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.

Yellow Springs High School honored a number of students at its annual National Honor Society scholarship awards ceremony on Wednesday, May 14. The students received their awards after hearing from speaker Kathy Kralovic…

Kilan Brown and Andrew Ferguson will host a basketball camp for girls and boys in grades four through eight on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 27 and 28, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., at the Yellow Springs High School gym.

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.