This week’s entry discusses the myriad mammals that are able to live in a landfill, from small rodents to upper-echelon predators to human beings. But this is a Pyrrhic victory, as they are subject to the same hazards that afflict any creature searching its way through a dump.

Charles R. “Bob” Young, of Yellow Springs, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016. He was 84.

Kathleen (Kathy) Scott Monaghan passed away on Nov. 21, 2016, at Hospice of Dayton, after a courageous, year-long battle with cancer.

Charles Funderburk died Nov. 16, 2016, after an extended period of care at Friends Care Community

On Sunday, Nov. 27, 2016 Richard David Miller, recently of Yellow Springs, passed away at the Friends Care Center after a brief convalescence.

WinterSong Encore played to full house at First Presbyterian last Saturday, Dec. 3.

Ed Davis spends a portion of most days — 300 out of each 365 — in Glen Helen. He carries a small moleskin notebook into the woods. In it, he writes down what he hears.

“I personally believe there are many similarities between bowling and life,” said Matt Cole, coach of the Yellow Springs High School’s new bowling team, a winter sport that debuted this season.

ORDINANCE NO. 2016-33, Village of Yellow Springs, Ohio

Village of Yellow Springs