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.

Registration for the Yellow Springs Soccer Inc. (YSSI) hosted summer soccer camps is currently under way. The location of this camp has been slightly changed to accommodate the Morgan soccer field renovation project that is scheduled to begin in June.

Last chance Major League Youth Baseball sign ups will be held on Saturday, May 17, 9–10:30 a.m., at Gaunt Park. Boys and girls ages 11–14 are eligible to play. For more information, call Chris Lloyd, 767-9318.

At this year’s Bulldog Invitational track meet on Friday, May 9, the YSHS boys track team finished second of 11 teams. Bethel won the meet with 153 points, while Yellow Springs trailed with 117 points, and Lockland followed with 110.

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.

Juanita Marie Pettit of Yellow Springs died at Greene Memorial Hospital on Saturday, May 10. She was 77. She was the only child born to Harry E. and Margaret Brandt on Sept. 5, 1930.

Jacqueline (Jackie) D. Greene died suddenly on May 12. She was 57. She was born March 3, 1951, to John and Hazel Barton. Jackie was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Greene; a brother, Howard Barton; and her parents.

Yellow Springs Major League is seeking coaches for the 2008 season and a baseball commissioner to run the league. Those interested in either position can contact Chris Lloyd at 767-9318.

A sign-up event for the Yellow Springs Major League Baseball season will take place at the Gaunt Park field on Friday, May 9, from 6 to 7:30 p.m., and on Saturday, May 10, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Boys and girls ages 11 to 14 are eligible to play.

The McKinney School track team saw four records fall this past weekend at the Troy Christian Invitational on Saturday, May 3. Leading the way for the boys team was eighth grader Logan Norris, who won all three events he entered and set new school records.