From The Print Section :: Page 38

• Starflower says ‘no’ to GMO

  By Megan BachmanJune 27, 2013

  Starflower Natural Foods owner Marnie Neumann recently vowed to stop purchasing new items that contain GMOs for her store, saying that GMOs are both unhealthy to eat and bad for the environment. Soon Starflower may be completely GMO-free.

• Kindness and capers at t-ball

  By Jimmy Chesire

  “Okay, everyone on your hands and knees!” I say. “I know what we’re going to do!” Caroline Tucker sings out enthusiastically. “What?” I ask. “Everyone crawl around two other human beings!” Caroline says.

• Pool closed 2 days after herbicide application— Spraying sparks controversy

  By Diane Chiddister

  Several villagers spoke passionately and heatedly about their frustrations and fears around the Wednesday, June 12, overuse of herbicides on the grass around the Gaunt Park pool at Village Council’s June 17 meeting.

• A seamstress’ dressmaking passion

  By Anisa Kline

  

  BouChic, the new alterations and dressmaking business in Yellow Springs, sits at the very back of the white professional building on Xenia Avenue. Inside, owner Zara McCartney has neatly stacked bolts of cloth, drawers filled with a variety of patterns, a dressing room, sewing machines and a chalkboard wall for children.

• Camille Marie Willis

  By YS News Staff

  Camille Marie Willis, 68, passed away on June 12 at her home in Yellow Springs. She was 68.

• Evelyn Powers

  By YS News Staff

  Evelyn M. Powers of Springfield died June 17 in Vancrest Health Care Center, Urbana. She was 85.

• Dewey memorial held

  By YS News Staff

  A memorial for longtime villager Rae Dewey will be held Thursday, July 4, at 2 p.m. in the Glen Helen Building.

• High school moves to block schedule

  By Lauren Heaton

  When McKinney Middle and Yellow Springs High School start up again in the fall, students will be piloting a new hybrid block schedule for their classes.

• Cemetery expands in Township

  By Lauren Heaton

  As the new stewards of the village’s most visible cemetery, the Miami Township Trustees began immediately preparing the property across the street on Xenia Avenue for more gravesites.

• From the print: July 4, 2013

  By Matt Minde

  July 4, 2013 New Reiki Gong business — A life path that veered to healing Philip Love found in meditation and Eastern spirituality the enlightenment he once sought in a Messiah and a materialistic lifestyle and created his own unique practice that blends Tibetan Reiki healing with the Chinese practice of Qigong. Sports Another Perry […]