for Tuesday, July 27th

Interested persons will take note that the Village Council of Yellow Springs on Monday, July 19, 2010, gave first reading to an ordinance, text to follow.

for the week of July 22-29

MTFR has postponed the July 17 controlled burn of the Rabbit Run farmhouse because of further mandated asbestos testing.

YSHS football practice will begin Wednesday, August 4, 5–7 p.m. Those interested in playing should call coach Craig McCann at 532-5111. Physicals will need to be completed by that time, and will be offered on Thursday, July 29, 6–8 p.m. at Greene Memorial Hospital.

The Yellow Springs Sea Dogs swam strongly against the Forest Ridge Fighting Fish. It was easy to see the Sea Dog teamwork in the meet’s relay events; the Sea Dogs won 11 of the 16 that they swam.

Practices for the upcoming Yellow Springs High School golf season begin on Monday, Aug. 2, with matches beginning 10 days later. Those interested in being on the team are asked to contact Varsity Golf Coach Mike Reichert to be part of the season’s roster.

In the Minor League last week, the Indians pushed their record to 8–0 with a pair of wins to keep their spot at the top going into the final week of play. The Indians pounded out 24 hits in their first win of the week, an 18–8 defeat of the Dragons on Wednesday, July 7.

The Yellow Springs schools will host a morning girls volleyball clinic July 19–23 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Yellow Springs High School gym. The clinic is for area girls entering the sixth, seventh or eighth grade next fall and living in Yellow Springs or attending Yellow Springs schools.

Reba Gordon died on Friday, July 9, at the Friends Care Community. She was 96. Reba was born February 4, 1914, in Proskurov, Ukraine, the daughter of Morris Sanders and Mollie Eisenstein Sanders. Fleeing anti-Semitism in Proskurov, her family left for America.