Just before the lights went down for a screening of “The Wizard of Oz” last Thursday, Nov. 16, Little Art Theatre Development and Community Impact Director Katherine Eckstrand walked into the auditorium to cheers from a full house crowd.

This year marks a dual anniversary for Current Cuisine: 40 years of catering and 35 years selling prepared foods, meals and international groceries at 237 Xenia Ave.

Rentals, employment, cars, garage sales and more! Find it all in this week’s classifieds in the Yellow Springs News.

This is more than the holiday season — it’s the season for Medicare open enrollment. And while that doesn’t have the same allure as Thanksgiving or Christmas, it carries a healthy significance for people aged 65 and older.

Janice Elaine Thornton, aka “Gigi,” passed away peacefully in her sleep at home in the early morning of Sunday, Nov. 5. She spent her last days surrounded by her family

Dimitra Sundeen Reber passed away on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, surrounded by the love and comfort of dear friends; her daughter, Madeleine Reber; Madeleine’s partner, Amy Short; and the support of Hospice of Dayton.

David Adolf Huber was born May 22, 1924, in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, and died in Yellow Springs, Ohio, on Nov. 13, 2023, at the age of 99.

Honora “Norie” Patton Closz, of Shenango On the Green, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, passed away at the residence on Nov. 11, 2023.

“My mom — or was it my aunt Annie? — told me that my Grandma Ira used to cry while banging on pots and singing hymns when she was in despair. I always wondered what hymns she sang; no one could recall.”

At its most recent meeting on Thursday, Nov. 9, the Yellow Springs school board voted unanimously to approve a resolution of necessity that will place a substitute operations levy on the March 19, 2024, ballot.