On August 6 in Ashland, people will gather at 8 a.m. at the entrance to Lithia Park in an annual vigil event in remembrance of the victims of the U.S. nuclear attack on Hiroshima on the same day in 1945.
The event will include remarks from Rev. Fred Grewe, Dr. Hideko Tamura Snider, Hiroshima survivor, and Dr. Herbert Rothschild. We will also conduct the lighting of Memorial Flame and the sounding of the gong at 8:15 a.m., followed by a moment of silence, music, and a sacred water ceremony.
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A bright blue book locker outside the Ashland Family YMCA provides a new, more convenient way to check out materials from the library. The book locker can be accessed 24/7. Books are placed on hold through the library services website, which also has a video showing the book locker installation.
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Editor’s note: Ashland.news reporter Morgan Rothborne covers city government, including its ongoing efforts to find ways to shape policies around homelessness. For better insight into the issue, Rothborne spent a night in early December in the shelter when it was operated by Jobs with Justice in Calvin Hall at First Presbyterian Church of Ashland.
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