Letter: ‘Do we really think the earth cares whose body will now feed her?’
Sara Harris: “Are we now going to allow the toxicity of exclusionary, hateful politics invade our own hearts and cemeteries?”
March 14, 2023
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Sara Harris: “Are we now going to allow the toxicity of exclusionary, hateful politics invade our own hearts and cemeteries?”
Benjamin Ben-Baruch: “Seeing these young activists at this student walkout and rally they planned, organized, and executed was a powerful, uplifting experience.”
Bob Doppelt: “In southern Oregon we can expect more frequent and extreme storms, heat waves, wildfires, hazardous smoke events, droughts and other disasters that psychologically and emotionally traumatize.”
Matt Witt: “For years, I’ve considered being buried at Willow-Witt Ranch’s ‘green’ burial ground, but after a disappointing recent development, that’s no longer a choice I would make.”
Viewpoint: The Ashland Emergency Food Bank, serving residents of Ashland and Talent, is an entirely private nonprofit organization.
Gabriel Howe: “I encourage every voter in Ashland to get involved with the school district and start participating in public school board meetings. The board holds its regular meetings the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at the City Council Chambers.”
MaryAnn Shank: “From its first production, ‘‘Night, Mother,’ to its current production, ‘An Iliad,’ this Rogue Theater Company keeps on outperforming itself.”
John Frank: “Our councilors just need to see the big picture and stop focusing on the small green stick-dots.”
Cori Frank: “I … want to highlight how much a community of volunteers, working together with APRC staff, contributes to our beloved city.”
Lisa Tschudi: “Paying parents helps keep kids out of hospitals or more expensive institutional placements, which is better for children, saves the taxpayer money, and increases the parents’ capacity to continue providing caregiving long term.”
The Ashland Independent Film Festival announced Monday the nonprofit’s six on-screen film lineup as a documentary showcase coming April 14-20 to the Varsity Theatre. Each Varsity feature will be paired with a short documentary directed by a local filmmaker.
Oregon drivers who for decades have been banned from touching gas pumps could soon have the right to fuel their own cars, under a bill the state House overwhelmingly approved Monday.
After announcing last week that the ski-snowboarding area broken its all-time season attendance record, Mt. Ashland Ski Area managers announced Sunday that its season has been extended to April 23, adding two weekends on to a schedule that typically would have ended on April 9.
During a visit to Central Point Sunday, Deb Haaland, U.S. Secretary of the Interior, announced $21 million was on its way to Oregon to help reduce the risk of wildfires. Joining her were U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, and Mike Shaw, chief of fire protection at ODF.
A procession celebrating spring wound its way from the ice rink on Winburn Way to the Ashland Plaza on Saturday afternoon, drawing an estimated 150 participants with a like number of spectators.
Reader photos: Carlyle Stout of Ashland took these photos in Lithia Park after the last storm on March 1.
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