Ashland author Reg Spittle describes his experience as a reluctant pilgrim on Spain’s Camino de Santiago and how it led him to a 30-day high Sierra backpacking adventure along California’s iconic John Muir Trail.
Reg reveals his passion for trekking with photo highlights, anecdotes, and discussion of his favorite trails. His presentation is sponsored by American Pilgrims on the Camino.
Phoenix Library, 510 West 1st Street. Tuesday, April 8, 6:30 p.m.
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This bonus “variety” puzzle is an acrostic with a poetic excerpt about newspapers — in support of year-end fundraising efforts. Solve it in your browser or download and print;
how to solve acrostics. Next Friday’s crossword: Coastal Curmudgeons #03. Check out the Mini crossword on Tuesdays.
Oregon’s fourth-grade reading scores have plummeted to last place in the nation, even as education spending has surged. Meanwhile, Mississippi, known for its underfunded schools, now leads the country after embracing the “science of reading.”
More than 60 people turned out for a look at the proposed Ashland Mill mega-project during an open house Wednesday night at the Historic Ashland Armory. Planned on the former Croman Mill site on 60-plus acres of the city’s southeast side, what’s now known as the Ashland Mill project represents the largest development proposal in the city’s history, with more than 550 housing units and 200,000 square feet of retail and commercial spaces, as well as pathways, small parks and open spaces.
Janai Mestrovich: That day, two drunk, homeless strangers became my unexpected protectors. In my heart, I still call them my “drunkles” (my drunk uncles) because in that shaky New York afternoon, they cared for me as gently as family.
(It’s free)
