Martha Adams McIntyre Riddle, a former Yellow Springs resident and member of Central Chapel AME Church, died on Nov. 19, at the Maranatha Care Center in Brooklyn Center, Minn.

Kathryn Becky DeWine, infant daughter of Brian and Kali (nee Spink) DeWine, of Chattanooga, Tenn., died on Nov. 20. Named after her Great-grandmother Kathryn and her Aunt Becky, she died prior to birth from a condition known as triploidy.

The Yellow Springs High School and McKinney School basketball program will hold a parent meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 25, at 5:30 p.m. in the high school cafeteria. The meeting is for parents and athletes participating in seventh grade through high school basketball.

Yellow Springs High School and McKinney School athletes were recognized by the school on Wednesday, Nov. 5, for their participation and performance in the fall sports program.

Joyce Agnew died on Monday, Nov. 10, at home in Vandalia, following a long battle with cancer. Joy was born to the late Robert and Betty Bayless on Aug. 25, 1948, in Bradford, OH.

Elizabeth Devin Parker (Betsy) Huber died Nov. 9, at the Friends Care Center in Yellow Springs, Ohio. She was 87. Born on July 7, 1921, in Boston, Mass., she was the daughter of Willard S. Parker, M.D. and Ellen D. Pratt, both from Ohio, and the older sister of Mary Dorsey Parker Krulee.

To the surprise of absolutely no one, Yellow Springs voters went overwhelmingly for Democrat Barack Obama in the presidential election last Tuesday, Nov. 4, with Obama receiving 10 votes for every one vote cast for Republican John McCain.

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The three Yellow Springs hopefuls running for office fell short of their goals on Election Day. Yellow Springs resident Sharen Neuhardt fought hard but lost her race as 7th District Congressional representative to her opponent and longtime Republican politician Steve Austria.

Voters in Greene County felt similar to voters across the state, who all voted overwhelmingly for the Ohio Initiatives Deadlines Act.