Volume 4, Issue 13 // June 22 - July 5, 2017 Pg. News 7 Penny Pinching H in Salem Dog Days Pg. Food Cold Brew 22 Of Summer H Stations Our Puppy Friendly Pubs Guide Culture Pg. A Bouquet of H24 Theater Reviews! 2 / WWW.ROGUEVALLEYMESSENGER.COM SUMMER EXHIBITIONS Tofer Chin: 8 Amir H. Fallah: Unknown Voyage Ryan Schneider: Mojave Masks Liz Shepherd: East-West: Two Streams Merging Wednesday, June 14 through Saturday, September 9, 2017 Exhibition Opening Reception: Tuesday June 13, 5 – 7 pm The Summer exhibitions are funded in part by a generous donation from Judy Shih and Joel Axelrod. MUSEUM EVENTS Tuesday Tours: Free Docent-led Tours of the Exhibitions IMAGES (LEFT TO RIGHT, TOP TO BOTTOM, DETAILS): Tofer Chin, Overlap No. 3, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 34” Tuesdays at 12:30 pm Amir H. Fallah, Unknown Voyage, 2015, Acrylic, colored pencil and collage on paper mounted on canvas, 48 x 36” Ryan Schneider, Many Headed Owl, 2016, Oil on canvas, 60 x 48” Liz Shepherd, Mount Shasta at Dawn, 2012, Watercolor on riches paper, 19.5 x 27.5” FREE Family Day: Saturday, June 24, 10 am – 1 pm MUSEUM HOURS: MONDAY – SATURDAY, 10 AM TO 4 PM • FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC mailing: 1250 Siskiyou Boulevard • gps: 555 Indiana Street Ashland, Oregon 97520 541-552-6245 • email: [email protected] web: sma.sou.edu • social: @schneidermoa PARKING: From Indiana Street, turn left into the metered lot between Frances Lane and Indiana St. There is also limited parking behind the Museum. JUNE 22 – JULY 5, 2017 / THE ROGUE VALLEY MESSENGER / 3 The Rogue Valley Messenger PO Box 8069 | Medford, OR 97501 CONTENTS 541-708-5688 page page roguevalleymessenger.com SOUND OUTDOORS [email protected] THE BUSINESS END OF THINGS In honor of a local musician, Alarmed by the Trump Josh Guillory, who passed administrations efforts 26 21 SALES MANAGER Katie Ball away in 2012, Mélomane to bulldoze National SALES REPS Tuula Rebhahn embodies kindness and Monument status, a group WEB MASTER Tammy Wilder community. Straight out of of photographers are trying SOCIAL MEDIA WIZ Alex Sophia OUR FINANANCIAL WIZARD Sara Louton, Advanced Books Eagle Point High School, to remind us why these DISTRIBUTION Alex Sophia, Olivia Doty Guillory helped found the epic and unique landscapes OUR WORDSMITHS local punk rock band Virus 9, matter, with their free e-book and his memory lives on in Land Almost Lost, available PUBLISHER & EDITOR Phil Busse ASSOCIATE EDITOR Sara Jane Wiltermood the Medford music festival. for viewing and downloading MUSIC EDITOR Josh Gross at landalmostlost.com. PRODUCTION MANAGER Katie Ball CALENDAR EDITOR Jordon Lindsey ROAMING REPORTERS Hannah Jones page pagepage ART CRITIC Jordan Marie Martinez FOOD SCREEN OUTDOOR EXPERTS Jeanine Moy, Mike Dickenson Cafe Ruch at entrance to Reminiscent of “The COLUMNISTS Rob Brezsny, Shannon Wheeler, the Applegate Valley isn’t 22 Bachelorette,” except the 27 Deborah Gordon, Dan Smith x flashy or famous, but what it FREELANCERS Tyrell Trimble, Tuula Rebhahn, main woman is a vampire Melissa Haskin, Julie Gillis, Charles Fischman, Anna is, is down-home, an honest picking off her options for Diem, Josh Davis, Christopher Lucas and Jacob Scheppler and earnest saloon and dinner rather than choosing GET IN TOUCH gathering spot, and it is what one to marry, How to Marry a EMAIL [email protected] the Rogue Valley needs to Vampire is a mockumentary MUSIC [email protected] preserve; a counterbalance YouTube web series by local EVENTS [email protected] to malls and chainstores, a filmmakers Mig Windows ADVERTISE [email protected] place where everyone knows and Sean Marc Nipper. your name. 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Profiles of Leadership Certainly, the past several months have been a study in leadership—its different styles, attitudes and capability, and how that leadership can steer an organization towards the ditch, or conversely, how it can elevate groups and individu- 36 S 2nd St, Ashland, Oregon * smithfieldsashland.com * (541) 488-9948 als to a sum greater than its parts, and to something important and divine. & across the street And we’re not necessarily talking about the headline (and Twitter) grabbing national characters, but locally there also have been a few ripe examples. Traditional English pub Let’s start with the bad news, a case-study in what seems meets pie shop. Specializing to be ineptitude and the sour note on which the Southern Oregon University in savory pies and snacks, we ended its school year, and the bad moon under which SOU president Linda Schott have different entertainment ended her rookie (and perhaps last?) year. every night. For those who haven’t heard, the university is currently building a new sport fa- cility. At some point this spring, they were contacted by a person who claimed to be working with the construction company, who told a college administrator they had a new bank account and, oh, could you wire $1.9 million to the new account. For anyone who has received an email in the past 15 years from a Nigerian prince who just needs your bank account information and he’ll send you $1 million, you can see where this story is going, right? Apparently, the SOU administration couldn’t. Bottom line: They lost $1.9 million. The FBI is investigating. What has made matters worse that the administration has been tightlipped 23 S 2nd St, Ashland, Oregon * smithfieldspubpies.com * (541) 482-7437 about how this actually could have happened. When first announcing they’d been scammed, they did so at a hastily arranged meeting. Students only were informed 40 minutes prior, and then the meeting lasted a quick turn-and-burn half-an- hour. Many student leaders were rightfully confused and concerned, and it cer- tainly seemed as if the SOU administration, under the questionable leadership of rookie president Schott, is trying to sweep this under the rug. What makes this stink even more is that the administration has played the “victim card” as their defense and also sat on the information for a month-plus— keenly during a sensitive time when they were push mightily for a major tuition increase. Over the past several months, SOU successfully pushed a 12 percent tuition increase—at the very time when they were aware they had “misplaced” $1.9 mil- lion. President Schott has pointed out that the matters are unrelated. Except they are not. Ultimately, a budget is money in, money out. Roughly calculated, at an extra $18 per credit hour, next year, SOU students will pay in tuition increases the a cultured equivalent to the amount swindled. foods celebration Boo hiss! That’s the bad news. On the good news side, however (and at least in our opinion and our universe), is that the Messenger has set in place a Board of Directors we believe will provide SPECIAL EVENT strong and smart leadership, and also we have hired a Business Manager to help steer our publication. Saturday, July 1 We are proud to announce our six member Board of Directors: Julie Gillis, a 2PM — 5PM fundraising consultant and project manager with Tilton River Films, she recently Co-op Classroom made a move from Austin, Texas, to Southern Oregon; Maria Kelly, a well-known 300 N. Pioneer St., Ashland and accomplished music organizer, a former dj/music show host at Jefferson Public Radio who also will be the booking agent for the Holly Theatre in Medford FREE Event when it opens in Autumn 2018; Sara Louton, our very capable bookkeeper and owner of Advanced Bookkeeping Company LLC; Erik Palmer, a newly tenured For more information, visit professor at SOU and the incoming Chair of the Communication program; www.AshlandFood.coop former journalist Candace Turtle, who now provides her superstar power to PR, communications, and grant writing for small businesses and nonprofits; and, Andrew Robison, the affable Manager for the Talent Health Club. And, for our Business Manager? We are excited to bring on board Blake Helm- ken, a recent graduate from SOU; a business major and a film producer. Helmken is bright and enthused, and carries forward an eagerness about celebrating what is great and interesting in our local culture, a value that we feel should be the driv- ing force for the Messenger. We are excited for this next chapter, and for the capable leadership that is steer- ing this ship. JUNE 22 – JULY 5, 2017 / THE ROGUE VALLEY MESSENGER / 5 LETTERS HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY? Letters must be received by noon Friday before next print date for inclusion in the following week’s paper. Please limit letters to 250 words. Submission does not Speak Up guarantee publication. Send your thoughts to: RE.: NO LOVE FOR TRUMP [email protected] Editor: Remember the Bush-Cheney Golden Oldies: “Mission Accomplished;” an at- tack coming in ‘the form of a mushroom cloud;’ ‘your problem is living in a reality RE.: NO LOVE FOR TRUMP based universe - we create our own reality.’ Their lies and pro-business anti-envi- Hypocrisy is pretense or sham; a false appearance of virtue or goodness.