hannon Library by SOU University Librarian Dr. Carrie Forbes.

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April 13, 2024
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Ashland resident recalls being imprisoned for her heritage

While her older brothers were serving with the U.S. Army in the Pacific, 10-year-old Mitsuko (Mitzi) Asai and most of the rest of her family were incarcerated in a prison camp a thousand miles away from their home in Hood River, Oregon. The crime? They were Japanese Americans.

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March 13, 2024
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Winegrower John Pratt to speak at Hannon Library

Winegrower John Pratt will speak about the Rogue Valley as a treasured location for top-shelf location for quality grapes and wine at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 14, at Southern Oregon University’s Hannon Library, 1250 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland.

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February 27, 2024
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Griot Night: Sharing life’s lived experiences

The power and magic of the spoken word came alive as a cross section of Ashland’s Black community took to the stage during the Griot Night: Intergenerational Storytelling evening at the SOU Digital Media Center Wednesday, Feb. 21, sponsored by the Black Student Union at Southern Oregon University.

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February 26, 2024
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Ashland Creatives: When family history is American history

Ashland Creatives: It was 10 years after her father’s death, when she was 33 years old, that Barbara Hilyer first learned the family secret that she had African American heritage. She wrote a book about it, which she’ll discuss Monday, March 4, at Bloomsbury Books in Ashland.

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February 20, 2024

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