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Mt. Ashland Ski Expansion Moves Forward

Ashland Cascadian, 05.09.2011 - 19:05
On Friday, September 1st the Regional Forest Service in Southern Oregon (with the support of the District office) gave the approval for Mount Ashland Association to go ahead with ski expansion plans on Mt. Ashland. Now we are within at 15 day comment period where those who are opposed to the expansion can challenge this decision. The forest service next step is to go the US District Court in Medford to get the injunction lifted so that MAA can go forwarded with construction and logging. MAA has said it could begin logging as early as mid September.

Mount Ashland Association is also in the process of making a decision whether they will accept the conditions to take the special use permit that the City of Ashland currently holds. If they do accept the conditions the city council will give them the special use permit and MAA will have to provide proof that they have the $700,000 for restoration of the headwaters in the expansion if anything goes wrong. They would also have to have raised approximately 3 million dollars for the first part of the expansion before proceeding forward. If MAA decides to not accept the special use permit with the conditions then the city will continue to hold it and MAA can go ahead with the expansion without those requirements.

Rogue Valley Sierra Club is going to challenge the Forest Service decision. If the court in Medford decides to lift the injunction to allow for construction to move forward the Sierra Club does have plans to challenge this in the Federal 9th Circuit Court. Rogue Valley Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity and Oregon Wild also have plans to present a new lawsuit.
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1911 Labor History for Labor Day 2011

O N E * B I G * U N I O N, 05.09.2011 - 04:21
skit cast in 1911 costumes "1911 Wobbly Walk Through the Siskiyous" made-for-radio skit.

A gift from Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice to be released nationally on Labor Day 2011.
(International release on MAY DAY, 2012)

Listen: "1911 Wobbly Walk Through the Siskiyous"
 http://3bl.me/yr5msm
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SOJwJ Fights Verizon Corporate Greed in Medford, Oregon

Do not Shop @ verigreedy wireless!, 04.09.2011 - 04:00
Standing up to corporate greed! Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice has "adopted" the Verizon Wireless store in Medford, Oregon. Educational leafleting will be conducted on Wireless Wednesdays 12pm - 2pm and 5pm - 7pm at the Verizon store on Crater Lake Hwy. 62 at the Delta Waters intersection.

Here are photos showing banners and signs at one of the busiest intersections in all of Jackson County.

(click a pic makes it bigger)
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Here Comes Southern Oregon's Labor Day Picnic

SOUTHERN OREGON CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL, 02.09.2011 - 03:49
Kathy serves cupcakes Here comes Labor Day and Southern Oregon's barbecue picnic for working people. This year's honors the enormous contributions of the working class and celebrates our victories. In Southern Oregon, Wisconsin Solidarity was sparked last February and it has burned bright all summer.

Which side are you on? Corporations vs. Working People. Which side are you on?

Southern Oregon Central Labor Council Labor Day Picnic and Barbecue
• Monday, September 5th, 2011
• Tou Velle State Park – 8425 Table Rock Road, Central Point
• Fun begins at 11 am with speakers & music, lunch served 12 pm – 2 pm.
• Great Music -- The tunes will carry us through until 4pm
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2011 2nd Annual Jefferson State Music Fest

Jefferson State Band FAN and Hemp Fest suppor, 24.08.2011 - 14:26
2011 2nd Annual Jefferson State Music Festival and Hemp Expo August 26 – 27
3833 Holland Loop Road Cave Junction, Oregon – Jefferson State, Cascadia
 http://www.jeffersonstatehempexpo.com/

DIRECTIONS BELOW
Media Contact Erik ------ email = jsmusicfest [AT] gmail.com – and - PHONE 541-659-3549

Mission Statement:
Jefferson State Music Festival and Hemp Expo is founded on the belief that through awareness, education, and the cooperation and coordination of citizens and public officials, many complex social issues can be mitigated.

Objective and Purpose:
To host a world class music event that provides outlets for cannabis advocates to educate the public on the many potential benefits and uses of the cannabis plant. This includes religious, medicinal,
industrial, agricultural, economic, environmental, and other practical applications.
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Mt Ashland Special Use Permit & City Council

Ashland Cascadian, 15.08.2011 - 04:41
The Ashland City Council is proposing to give up the Special use Permit with the Forest Service to operate the Ski Areas to the Mount Ashland Association. On Tuesday, August 16th the City Council will be discussing this at their meeting. What does this mean to the citizens of Ashland if the city was to give the Mountain Ashland Association this special permit?

One of the arguments the MAA makes is that it would provide allow them to be better able to fundraise. It would probably also give them more authority with what kind of development is done up on Mt Ashland because they would only have to deal directly with Forest Service and not the City.

However, isn’t keeping control of Ashland’s drinking water much more important. If the city decides to give up the SUP they are also giving up any say in what happens up at the headwaters of Ashland’s water supply. It will also remove the City’s authority to require that funds are maintained to ensure proper restoration in the situation if the ski area closes. There is also a chance that by giving the SUP to the Mnt. Ashland Association this might allow the ski area to be sold to another operator at a later date without city review.

Making sure we continue to have clean, healthy drinking water for the city of Ashland is much more important then any financial liability risk the city may face by keeping the SUP in the hands of the city of Ashland. Not only for this generation but for many generations to come.

There will be a Protest and Permitted March beginning at 5pm at the Ashland Downtown Plaza. At 5:30pm there will be a March/ Bike Ride to Council Chambers. AGAIN, THIS IS A PERMITTED MARCH - THE $130 FEE WAS PAID TO EXERCISE OUR "GUARANTEED" CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO ASSEMBLY AND SPEECH. Yes, the City of Ashland has decided that they can put a price on “free speech”.

The City Council Meeting will begin at 7pm at the Council Chambers on E. Main Street in Ashland. Please come to the city council and speak out against giving up the Special Use Permit.

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Ashland Annual Hiroshima/Nagasaki Vigil

WILPF, 23.07.2011 - 13:19
Annual Hiroshima/Nagasaki Vigil to be held in Ashland, August 6-9

“Hiroshima to Fukushima – Lessons from Disaster”

Films, speakers, music, dance and the “Nuclear Maze”

The nuclear disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant in northern Japan earlier this year and the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 66 years ago will be commemorated and the dangers of nuclear weapons and power plants displayed during the annual Hiroshima & Nagasaki Vigil in downtown Ashland from August 6 through 9. This will be the 26th year for the vigil in Ashland.

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SW Oregon Proposed Pubic Land Privatization

Ashland Cascadian, 09.07.2011 - 18:08
Eco Advocates NW (formerly known as Cascadia’s Ecosystem Advocates) has been tracking and dogging the Oregon Department of State Lands and the Oregon State Land Board since a concerned citizen brought this privatization of Public Lands issue to us back in September of 2010.

Currently the Oregon Department of State Lands is proposing to privatize approximately 4,920 acres of Common School Fund lands throughout Josephine and Jackson counties in southwest Oregon. The Department of State Land website states that the auctions are to be carried out in 2012. The initial Josephine and Jackson land disposal plan was announced at the State Land Board meeting in December 15, 2010.

Astonishingly some of the land parcels proposed for sale by the Oregon Department of State Lands is ancient forests literally along the banks of the Wild and Scenic Rogue River which is visited by thousands of rafters, fisher people and travelers every summer.

The 334 Acre Galice #1 Parcel pictured here is directly across the river from the resort destination of Galice, Oregon. The state managed public land is located across the Rogue river at Galice Creek then proceeds NW 1 mile along the banks of the river just past Maple Gulch to the top of the mountain ridge above.

Eco Advocates Northwest has recently received some inside information that the Governor and the Department of State Lands is sick of hearing about the southern Oregon Public Land Privatization controversy. The rumor is that they are looking for an easy way out and are in the process of approaching federal agencies to acquire some sensitive parcels. However, it is now crucial to increase the pressure just a wee bit until this rumor becomes a reality. Eco Advocates NW is asking, especially those of you that haven't written yet, to write a letter to Governor Kitzhaber and/or other officials listed below and consider submitting a letter to the editor now while the controversy is still brewing.

In addition to asking for the cancellation of the privatization of all 4920 acres Common School Fund lands in Josephine and Jackson Counties continue to request that all entities involved especially the Oregon Board of Forestry be mandated to adopt a Code of Ethics. Also, urge for the initiation of an investigation of ethics violations in past Common School Fund land privatization transactions by Oregon Board of Forestry members.

Together we can make this a story with a happy ending and give us reason to celebrate the protection of these priceless public lands.

For more information go to  http://www.eco-advocates.org

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Wobbly skit is a Tombstone Tales hit!

WOBBLY FREE SPEECH MONUMENT CAMPAIGN, 07.07.2011 - 21:40
Wobbly skit cast: Ralph Browning, Jason Houk, Vanessa Houk, Ivend Holen 1911 IWW Free Speech History Told with Tombstone Theatrics

The early reviews are in and this year's Tombstone Tales in Ashland, Oregon puts the spotlight on a skit that is timely, educational and fun! The Wobbly Free Speech theatrics take place in the Ashland Cemetery (right next to Safeway) with a five minute-long skit that tells the story of what happened 100 years ago...

It was February, 1911 when determined men, over 100 members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW, nicknamed "Wobblies") road the rails in boxcars south from Portland, Oregon. After being kicked off the train in Ashland by the Railroad Police the Wobblies in an extreme act of bravery took off on foot marching up and over the Siskiyou Mountains on the Oregon and California border.

Bound for Fresno, California to support striking farmworkers the Wobblies marched up to 150 miles in an incredible act of solidarity which is not going to be forgotten. So say's Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice who has embarked on a campaign to create a Wobbly Free Speech Monument to honor these brave men of one hundred years ago.

Photo by Alice Mallory (click for larger view)
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Ashland Stop for the Cuba Caravan

Cuba Caravan, 03.07.2011 - 15:59
PASTORS FOR PEACE CUBA CARAVAN TO ARRIVE JULY

On Thursday July 7 the 22nd Caravan bound for Cuba, organized by Pastors for Peace, will arrive for an overnight stay in Ashland. This project of friendship and solidarity with the Cuban people takes US citizens and humanitarian aid to Cuba every summer, and provides a unique opportunity to experience Cuba and to discover what life is like in our neighbor nation. The Caravan advocates for an end to the fifty-year-old economic blockade of Cuba and for normalizing relations between the US and Cuba, with a US foreign policy based on justice and mutual respect.

Various segments of the Pastors for Peace Caravan travel through the US, stopping each night in a different city and gathering people and supplies bound for Cuba. They converge in Texas and then travel together into Mexico and fly to Cuba for nine days. Several Rogue Valley residents will participate this year, either leaving with the bus on July 8 or flying to McAllen, Texas by July 17.

The Caravan's arrival July 7 will include two buses and eight to ten participants from points north, including British Columbia. The event will be hosted by local supporters at the Presbyterian Church, corner of Siskiyou and Walker, Ashland. The social hour begins at 6, a pot luck dinner at 6:30, and a program about events in Cuba and the Caravan at 7:30.

The featured speaker is Alicia Jrapko, who fled her native country, Argentina, in 1976 during the military dictatorship. She first traveled to Cuba in 1994 with Pastors for Peace, and has been active since then in the Bay Area, supporting their projects and helping to recruit US students for the Latin American School of Medicine scholarship program in Havana. Alicia was instrumental in establishing the International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban Five, which includes activists from the US, Latin America and Europe.

The public is invited; all are welcome. Music will be provided by the Modern Prometheus Jazz Company under the direction of Don Monjure.
Co-sponsors of the evening are Peace House, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (Ashland), Jackson County Pacific Green Party and Rogue Valley Peace Veterans. For local information call 541-482-8915.




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