Chef Alexandra Delaris Hannah has been cooking pretty much all her life. Born in Arkansas, she recalls her first culinary venture was whipping up a batch of cornbread “at the sweet age of 4 years.” She still loves to cook and, judging from her ever-growing fan base, everyone who tastes her creations is grateful she does.

Science tells us that we all dream, even if we don’t remember our dreams. But why do we dream? And what do our dreams mean?

Downtown Medford BioSkin® is both a small, family-owned company, and a world leader in the design and manufacture of orthopedic braces and sports medicine products. Twenty-five years ago, Dean Cropper invented a breathable, lightweight, and compressive alternative to the neoprene traditionally used in braces and named it BioSkin because it fits like skin and mimics the body’s natural climate control system.

On a chilly day in February 1994, the valley’s first and only retail store devoted entirely to outfitting travelers, Travel Essentials (now at 252 E. Main in Ashland) opened without fanfare—no press release, no balloons, no Grand Opening banner, and no employees other than its youthful owners, Bob and Nancy Bestor.

When local author and RVTV cooking host Kumud Gokani moved to Ashland from India twenty years ago, little did she know that most of her family would follow. In 2007 her granddaughter Sachta decided to attend school at SOU, then her other granddaughter Sohana soon followed. Sachta met Andy Card at SOU while they were both in a Master’s program.