Articles From March 2011

  • BLOG — Cold soup no comfort, but it’s fun!

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    Cold soup doesn’t hold a lot of appeal, until you stop thinking about it as soup.

  • Local design goes universal

    Battle's design for the Peace Corps' 10th anniversary poster

    David Battle’s design for the Peace Corps could be aptly called a classic. He originally created the image for a poster contest for the 10th anniversary of the Peace Corps in 1971.

  • Jack Allen Palmer

    Jack Allen Palmer died Monday, July 18, at the Dallas, Texas, home of his daughter, Sarah Palmer Murray. He was 78. Jack was born April 15, 1933 in Meadville, Pa., to Richard Alvin Palmer and Florine Chapman. After his mother’s early death, he was raised outside Cleveland, and spent his teen years in Linesville, Pa. [...]

  • Mitchell Stamm

    Mitchell Bruce Stamm was the beloved son of Donald, who preceded him in death, and Audrey, and the brother of Leonard, brother-in-law of Susan, uncle of Michael and Lauren. Mitch received a bachelor of arts degree from Antioch College and a masters degree in philosophy and education from the Teachers College. He was a philosopher, [...]

  • Robert M. Funderburg

    Robert M. Funderburg died peacefully in his sleep on July 26. Robert was born in 1919 to Faye and Louise (Meredith) Funderburg on their farm south of Yellow Springs. He grew up on the farm with his three brothers and two sisters. He loved horses and, as a boy, would ride his pony to herd [...]

  • Trying to blow softer at t-ball

    Mia Campbell was back. And this time with the whole Campbell entourage. Tristan, who will be 13 in August, a big brother so handsome that if I were a 13-year-old girl I’d ask him to marry me. Raven, he’ll be 11 on July 29, who is impressed with the size of his clan: “Five people [...]

  • Township, innkeeper in dispute

    Grinnell Mill Bed & Breakfast proprietor and resident Donna McGovern agreed at a court hearing last week to leave the Mill at the end of the month as a dispute continues between McGovern and the Miami Township Trustees over who should pay the B&B’s property taxes.

  • “Funky spy punk” Show grows

    From left, Jessica Kinzer, Matt Housh and Ryan Henry are The Show, a local indie punk band releasing their debut CD at a concert Saturday, July 30. The show starts at 7 p.m. at the Yellow Springs Arts Council’s Oten Gallery, which is also featuring a collection of Henry’s concert poster art for The Show. They are shown performing at last weekend’s Yellow Springs Experience. (Photo by Megan Bachman)

    “The Show will grow,” the slogan of the Yellow Springs-based three-piece indie band The Show, is prophetic. The band, which dabbles in psychedelic and garage rock while never straying far from its British punk roots, is rapidly becoming a local favorite.

  • Struewings vs. Village goes to trial

    A lawsuit that has cost the Village almost $40,000 regarding access to Village water for an out-of-town property is going to trial this week.

  • Gearing up for new students

    Getting ready for the arrival of its first group of students, Antioch College recently announced the hiring of its new admissions dean and of the final tenure-track faculty member.

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