Word: ashland
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When Timothy C. Harte '90, a resident tutor in Kirkland House, crosses into Ashland during today's 103rd running of the Boston Marathon, he will have added incentive to keep hammering away at the 26.2 mile course...
Harte placed 51st in last year's race, and he was chosen by Adidas, one of the marathon's major sponsors, to appear in the company's ad campaign. His visage now graces posters, Web sites and postcards, not to mention a giant banner hanging over the entrance to Ashland...
While Hollywood seems to have rediscovered the Bard this year, folks in southern Oregon have been brushing up their Shakespeare for years. Nestled amid the timber-covered Siskiyou Mountains, the hamlet of Ashland is host each February till October to thousands of theatergoers at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. After coming for the theater, many return--permanently--to avail themselves of the diversity that can be found in the surrounding area...
...town of little more than 18,500, Ashland has a dazzling combination of physical and cultural activities. "I'm like a kid in a candy store," says Larry Kellogg, 66, who relocated there with his wife Judy in 1995. He keeps busy golfing, woodworking and taking long walks in 100-acre Lithia Park, which extends along a creek several miles out from the center of the town. The mountains on two sides of the city and the Cascade Range, 20 miles to the east, are excellent for biking, hiking and skiing--both downhill and cross-country--and several golf courses...
There are several retirement communities in the area, but many choose to buy or build their own home. Prices can be high; the average for a single-family home is $176,160. While college towns are generally popular retirement spots, Ashland is one of the best in class, thanks to Southern Oregon University, where people over 65 can sign up for any regular class for free. For a fee of $75 a year, a Learning in Retirement program offers everything from calligraphy to quantum physics, taught by college professors who have retired and moved to the Ashland area. Kellogg...