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‘We are inheriting this world’

By Allayana Darrow ACC

Facing a drab concrete wall at Ashland High School recently, Isa Martinez Moore scraped off the last remnants of a “white power” symbol someone posted on the wall two years ago and prepared to prime the space for a new mural honoring eight influential people of color with ties to the community.

Martinez Moore, 18, is an AHS graduate and lead artist on a mural project organized by the Truth to Power club to memorialize murder victim Aidan Ellison, celebrate people of color and inspire discussion about race in the Rogue Valley.

Martinez Moore brings a background studying portraiture, color theory, paint technique and anatomy to the project.

The Ashland City Council approved the mural project Aug. 3.

The Public Arts Commission has also approved the project, which is slated for completion by November. The group is awaiting approval from the principal.

A mural proposal shows seven rectangular portraits of one size, and a larger circular portrait of Ellison, woven together across 171 feet with paths of color against the gray concrete backdrop of the North Mountain Avenue-facing wall.

The mural will include a display describing the individuals represented, to “educate viewers and deepen the impact of the art,” Martinez Moore said.

Those to be honored include: Martinez Moore said Ellison’s

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Truth to Power club members have begun work at Ashland High School on a mural honoring eight influential people of color with ties to the community.

portrait took twice as long to design as the others. They went through numerous sketches, poses, colors and about 12 hours of work before settling on an image they felt captured Ellison’s memory.

“It was the hardest for me, not because the technique was any different, but because of how emotional it was to portray him and how much I wanted it to do him justice,”

Martinez Moore said.

The mural location and size ensures visibility by youth, adults, school theater-goers and anyone who uses the road, they said.

“Every artist wants their work to be visible, but for this it’s so much more to me, because I want this message to be visible.

I want it to be something you can’t look away from,” they said.

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Working with Ellison’s mother to ensure she felt comfortable with the image was a rewarding part of the project, Millay said, as stories about her son contributed to the mural design and the club’s overall sense of connection to Aidan.

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Isadora Millay, 15, was thrilled to see the project begin Thursday after six months of planning.

Her vision for the project is one of inclusivity, welcoming and vibrance. “[This project] shows that we can do it,” Millay said. “It’s not something that is left up to the adults. We are inheriting this world and we can make the change and make it the world that we want it to be.”

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Permanent city manager search underway in Ashland

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interested in the post to submit their application.

One proposal was submitted The recruitment process is within the time frame, at a cost underway for Ashland’s first of $7,500 to manage sourcing. permanent city manager since a City Council authorized up to charter change went into effect $25,000 for recruitment conJan. 1 eliminating the position tracts July 6. of city administrator and cre“Most [consulting firms] are ating a city manager position too busy to take on additional with greater administrative clients at this time,” Milliman authority. said during a council study sesInterim City Manager Gary sion Monday. “Recruitment Milliman said staff requested has opened up significantly, proposals from consult- nationally, for city managers ing firms to prepare the job and other city and county execannouncement, manage adver- utives, and handling the full tising and direct individuals recruitment is a more lucrative

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activity; just doing the sourcing is not.”

Milliman invited the council to consider whether they should use preliminary recruiting materials supplied by Wendi Brown Creative Partners — prior to the firm’s withdrawal from a contract with the city in the spring — or to reapproach the process “anew” with consideration of where public engagement is well suited.

Councilor Tonya Graham said obtaining feedback from the people who will work with the permanent city manager is “essential” and advocated for

a staff panel in the selection process.

Councilor Paula Hyatt supported contracting with a recruitment firm to manage sourcing with direct outreach, giving Milliman first review on applications, and organizing a series of community and staff panels to engage with candidates.

Hyatt said Milliman’s suggestion of a panel composed of city managers from other communities appealed because “they understand what it takes to do the job.”

Milliman will review city

manager applications and vet promising candidates over the next four weeks before bringing a short list to the council.

“I’ve always believed in the idea of not having too many chefs in the kitchen, but adequate representation,” Councilor Shaun Moran said. “I would be more than comfortable with offloading a lot of this oversight to [Milliman’s] expertise and experience in finding us the type of candidate that would work for our broad, diverse constituency.”

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MEDICAL EMERGENCY Retired ER doc suffering a heart attack can't get an ambulance or a hospital bed

By Annette McGee Rasch for ACC

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hen a former emergency room doctor in Grants Pass started having a heart attack on the way to the Southern Oregon coast earlier this month, the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic struck home.

Dr. Martin Hill, a longtime ER doc at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center, started showing signs of heart attack during a stopover in a Grants Pass motel, so his wife, former Josephine County Commissioner Cherryl Walker, dialed 911 to summon an ambulance.

That’s where their trouble began.

"We don’t have any ambulances available," the 911 dispatcher told Walker. "You will have to wait until one is available. There are people ahead of you."

Walker didn't wait. She drove her husband straight to the emergency room at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center, where Hill had worked for many years.

"We were just lucky he was able to walk to the car," Walker said during an interview Sunday night.

“If someone was bleeding from a serious injury or couldn't breathe — they could die."

The medical staff at Three Rivers stabilized Hill, but with no beds or rooms available, he spent the night on a gurney in the ER “because the hospital was full of COVID19 patients,” Walker said. "In fact, 17 of the 30 beds in the ER had non-COVID patients waiting to be admitted to the hospital."

She said the hospital was canceling nonemergency surgeries and "started using the 'pre-op' rooms as a place to put patients like my husband."

An angiogram was performed on Hill the following day, and he was transferred to Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford, where he underwent a successful stent

Cherryl Walker, former Josephine County commissioner, and Dr. Martin T. Hill.

surgery. Walker said RRMC was also "full of COVID patients and short-staffed."

The couple are now home in Lake Oswego, recovering from their ordeal.

Hill, a board-certified emergency medicine physician who worked in Grants Pass emergency rooms from 1978 until he retired a few years ago, is uniquely qualified to assess the medical care patients are currently receiving at Three Rivers.

Hill and Walker expressed admiration for how "the staff was coping with the extreme circumstances and lack of room availability. It's such a difficult situation. They're all heroes, they're all working so hard over there."

Now, the couple feel compelled to share their experience, "not to complain about the medical care — because it was excellent — but to shine a bright light on what caused these problems.“ Walker took to Facebook during the emergency to let friends and family know what they were facing during a potentially life-or-death situation.

"Our medical system is overwhelmed with people who won’t get vaccinated or wear masks," Walker wrote. "Their selfish decisions are causing

other sick and injured people to be put at risk because the system is utterly overloaded."

She also believes children and those unable to receive the vaccine for medical reasons "could be better protected if most everyone else would get

vaccine was needed, efforts focused on utilizing this mRNA technology. This large bank of knowledge was quickly dialed in on COVID-19. But the more this pandemic is prolonged, the more opportunity the variants have to mutate and become resistant."

Hill referenced the work of Dr. Paul Goepfert, director of the Alabama Vaccine Research Clinic at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, who publicly said that in his 30 years studying vaccines, he'd "never seen any vaccine as effective as the three COVID vaccines — from Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson — currently available in the COURTESY PHOTO United States."

Hill also said the three vaccines were each tested on more the vaccine." than 30,000 people, with Hill said during an interview studies concluding last June Sunday that he's frustrated by that "typical reactions were people who say the vaccine is about the same as any other too new and untried. vaccine, maybe a bit of redness "This technology has been at the site or a mild reaction." researched and tested for more SEE EMERGENCY, A7 than 20 years, so when the

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Qualified candidates will be interviewed and appointed by current Board of Education members as directed by ORS 341.335(3). The seven-member Board is responsible for programs, budgets, policy and college contracts. The college president reports directly to the Board, and through her administrative staff, carries out Board policies at the college. Board meetings are held in the afternoon of the third Tuesday of each month with periodic special meetings. These meetings rotate between the RCC campuses located in Grants Pass and White City, as well as via Zoom.

For an application or additional information contact Rachelle Brown, Assistant to the President – Governance, at 541-956-7001 or by e-mail, rbrown@roguecc.edu. The seat will remain open until filled, with screening scheduled to begin in mid- to late- August.

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SCHOOLS PREP FOR MANDATES

By Buffy Pollock for ACC

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ocal school district officials spent much of the last week assessing staffing levels and coming up with contingency plans to address the possibility that some teachers might resign following Gov. Kate Brown’s mandate that health care workers and K-12 educators be vaccinated for COVID-19 in order to continue working.

In July, Brown announced that all K-12 students would be required to wear masks Most superintendents in the region said they were committed to keeping students safe and hopeful for a minimal number of staffing losses resulting from the new rule.

The mandate allows for religious or medical exemptions, which some districts expect will be utilized to some degree. Updated information provided Thursday by the Oregon Health Authority

included language requiring schools to “take reasonable steps to ensure that unvaccinated teachers, school staff and volunteers are protected from contracting and spreading COVID-19.”

Brown announced the vaccine mandate for health care workers and educators last Thursday in response to a record surge in COVID19 cases, hospitalizations, deaths and positive test results around the state.

Already busy getting students back to school this week after two school years hindered by pandemic restrictions and distance learning, local school district officials displayed eagerness to keep kids on campus.

Medford School District Superintendent Bret Champion said Friday that his district would comply with Brown’s vaccine mandate.

Champion said his district was ironing out the specific ways his district would implement the mandate.

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solid,” though shortages are being experienced in other categories, such From Page A6 as transportation and janitorial.

“We’re not seeing a huge number of Already grappling with bus shortfolks who want to walk away right now ages and other staffing woes, he said because of the vaccine mandate,” he his primary focus was to keep kids said. and teachers on board with in-person Like other districts, Champion learning and to lose as few staff as said, Medford was still figuring out possible. the ins and outs of the mandate and Champion pointed out that lanworking to keep everyone safe and guage included in the mandate employed. requires districts to provide con“Our goal is to not turn people sideration for unvaccinated staff, away,” he said. whether by providing increased space “Our goal is to bring people in.” for social distancing, increased PPE New Central Point School District or more frequent COVID-19 testing.

6 Superintendent Walt Davenport He said his district would likely opt said his district was excited, mandate for the increased testing, which he or not, to have teachers and students hoped to see employees handle from back in the classroom. Davenport home. said staffing shortages were already a Champion said he had high hopes reality, but he said he was hopeful they for a regular sports season this year, would retain most district employees spectators included. Asked if he going forward. would require vaccinations for spec“I haven’t had any indication yet tators, Champion said no. of how our employees will react, but “Everybody will be required to I think people are still digesting it. wear a mask as spectators. That’s With the timing of this coming out going to be how we kick this season right now, with an Oct. 18 deadline off and that will be the requirement to for being fully vaccinated, that really come in the door,” he said. puts a lot of pressure on folks to make “We’ll have folks reminding people their decisions very quickly,” Davento wear a mask. Even if you’re able to port said. get 6 feet of distancing … we don’t “You’re considered fully vaccihave enough staff right now to work nated 14 days after the second dose the games, just taking tickets and (of the two-part shot). People who dealing with their normal thing. This don’t claim one of the exemptions idea that we would have people to go would need to make a decision to and make sure people are standing 6 get vaccinated in the next couple of feet apart … we’re just taking a very weeks.” simple approach.”

Eagle Point School District 9 Spectators who refuse to wear spokesperson Dean MacInnis said masks at sporting events, Champion school employees seemed to be a noted, will be asked to leave. “mixed bag” in regard to vaccination “If they refuse to follow the rates and the new mandate. requirements of being at one of our “There’s a lot of concern on all sides. events … we’ll be happy to escort We’ve got a handful of parents who them nicely off our property. don’t want their kids masked, and a “We all remember what it was like a lot of parents who are more concerned year ago when we would have soccer about the safety of keeping school matches and no spectators. ... We open,” said McInnis. want to let our parents and grandpar“We’ve been working with HR ents and friends and neighbors come to gather an idea of where our staff see our kids.” numbers are for vaccination rates.

Champion said he did not expect We have people talking about being to lose teachers due to the mandate. vaccinated and unvaccinated at this Teaching numbers, he said, “are point, so there’s definitely a mix

there. I wouldn’t say we’re worried about any kind of mass exodus or anything, but ... there is some concern of some employees potentially leaving over their stance on vaccinations.”

As of Aug. 22, 59.1% of Jackson County adults had been vaccinated, according to the Oregon Health Authority. The state’s goal is for 80% of adults to be vaccinated, so Jackson County still needed to vaccinate roughly 37,000 people to reach the goal as of early this week.

Ashland School District Superintendent Samuel Bowgdanove said that, despite his district being known for historically low vaccination rates, officials there had been proactive in their bid “to protect students.”

“Ashland had, the day before the governor’s announcement, already announced we were going to be requiring vaccines for all of our staff.

We are very much committed to the notion that we’ve got to provide a healthy and safe environment for our kids, so we had already started to move in that direction independent of the governor’s announcement,” Bogdanove said.

“Health care, obviously, is an individual choice, but it’s our job is to make sure schools are safe and healthy places for our kids. Historically our community has had some of the lowest vaccination rates in Jackson County, which has some of the lowest vaccination rates in the state. We obviously expect to have some folks — whether as a matter of faith or personal belief or for health reasons — who will have concerns, and we will just treat those individuals respectfully in making the decisions that they need to make.

“A lot of these things related to this pandemic are inconveniences,” Bogdanove added. “Nobody likes to be told what to do, and nobody likes wearing masks. But the bottom line is we want our kids in school and we want them to be safe. If these are the things we have to do to accomplish those things, then that’s what we’ll do.”

Reach freelance writer Buffy Pollock at buffyp76@yahoo.com.

Ashland School District Superintendent Samuel Bowgdanove said that, despite his district being known for historically low vaccination rates, officials there had been proactive in their bid “to protect students.” “Ashland had, the day before the governor’s announcement, already announced we were going to be requiring vaccines for all of our staff. We are very much committed to the notion that we’ve got to provide a healthy and safe environment for our kids, so we had already started to move in that direction independent of the governor’s announcement,” Bogdanove said.

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Walker, who served on the Josephine County Board of Commissioners from 2013 to 2016, and then, as the county’s public health administrator until she and Hill retired in 2017, expressed concerns about how her successors are handling the pandemic, saying their reluctance to recommend vaccines — or to even support wearing masks — is probably contributing to the high levels of vaccine hesitancy in the county.

"In any crises that affect the citizens of their jurisdiction, it's incumbent upon elected officials to perform the leadership duties for which they were elected. That means protecting the public by following the directions of their own emergency management, public health and safety administrators. But with the failure of leadership which has apparently occurred in Josephine County, many more people will suffer and die than need to from a very preventable illness.

"My grandmother once told me she'd never want to return to 'the good old days' before vaccines, because our children were crippled from polio and died from chicken pox, measles and mumps.

"Now children are critically ill because too many adults — most of whom had their childhood vaccines — won't take this COVID vaccine," Walker said. "Well, it might be your loved one next, or even you, who can’t get an ambulance, a medic or a hospital bed. People are suffering and dying who shouldn't be."

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Moran suggested proceeding with the already-approved community panel of stakeholders organized by Wendi Brown, and incorporating staff into the process with department head representation at Milliman’s discretion.

Milliman said Wednesday the job announcement is nearly ready to launch, as the consultant finalizes the language this week and prepares to distribute the posting across regional and national networks.

As recruitment progresses, City Council will have the opportunity to vote on a complete selection plan, including the composition and quantity of citizen and staff panels, he said.

Reach reporter Allayana Darrow at adarrow@rosebudmedia.com or 541-776-4497.

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Commissioners urged to take more action on virus, vaccinations

By Nick Morgan ACC

A bipartisan group of current and former elected officials in Southern Oregon have added their names to an open letter urging the Jackson County Board of Commissioners to “take more active leadership in conquering COVID-19.”

The letter, penned by former health officer and county commissioner Dr. Dave Gilmour and former Medford Rep. Al Densmore, and signed by 17 others, said the county commissioners have not made “strong and unequivocal support for basic health measures” and have not strongly advocated for vaccinations — which they argue is contributing to the local hospital crisis.

The letter, signed by five current and former Rogue Valley mayors, eight current city councilors across Jackson County and former county commissioners Bob Strosser, Tam Moore and Gilmour, demands that that current commissioners tout the vaccine to their constituents who haven’t had the jab.

The current and former officials said the commissioners should encourage all unvaccinated locals to get their shots “so that they ... do not end up on unattended gurneys in hospital hallways or suffer a premature death.”

When reached by phone, Commissioner Rick Dyer, the chair of the Jackson County Board of Commissioners, called the letter’s claims a “subjective interpretation from some people being unaware or not privy to some information.”

From a “robust public outreach campaign” to requests for hospital resources from state and federal agencies, Dyer said the county and its staff has been at the “forefront of the fight” since the very beginning, and will keep doing "whatever is necessary to ensure the health, safety and welfare of all of our citizens.“ Dyer said that “of course we’re extremely concerned” about the

hospital capacity crisis, and that the elected board works closely with the county administrator and Jackson County Health and Human Services leadership to facilitate the state and federal resources for the local hospital system.

“It’s a team effort, as is most of government function,” Dyer said. “It’s the only way it could work effectively and efficiently.”

During meetings with Gov. Kate Brown and Oregon Health Authority Director Pat Allen, Dyer said, he asked leaders to address the more than 70 patients in hospitals who belonged in long-term care homes and skilled-nursing facilities.

On Aug. 25, Gov. Brown announced a contract dispatching 10 crisis response teams to the facilities to free up the approximately 77 occupied beds in Southern Oregon.

"I made that direct request,“ Dyer said. ”We’re getting some resolution on it.“ Dyer also defended the board’s vaccination work, describing how the county worked with state and federal agencies to facilitate one of the region’s largest mass-vaccination sites earlier this year.

“When vaccines became available, Jackson County began offering information and education as well as promoting their use while respecting personal choice,” a written statement from Dyer said.

Respecting personal choice “is absolutely vital” to helping locals “go in fully informed” before deciding to get vaccinated.

Dyer said that he is vaccinated, as is his wife and 17-year-old son, but Dyer described the decision to get vaccinated as a medical decision and “medical conditions vary.”

As of Aug. 27, about 59.3% of Jackson County’s vaccine-eligible population had received at least one dose of the vaccine.

When asked whether that number is adequate, Dyer said, “I would hope more people would make those informed decisions to get vaccinated.”’

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LOCAL MUSIC, GROWERS MARKETS & MORE Thursday, Sept. 2 Comedy Improv Sessions: The Rogue Valley Improvers host free improvisational comedy practice from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Thursdays at the Phoenix library, 510 W. First St. The sessions are led by Thomas Hartmann, who trained with Second City Chicago. All levels of experience are welcome. CDC and OHA recommendations will be followed. Email forinfoman44@ gmail.com.

Picnic at the Porch: Lead vocalist, guitarist and mandolinist for the Fret Drifters Nick Garrett Powell will perform upbeat, acoustic rhythms — from classics to contemporary songs — during a special concert from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 2, at Hanley Farm, 1053 Hanley Road, Central Point. Tickets are $25, $10 for ages 21 and younger. Youth tickets include an unlimited supply of popcorn; adult tickets include a glass of wine, unlimited popcorn, and bag of peanuts or chips. Tickets are available online through eventbrite.com. Gates open at 5:45 p.m. Proceeds from this event help support the continued maintenance, preservation and care of Hanley Farm. For further information, see sohs.org, email at info@sohs.org, or call 541-773-6536.

Friday, Sept. 3 Soundwalk: Britt Festival Orchestra will present “Ellen Reid Soundwalk,” a free interactive musical experience in and around Jacksonville, through Oct. 15. Performed in part by members of the BFO, “Soundwalk” is a GPS-enabled public art work that uses music to illuminate the natural environment. This installment is tailor-made for Jacksonville, created to encourage calm reflection and introspection. To participate, download the free Ellen Reid Soundwalk app (ellenreidsoundwalk.com/download) to your smartphone, then install “The Britt Festival Orchestra Soundwalk,” put on headphones, press play, and explore parts of Jacksonville on foot or by car to discover diverse musical elements in various locations around the town and surrounding trail systems. In addition to classical, music styles in “Soundwalk” include electronic, jazz and pop. Every person’s experience will be different as they choose their own path based on a map built into the app. For more information, see brittfest.org.

Slopes & Trails: Slopes & Trails will host a free meet-and-greet at 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3, at South Stage Cellars 125 S. Third St., Jacksonville. The nonprofit organization provides social and recreational activities. See slopes.org.

Mostly Harmless: The acoustic trio — bassist and vocalist Gary Dunsmoor, percussionist and vocalist Cathy Doris,

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The Portland-based rock band Portugal. The Man, comprising John Gourley, Zach Carothers, Kyle O’Quin, Eric Howk, Jason Sechrist and Zoe Manville, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 2, at the Britt Pavilion, 350 S. First St., Jacksonville. The band soared to new heights in 2017 with the release of their RIAA certified-gold album, “Woodstock.” The album was marked by the success of their single, “Feel It Still,” which earned the group a Grammy award for “Best Pop Duo/Group Performance,” a five time RIAA platinum certified single certification, and a 20-week residency at No. 1 on alternative radio. Tickets are $69 for reserved seating, $49 for lawn seating, and $39 for ages 12 and younger. Gates open at 6 p.m. Masks are required; attendees must also present proof of full vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test result taken within 36 hours of entry to the Britt grounds. Tickets can be purchased at brittfest.org, at the box office, 216 W. Main St., Medford, or by calling 800-882-7488.

and guitarist and vocalist Michael Wells — will perform an eclectic blend of popular music at 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3, at Trium Wines Tasting Room, 203 E. Main Street, Talent. See triumwines.com or call 541-625-9100.

Jeff Kloetzel: Singer, songwriter and guitar player Jeff Kloetzel will play an acoustic mix of pop, folk and soul, along with original songs at 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3, at

DANCIN Vineyards, 4477 S. Stage Road, Medford. Admission is free. Call 541-2451133 or see dancin.com.

Lady & the Tramp: Singer Janeen McGinnis and guitarist Dave Vestnys will perform a mix of blues, jazz, country, and classic and contemporary rock at 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3, at Schmidt Family Vineyards, 330 Kubli Road, Grants Pass, Admission is free. See sfvineyards.com

or call 541-846-9985.

Adam Gabriel: Singer and songwriter Adam Gabriel will perform acoustic Southern rock and soul music at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3, at Dunbar Farms Rocky Knoll Winery, 2881 Hillcrest Road, Medford.

Admission is free. See dunbarfarms.com or call 541-414-3363.

Blades of Grass Duo: Mandolin player Jef Ramsey and guitarist Kathryn Casternovia will perform a range of bluegrass, vintage country and originals at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3, at Belle Fiore Winery, 100 Belle Fiore Lane, Ashland. Admission is free. See bellefiorewine.com or call 541-552-4900.

JustaDuo: Alois Henderson and Albert Lee will perform easy listening pop and light rock at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3, at Hummingbird Estate Winery, 1677 Old Stage Road, Central Point. See hummingbirdestate.com or call 541-930-2650.

Nick Garrett Powell: Guitarist and singer Nick Garrett Powell, lead singer of the acoustic duo The Fret Drifters, will perform at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3, at Jefferson Spirits, 404 E. Main St, Medford. See jeffersonspirits.com, Jefferson Spirits on Facebook or call 541-500-1349.

John Dabaco: Jazz pianist John Dabaco will perform standards and classics at 6 p.m. every Friday and Saturday, at the Hearsay Restaurant, Lounge and Garden, 40 S. First St., Ashland. See hearsayashland. com or call 541-625-0505.

Jukebox Deluxe Band: Eugene-based Jukebox Deluxe Band will perform rock, country and pop tunes at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3, at RoxyAnn Winery, 3285 Hillcrest Road, Medford. See roxyann.com or call 541-776-2315.

Mark Charles Hill: Guitarist and singer Mark Charles Hill will play a mix of light rock, country and pop at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3, at South Stage Cellars, 125 S. Third St., Jacksonville. See southstagecellars.com or call 541-899-9120.

Maddy Joy: Indie singer-songwriter and guitarist Maddy Joy will perform original songs and cover arrangements in a blend of folk, blues, funk and rock at 6:30 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 3, at Downtown Market Co., 123 W. Main St., Medford. See downtownmarketco.com or call 541-973-2233.

Sensi Trails / Perfect By Tomorrow: The bands will perform at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept.

3, at Johnny B’s, 120 E. Sixth St., Medford.

See jbsmedford.com for ticket information or call 458-226-2722.

Chicago: The legendary rock and roll band Chicago will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3, at the Britt Pavilion, 350 S. First St., Jacksonville. Chicago was inducted into the 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and is the first American rock band to chart Top 40 albums in six consecutive decades. Chicago’s first album, “Chicago SEE LIVE, A14

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LOCAL LIVESTREAMS, VIRTUAL EVENTS Queer Coffee House The social group for LGBTQ+ communities and their allies meets from 10 a.m. to noon the first Saturday (Sept. 4) of each month via Zoom. Ashland Librarian Elanna Erhardt will facilitate group introductions. Bring a list of your recent favorite books, movies, and/or podcasts, and share what projects or crafts you’re working on. To register, see jcls.libcal.com. For further information, email at EErhardt@ jcls.org.

Books at Noon This readers’ group discusses various books and offer suggestions for new reads at noon the first Tuesday (Sept. 7) of each month, via Zoom. To register, see jcls.libcal.com or for more info call 541-535-7090.

Eagle Point Friends Book Club: Discuss suggested books with this reader’s group from 2 to 3:15 p.m. the first Tuesday of every month, at the Eagle Point library, 239 W. Main St. The book to be discussed on Tuesday, Sept.

7, will be “And the Mountains Echoed” by Khaled Hosseini. To register or further details, see jcls.org and click on Programs & Events and then JCLS Calendar, or call 541-826-3313. Meeting details will be emailed to you when you register.

Basic American Sign Language Presentation Kids and Teens are invited to learn finger spelling, greetings, and quick ASL phrases in this introductory presentation of American Sign Language at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8, via Zoom. For further details or to register, see jcls.org and click on Programs & Events and then JCLS Calendar or call 541-774-8679. Meeting details will be emailed to you when you register.

Ashland seniors activities A variety of virtual activities and services are available to adults 50 and older Mondays through Fridays through the Ashland Senior Center, 1699 Homes Ave. See ashlandseniorservices. org or call 541-488-5342 for full listings.

Medford Teen Advisory Group Motivated teens in grades 7 to 12 can meet virtually to brainstorm ideas, discuss books and movies, make crafts, and make the decisions on programming and displays and more at 4:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month (Sept. 14), via Zoom. For further details or to register, see jcls.org and click on Programs & Events and then JCLS Calendar or call 541-774-8679. Meeting details will be emailed to you when you register.

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by Richard Powers. To register and reserve a copy of the book of the month, see jcls.libcal.com or call 541-535-7090. Meeting details will be emailed to you when you register.

‘Jazz and the Civil Rights Movement’ Performer and lecturer Galen Abdur-Razzaq will present “Jazz and the Civil Rights Movement,” at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 15, via Zoom. Learn about the cultural and historical significance of jazz music during the Civil Rights movement. For further details or to register, see jcls.org and click on Programs & Events and then JCLS Calendar or call 541-774-8679. Meeting details will be emailed to you when you register.

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WILD GOOSE CAFE & BAR

THE PERFECT PLACE TO SATISFY INEXPLICABLE CRAVINGS

By Sarah Lemon for ACC

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lub sandwiches were calling out to my kids.

I don’t know how or why they correlated an exceptional eating experience with this staple of lunch counters and cafes. Three slices of bread, perhaps, elevated the sandwich’s standing in the minds of my 8- and 6-year-old sons.

Another sandwich, served with broth for dipping, similarly stood a good chance of wowing them, I figured. When inexplicable cravings for club sandwiches and French dips strike, The Wild Goose Cafe & Bar in Ashland delivers the classics with a bit more care and flair than the average diner — in a setting that’s still lowkey enough for young kids. My family felt right at home in this 22-year-old establishment long known among locals for its live music and open mic nights.

Entertainment likely won’t resume at the Goose until next year, our server said.

Until then, solid fare, efficient service and the convenience of online ordering provide plenty of incentive for customers to help keep the Goose aloft.

Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, plus a bar menu, the Goose caters to a wide range of tastes any time of day. Shrimp, salmon and even oysters are available during all three mealtimes. The Goose does one better for its coho salmon by smoking it in house.

The oyster po’boy ($11.99) appealed to my seafood sensibilities. Although oysters aren’t difficult to find in the Rogue Valley, their presence at casual restaurants is less common.

The Goose prepares shellfish hailing from Washington’s Willapa Bay with eggs for breakfast, fish ’n’ chips-style ($16.99) after 11 a.m. and for

Oysters, including for the po’boy (pictured) can be ordered regular or Cajun.

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The club sandwich is a classic at The Wild Goose Cafe & Bar in Ashland.

snacking — pan-fried or as a shooter ($2.89) — in addition to showcasing them on the iconic sandwich.

Also gravitating to seafood, my parter selected smoked salmon linguine from the dinner menu. Given the choice of soup or salad, he enthusiastically requested the day’s clam chowder, a predictable favorite.

The Goose also furnishes a side of locally baked baguette with its dinners.

Ciabatta was the specified bread for both my po’boy and the French dip ($9.49), which I convinced my kids to try with minimal cajoling. Somewhat reluctantly agreeing to share the club sandwich ($10.99), they spared hardly a glance at the kids’ menu.

“PB and J — seriously?!” my younger son decried, rolling his eyes as best as a 6-year-old can manage. To be fair, I told the boys, the restaurant has something to tempt just about any diner’s appetite.

Always with a keen appetite for vegetables, my younger son immediately busied himself with the green salad that accompanied his sandwich for the additional price of $2.99.

Other choices are soup or

Smoked salmon linguine is prepared with house-smoked wild coho.

potato salad. For 99 cents, fries can be added to any sandwich or burger.

Either ⅓ pound ground beef patty, meatless patty or chicken breast compose seven types of burgers, from $8.99 to $11.99. A dozen sandwiches, including steak, meatloaf, BLT, Reuben and patty melt, complement the three we ordered.

The club, as expected, was the star attraction, grasped with eager fingers, heedless of toothpicks, which I quickly removed before they inflicted harm. My older son excised slices of tomato from layers

of turkey, bacon and toasted white bread, then devoured the quarter sandwich in a few bites.

Once I directed their attention to the French dip, the kids jockeyed for position to dunk their respective halves in au jus, just oversalted enough to infuse the otherwise bland amalgam of roast beef and Swiss with deep savor. The bread’s substantial girth withstood repeated dipping without falling apart. And as I predicted, they both loved the sandwich so much that I could hardly persuade them to share a bite with me.

Afforded my own ample sandwich, I squeezed a lemon wedge over the Cajun-seasoned oysters before positioning the top half of bread. With tartar sauce applied only on the bread’s bottom half, both oysters and ciabatta retained their requisite crunch and chew. Inside their breading, the oysters were deliciously creamy with a hint of brine, a top-notch preparation compared with plenty of others I’ve tried.

Also a fine example of its genre, the chowder offered a hearty helping of clams — no bacon — in a base thin enough to drip off the spoon with a

slightly sweeter note than I expected, presumably from carrots and celery. If the cup with my partner’s dinner had been a bit larger, I would have helped myself to a few more bites.

The salmon, likewise, was mild-flavored but still distinctive and generously portioned throughout the pasta. Pesto played a supporting role in the dish’s flavor profile, allowing the salmon to shine in contrast to earthy mushrooms and piquant scallions.

Other dinner entrees, served from 5 to 8 p.m. daily, are house-made meatloaf ($17.99), chicken fried steak ($16.99) and a 6-ounce charbroiled flatiron steak ($19.99) — all served with garlic mashed potatoes and gravy, sautéed vegetables and a choice of soup or salad.

Aimed at gluten-free diners, a melange of quinoa, green chickpeas, edamame and kale accompanies the 6-ounce wild coho salmon fillet ($19.99) and scampi-style prawns ($17.99).

Located at 2365 Ashland St., The Wild Goose is open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. To view menus and to place orders online, see wildgoosecafe.com.

Or call 541-488-4103. Curbside service and delivery are available.

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OSTERIA LA BRICCOLA

IT’S AN IDEAL LOCATION FOR CLASSICAL ITALIAN DISHES

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he most exciting restaurant to open in Ashland for more than a year builds on an award-winning chef’s four decades in the industry.

Davide Ghizzoni was executive chef for Ca’ Del Sol near Universal Studios in Southern California’s Studio City before the coronavirus pandemic curtailed the restaurant’s special events, which his wife, Sherri, managed. The couple’s career hardships ultimately provided the push they needed to strike out on their own with Osteria La Briccola.

Relocating to Oregon brought the Ghizzonis closer to their son and Sherri’s parents.

And the former Calle Guanajuato location of Loft and Eleven on the Creek afforded the ideal venue for chef Ghizzoni’s classical cuisine from Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region, where his family is rooted.

Stating that they never found the right fit for a restaurant before coming to Ashland — and that they finally feel they’ve found a home — the Ghizzonis already are enjoying an enthusiastic reception from customers craving a return to true hospitality. Helmed by such longtime professionals, including former Ca’ Del Sol manager Davide Fortunati, Osteria La Briccola exudes the kind of competence and confidence since its July debut that hopefully confirms staying power.

Setting La Briccola apart from counterparts locally is Davide Ghizzoni’s pasta, freshly made in house.

These are prime examples of dishes strictly prepared to the standards of Ghizzoni’s own grandmother, down to imported ingredients as necessary.

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Mussels and clams in tomato-wine broth are among the appetizers at Osteria La Briccola in Ashland.

“I only cook what I know,” says Ghizzoni. “It is what we do best. It is our life and our passion.”

The chef’s passion for pasta is evident in its sheer variety — gnocchi, spaghetti, pappardelle, penne, tagliatelle and bucatini — going far beyond what I’ve seen at the region’s other Italian eateries.

And pastas can be mixed and matched with diners’ choice of sauces, including ragu, pesto and tomato, for dozens of combinations, priced at $16 apiece.

For a few dollars more, diners can choose from such pasta specialties as lasagna with beef ragu ($18), gnocchi with Gorgonzola sauce ($18), pumpkin tortellloni with sage butter ($18) and squid-ink linguine with shrimp, salami and cherry tomatoes ($19).

In traditional Italian style, pastas precede a “second course” of meat or seafood. La Briccola offers chicken, filet mignon, lamb shank, panroasted Alaskan salmon and cioppino chock full of salmon and four types of shellfish, from $23 to $34.

Although I love lamb shank,

my palate was primed for pasta — the squid ink linguine, in particular. But the menu’s inclusion of lamb ragu on pappardelle meant that I didn’t have to compromise, given my partner’s willingness to share the two dishes.

We first agreed on steamed mussels and clams ($17) for our antipasti and a salad of arugula and Belgian endive with grapes, walnuts and goat cheese ($14).

Beef carpaccio ($17), burrata cheese with prosciutto ($18) and a charcuterie plate for two ($23) number among the other antipasti dishes.

The shellfish arrived in short order with fingers of housemade focaccia. Rosy and plump, the mussels reveled in a broth of white wine and tomato, studded with garlic and perfectly seasoned with chile flakes. Arranged in the plate’s center, the smaller clams were a delightfully chewy counterpoint to the succulent mussels, the first I’ve ordered in a restaurant that weren’t overcooked in at least a year, I commented.

When we weren’t soaking bread in the bright, briny broth, we spooned it directly

Panna cotta is a light, refreshing dessert at Osteria La Briccola in Ashland.

into our mouths, murmuring appreciation with each sip. I’d order this dish again and again and never tire of it.

To complement the seafood, we shared a glass of Italian vermentino ($9) from the welltuned list of local and Italian labels. We also ordered glasses of Quady North rose ($11) and Poliziano Rosso di Montepulciano ($10), a red blend, to pair with our pastas.

The nicely balanced, straightforward rose let the grapes’ sweetness shine while cutting the richness of walnuts and goat cheese.

Carefully arranged and delicately flavored, the salad came split between two plates, although we hadn’t specifically requested that courtesy.

Elements in precise proportion elevated the greens beyond palate cleanser between our antipasti and pasta courses.

I could hardly contain my excitement when the pastas came to our table. Indeed, the first bite was sublime, captivating my taste sensations with intense savor. By the third or fourth bite, however, my partner mentioned that the squid ink linguine verged on salty.

Exchanging my lamb pappardelle for his plate, I relished the assertive punch of salami

against the shrimp and toothsome noodles. But after a few bites, I concluded the cherry tomatoes were essential to alleviating the dish’s saltiness, which kept building. With no such sweet contrast in the ragu, the lamb pasta also came on too strong, once I reclaimed the plate.

I wanted to believe the fault lay with pasta cooking water whose salinity had concentrated near the end of the evening. Yet a single morsel of impeccably tender lamb revealed it as oversalted, too.

Because we had eaten a good amount of each, there wasn’t much point in mentioning the lapse to our server.

The dishes did put us, more than usual, in the mood for dessert, provided it was light and fruity. That left out tiramisu, although it’s one of my favorites, and confirmed the panna cotta ($9) with berries as our choice. The custard was cool, creamy and satisfying, judiciously garnished with coulis and a few fresh berries.

Located at 18 Calle Guanajuato Way, the restaurant with expansive second-story decks is open from 5 to 9 p.m.

Wednesday through Monday.

Reserve on OpenTable, or call 541-708-0775.

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Transit Authority,” was inducted into the Grammy Hall Of Fame in 2014. Tickets are $85 for reserved seating, $55 for lawn seating, and $45 for ages 12 and younger. Gates open at 6 p.m.

Masks are required; attendees must also present proof of full vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test result taken within 36 hours of entry to the Britt grounds. Tickets can be purchased at brittfest.org, at the box office, 216 W. Main St., Medford, or by calling 800-882-7488.

Saturday, Sept. 4 Kids’ Bilingual StoryWalk: The Central Point Library will present a bilingual Storywalk of Eric Carle’s book “The Very Hungry Caterpillar / La Oruga Muy Hambrienta,” in William Mott Memorial Park, 2190 Jeremy St., Central Point, beginning Monday, Aug. 30, through Monday, Sept. 6. For further details, see jcls.org and click on Programs & Events and then JCLS Calendar or call 541-664-3228.

Grants Pass Growers Market: Find local seasonal produce, baked goods, beverages and more from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays in downtown Grants Pass, at Fourth and F streets. Masks are required while in the market.

See growersmarket.org.

Medford Cars & Coffee: Car enthusiasts can meet from 9 to 10:30 a.m. every Saturday at 2780 E. Barnett Road, Medford, near Starbucks and Mountain Mike’s Pizza. The group will not hold meetings in the event of rain or snowy weather. Find Medford Cars and Coffee on Facebook for further information.

Lithia Artisans Market: More than 40 artisans display and sell handcrafted items from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through December along Calle Guanajuato, the pedestrian walkway behind the downtown plaza that runs next to Ashland Creek in Ashland. Safety measures will be in effect, masks are required, and social distancing will be enforced. Call 541-3019811 or see lithiaartisansmarket. com Walk through History: Take a walk though Jacksonville’s history during a one-hour guided tour at 10 a.m. every Saturday through Sept. 4. The tour leaves from Jacksonville’s Courthouse

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Square, in front of City Hall, 206 N. Fifth St., Jacksonville. Visit government and commercial buildings, fraternal lodges and homes. Learn how gambling money built a church; how the Civil War ended a successful mercantile partnership; how fire reshaped the town and a railroad both destroyed and preserved it, and more. Admission is free, reservations required.

Call 541-245-3650 or email info@ historicjacksonville.org.

Oregon Oldtime Fiddlers Association: The group will hold a family-friendly public jam session and dance from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4, at the Fruitdale Grange, 1440 Parkdale Dr., Grants Pass. Acoustic musicians are welcome to sit in and play, and dancing is encouraged.

Admission is by optional donation. Call 541-779-8145 or see ootfa4.org.

Dayton Mason: Gypsy jazz singer, songwriter and guitarist Dayton Mason will perform at 1 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 4, at Augustino Estate at The Big Red Barn, 16995 N. Applegate Road, Grants Pass. See augustinoestate.com or call 541-846-1881.

American Contraband: Four-piece band, American Contraband, will perform originals and covers ranging from folk to hard rock at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4, at Schmidt Family Vineyards, 330 Kubli Road, Grants Pass, Admission is free. See sfvineyards.com or call 541-846-9985.

David Cahalan: Singer, songwriter and guitarist David Cahalan will perform at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4, at Aurora Vines Winery, 2287 Pioneer Road, Talent.

See auroravines.com or call 541-897-0592.

Lily Jo’s Revolution: The trio, Lily Jo’s Revolution, will perform plugged in acoustic soulful originals along with select covers at 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4, at Rellik Winery and Alpaca Farm, 970 Old Stage Road, Central Point.

See rellikwinery.com or call 541499-0449.

Bim Jeam and the Sadness: Hear country, folk and blues acoustic music you can groove to when Bim Jeam and the Sadness performs at 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept.

4, at Stone River Winery and Vineyard, 2178 Pioneer Road, Talent. Call 541-631-9583.

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music at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4, at Dunbar Farms Rocky Knoll Winery, 2881 Hillcrest Road, Medford. Admission is free. See dunbarfarms.com or call 541-414-3363.

Truculence, Phenom and Hellametal: The bands will play metal and death metal at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4, at Johnny B’s, 120 E. Sixth St., Medford. See jbsmedford.com for ticket information or call 458-226-2722.

Blue Lightning: This high-energy dance band — Sue Lundquist on keys and guitar, Rhonda Loftis on drums, Trish Cook, Dianne Strong-Summerhays on vocals, Crystal Reeves on electric violin, Brent Norton on lead guitar and Cedrick Buckingham on bass will perform at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4, at South Stage Cellars, 125 S. Third St., Jacksonville.

Admission is $7. See southstagecellars.com or call 541-899-9120.

Peter Anastos Quintet: The quintet — Peter Anastos on trumpet, drummer Theresa McCoy, pianist John Mazzei, bassist Jeff Addicott, and Adam Harris on saxophone — will perform original compositions in modern jazz at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept.

4, at La Baguette Music Café, 340 A St., Ashland. Admission is $25, tickets can be purchased online at angelakoregelos.com or at the door (cash only). This concert will be outdoors. See labaguettemusiccafe.com or call 541-482-0855.

Sunday, Sept. 5 Jacksonville Farmers Market: The market is open from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. every Sunday through October on the grounds of the Historic Jacksonville Courthouse, 206 N. Fifth St., Jacksonville.

You’ll find local produce, fresh baked goods, naturally raised beef, local seafood, beverages, treats, prepared foods, arts, crafts and live music. Live music is performed from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Find jville.market on Facebook for updates and further information.

JustaDuo: Singer Alois Henderson and multi-instrumentalist and singer Albert Lee will perform easy listening pop and light rock at 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 5, at RoxyAnn Winery, 3285 Hillcrest Road, Medford. See roxyann.com or call 541-776-2315.

J Brothers: Brothers Mark and Scott Johnson will perform a mix

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Ashland Saturday Market Fresh and organic seasonal produce, bakery items, artisan food, plants and other goods are available from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays through Oct. 30, along Oak Street in downtown Ashland. Social distancing and safety measures are in place. See rvgrowersmarket.com.

of classic rock and pop at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 5, at Daisy Creek Vineyard, 675 Shafer Lane, Jacksonville. See daisycreekwine.com or call 541-899-8329.

Rod Petrone: The classical guitarist will play a mix of instrumentals from Brazil, Latin America and France, along with his own arrangements of Italian compositions at 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 5, at Belle Fiore Winery, 100 Belle Fiore Lane, Ashland.

Admission is free. See bellefiorewine.com or call 541-552-4900.

Monday, Sept. 6 Take & Make: Kids and their families can pick up a take-andmake craft kit during select dates using the front door service of the library. Each library branch offers a unique craft for every age group, from preschoolers to adults, and all need supplies are included in the kit. For details, see jcls.org or call the library branch in your area.

Paul Schmeling Band: The Paul Schmeling Band will perform jazz standards from 7 to 9 p.m.

Mondays at Martino’s Restaurant and Lounge, 58 E. Main St., Ashland. Email at martymorlan@ gmail.com or call 541-488-4420.

Tuesday, Sept. 7 Ashland Rogue Valley Growers & Crafters Market: Seasonal fruits and vegetables, crafts, specialty foods, drinks and more are available from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Tuesdays through Nov. 23, at the National Guard Armory, 1420 E. Main St., Ashland. Masks are required. Social distancing and safety measures are in place.

See rvgrowersmarket.com.

Wednesday, Sept. 8 ScienceWorks Hands-On Museum: A variety of interactive science exhibits are available at the museum, located at 1500 E. Main St., Ashland. The interactive museum will be open from

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday to Sunday. Many exhibits will be modified to reduce touch surfaces — fewer hands-on activities — and increase physical distancing. Exhibits that will be temporarily closed include Bubble-ology, the Jam Room, Dark Science and Pacific Crest Cove. Masks will be required for visitors ages 5 and up, and recommended for children ages 2 through 4. Staff and volunteers will be masked. Weekday admission is $10, $8 for ages 2 through 12; weekend days admission is $12.50, $10.50 for ages 2 through 12 and 65 and older, and free for kids under age 2. To purchase tickets or for more information, see scienceworksmuseum.org or call 541-482-6767.

Medford Senior Center Bingo: The Medford Senior Center will host Bingo games for adults at 12:30 p.m. every Wednesday and Friday at the Medford Senior Center, 510 East Main St.; $8 for

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six cards for 10 games. Must be 18 or older to participate.

Doors open at 11:30 a.m. For further details on the games or for a full listing of activities and services available, see medfordseniorcenter.org.

Applegate Evening Market: Shop local directly from area farmers, artisans, and crafters, and hear live music by regional artists from 5 to 8 p.m. every Wednesday through Oct., at Electric Gardens Flower Farm, 8035 Highway 238, Jacksonville. See applegateeveningmarket.com or call 541-761-6502.

David Cahalan: Singer, songwriter and guitarist David Cahalan will perform at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8, at DANCIN Vineyards, 4477 S. Stage Road, Medford.

Admission is free. Call 541-2451133 or see dancin.com.

Lily Jo’s Revolution: The trio, Lily Jo’s Revolution, will perform plugged in acoustic soulful originals along with select covers at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8, at RoxyAnn Winery, 3285 Hillcrest Road, Medford. See roxyann.com or call 541-776-2315.

Jeff Kloetzel: Singer, songwriter and guitar player Jeff Kloetzel will play an acoustic mix of pop, folk and soul, along with original songs at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept.

8, at South Stage Cellars, 125 S. Third St., Jacksonville. Admission is $15. See southstagecellars.com or call 541-899-9120.

The Beach Boys: Iconic American band The Beach Boys will perform at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8, at the Britt Pavilion, 350 S. First St., Jacksonville. The Beach Boys have sold over 100 million records worldwide and have received more than 33 RIAA Platinum and Gold record awards. The Rock And Roll Hall of Famers where also honored at the 2001 Grammy Awards with the Lifetime Achievement Award. With more than five decades of touring under their belts, The Beach Boys have performed more concerts than any major rock band in history. Tickets are $69 for reserved seating, $43 for lawn seating, and $33 for ages 12 and younger. Gates open at 6 p.m. Masks are required; attendees must also present proof of full vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test result taken within 36 hours of entry to the Britt grounds. Tickets can be purchased at brittfest.org, at the box office, 216 W. Main St., Medford, or by calling 800-882-7488.

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OSF Wednesday Concert: The one-man band Chic Street Man will perform a blend of blues, urban, jazz, acoustic ballads and funky upbeat originals at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8, on the outdoor Allen Elizabethan Theatre stage at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival campus.

Tickets are $15. Masks are required; attendees must also present proof of full vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test. For tickets and further information, see osfashland.org or call the OSF box office at 800-219-8161.

Thursday, Sept. 9 Comedy Improv Sessions: The Rogue Valley Improvers host free improvisational comedy practice from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Thursdays at the Phoenix library, 510 W. First St. The sessions are led by Thomas Hartmann, who trained with Second City Chicago. All levels of experience are welcome. CDC and OHA recommendations will be followed.

Email forinfoman44@gmail.com.

Friday, Sept. 10 Allison Scull and Victor Martin: Singer-songwriter and guitarist Allison Scull and sax player Victor Martin will play a mix of folk, jazz, blues and pop, along with Scull singing some of her original songs in French at 5 p.m. Friday Sept. 10, at DANCIN Vineyards, 4477 S. Stage Road, Medford. Admission is free. Call 541-245-1133 or see dancin.com.

Bob Haworth: Singer-songwriter Bob Haworth, formerly a member of the bands of The Brothers Four and The Kingston Trio, will perform at 5:30 p.m.

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Lane Norberg: Portland based singer-songwriter Lane Norberg will perform indie-folk and love songs at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Sept.

10, at Hummingbird Estate Winery, 1677 Old Stage Road, Central Point. See hummingbirdestate.com or call 541-930-2650.

Hollis & Hayworth: Singer and songwriter duo Dan Sherrill and Jacqui Aubert, along with Bob Haworth, formerly a member of the bands of The Brothers Four and The Kingston Trio, will perform at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Sept.

10, at Dunbar Farms Rocky Knoll Winery, 2881 Hillcrest Road, Medford. Admission is free.

See dunbarfarms.com or call 541-414-3363.

Hog Wild: The band — guitarist, sax and harmonica player Dale Visage, lead guitarist Tom Bacon, bassist Jim Marvin, drummer Scott Wright and keyboard player and guitarist Albert Lee — will play rock, blues and soul covers at 6 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 10, at RoxyAnn Winery, 3285 Hillcrest Road, Medford. See roxyann.com or call 541-776-2315.

Shine Jazz Trio: The jazz trio, led

by Steve Shine, will perform vintage jazz and classic swing at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 10, at South Stage Cellars, 125 S. Third St., Jacksonville. See southstagecellars.com or call 541-899-9120.

Mercy Duo: The soul, pop and R&B duo—singer Lynda Day and guitarist Dave Day — will perform at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept.

10, at Downtown Market Co., 123 W. Main St., Medford. See downtownmarketco.com or call 541-973-2233.

Haunted History Tour: Costumed docents will lead an hour-long

tour, the final tour of their second Friday series, Friday Sept. 10, in downtown Jacksonville. Special tours will also be given the second weekend in October. Guests will be introduced to some of the town’s historic buildings along with the restless ghosts and spirits who still occupy them. The 7 and 7:30 p.m. courthouse tour features stories of brothels, epidemics and hangings. The 7:15 and 7:45 p.m. Britt Hill tour shares tales of arson, saloons and Oregon’s first Chinatown. Tours are $10, and reservations are required.

Reservations must be made on-line at historicjacksonville. org/haunted-history-tours, no later than 4 p.m. on the day of the tour. Tours leave from the Jacksonville Visitors Center at the corner of N. Oregon and C streets. Masks are required. Proceeds go to the maintenance of Jacksonville’s historic buildings.

Call 541-245-3650 for reservations. For additional information see historicjacksonville.org or email at info@historicjacksonville.org for information or call 541-245-3650.

38 Special: The Southern rock band 38 Special — guitarists and vocalists Don Barnes and Jerry Riggs, keyboardist and vocalist Bobby Capps, bassist Barry Dunaway, and drummer Gary Moffatt, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 10, at the Britt Pavilion, 350 S. First St., Jacksonville. Since 1976, the band has released more than 15 albums. With sales in excess of 20 million, most associate the band with their arena-rock pop smashes, “Hold On Loosely,” “Rockin’ Into the Night,” “Caught Up in You,” “Fantasy Girl,” “If I’d Been the One,” “Back Where You Belong,” “Chain Lightnin’,” “Second Chance,” and more.

Tickets are $56 for reserved seating, $39 for lawn seating, and $29 for ages 12 and younger.

Gates open at 6 p.m. Masks are required; attendees must also present proof of full vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test result taken within 36 hours of entry to the Britt grounds.

Tickets can be purchased at brittfest.org, at the box office, 216 W. Main St., Medford, or by calling 800-882-7488.

Saturday, Sept. 11 Poker Run: The Rogue River VFW will be hosting its annual “Patriot’s Run,” a motorcycle and car poker run, in tribute to the heroes of 9/11, Saturday, Sept.

11, beginning at Moose Lodge #178, 9713 Old Stage Road, Gold Hill. Sign up begins at 9 a.m. and rides begin at 11 a.m. Admission is $15 or $20 for duos. Following the ride, look for live music by Mercy featuring Lynda Morrison, raffles and more. All proceeds to benefit the Rogue River Students scholarship fund. For further information email at househuntergp@hotmail.com, find VFW Auxiliary 4116 Patriots Runon Facebook or call 541-761-1379.

Rogue Gallery & Art Center Family Art Day: Kids and families of all ages can explore and create art from noon to 2 p.m. the second Saturday of each month at Rogue Gallery & Art Center, 40 S. Bartlett St., Medford. Make your very own art projects to take home and explore gallery spaces with an art scavenger hunt. All materials will be provided. Admission is free; registration is required.

Children must be accompanied by an adult. After registration, specific times will be set to limit number of participants to meet social distancing protocols. Call 541-772-8118 or see roguegallery.org.

Allison Scull and Victor Martin: Singer-songwriter and guitarist Allison Scull and sax player Victor Martin will play a mix of folk, jazz, blues and pop, along with Scull singing some of her original songs in French at 1 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 11, at Augustino Estate at The Big Red Barn, 16995 N. Applegate Road, Grants Pass. See augustinoestate.com or call 541-846-1881.

JustaDuo: Singer Alois Henderson and multi-instrumentalist and singer Albert Lee will perform easy listening pop and light rock at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, at Bayer Family Estate Winery, 11663 Agate Road, Eagle Point.

See bayerfamilyestate.com or call 541-826-8953.

Joshua Paul: Guitarist and singer Joshua Paul will perform a blend of Americana, rock, country, and blues at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, at Aurora Vines Winery, 2287 Pioneer Road, Talent.

See auroravines.com or call 541-897-0592.

J Brothers: Brothers Mark and Scott Johnson will perform a mix of classic rock and pop at 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, at Rellik Winery and Alpaca Farm, 970 Old Stage Road, Central Point.

See rellikwinery.com or call 541499-0449.

Jeff Kloetzel: Singer, songwriter and guitar player Jeff Kloetzel will play an acoustic mix of pop, folk and soul, along with original songs at 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept.

11, at Stone River Winery and Vineyard, 2178 Pioneer Road, Talent. Call 541-631-9583.

The Antelopers: Ashland based folk cover band will play a wide variety of music from the 1930s to current hits at 5:30 p.m.

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Rogue Suspects: Rock, funk and blues band The Rogue Suspects — singer Shae Celine, guitar player Dirk Price, bassist Greg Frederick, drummer David Bolen and keyboard player Don Harriss—will perform at 6 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 11, at South Stage Cellars, 125 S. Third St., Jacksonville. Admission is $25.

See southstagecellars.com or call 541-899-9120.

Sunday, Sept. 12 L.E.F.T.: Rock ‘n’ roll band L.E.F.T. — singer and guitarist Bret Levick, Bob Evoniuk on Dobro, bassist Greg Frederick, drummer Matt Terreri and Don Harriss on keys — perform Levick’s original rock, along with covers of songs by the Rolling Stones, David Bowie and others at 2 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 12, at Hummingbird Estate Winery, 1677 Old Stage Road, Central Point. Wine and beer will be available for purchase as well as food from the Pickly Pear food truck. Tickets are $7, children 12 and under get in free. This concert is part of Hummingbird Estate’s part of Copper Door Concert Series. For tickets and further details, see hummingbirdestate.com or call 541-930-2650.

Donnie MacFarlane: Portland-based Donnie MacFarlane will perform ’90s rock and indie rock at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept.

12, at Walkabout Brewing Co., 921 Mason Way, Medford. See walkaboutbrewing.com or call 541-734-4677.

Michael Franti & Spearhead: Globally recognized musician, humanitarian, activist and award-winning filmmaker, Michael Franti and Spearhead will perform at 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 12, at the Britt Pavilion, 350 S. First St., Jacksonville.

Michael Franti is a revered for his high-energy live shows, inspiring music, devotion to health and wellness, worldwide philanthropic efforts and the power of optimism. Throughout his multi-decade career, Franti has earned three Billboard No. 1’s with triumphantly hopeful hits “Sound of Sunshine,” “Say Hey (I Love You)” and “I Got You,” as well as six Top 30 Hot AC singles, nine Top 25 AAA Singles and three Billboard Top

5 Rock Albums. Mike Love will open the show. Tickets are $52 for reserved seating, $41 for lawn seating, and $31 for ages 12 and younger. Gates open at 6 p.m. Masks are required; attendees must also present proof of full vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test result taken within 36 hours of entry to the Britt grounds. Tickets can be purchased at brittfest.org, at the box office, 216 W. Main St., Medford, or by calling 800-882-7488.

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Wednesday, Sept. 15 Casual Memoir Writing: Learn how to write and complete a short memoir of a specific memory in one sitting using a simple method from 10:30 a.m to 12:30 p.m. the third Wednesday of each month at the Central Point Library, 116 S. Third St. Writing samples and supplies will be provided. For further details or to register, see jcls.org and click on Programs & Events and then JCLS Calendar or call 541-664-3228.

LLL Acoustic: The band LLL Acoustic will perform at 5 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 15, at RoxyAnn Winery, 3285 Hillcrest Road, Medford. See roxyann.com or call 541-776-2315.

Nick Garrett Powell: Guitarist and singer Nick Garrett Powell, lead singer of the acoustic duo The Fret Drifters, will perform at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 15, at South Stage Cellars, 125 S. Third St., Jacksonville. See southstagecellars.com or call 541-899-9120.

The Brothers Reed: Guitar and vocal duo Aaron Reed and Philip Reed will play original folk and pop, along with a few choice covers at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 15, at Jefferson Spirits, 404 E. Main St, Medford. See jeffersonspirits.com, Jefferson Spirits on Facebook or call 541-500-1349.

OSF Wednesday Concert: The Singer and The Songwriter — singer Rachel Garcia and guitarist Thu Tran — will perform original modern folk, jazz and blues at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 15, on the outdoor Allen Elizabethan Theatre stage at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival campus. Tickets are $15. For tickets and further information, see osfashland.org or call the OSF box office at 800-219-8161.

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Thursday, Sept. 16 Cece Censor: Enjoy an acoustic performance by Cece Censor at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 16, at Johnny B’s, 120 E. Sixth St., Medford. See jbsmedford.com for ticket information.

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LOCAL THEATER Camelot Theatre: 101 Talent Ave., Talent. Tickets and information available at camelottheatre. org or 541-535-5250. Group and discounted season packages are available. Box Office hours are noon to 5 p.m.

Mondays-Saturdays.

‘Spotlight on Bette Midler — The Divine Miss M’: Bette Midler is an American singer, songwriter, actress, comedian and film producer. She began her professional career in several Off-Broadway plays before catapulting her career in “Fiddler on the Roof” on Broadway in 1967.

Midler has released 14 studio albums as a solo artist, made her motion picture debut in 1979 with “The Rose,” and has since starred in a number of hit films, television shows and comedy tours. Midler has won three Grammy Awards, four Golden Globes, three Emmy Awards and a Tony Award. Camelot’s tribute to Bette Midler will include songs such as “Hello Dolly,” “Wind Beneath My Wings,” “Do You Want To Dance,” “From a Distance,” “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” and many more. Directed

by Todd Nielsen and starring Kristen Calvin. Performances are set for 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, Sept. 30-Oct. 23, and at 2 p.m. Sundays, Oct. 3-Oct. 24.

Regular tickets are $20 to $38.

Please note this show contains mature themes and strong language.

Collaborative Theatre Project: 555 Medford Center, Medford. Tickets and information are available at ctpmedford.org, on Facebook, by calling 541-779-1055. Group rates are available.

‘The Book of Will’: In this play, it has been three years since Shakespeare’s death, and his closest friends miss him dearly. The year is 1619, and after hearing a badly botched version of “Hamlet” at a nearby theater, they realize Shakespeare’s words are starting to fade into obscurity. So, they set out to compile as many of his manuscripts as possible, going head-to-head against a shady publisher, a drunken poet, shrinking resources and their own mortality. Written By Lauren Gunderson and directed

by Russell Lloyd. The play is often humorous, slightly wistful and always full of life and joy.

Gunderson’s script re-creates an historic moment as if we were

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Rigo Jimenez as Ritchie Valens, left, Dan Middleditch as Buddy Holly and Alex Boyles as The Big Bopper in Oregon Cabaret Theatre’s production of “Buddy — The Buddy Holly Story.” See listing, this page. present in the taphouse, the printer’s office, or backstage at the Globe Theatre. Performance are scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

Thursdays through Saturdays through Sept. 4, and at 1:30 p.m. Sundays, through Sept. 5.

Tickets are $30, $25 for seniors and students. Masks covering the nose and mouth are required for all attendees regardless of vaccination status.

Oregon Cabaret Theatre: 241 Hargadine St, on the corner of First and Hargadine streets, Ashland. Tickets and information are available at oregoncabaret. com or by calling 541-488-2902.

Reservations are required for pre-show dinner and brunch.

Appetizers, beverages and desserts are available without reservations. Student rush tickets are $15 and can be purchased 30 minutes before curtain with valid ID, subject to availability. Group discounts available.

‘Buddy — The Buddy Holly Story’: Buddy Holly’s brief life is immortalized in this dynamic and heart-rending stage show.

Set between 1956 and 1959, “Buddy” traces Buddy’s early

rise to fame with the Crickets to the night when the music died. Featuring hit Buddy Holly songs like “That’ll be the Day,” “Peggy Sue,” “Everyday,” Ritchie Valens’ “La Bamba,” and The Big Bopper’s “Chantilly Lace,” this musical celebrates the lives lost on that fateful night and the lasting impact they had on rock ’n’ roll. Performances are set for 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays through Sept. 4, and 1 p.m. Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, through Sept. 5. Were it a movie, “Buddy” would be Rated PG, with mild, coarse language and some adult themes.

Tickets are $43, $39 or $29.

‘Poirot—Murder on the Links’: Based on Agatha Christie’s thrilling mystery, Murder on the Links features famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and his friend Captain Hastings. Poirot arrives in France to find his client brutally murdered and lying face down in a shallow grave on a golf course. But why is the dead man wearing an overcoat that is too big for him? And for whom was the impassioned love letter in the pocket? Before Poirot can answer these questions,

the case is turned upside down by the discovery of a second, identically murdered corpse.

Performances are set for 8 p.m.

Thursdays through Saturdays, Mondays and select Wednesdays, Sept. 16 through Nov. 7, and 1 p.m. Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, through Nov. 7.

Were it movie, “Poirot” would be rated PG-13, with mild onstage violence, some adult themes, and discussions of violent crime.

Tickets are $43, $39 or $25.

Oregon Shakespeare Festival: 15 S. Pioneer St., Ashland. Showtimes, ticket prices and information available at osfashland.org or at 800-219-8161. Group discounts available.

O! digital: OSF’s interactive and immersive digital content platform, O!, can be accessed for free at osfashland.org/digital.

Some content will be accessed for a fee, including streaming plays. 2014’s “Water by the Spoonful,” directed by Shishir Kurup, will be streaming Sept.

1-25.

2021 Gala: The Oregon Shakespeare Festival will hold its annual “Gala” virtually this year via the OSF website at 6 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 9. The free evening of entertainment features special performances from OSF actors and artists, discussions, behind-the-scenes look at the past year, a preview of the oneof-a-kind virtual reality event Quills Fest, an update on how OSF is building and ushering in a whole new era, and more. An online silent auction, featuring OSF-inspired experiences, gifts and memorabilia will open at noon Friday, Oct. 5 and run through noon Monday, Oct. 11. Proceeds from the auction and donations go to support OSF programs and events.

See osfashland.org, email at armandoh@osfashland.org, or call 541-482-2111 for further information.

Live Performances: ‘Fannie’: Cheryl L. West’s “Fannie: The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer,” is a musical play inspired by the life of the civil rights activist, and tells the story of the Mississippi-born civil and voting rights activist (1917-1977), painting a portrait of courage, humor, and grit.

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account of Hamer’s remarkable life, alternating between autobiography and song, just as Hamer herself incorporated art into her activism. The play stars luminary of the American stage — Greta Oglesby. An onstage band will provide backup music for the one-woman show. Performances are scheduled to run at 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, through Oct. 9. Tickets are $35, and can be purchased at osfashland.org or by calling the OSF box office at 800-219-8161.

Masks are required; attendees must also present proof of full vaccination or a negative COVID19 test.

Wednesday Concerts: Live performances are being held this summer through Oct. 6 on the outdoor Allen Elizabethan Stage at 8 p.m. each Wednesday.

Tickets are $15. See live event listings in Tempo for further information. . ‘It’s Christmas, Carol!’: Written by Mark Bedard, Brent Hinkley, and John Tufts, the story follows three ghosts who take the miserly Carol Scroogenhouse through time and space to reckon with how she’s abandoned love and artistry for capitalism. Performance dates and times will be announced later.

Randall Theatre: 115 E. Main St., Medford. Tickets and information are available at randalltheatre.com or by calling 541-690-8810. Pick-your-price tickets are available 30 minutes before shows, subject to availability.

‘The Best of Broadway’s Bad Girls’: The Randall Theatre Company will present the next show in its “Broadway or Bust” series of concert-style revues. “The Best of Broadway’s Bad Girls” puts the spotlight on the shady ladies from some of Broadway’s biggest musicals, with music from “Chicago,” “Cabaret,” “RENT,” “The Producers,” “Mean Girls,” “Jekyll & Hyde,” and more. The show features the vocal talents of Alex Bringer, Julia Holden-Hunkins, Alissa Larson and Sophie Stricker. Performances are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, Sept. 3-18, and at 2 p.m. Sundays, Sept.

5-19. Doors open at 7:00 pm, the show starts at 7:30 pm. Food and drink is available for purchase from the theatre’s restaurant,

Ghostlight Grille. Masks are required except when eating or drinking. Performers will not be masked. In-person tickets are $18 in advance. Live stream virtual tickets are $15 per household. Tickets are available online through the theater company’s website .

Rogue Theater Company: See roguetheatercompany.com or call 541-205-9190 for showtimes, tickets and further information.

Shakespeare Studies: Oregon Shakespeare Festival actor and dramaturge Barry Kraft will lead a six-part series on Shakespeare from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Plays to be studied are “Romeo and Juliet,” Sept. 11-12; “Julius Caesar,” Sept. 18-19; and “Hamlet,” Sept.

25-26. Tickets are $20, $100 for the entire series. The Ashland location will be confirmed at time of booking. Livestream or a recording you may view at any time also will be available. Kraft has worked as a dramaturge in nearly 50 Shakespeare productions and over his career has acted in 88 full productions of all Shakespeare’s 38 plays, totaling over 100 roles. Further information and tickets are available online through the theater company’s website or by phone.

‘Mala’: With sharp humor and piercing honesty, this powerful one-woman show, staring Vilma Silva, is a moving portrait of how taking care of family challenges oneself, deepening and changing our bonds to the ones we love. Directed by Penny Metropulos. Performances are set for 2 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays, Oct. 7-17, at Grizzly Peak Winery, 1600 E. Nevada St., Ashland. Regular tickets are $25. Tickets for the Thursday, Oct. 7, preview performance are $20. Tickets for the Friday, Oct. 8, opening benefit are $35, and include complimentary wine and a talkback with the actor and director.

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CAPTURING THE ENTERTAINMENT WORLD

HE USED PEN AND INK, ELEGANCE AND WIT

Hirschfeld: The Biography

By Ellen Stern Skyhorse. 442 pp. $27.99

By Michael Cavna The Washington Post

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Hirschfeld fairly Forrest Gump-ed his way through the celebrated entertainers of the 20th century, whether he was meeting Harry Houdini backstage during a vaudeville-loving boyhood, or welcoming Charlie Chaplin to his Bali abode, or witnessing a youngOrson Welles stage an upstart opening that birthed the Mercury Theatre. The man — as artist — seemed drawn like a moth to the fame.

But the remarkable story of Hirschfeld — including the stage and screen history he bequeathed to us — centers on just how many of these stars he drew, and just how many of their live performances are frozen in time through his balletic line.

Hirschfeld, who died in 2003 at age 99, is enshrined in the dramatic arts, virtually perched on the Mount Rushmore of modern entertainment caricaturists as firmly as his name adorns a Broadway theater on West 45th. Now, after artists such as Charles Schulz and Theodor Geisel have received definitive biographies, Hirschfeld finally joins them on the shelf of popular American illustration.

Ellen Stern, who once interviewed the artist for a GQ article, trots out a trove of breezy anecdotes — her present-tense prose at times galloping to keep up with Hirschfeld’s travel-happy younger years — to capture the colorful life behind his quill-pen line that, in its light and fluid grace, has summoned metaphoric comparisons to Fred Astaire.

Here is the St. Louis-born boy suddenly transplanted to New York, where by his teenage years he’s drawing promotional images for major film studios. He then makes art while living in London, Paris (where he first sprouts his signature long beard) and the Soviet Union in his 20s, but it is while he is soaking up Indonesian sights in 1931

As fertile as Hirschfeld’s life is, author Ellen Stern’s stories are most engaging when the focus returns to the art.

Hirschfeld’s illustrations were interpretive of theatrical and film productions — that is part of his genius — and celebrities could be sensitive about their caricatured features. Behind-the-canvas anecdotes are delicious, such as when “Candid Camera” host Allen Funt complained that Hirschfeld made him look like a simian. The artist’s cheeky reply later: “I had nothing whatever to do with the way Mr. Funt looked. That was God’s work.”

Then, when his only child was born in 1945, Hirschfeld began the twist for which his work is also inextricably famed: He “hides” daughter Nina’s name in a newspaper artwork, and then another, and soon readers wouldn’t let him stop. They relished this secondary seek-and-find game, which made its SKYHORSE way into academic studies and mental acuity tests, and later turned Nina that the sun-bleached environment alters his experimental eye. “Everything herself into a reluctant celebrity. Says Hirschfeld, “This little folly was, over was pure line,” he says. “The people the decades, to turn into a monster.” became line drawings walking around.

“Hirschfeld: The Biography” fizzes I knew that my life would never be the along merrily when describing his life same.” as a bon vivant and slows the pace Hirschfeld had begun drawing appropriately when times grow more drama-page art for newspapers in the difficult, such as when his beloved 1920s, thanks to a press agent who second wife dies, or when the struggling spotted his sketching and smartly took adult Nina moves back home and fights it to the New York Herald Tribune.

Much in demand during this golden era, with her father.

Yet as fertile as Hirschfeld’s life is, he began his long association with the New York Times by 1928 and debuted in Stern’s stories are most engaging when the focus returns to the art. Hirschfeld’s Vanity Fair several years later. illustrations were interpretive of theatThe elegant swoops and loops. The rical and film productions — that is part exaggerated eyes and mouths. The of his genius — and celebrities could fields of patterned hatching. And all be sensitive about their caricatured that clean composition. Hirschfeld, while nodding to his artistic influences, features. Behind-the-canvas anecdotes soon became a style unto himself. After are delicious, such as when “Candid Camera” host Allen Funt complained he caricatured the Marx brothers, the film studio sought to restyle Groucho to that Hirschfeld made him look like a simian. The artist’s cheeky reply later: look more like a humorous Hirschfeld.

“I had nothing whatever to do with the Stern deftly reflects Hirschfeld’s way Mr. Funt looked. That was God’s warmth and wit in recollecting these work.” heady decades, such as when the “Hirschfeld” also carefully delves illustrator, being paid by the newspainto some late-career controversies, per column inch, draws his art within sweeping pennant and pie-slice shapes such as when the Times tried out a replacement artist; when squabbles that stretch across several columns over the use of his art arose between and are heavy on the white space. “A swindle of the most horrifying kind,” people in his employ; and when Time Hirschfeld says. “I had a lot of fun.” magazine rejected a Hirschfeld drawing

of Louis Armstrong judged to be too evocative of a Sambo caricature. (The author notes that James Earl Jones is among those in Hirschfeld’s corner.)

Mostly, though, Stern paints a thoughtfully textured portrait of the man in the blue jumpsuit who sat in his Koken barber chair — the “most functional chair in the land,” he liked to say — and drew most days from morning to dinnertime, at peace alone while re-creating the world as a poetic flow of India ink.

If “Hirschfeld” leaves the reader wanting in any area, it is that the prose stokes the appetite to see pictures. This is not intended to be an art book by any means, yet only one image shows his caricatures. To experience the artist is to gaze at his art. So beyond his collected art editions, a reader might do well to watch the excellent 1996 Academy Award-nominated documentary “The Line King” as a companion piece to this biography. Or you might browse the Al Hirschfeld Foundation’s digital exhibitions.

“In the theater, a playwright can create a character with a few brilliant lines,” Liza Minnelli says in a clip within that film, while honoring Hirschfeld at the 1993 Tony Awards. “The theater has been blessed by the presence of a great artist who can create a single brilliant line and tell you everything about a character.”

Hirschfeld infused his line with life.

“Hirschfeld” sharply fills in the life behind the line.

Michael Cavna is the creator of the Comic Riffs column and the graphic-novel reviewer for The Washington Post.

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E-BOOKS CAN’T MATCH THIS

By Mark Athitakis

The Washington Post

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hen I think about books after this odd, grim, pandemic-struck time, I think about Moe Berg.

A longtime catcher for the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox, Berg was less famous for his middling career on the diamond than for his stint as a spy for the United States during and after World War II. When he wasn’t on the field or doing work for the Office of Strategic Services and the CIA, he was an obsessive reader. He consumed up to 10 newspapers a day and treated them as if their pages possessed an unusual mojo. His newspaper was “alive” until he had read it to his satisfaction, after which he declared it “dead.”

If a teammate made the mistake of touching a “live” paper, he’d hit the streets, even in a snowstorm, to buy a fresh copy.

I know this because I can go to my bookshelves and search for my copy of Nicholas Dawidoff’s lively (if awkwardly titled) 1994 biography of Berg, “The Catcher Was a Spy.” And I take a peculiar comfort in that searching these days, where I get more intense reminders that physical books carry memories like nothing else.

Though I haven’t looked at Dawidoff’s book since I read it in San Francisco two decades ago, the physical book itself immediately calls up a host of memories. Like Berg’s newspapers, a book can be a “live” thing.

The coronavirus pandemic savaged opportunities for that feeling. The fleeting period of normalcy earlier this summer made it easier to see now how wearying it’s been to be a book person during this stretch. The book club I attended at my local bookstore with a few dozen others shifted to Zoom meetings;

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everybody made their best effort, but the conversations were rife with glitches, crosstalk and delays that made it harder to keep up or take part.

Sidebars and one-on-one pregame chatter vanished.

Eventually I just gave up.

Chirpy suggestions that I sign on for Zoom interviews and readings, even with prominent authors, began to feel burdensome, like getting invites to a former roommate’s first turn at open-mic night at the Yuk Hut. Critics like myself were often shunted away from physical review copies and compelled to work with e-galleys with varying controls on copying and notetaking. I could - and

did - buy physical copies of the books I particularly loved. But they didn’t bear the imprint of my experience with the book. The scribblings, dog-earings, spine-crackings.

They weren’t - Moe, back me up here - alive.

I don’t think of myself as a Luddite; I’ve tolerated Zoom calls and e-books decently well during the pandemic, and I navigate Facebook and Twitter about as well as the average online citizen. It’ll do, in a pinch. But the pandemic has made me feel the pinching. It kept stoking an urge for a more tactile book experience.

In that, the pandemic has

exacerbated a feeling that’s been pervasive for a while now. Late last year, San Diego State University English professor Jessica Pressman published “Bookishness,” about the myriad ways readers have attempted to preserve, embrace or imitate a sense of physical reading experiences when it feels like they’re being collectively marched into the digital sea.

“Bookishness,” as Pressman defines it, relates to “an identity derived from a physical nearness to books.”

This can manifest itself in peculiar, sometimes kitschy ways: She contemplates Jane Austen-themed duvets and leggings, book decoys that serve as home decor, bookthemed laptop and cellphone covers. More substantially, we’ve gotten more novels with book-themed plots, more book art and more novels that don’t easily transfer to the digital space - think of Mark Z. Danielewski’s brainy, design-heavy “House of Leaves” or J.J. Abrams’ and Doug Dorst’s “S.,” a literary love-story-slash-mystery stuffed with ephemera like postcards and scribbled notes. Even the way that online bookshelves mimic real ones evoke our craving to connect our identities to physical books and physical shelves, Pressman writes.

Moreover, bookishness strives to preserve what Pressman calls a “memorial function,” as “certain cherished associations about books are being challenged in our new media age.” Ironically, memorializing that old-fashioned sensibility is often done digitally. TikTok is rife with readers swooning over books; YouTube and Instagram is thick with documented book hauls; Zoom interviews feature carefully manicured bookshelves behind talking heads.

But what we’re watching isn’t a book experience in itself. It isn’t ours. We’re

playing voyeur to somebody else’s memorial function. And it grates a little. This spring, I conducted one-on-one consultations with writers

by Zoom. It was gratifying work, but every time I clicked the “End Meeting” button, I thought about how much I wished I was doing it in person. Live isn’t “alive.” I’m making experiences bereft of memorial function. There’s little I’ll be able to go back to a year from now and touch and remember.

Memorials of the last major pandemic, the 1918 influenza, are scarce, particularly in book form. Writers like Faulkner, Hemingway and Fitzgerald sidestepped it; contemporary magazine and newspaper accounts were rare. As John M. Barry explained in his fine 2004 account, “The Great Influenza,” there were complicated reasons for that. The war effort created a jingoistic media that underplayed and even ignored the crisis.

The flu’s lethality and speed seemed to shock the culture silent, forcing people indoors with few ways to communicate. The carnage was, it seems, almost too swift and incomprehensible to put on paper.

We’ve fared better this time around, at least as far as connection went. But I suspect the book world will look back on 2020 - and most of 2021 as an eerily quiet time. What we’ll remember most vividly are the stray moments when we could connect physical bookstores and libraries to the books we got shipped to us or picked up curbside. Our shelves will have to do the remembering for us. My book club never went away, but it won’t exist until it feels safe to walk into it again.

Mark Athitakis is a critic in Phoenix and author of “The New Midwest.”

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Tween Book Club This readers club for kids ages 11 to 18 will meet at 2 p.m. the third Saturday of each month, via Zoom. For further details or to register, see jcls.org and click on Programs & Events and then JCLS Calendar or call 541-774-8679. Meeting details will be emailed to you when you register.

Genealogy Week The Rogue Valley Genealogy Society will hold its annual Genealogy Week, Saturday through Friday, Sept. 18-24, virtually through Zoom. A week of 14 free presentations geared toward newcomers and season genealogists alike are offered.

Learn how to begin genealogy research, how to organize what you learn, which DNA test is best, how DNA is used in research and more. Registration is required. To register or for further information see rvgslibrary. org, email reception@rvgslibrary.org or call 541-512-2340.

Once registered, a Zoom link will be emailed to you the day before the presentation.

Business Book Discussion Group This monthly book discussion group of business owners, nonprofit leaders and entrepreneurs will meet at 6 p.m. the third Tuesday of every month, via Zoom to discuss works by pioneering authors on resilience.

The topic to be discussed on Wednesday, Sept. 15, will be inclusive leadership. To register, see jcls.libcal.com or for more info call 541-774-8679. Meeting details will be emailed to you when you register.

Teen Random Fandom Teens are invited to meet virtually to take a deep dive into Marissa Meyer’s “Renegades” series at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, via Zoom. For further details or to register, see jcls.org and click on Programs & Events and then JCLS Calendar or call 541-774-8679. Meeting details will be emailed to you when you register.

Diverse Reads Book Club This readers club for kids ages 12 to 18 will meet at 4:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month, via Zoom to discuss

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stories that take us out of our own experiences and into the perspective of how others see the world. On Tuesday, Sept. 21, the book to be discussed will be “You’re Welcome, Universe” by Whitney Gardner. For further details or to register, see jcls.org and click on Programs & Events and then JCLS Calendar or call 541-774-8679. Meeting details will be emailed to you when you register.

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Rogue Valley Genealogical Society The Rogue Valley Genealogical Society will host author and professional genealogist Tricia Oberndorf, who will present “North American Migration — In, Out, and Across” from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, via Zoom. Learn about our ancestor’s motivations, struggles and successes. Oberndorf will set the stage for various migration periods with the who, what, when, where and why of migration. She will discuss the development of a new nation beginning with the Colonial period, then following the progress of settlements up through the late 1800s, examining research strategies and resources to further help trace our ancestors. This full-day program will cover our ancestor’s travels from Europe to Atlantic and Pacific ports. Admission is $55. Registration closes at noon, Friday, Sept. 24. Once you’ve completed your registration, you will receive an email with your Zoom link the day before the presentation. To register or for further information, see rvgslibrary.org, email reception@rvgslibrary.org or call 541-512-2340.

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Saturday, Sept. 25, via Zoom. For further details or to register, see jcls.org and click on Programs & Events and then JCLS Calendar or call 541-774-8679. Meeting details will be emailed to you when you register.

Gypsy Soul Folk, soul and roots duo Cilette Swann and Roman Morykit will perform a livestream concert as part of their ongoing “Front Row with Gypsy Soul” series at 6 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 25. See gypsysoul.com for details.

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MASKING UP, THE HIGH NOTES AND MISSING VAN HALEN

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ike so many, arts reporter Geoff Edgers was grounded by the pandemic. So he decided to launch an Instagram Live show called “Stuck With Geoff” from his barn in Massachusetts. (The show ends this month.)

Recently, Edgers chatted with singer Sammy Hagar. (This interview has been edited for clarity and length.)

Q: Sammy! Let’s get this one thing out of the way. You’ve talked about being bummed out about wearing masks and some people have attacked you. I sensed you were just feeling bad about having to mask, not telling people not to do it.

A: I believe in freedom and all that, but then there’s a certain point of freedom where you say, “No, I’ve got to sacrifice my freedom. If I’ve got to wear a mask and you’ve got to wear a mask, then that’s what we have to do so that everyone can be protected and be safe.”

And this thing, I know it’s serious now.

Like I said, it took so long before anyRock and Roll Hall of Famer Sammy Hagar. body I knew had it. Well, now I know For me, I find it difficult to sing as good all kinds of people that have gotten sick and I know people that have died of it — as I can sing at my best and play guitar at the same time. I think it cuts me in half a friends of mine, friends that have died, little bit. So I would rather either just be and their parents and young people and a guitarist or just be a singer. But I still old people. I’m a hardheaded guy and write songs on guitar and I still play I’ve always been a rock star my whole life to do whatever you want, whenever 50 percent of my show.

But when you play a Van Halen song you want. But we’ve got to get it fixed.

That’s all I ask of everyone. Do what you or a Montrose song, I don’t play guitar on it because, except for “Finish What got to do to make sure this thing goes Ya Started,” that’s only one, because I away and stays away. And I hope it will wrote that with Eddie on guitar. I like to someday go. just sing because I don’t have to think, Q: Peter Frampton just recorded this “Oh, no, I got to play guitar. Oh, no, record that is all instrumental, and it’s I got to do this.” I just close my eyes really wonderful. And he obviously has and sing, and there’s something about a great voice. Have you thought about doing that? You really didn’t play guitar how I elevated my voice, my ability as a singer doubled in Van Halen. I got more in Van Halen. range than I’ve ever had before. I didn’t A: I didn’t play for 10 years. I didn’t even know I could hit those notes in play for three years in Montrose. And I “Dreams” and “When It’s Love.” played guitar when I met Ronnie MonQ: You came into Van Halen after trose. I was the lead guitar, lead singer and I was always a Peter Frampton type. David Lee Roth as the red rocker. Is there a moment where you notice the Alvin Lee, Jimi Hendrix, the guys who other guys are like, “Oh, my God, this played lead and sang, that was always guy can sing differently and things are me. And when I left Montrose, I did it going to be different?” again with the Sammy Hagar Group A: From the second I walked in this with “I Can’t Drive 55.” I was the lead studio, I got there around noon. They guitarist, but I had a second guitarist. had been up all night working on a

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couple of songs on the “5150” record before we started the record, but when I came to see if I wanted to be in the band, it wasn’t like an audition. Eddie asked me to come down and jam. And I said, “Sure.” I mean, who’s going to refuse to jam with Eddie Van Halen?

Right ... A hundred and 30 shows. I was a little cooked, but those days I was so healthy and in such good shape, I could sing like a bird. And he started playing “Summer Nights” and I immediately started singing that. And they almost stopped and looked exactly like, “What the hell’s going on?” I went home, wrote the lyrics. I had all the melodies. I just made them up. And his music was so powerful that when he would play me a song for the first time, it would go right to the heart, right to the brain. We never struggled.

Q: You wrote “Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock,” which includes a very unvarnished, hard look at what Eddie Van Halen went through and put others through because of his addictions over the years. When you look back at that book, which was a bestseller, do you wish you had couched it a little more or not quite laid that out there for folks?

A: Yes. I’m not trying to backpedal and apologize. I’ve already apologized in public. I loved Eddie Van Halen as much as anybody loved him on this planet. He had a dark side. We all know that he got sick. If I could have seen the future, he was going to pass early like this and have such a sad thing, I definitely would have left the dark side out of it. I just really would have, I would have swept the dark side out.

The problem was, I was really hurt when I got thrown out of that band and the way he was acting. He was just really impossible to deal with. I was hurt, and I wrote that book really quick. I started writing that book the frickin’ first week I was thrown out of that band and I was angry. So there’s anger in there. I’ve been asked many times to do the audio for that book, which I would love to do, except I don’t think I could do those parts. I don’t have the anger anymore or it may stir something up. So I won’t do an audio of my own book because of that, because of the Van Halen stuff. But it’s so sad what happened to Eddie. But I don’t feel horrible about what I wrote. I wrote the truth, but I would have left the dark side, put a little polish on there.

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iven the current conditions in the Rogue Valley, including COVID-19 and the wildfire smoke, the reality of death somehow seems closer than ever.

What if you’re the one appointed to take care of your loved one’s affairs after they pass on? Would you know all the tasks that are required? Probably not, and for that reason there are some important items that you need to be aware of. A list is a great way to proceed.

One of the best overall lists comes from AARP: aarp.org/home-family/ friends-family/info-2020/ when-loved-one-dieschecklist.html. It covers what to do immediately after someone dies, within a few days of death, and two weeks after death.

From my experience, no one gets to all of this in two weeks. There are so many emotions, so many people to attend to — and flat-out exhaustion — that it would be more reasonable to expect this initial process to take a minimum of several months.

Even then, there will be loose ends everywhere. And this works only if your person had most things already well organized, and you knew where to find everything.

Before getting into the details of what’s involved, it’s important to enlist the help of friends, family and professionals, like the attorney, the CPA and others. No one can possibly do this on their own. This is another example of seeing the wisdom of having your ducks in a row now.

It just makes things so much easier for others after you’re gone. When I’m helping someone to navigate the documents they need to have in place, I’ve found that most people overlook what’s required after they have passed.

You can avoid this by not expecting someone to be a detective, and start organizing this now.

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Here are some specifics I’ve found to be most helpful.

Most people know what to do immediately following a death, like calling the funeral home, getting death certificates (several of them), and letting friends and family know. Receiving a death benefit from the life insurance company will mean they will need a death certificate, for example.

What you might not know is that you have to hire a CPA or tax preparer to do the taxes for the year in which they’ve died and perhaps even into the next year. If the person who died did not leave a detailed list of their assets, it may take you a long time, more than a year, to find out what all their investments and assets might be.

You might not have considered that closing out credit cards and canceling a driver’s license lessens the chances that there will be any identity theft later. Deleting and closing down email and social media accounts can be a harrowing job, one perhaps best handled by a younger person in your life.

I have not found anyone worth their salt more than the right lawyer to guide you through this process. I can offer the names of some local firms, if you need one, but most people already have an attorney they like to work with.

Finally, some people don’t realize that if you have appointed someone as your power of attorney, this holds no value after you die. Your trust or will should state who’s in charge once you pass on, and it’s not always SEE AGING, A31

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OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE

Portrait of an artist as a late bloomer

By Anne Bellegia for ACC

Pam Haunschild is an example of someone who followed her parents’ wishes that she pursue a career in a field likely to lead to gainful employment rather than her passion for art.

She earned a Ph.D. in organizational behavior from Carnegie Mellon and taught at Stanford and the University of Texas-Austin. Although she found success in academia, she took up her brush when she retired and moved to a home in the forest environs of Mount Ashland.

An outdoors enthusiast, Pam gravitated to nature and wildlife themes in her new vocation.

Her skills evolved to the point where her works and teaching expertise are sought after. She has enjoyed serving as the artist in residence at several national parks during summer months.

Pam is an avid experimenter who uses watercolor and acrylics, sometimes in combination, and builds textures in the paint, using natural objects to leave impressions, much as nature does. Her paintings feature vivid colors and are semi-abstract, but with the natural forms still identifiable.

Pam has served as an instructor for Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Southern Oregon University and has provided seasonally themed covers for many editions of OLLI’s course catalogs.

When OLLI embarked on a project to renovate the entire five-classroom and member-lounge complex on its Ashland campus at the SOU Campbell Center, Pam came to mind for producing an arresting way to illustrate funding progress rather than the often-used campaign “thermometer.”

Pam applied her talents toward the creation of a Giving Garden mural. Its design was intended to reflect the natural surroundings of the garden at the center of OLLI’s Ashland campus. She produced a black-and-white concept drawing featuring a lush collection of native Oregon plants and their pollinators, which received enthusiastic approval.

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Aligning our transportation with climate priorities

By Lorrie Kaplan for ACC

As for most cities, transportation is one of the biggest sources of greenhouse gas emissions in Ashland. So if we are serious about reducing our emissions, we need to start planning now for an Ashland that is less dependent on gas-powered automobiles.

Buying an electric vehicle or going completely car-free is not possible for most people.

But communities can tangibly reduce their transportation emissions by implementing strategies that help residents feel more comfortable getting around town on foot, by biking, or using another personal transportation device more of the time. (Think scooters, skateboards, assistive mobility devices, etc.)

Over the next year or so, residents of Ashland will have opportunities to advocate for a local transportation system that aligns with our climate goals.

Here’s why: The Oregon Department of Transportation requires Oregon municipalities with more than 10,000 residents to create and periodically update its Transportation System Plan.

The TSP should reflect how we want to get around in our

city in the future. It should describe the local transportation system and outline projects, programs and policies to meet its needs now and in the future based on the community’s aspirations.

It’s been nearly 10 years since Ashland updated its Transportation System Plan, said Ashland Public Works Director Scott Fleury.

“Many things have changed since 2012,” said Fleury, including Ashland's 2017 adoption of its Climate and Energy Action Plan. The CEAP is “focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions across all sectors with the knowledge that transportation has a large impact on GHGs,” Fleury explained. “The city has also updated sections of land-use code, and land use has a direct tie to the transportation network needs, which include parking, sidewalks, bicycle facilities and vehicular needs.”

Updating the plan would also mean that Ashland will increase its ability to tap into significant funding opportunities expected to come down the pike, said City Councilor Paula Hyatt, who serves as council liaison to the Transportation Commission.

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It’s been nearly 10 years since Ashland updated its Transportation System Plan, said Ashland Public Works Director Scott Fleury. “Many things have changed since 2012,” said Fleury, including Ashland’s 2017 adoption of its Climate and Energy Action Plan. The CEAP is “focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions across all sectors with the knowledge that transportation has a large impact on GHGs,” Fleury explained. “The city has also updated sections of land-use code, and land use has a direct tie to the transportation network needs, which include parking, sidewalks, bicycle facilities and vehicular needs.”

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Pollinator recovery from Almeda fire remains uncertain

By Tony Boom for ACC

Impacts of the Almeda fire on pollinators are uncertain, according to leaders of organizations in Talent and Phoenix that work to preserve and increase the presence of the creatures.

There are no formal studies underway of the fire’s effects on the pollinators, but one group representative reports they seem to be present in decent numbers.

“In early spring I noticed there was a lack of pollinators despite the warm weather, but now they seem to have reached a resurgence,” said Gerlinde Smith, president of Bee City USA Talent. She has noticed a lack of mason bees, which may be related to the loss of some orchards, a favored habitat of the species.

Representatives from Pollinator Project Rogue Valley and Cascade Girl, both nonprofits, and Bee City USA Phoenix also gave their informal assessments. They stressed that pollinators encompass may more species besides honey bees and bumble bees, including wasps, moths, flies, butterflies, hummingbirds and more.

All the groups make efforts to educate the public on the importance of pollinators and steps to help them thrive.

They also conduct hands-on efforts ranging from providing pollinator-friendly plants for fire victims to helping residents create pollinator-friendly gardens.

“The impact was on 3,000 acres. Seventy percent of bees are ground nesters,” said Kristina Lefever, director of Pollinator Project Rogue Valley. “Many beekeepers lost their hives, but in addition to the managed honey bees we also have these native bees who people are not so familiar with.”

Deep nesters may have survived, but a lot of bumble bees would have been putting nests together for the winter when

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Bees pollinating at Shooting Star Nursery in Central Point.

the fire struck and would have been impacted, said Lefever.

A lot of native bees lay eggs in fall, but the babies may have found little to eat when they emerged this spring.

Pollinator counts done in a garden behind the Pollinator Project Rogue Valley office in Phoenix have been up this year, but that may be due to establishment of a pollinator-friendly garden rather than any fire effect, said Lefever.

Beyond that it’s difficult to assess the fire’s impact, she said.

“We lost forage. I’m sure we lost habitat. There’s no studies on that,” said Sharon Schmidt, who leads Cascade Girl and Bee City USA Phoenix. Cascade Girl sells honey from hives it keeps to finance efforts, but lost 10 hives with 300,000 bees in Phoenix during the fire.

“Actually, honey bee counts are good given that we have started anew. It’s been a remarkably good year when we think of how things could

have been,” said Schmidt. The pandemic has limited communication among beekeepers, so she hasn’t heard how others are doing.

“Generally, what happens after a fire goes through, a lot of plants are released … a lot of plants are blooming, and of course that a benefit for the pollinators,” said Andony Melathopoulos, assistant professor with the pollinator health extension of Oregon State University. He said he didn’t know how the Almeda fire affected plants this year specifically and that the drought could impact the usual bloom.

A study done by three OSU College of Forestry researchers found that in rural forest settings both bee numbers and species numbers had increased where sites experienced high severity burns relative to the lowest severity areas. The study looked at areas impacted by the 2013 Douglas fire near Glendale.

Smith surveys presence of

bumble bees for the Xerces Society at a site on Anderson Creek Road from May through August.

“I was really getting worried in April. Once the ceanothus was blooming it started to buzz a little more … but by the end of May they had bred some new ones so that was very encouraging,” said Smith.

The fire destroyed four of the private, pollinator-friendly certified gardens in Talent.

Three of those have been reestablished and another 11 new gardens have been added, bring the number to 71, said Smith. All nine pollinator gardens planted on public spaces around the city survived the fire.

During the heat residents can aid pollinators by making water available, said Smith. Water can be placed in a planter or similar container and a few rocks added to give the animals a dry landing spot. She recommends checking the water daily.

Pollinator Project Rogue Valley offered native plants earlier this year to people impacted by the fire. The group has reached out to organizers of a Sept. 11-12 Almeda fire commemoration to offer help.

That may include planting native plants during a walk on the Bear Creek Greenway and offering seeds or plants for people to take at other events.

The group will hold a native plant sale Oct. 3.

In April, Bee City USA Phoenix, Cascade Girl and other organizations replanted and repaired a pollinator garden that had been established in Blue Heron Park in 2015 but was hit by the Almeda fire.

This fall Bee City will do an education project at Phoenix Elementary School that will include selection of a flower and a bee that may become the official flower and bee for the city.

Tony Boom: boomwriter@ gmail.com.

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Lithia Park courts closed for pickleball conversion

By Allayana Darrow ACC

ASHLAND — The Lithia Park courts are closed until the surface dries on the newly painted pickleball layout.

As a result of an effort driven by pickleball enthusiasts and approved by the Ashland Parks and Recreation Commission, all eight Lithia Park courts are being converted from multiuse to standard pickleball striping and setup.

Depending on surface curing time, the upper court could reopen the week of Sept. 13 with permanent nets, and the lower court will likely open the week of Sept. 20 with temporary nets, said APRC Deputy Director Rachel Dials.

On Aug. 12, 2020, APRC approved converting the upper court from mixed-use tennis/pickleball to dedicated for pickleball, and agreed to reevaluate court usage after one year.

The pickleball community uses the courts “almost every day of the week,” Dials said.

After resurfacing work in 2020, the court surface did not properly dry, leading to wearthrough in the paint, Dials said.

Resurfacing repair was covered under warranty with the contractor. The Southern Oregon Pickleball Association supplied $3,300 for specific painting in the “kitchen” area of the courts — the non-volley zone extending seven feet deep into the court from each side of the net.

During an APRC special meeting Aug. 4, Commissioner Rick Landt said requiring SOPA to cover the cost of painting the kitchens aligned with the conditions of previous special interest requests on the recreation system, as the courts would be functional without a specially painted area.

Pickleball has become popular enough among locals and visitors that a line often forms to use the courts on weekends, said Cori Frank, retired nurse and pickleball player, during a public hearing at the

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Once the paint surface dries, Ashland parks staff plan to install the posts for permanent pickleball netting on the lower court in Lithia Park.

APRC meeting.

“We don’t want lines right now, especially with the pandemic increasing,” Frank said in support of the conversion.

“We want social distancing, and yet we need the exercise.

We need the socialization. This has really been a lifesaver for me during the pandemic.”

Jack Methot, president of SOPA, said some members of the tennis community objected to the court conversion and wanted to reserve or share half of the total space. Ample tennis courts are available at Hunter Park, he said, and the conversion of Lithia Park courts would allow more people to play pickleball at once.

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Park courts, Ashland parks feature eight courts dedicated to pickleball, seven courts dedicated to tennis and one mixed-use court shared among tennis, futsal and bike polo users.

Dials said due to recent feedback about conflicting uses on Hunter Park court No. 5 on certain days of the week, non-tennis groups now replace the tennis net at night prior to leaving, so the space is prepared for a “log jam” of tennis players between 8 and 10 a.m. the next day.

Eight tennis courts are available seven days per week between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m., she said.

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dedication of Lithia Park courts to pickleball, Landt included a moratorium on any proposed usage changes at Hunter Park tennis courts for a minimum of two years — acknowledging potential concerns about further “erosion” to tennis space — and until data is evaluated regarding recreational usage at both court sites. The motion passed unanimously.

In support of the conversion, Commissioner Julian Bell said APRC has an obligation to keep pace with changes in recreational preferences. and interests.

“If we’re going to provide real-time recreational opportunities, they have to relate to real-time activities that people

want to do,” Bell said. “I think we should be relatively nimble in terms of how we’re trying to accommodate public demand.”

The commission tabled discussion of removing historic rock to connect fences across the court and address a safety concern associated with rock stairs separating the pickleball courts, pending further information from the site contractor about the structural integrity of the rock and costs associated with post placement options.

APRC is scheduled to meet in study session Sept. 1 at 6 p.m. and in regular session Sept. 8 at 6 p.m.

Reach reporter Allayana Darrow at adarrow@rosebudmedia.com or 541-776-4497.

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Franklin’s bumble bee added to endangered species registry

By Allayana Darrow ACC

The Franklin’s bumble bee will be the first bee in the western continental U.S. recognized as endangered under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Monday. The rule goes into effect Sept.

23.

With the smallest range of any bumble bee in North America, the pollinator was found only in a 13,000-square-mile area of southwest Oregon and Northern California, from Sutherlin to Mount Shasta and the Cascades to Coast mountain ranges, with Mount Ashland one of the last areas where it could be found.

A single worker Franklin’s bumble bee was last observed in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest — the species’ primary native habitat — in 2006 on Mount Ashland. Field surveys in 1998 identified nearly 100 bees.

According to the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, “persistent threats” including disease, small population instability and pesticide use have contributed to the species’ rapid decline since the 1990s, and present-day risk of extinction.

The bees’ wild native habitat makes them highly elusive, but perhaps not extinct, the USFWS speculates.

Surveyed areas have accounted for a small percentage of the species’ historic range.

Over the past 15 years, forest employees and USFWS staff perpetuated efforts to conserve and recover the species in suitable locations where the bee was last spotted, in the Siskiyou

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Entomologists fear the rare Franklin’s bumble bee will become extinct, if it isn’t already. The bee was recently added to the federal Endangered Species List.

Mountains and High Cascades ranger districts, said Glenn Casamassa, USFS Pacific Northwest regional forester.

Casamassa said the conservation effort was strengthened by interagency partnerships, research and citizen-science efforts in the region, rooted in a “collective sense of urgency to protect native pollinators.”

Franklin’s bumble bees have been

species classification.

Endangered species protection opens avenues for funding and resources to “locate, monitor and conserve remaining populations” of the bee, said Leif Richardson, conservation biologist with the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.

The bees are “generalist foragers” that gather pollen and nectar from a variety of flowers, according to the Xerces Society, which first petitioned for endangered species protections in 2010, in collaboration with entomologist Dr. Robbin Thorp.

Historically, Franklin’s bumble bees have been spotted gathering pollen on lupine, California poppy, nectaring horsemint and mountain penny-royal.

They rely on abandoned rodent holes for breeding and shelter habitat.

The bee’s unique pollination method is essential for tomato, blueberry and other plant production, according to the U.S. Forest Service.

“Although habitat loss has had negative effects on bumble bees, we conclude it is unlikely to be a main driver of the decline of the Franklin’s bumble bee,” the USFWS found. “While it is unlikely that pesticides alone can account for the decline of the Franklin’s bumble bee, documented effects of pesticides on closely related Bombus species suggest pesticide use was likely a factor.”

Other endangered bee species include the rusty patched bumble bee, native to eastern North America and the upper Midwest, and seven native Hawaiian species.

sighted at elevations between 540 and 7,800 feet, and the species serves as the primary pollinator for alpine flowering plants.

The bee requires ample flora and cavities for breeding and sheltering from May to September. The USFWS determined sufficient habitat exists to satisfy the bees’ needs without designating crit- Reach reporter Allayana Darrow at ical habitat along with the endangered adarrow@rosebudmedia.com.

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Preliminary work under way for bridge

By Tony Boom for ACC

A bridge to be built over Coleman Creek on Highway 99 in north Phoenix will allow better passage for fish headed upstream and for pedestrians and cyclists who will gain their own travel lanes. Main construction should start in early 2022, but contractors have already been working in the area to move utilities.

Money from a state fish passage fund will pay for the bulk of the work, which will replace an undersized culvert that is an impediment to fish travel. In high water situations water shooting from the culvert can cause erosion downstream.

“There’s so many benefits from turning the culvert into a bridge from the flooding standpoint, the fish standpoint and more connectivity for biking and pedestrians,” said Oregon Department of Transportation spokesman Gary Leaming.

Bids for the project will be due Sept. 23. Estimates placed costs at $5.7 million as of December 2019. So far $810,000 has been spent to obtain rights of way and $950,000 for engineering.

Many motorists are probably unaware they are driving over Coleman Creek where the culvert runs under the

AGING

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the same person who was your POA. Here’s a quick example.

I have been helping with the closing of an estate that started in August 2020. We are now fully one year along and it’s finally getting down to the last tasks. This is with myself (a semi-professional), an estate planning lawyer, a CPA, the accounting department at the law firm, the investment adviser and the local bank. I had a great list, but I relied on their skills as professionals

roadway about 500 feet north of the North Phoenix Road intersection on Highway 99. The site is within city limits. The current roadway lacks sidewalks and bike lanes.

When finished, the bridge project will span 84 feet. That will include two 5-foot-wide bike lanes, two seven-footwide sidewalks, a 12-foot center turn lane and four 11-foot vehicle travel lanes.

Current roadway width is 63.5 feet.

Some traffic slowdowns have already occurred as the result of work to move utilities. Once bridge construction starts, traffic will be cut down from two lanes to one lane in both directions as first one half of the bridge is built, then the second half is completed.

Utilities that have completed work so far include Avista, Charter Communications, Hunter Communications and Pacific Power. Work yet to be completed or started includes that for Century Link, Charlotte Ann Water District and the TAP water line that carry Medford Water Commission water to the cities of Phoenix, Talent and Ashland.

Approval for work on the TAP line was given recently by the Talent City Council.

Talent is overseeing the work for all three municipalities. to be sure I had completed everything according to what’s required.

For now, get the list from the AARP article or the detailed one from me, do your homework, and pick the right person or firm to represent you.

Then you can have a free mind that it will all be managed with skill and accuracy.

Ellen Waldman is a certified aging life care professional.

Submit questions about aging and Ashland-area aging resources and column suggestions to her through her website, SeniorOptionsAshland.com.

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For one thing, Congress is poised to pass a $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill. Some of that funding will be made available through the states, she adds.

“How we look at infrastructure will be changing,” Hyatt explained, comparing the TSP to a ticket to a sporting event. “When you apply for a grant they will look at when your plan was most recently updated, and whether it is supported by your community and your council. If you can answer yes to those questions, you improve your ability to use that ticket to attain grant funding.”

The kickoff for the TSP update was already delayed in 2020 because of COVID. As of a few weeks ago, the TSP update is on hold again because of the challenges of having public forums while COVID cases are surging in

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The 12-by-7-foot scale of the mural was driven by the dimensions of the wall in the planned member lounge — its ultimate home. There, it would serve as an enduring reminder of the value of OLLI’s mission of lifelong learning and social connections for the next generation of members.

Working on the mural in an existing classroom was an effective way for OLLI members to track funding progress and inspire contributions. Because the classroom was being used, there were some logistical problems, however. Work needed to be scheduled when classes were not in session. Paint spills were discouraged. And the design needed to consider that the mural would be moved to its final location.

Pam’s husband, Steve Utt, drew upon his experience designing and producing some of the exhibits at ScienceWorks (e.g., Pterosaurs: Ancient Rulers of the Skies) to recommend what would facilitate relocating such a large mural — three lightweight aluminum panels.

First the surfaces of the

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Jackson County. Additionally, City Manager pro tem Gary Milliman sees possibilities that Ashland could tap into state grant funds for the TSP update itself.

“In my experience ODOT has often funded all or part of the cost of a TSP,” said Milliman. “In discussing this matter with ODOT region staff, they indicated that ODOT payment of 100% of the cost of the TSP utilizing Statewide Planning and Research grant funds would be ‘highly likely.’”

Funding would likely be available in FY 2022-23, added Milliman, and he recommended that the city apply for this funding.

“It is important that this TSP moves forward,” Milliman added. “I have also asked ODOT to let us know if any of the SPR-funded projects in the current year do not move forward, and to consider making those funds available earlier.

They have agreed to make Ashland a priority for this funding.”

Transportation Commissioner Joe Graf urged residents to start thinking about local transportation needs and plan to get involved in public input opportunities on the topic.

“That is the time for citizens to have input,” he advised.

“Once it is approved by the council, that’s the go-ahead to find ways to do some of the projects that are at the top of the list. If they're not at the top of the list, then they won’t be worked on.“ “If you wait until the project is started and then try to find a way to stop or change it, there’s already been a lot of resources put into that project — staff time, engineering studies, consultants, etc.,” Graf explained.

And that’s just a waste of time and money.

panels were prepped so paint would adhere, and the background colors of sky and ground added. Then the panels were mounted on a wall in a classroom where painting would occur. The next step was projecting outlines of the garden elements from the original illustration onto the panels.

This set the stage for Pam and several other OLLI artists to apply color within the outlines of flora and fauna as donations were received.

Once funding was secured, the final elements in the garden were brought to life.

A celebration of the renovated classrooms and member lounge was scheduled for March 27, 2020. Due to the pandemic, however, both the celebration and the use of these new facilities had to be abruptly postponed. No one expected the campus closure would last 18 months.

OLLI had hoped, with a largely vaccinated membership and adherence to pandemic guidelines, that in-person classes could resume for fall term, which starts Sept. 14. For the first time, OLLI members would have been able to experience the many upgrades to the Ashland classrooms and enjoy

the Giving Garden mural in the member lounge.

The courtyard garden that inspired the mural has been named the Evans Family Learning Commons in honor of the support for the renovation from the William Evans family.

But, once again, there will be a postponement due to the emergence of the delta variant.

Fortunately, Pam’s art career is in full bloom, underscoring the lesson that a deferred dream is all the sweeter when realized and that the wait time can be productive. The knowledge Pam gained of effective business practices has certainly helped her success as an artist. For OLLI members and instructors, the delay in returning to in-person classes has provided a whole new way to learn and teach online.

Pam’s nature-inspired art can be viewed at Art & Soul Gallery in Ashland or online at www.pamhaunschild.com.

Lorrie Kaplan is chair of the Ashland Climate Action Project of Southern Oregon Climate Action Now. She can be reached at ACAPSpotlight@ socan.eco.

Anne Bellegia, a retired communications professional in the medical products industry, volunteers on the OLLI Communications and Community Outreach Committee.

For more information about OLLI and fall term courses, see inside.sou.edu/olli.

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