The Indians took a pair of games from the Yankees on Monday, July 14, to overtake the Yankees and move into second place behind the Pirates to start off the final two weeks of the 2008 season.

Charles Theodore Christophe(r) of Yellow Springs, Ohio, died on July 13. He was 90. Friends may call at the Jackson Lytle Williams Funeral Home, 322 Xenia Avenue, Yellow Springs, from 5 to 8 p.m., Thursday, July 17.

Austin L. Pitstick of Springfield passed away Thursday, July, 10. He was 11. He was born Oct. 4, 1996, to Matthew Pitstick and Janene Edinger in Xenia.

Edith M. Kelley, formerly of Saint Paris, passed away at 3:50 p.m., on Thursday, July 10, in the Friends Care Center, Yellow Springs. She was 94.

Seth Joseph Duell was born in a small farmhouse in the “tree claim” on a farm near the tiny town of Ruleton, Kan., on June 25, 1925, to Seth Edwin and Martha Gattshall Duell. He was the fifth of 11 children.

All Yellow Springs athletes in grades seven through twelve will need a new pre-participation physical exam before they can participate on any school-sponsored sports team.

The Miami Valley Warriors “semi-pro” football team will, once again, play its 2008 home games at Yellow Springs High School. Home dates for regular season games are Saturdays, July 19; Sept. 20 and 27; and Oct. 4, all at 7 p.m.

Despite threatening weather last week, the 2008 Bulldog Scramble held at Locust Hills golf club on Saturday, July 12, came off without a hitch. Sixty-four golfers took to the course in the benefit tournament to raise funds for the Yellow Springs High School golf program.

The 19th annual Miami Valley Open Track & Field meet will take place Thursday, July 17, at Yellow Springs High School. It is open to all athletes, both men and women, boys and girls, regardless of age.

The Yellow Springs High School varsity basketball team finished second in the Kenton Ridge Summer League tournament last week after losing to Graham, the Division II state runner up.