Ashland celebrated Flag Day on Friday with U.S. flags displayed throughout town. Ashland Elks Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE) No. 944, provided a Flag Day celebration ceremony at noon on the Plaza downtown.
Volunteers from the city’s Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) assembled for a quick refresher on the basics of disaster response Wednesday before dividing into teams and fanning out across the Railroad District for some door-knocking and community education. Ashland police were practicing a similar drill in other parts of the city.
The Ashland Rotary Foundation (ARF) introduced its Ashland High School (AHS) scholarship recipients and their guests at the Rotary Club of Ashland luncheon meeting on May 23 and distributed scholarships that evening at AHS Awards Night.
Scouts BSA Troop 112 will host a Memorial Day Observance in honor of fallen veterans Monday, May 27, at Mountain View Cemetery, 440 Normal Ave., Ashland. The Ashland Brass Band will perform at 10:30 a.m. with the formal observance starting at 11 a.m.
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.
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.
Some 30 Ashland Cub Scouts brought their bikes to The Siskiyou School on Monday evening to learn from experts about the importance of bike safety and bike maintenance. Organizations including the Rogue Valley Transportation District, Ashland Police Department, Ashland Cycle Sport and Ashland Devo shared safety tips, provided mechanical tuneups, and encouraged the scouts as they pedaled about.
Sortia Sherrow was presented with Ashland Rotary Club’s Student of The Month for March at the club’s luncheon meeting on April 25.
Winemakers and Rotarians from Tuscany, Italy, are paying a trip to Southern Oregon wineries as part of a back-and-forth exchange started by an Ashland Rotarian.
Stevenson Union’s Rogue River Room was jam-packed with happy crab aficionados Saturday, Feb. 24, as the Rotary Club of Ashland Lithia Springs presented its 25th annual, all-you-can-eat Kids First! CrabFest. The community-based event raised about $70,000.
A staff recommendation to demolish instead of repair the Community Center will we discussed at the Ashland City Council study session meeting Monday, while the council business meeting Tuesday will include a review of funding for the water treatment plant.
Pam Hammond beamed earlier this week while talking about new plans in store for downtown Ashland’s Paddington Station sister stores, The Jewel Box and Inspired By Oregon, which are consolidating and moving into the prominent Fortmiller building across the street.
Ashland councilors Gina DuQuenne and Dylan Bloom on Wednesday gave Southern Oregon University students a lesson in how to express mutual admiration even while disagreeing. The councilors met with 15 students at Britt Hall to discuss voting, Ashland-centered topics and how to bridge the communication gap between the SOU campus and Ashland.
Review: “Witch,” isn’t exactly a Halloween piece per se, but it is unsettling. And if you like stories that are distinctive, disturbing yet thought-provoking, this might be for you. This is a play where no one is as they seem; where our motives and desires can give rise to good or evil.
Bob Palermini, professional photographer, will give a presentation about photojournalism at the Southern Oregon Photographic Association meeting on October 15 in Medford. He studied photojournalism in college and has been a photographer for Ashland.news since shortly after it debuted in January 2022.
Herbert Rothschild: It would be stunning if the presidential candidates were asked during a debate whether they are disturbed by the prospect of leaving office with blood on their hands.
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