In Ashland the students presented their findings to four nonprofit enterprises: the Ashland Independent Film Festival, Talent Maker City, the Institute for Applied Sustainability and Film Southern Oregon.
Ashland and Guanajuato have been sister cities for 55 years. They’ve sent delegations each year to Ashland’s Independence Day celebrations except for those of 2020 and 2021, curtailed at the height of the COVID pandemic.
The Ashland Amigo Club, supporter of the Ashland-Guanajuato alliance since its beginning, reports 16 University of Guanajuato students have come to Ashland this year to work on projects with their university student counterparts.
Entre Amigos: The annual Amigo Club dinner/fundraiser on Dec. 2, the sixth overall and first after a three-year forced suspension, grossed some $15,000 in donations.
Entre Amigos: The Ashland Amigo Club will offer the community its sixth annual Guanajuato Nights dinner and auction to raise funds for University of Guanajuato and Southern Oregon University exchange student scholarships. The fundraiser will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, in the Rogue River Room of the Stevenson Union building on the SOU campus.
Entre Amigos: Sister City Guanajuato sent a delegation to continue its participation in Ashland’s Fourth of July parade and festivities this year.
Entre Amigos: Two professors and nine business administration students from the University of Guanajuato arrived in Ashland Saturday for a week of collaboration with SOU students, analyzing and evaluating three small businesses in the Ashland area.
The Ashland Amigo Club has selected two Guanajuato scholarship recipients who will study winter and spring terms at Southern Oregon University as part of its Amistad student exchange program with the University of Guanajuato.
Juan Carlos Romero Hicks and his wife, Frances “Faffie” Siekman, who will receive Southern Oregon University’s prestigious President’s Medal next week, have connections with the university and Ashland dating back 44 years. Romero Hicks campaigned unsuccessfully to be president of Mexico in 2018 and is seeking his party’s backing again for the 2024 elections.
Entre Amigos: Sister City Guanajuato, Mexico, sent its summer festival queen and five other representatives to Ashland to participate in Ashland Fourth of July celebrations, resuming a 50-year tradition derailed in 2020 and 2021 by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Ashland City Council and Parks & Recreation Commission will hold a joint business meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 21, to discuss the city’s parks and open spaces plan, staffing changes and financial outlook.
Thousands in Portland and across the Pacific Northwest are expected to take part in the national “No Kings 2.0” protests Saturday. This is the third national protest against President Donald Trump this year.
Editor’s note: We regret to report that Ashland.news city reporter Morgan Rothborne has resigned from the staff after a bit more than two years with us, as she continues to work on recovery from a head injury in June, as detailed in this first-person report.
Frances Oyung: Because Bear Creek is the most urbanized watershed in the Rogue basin, many people are unaware that running through their towns and along the interstate we still have important habitat for native fish.
Herbert Rothschild: In 2024, Democrats had the same problem with Hispanic voters that they did with other moderate-to-low income voters. There’s a general perception out there that the Democratic Party abandoned its traditional championing of the working class.
Brad Hicks, former Medford/Jackson County Chamber CEO formally announced his bid for the Oregon State Senate on Thursday, Oct. 16 in Medford.
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