Recreation Section

  • Ice cream and ukuleles beckon early summer

    By Lauren HeatonApril 23, 2012

    Gracie Wilke and Allison Bothwell plucked away in the back.

    Ukulele lessons at Corner Cone on Friday afternoon drew a crowd.

  • Funderburg Farm— Asking horses to trust people

    By Lauren HeatonApril 5, 2012

    Laura Funderburg uses the natural horsemanship technique when she trains and teaches at her family’s farm on the southern edge of the village. (Photo by Lauren Heaton)

    At the place where east Hyde Road ends and unspoiled farmland begins, Pat Funderburg has his own practice of asking, not telling, and working with instead of against, the horses on his family’s farm.

  • Glen adjusts course of events

    By Lauren HeatonMarch 22, 2012

    The annual Glen Helen pancake breakfast is one of several that Glen leaders are evaluating this year in order to streamline their activities

  • Of sharing food and company

    By Megan BachmanMarch 15, 2012

    Ruth Bent and Al Denman want to keep the local potluck tradition going by throwing community feasts on March 14, April 11 and May 9, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church’s Westminster Hall, 314 Xenia Avenue. All villagers are invited and should bring a dish to share and their own service. Here Antioch College students dine with villagers Tony Bent and Bev Price at weekly potlucks held last fall. (Submitted photo by Dennie Eagleson)

    At three upcoming potlucks, starting next week, villagers can share their cooking and enjoy the “luck of the pot.”

  • Pumpkins soar above the fields

    By Lauren HeatonOctober 25, 2011

    American Chucker pumpkin chuck team out of Dayton at their first pumpkin chucking competition in 2004.

    Young’s Jersey Dairy hosted the first Midwest Pumpkin Chuck on Saturday.

  • Yellow Springs quite the Experience

    By Aaron ZaremskyJuly 16, 2011

    A colorful hula hoop was the perfect prop for the Cirque Carnival last Friday night (photo by Aaron Zaremsky)

    The Cirque Carnival was a colorful spectacle of Yellow Springs creativity.

  • Fourth of July festivities

    By YS News StaffJuly 1, 2011

    Yellow Springs will celebrate Independence day with a parade, a patriotic band concert and, of course, fireworks.

  • At t-ball, as tender as we can be

    By Jimmy ChesireJune 30, 2011

    I had a first last Friday night. When I pulled into Gaunt Park around 6:25 p.m. for our 6:30–8 p.m. evening of Perry League t-ball, there was not a soul in sight. Not a child on the diamond. Not a parent in the bleachers. Not a car in the parking lot.

  • A piazza for dance, and community

    By Diane Chiddister

    Judith Wolert-Maldonado, also known as DJ Juju, is hosting a series of Dance Piazzas this summer at 100 Corry Street. The next Dance Piazza, which takes place at 7 p.m. on July 2, will feature lessons on the bhangra dance of India. The free dances continue on the first and third Saturday of the month through September, and everyone is invited. (Photo by Diane Chiddister)

    Bringing people together to dance under an open sky resonates on many levels for Judith Wolert-Maldonado, who’s organized outdoor Dance Piazzas in the village every other Saturday night this summer.

  • Village may rank ‘most fun’

    By Lauren HeatonJune 16, 2011

    The history of Yellow Springs is that of a town that is constantly being rediscovered, so it may come as no surprise that recently Yellow Springs was yet again discovered as one of the top 30 best small towns in America.

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