Village Life Section :: Page 16

• My Name Is Iden | ‘Best self’ over being ‘the best’

  By Iden CrockettJanuary 29, 2023

  

  The new year is upon us. A time for reflection and, for many of us, resolution. This is the time for getting to work on being our “best selves.”

• What a card!

  By Reilly DixonJanuary 23, 2023

  

  Considered one of the world’s foremost and talented magicians, David Williamson dazzled a capacity crowd of villagers at Emporium Wines & Underdog Cafe on Saturday evening, Jan. 14.

• 2023 Martin Luther King Jr. Day | ‘The fierce urgency of now’

  By Cheryl Durgans

  

  Around 200 villagers assembled on Jan. 16, to contemplate Martin Luther King Jr.’s call to action through the “fierce urgency of now,” in observation of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

• YS schools on two-hour delay Monday, Jan. 23

  By YS News StaffJanuary 22, 2023

  Two-hour delay.

• News from the Past: January 2023

  By YS News StaffJanuary 20, 2023

  

  From the Jan. 12, 1966 issue of the News: “Leo Hamilton, one of eight winners of $25 each at last Saturday’s Appreciation Day drawing, displays his winnings, while others nearby are happy for him.”

• T.R.I.B.E pilot program to support health workers

  By Cheryl Durgans

  

  “Trauma and Resiliency Informed Birth Education,” or T.R.I.B.E., recently launched a nine-month pilot program geared toward bolstering the health and wellbeing of healthcare practitioners — particularly doulas — through a “trauma-informed strategy.”

• Dam-o-rama

  By Reilly DixonJanuary 19, 2023

  

  The beaver dam that clogged up the flowing waters of Yellow Springs Creek in 2021 grew significantly in breath, depth, height and sticks over the last year.

• What does tradition mean to you?

  By Lauren ShowsJanuary 13, 2023

  

  This year, we asked our readers to share some of their most-loved traditions with us — old, new, lost and missed — and what tradition means to them. Below are the responses we received — as well as a few submissions from News staff.

• Drop on in!

  By Matt Minde

  

  On New Year’s Eve, the village celebrated both the nascent 2023 and the return of the ball drop, deftly handled by villager Lance Rudegeair, pictured in a cloud of confetti; the annual event has not been held since the transition from 2019 to 2020.

• Habari Gani!

  By Jessica Thomas

  

  Tuesday, Dec. 27, marked the annual Kwanzaa celebration for villagers.