Soroptomist Report: The Soroptimist Strong Girls Strong Women (SSGSW) Program was created in 2008, with Helman Elementary School selected to be Soroptimist’s partner. Now, after 16 years, despite COVID and other changes, we are back!
Soroptimist Report: Soroptimist International of Ashland (SIA), stepped into spring by celebrating Women’s History Month, including International Women’s Day, on March 8. We felt the zest of the season in our hearts and an unstoppable drive in our spirits.
Soroptimist Report: Soroptimist International of Ashland (SIA), which strives to build community through education, will host a Dream Builders Luncheon in April to raise funds for its scholarship, grants and awards program. Since 1946, we have empowered women and girls to live their dreams, primarily thorough scholarships.
Soroptimists of Ashland distributed scholarships and supportive monetary awards to 13 local female students at their first in-person annual luncheon after two years of cancellations. Several winners are mothers, several are the first in their family to graduate high school or attend college. Some recipients are women of color or the daughter of immigrant parents. All awardees are exceptional women with drive, dedication, intelligence and talent, the club reports.
As we begin 2022, we want to highlight and inform you that Soroptimist International is celebrating 100 years of service worldwide and Soroptimist International of Ashland just celebrated 75 years as a local club.
Forest restoration and wildfire mitigation projects have been halted and employees laid off as freezes of federal funds impact Lomakatsi Restoration Project, an Ashland-based nonprofit organization. Nearly two of every three dollars — 65% — of the nonprofit’s budget for 2025 came from the Inflation Reduction Act or the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law — two pots of money affected by broad freezes of federal funds by the Trump administration.
A group of 20 attorneys general are suing the Trump administration over mass layoffs of probationary federal employees, which they claim is illegal and is causing irreparable harm to their states. Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield joined in the lawsuit, which was filed in the U.S. District Court of Maryland on Thursday.
After a series of low-profile meetings with Salem power brokers and utility officials, state Rep. Pam Marsh (D-Ashland) confirms to the Oregon Journalism Project that she has crafted legislation to create a $1 billion fund to help utilities pay damages to customers hurt by utility-caused wildfires.
Scott Bandoroff: The humans impacted by the war in Ukraine are rightfully at the center of current news cycles. Many citizens in the Rogue Valley may not understand just how many Ukrainian refugees are here in our own community.
Obituary: Ashland based journalist and videographer Mark K. Brown, 79, passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by family after a courageous battle with cancer. A celebration of life is being planned this spring.
Theatergoers looking for a fresh take on a timeless, literary adventure — with a whole lot of wit and whimsy to go along with it — should check out Ashland High School Theater’s spring musical production of “Little Women” opening this weekend with performances at 7 p.m. Friday, March 7, and Saturday, March 8, at Mountain Avenue Theatre, with an afternoon matinee at 1 p.m. Sunday, March 9.
(It’s free)
