At its meeting on Sept. 12 the Yellow Springs school board approved new contracts for district Superintendent Mario Basora and Treasurer Dawn Weller.

Morris Bean & Company will soon bid out a project to fill in a sinkhole at its Hyde Road plant after the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency cited the company for releasing industrial wastewater into the sinkhole and potentially contaminating groundwater in the Village’s source water protection area.

Pianist Sam Reich will perform at a fund-raiser for the Senior Center on Sunday, Oct. 6, at 3:30 p.m.

Glenda J. Chance of Lexington, Ohio passed away on Sept. 27 at her home. She was 51.

Alice (Walker) Wilds died peacefully surrounded by friends and family on Thursday, Sept. 26.

On a recent field trip, the Mills Lawn Elementary School fifth and sixth graders spent a day at YSI Inc. (a Xylem brand), learning about local and global water issues, and bounced a giant model of earth to symbolize the need for everyone to chip in to save the planet.

Elsie Mae Johnson of Cincinnati, formerly of Yellow Springs, passed away Monday, Sept. 30 at Meadowbrook Skilled Nursing Home. She was 83.

Celebrate the life of Camille Willis at a memorial service on Sunday, Oct. 13 at 2 p.m.

Oct. 3, 2013 Bulldog sports round-up

in recent weeks, the world has been beating a path to Glen Courtright’s door. Last week, his company, EnviroFlight, was featured on NPR; Monday Courtright spent several hours being trailed by a CNN cameraman, and later this week, he will be interviewed by a news magazine from Brazil.