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Posted Tuesday, November 13, 2001

The Talent Downtown Park/Skate Park would see improvements such as restrooms and landscaping under a plan being considered by commissioners. Ashland Daily Tidings/AMY ALONZO

Commissioners discuss Talent park
TALENT - The city's Parks and Recreation Commission will meet tonight to finalize the details for the new look for the Downtown Park/Skate Park on East Main Street.

School board seeking community discussion on drug, alcohol policy
With teachers and administrators in agreement on the procedures to follow when discipline problems arise on field trips, the Ashland School District board of directors is turning its attention to the district's drug and alcohol policy.

Road funds will help Talent tackle problem intersections
TALENT - State officials have authorized a $3.4 million Highway 99 improvement project for the city.

Slide show at SOU covers Israeli-Palestinian conflict
International Fellowship of Reconciliation representative Lynn MacMichael will present a slide show about the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday in Room 330 of the Stevenson Union Building at Southern Oregon University.

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Community Notes

· THURSDAY IS NATIONAL RECYCLING DAY and all residents are urged to join Ecology Center of the Siskiyous in raising awareness of consumptive behaviors, and in recycling everything used - or avoiding creation of waste in the first place.

· BOTANICAL COLLECTIONS FROM ECUADOR will be presented in a slide show at 7 p.m. Thursday in Room 171 of the SOU Science Building in Ashland. The presentation will be part of the monthly meeting of the Siskiyou Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Oregon. The public is invited. For information, call 770-7933.

· `SUSTAINABILITY: THE UNIVERSITY AS AN EXAMPLE' will be presented at 6 p.m. Thursday in Room 313 of the Stevenson Union at SOU in Ashland. Tyler Brandenburg from Humboldt State University and Christian Runge from SOU will present the history, concepts, and examples of sustainable development. For information, call 552-8512.

· RECYCLED AND FOUND ART SHOW will take place from noon to 2 p.m. Thursday in the Student Union Arena at SOU, or in the foyer if weather deems it necessary. Prizes will be awarded. For information, call 552-8512.

· ARCTIC COALITION PRESENTS SLIDE SHOW regarding the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Headwaters, 84 4th St., Ashland. The coalition will discuss the Bush Administration push to open the refuge to oil exploration and drilling. A letter writing session sponsored by the Rogue Group Sierra Club will follow. Wine and cheese will be provided.

· ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF SISTER SOURCE will be celebrated from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Ashland Senior Center, 1699 Homes Ave. Sister Source is an Ashland-based organization that helps develop support groups for women. All women presently in support groups or interested in joining or creating one are encouraged to attend. For information, call 482-0071.

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