He loved all birds, but his favorite was the blue heron. The first movie he ever saw was “Moby Dick” at a theater in Saudi Arabia when he was 6 years old.

Karen McKee, born Nov. 12, 1949, to James A. McKee and Naomi J. (Adams) McKee, passed away Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, after a yearlong illness.

Christina “Christy” Muenchau-Peterson, of Yellow Springs, passed away on Dec. 6, 2021. She was 44.

At its Monday, Dec. 6, regular meeting, held via Zoom, Village Council members raised questions and heard comments from villagers regarding a planned unit development, or PUD, proposed for the south end of town.

What might have been a major transition for many organizations was less earth-shaking for Tecumseh Land Trust, or TLT, when the nonprofit’s longtime executive director retired this fall.