Registration and orientation for the Yellow Springs Sea Dogs will be Monday, June 2, 6-7:30 p.m. at the YSHS cafeteria. Fees are $75 for individual swimmers and $100 for families. Scholarship assistance is available.

Emily K. Blackwood, a long time resident of Yellow Springs, passed away Tuesday, May 20, in Eaglewood Care Center in Springfield. She was 95. She was born in Unionville, Pa., on October 18, 1912, the daughter of David Reed and Sarah Margaret (Hall) Keatley. Emily was a homemaker and loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, and […]

James William Jackson of Yellow Springs passed away on May 24. He was 82. James, better known to his family and friends as Jimmie, was born in Ripley, Ohio, on October 26, 1925. He was the seventh child and third son born to Samuel Robert Jackson and Lora Vaughn Parker. He attended school in Ripley […]

At the regional preliminary meet on Tuesday, May 27, the YSHS boys 4×800 relay squad qualified for State with a second place finish in 8:11.6.

Ellie Dale’s family will hold a celebration of her life at the Friends Care Center on Saturday, May 24, from 2 to 4 p.m. Any who wish to join in are welcome. Anyone with a story to tell about Ellie is welcome to share it.

Rick Caslin, loving son of Teresa and the late George Caslin, died Sunday, May 18. He was 59. Rick fought a valiant battle against acute promyelocytic leukemia.

Michael Lee “Mikey” Cowen of Fairborn, formerly of Yellow Springs, died at 6:20 a.m., Saturday, May 17, in Kettering Medical Center. He was 30. He was born August 11, 1977, in Cincinnati, a son of Albert H. Cowen and Karen Woodmansee-Cowen.

The Miami Valley Track Club begins practices for its summer season this week. Practices are held Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings in May at 6 p.m. at the Yellow Springs High School track.

Final registration for the 2008 Yellow Springs Minor League Youth Baseball program will be held on Saturday, May 24, from 1 to 3 p.m., at Gaunt Park. Boys and girls ages 7 to 11 are eligible to participate as long as they will not have turned 12 by July 31.

The Bulldog boys track team won the Metro Buckeye Conference meet at Troy Christian on Friday, May 16, by an overwhelming margin over the seven other teams. Yellow Springs had 169 points, well ahead of Dayton Christian’s 113, and host Troy Christian’s 105.