Ask Strider: In this column, Woody the Puppy answers a fellow student, and discovers pronouns for the first time. Strider gives advice on how to pick a great intern. And he and Woody love where they live, even when there’s smoke — “live” being the key word here.
Ask Strider: This week, the Dog about Town gets some love from a cat, a request for a cat, and a question from some cats. He cautiously lets new intern, Woody the
Puppy, answer this last. With success? See what you think!
Ask Strider: This week, Strider puts some heart into a small dog who feels underappreciated by his family, cats and all. Our advice columnist emphasizes the reward in a job well done, whether or not it’s noticed.
Ask Strider: This week, two of our advice columnist’s readers are down and discouraged. But fear not! Strider the Dog is there for them — and you.
Ask Strider: This week, Strider luxuriates in readers’ happiness and compliments, as well as being able to answer a question giving him a chance to remind pet guardians to keep their dogs safe from the fear of fireworks this Fourth of July season.
Ask Strider: This week the former street dog’s theme is happiness. Two readers want to know how to get it, one wants to get an unhappy sibling off her case, and finally, one wants to know if Strider has a favorite song. And as a matter of fact, he does!
Ask Strider: This week, the dog about town answers questions about his friendship with a cedar tree. And he relishes his memory of the one place he still dreams about going, the day Tod forgot to wear her Bogs.
Ask Strider: This week, the dog about town is astonished by the coincidence of him and a reader’s dog having the same favorite toy. And he is bowled over by the love another reader shows for her traumatized rescue dog.
Ask Strider: In which donkeys want to gorge on treats as much as the next animal. Strider points out that there are limits, no matter how many pieces of duck jerky from Bi-Mart he believes he can eat without danger. Also, there’s a suspicious letter from someone claiming to be “a normal dog from Southern Oregon.” Hhhhmmm.
Ask Strider: This week, those Ashland cats are back, asking advice about letting strangers into their lives, and letting food cutbacks in too. As usual, Strider tries his best to help another species.
The unveiling of the final version of a major mural project in downtown Ashland was a big night for the local art scene. More than one hundred people crowded into the warehouse-sized studio of muralist John Pugh on Helman Street on Friday night to see Pugh’s vision for a mural that will adorn the Ashland Elks Lodge at 255 E. Main Street.
Obituary: Amanda Louise (Butler) Pyle, 80, a longtime Rogue Valley resident and elementary school teacher, passed away Sept. 3 at Celia’s Hospice House in Medford. Teaching was not a “job” for Amanda — it was a passion. She is especially remembered for involving students in creative projects and also for giving every one of them a hug as they left her classroom at the end of each school day.
Local law enforcement agencies say they’d love nothing more than a break in the investigation into the cause of the devastating Almeda Fire of Sept. 8, 2020. Sadly, four years since the fire destroyed more than 2,500 homes and burned 3,200 acres between Ashland and Phoenix, investigators don’t know much more than they did immediately after the fire.
While the mayor’s office and one council seat failed to draw incumbent candidates, council seat positions 1, 2 and 3 and Ashland Parks and Recreation Commission seats 1 and 2 all have multiple candidates filed for the approaching election.
After five years of display and many weeks of discussion, a decision was made to take down a pride banner at Ashland Public Library, the library’s management decided on a split vote at a meeting Aug. 21, a followup to an earlier meeting on July 29.
Janai “Grandma Boom” Mestrovich: Mom collected frog memorabilia and also enjoyed drumming. It just made sense to be near the frogs when I drummed and chanted to honor her.
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