“It’s the best job I’ve ever had, hands down. We had [Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles creator] Kevin Eastman here last year. He thanked us for having him come here to do signings. I’m like, oh man, this dude is thanking me for him having a career. I was like, I’m not going to cry in front of this guy. It meant a whole lot.”

A reception for Nicki Strouss will take place Friday, Nov. 20, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the pot shop at John Bryan Community Pottery.

“Would you could you” In A Frame gallery will close at the end of December, after its current show of local artist Lance Rudegeair’s portraits of endangered animals.

Longtime resident Cecil Newman passed away peacefully on Nov. 2 at home with family present.

Norah Byrnes’ determination to serve breakfast to the community is unshakeable. She began serving breakfast from her home in Yellow Springs in 2011 and since then has tangled with the Village and the Greene County Health Department over home business and health codes.

In Athens, Ohio, the Athens Food Venture Center serves about 65 food-based businesses yearly, providing shared commercial equipment and consulting advice that allows entreprenuers to develop new products without the usual financial burden.

Longtime resident Cecil Newman passed away peacefully on Nov. 2 at home with family present.

How to measure the amount of good accomplished through decades of public service? In the case of the Yellow Springs Lions Club, one could consider the thousands of eyeglasses the group has donated during its 64-year existence.

Last Thursday, Nov. 12, more than 100 Antioch College students demonstrated in solidarity with students from the University of Missouri, who have protested racist incidents at that school.

Ira Beryl Brukner