August 11

Features

My Name Is Iden | The wisdom of the weeds

“Humans are strange. Is there a creature that craves novelty more than a human? Or one more fearful of change? Is there another animal as fundamentally paradoxical as a human?”
Astrology resurgence— Aquarius, herbalism and Pluto

Yellow Springs has always been a community that welcomes different faiths, philosophies and spiritual centering, and has usually been more accepting of alternative beliefs. This bears out when it comes to astrology.
Down to Earth | Drawing pleasure in gardening

“He was a great painter, Monet, but he actually thought of himself as a gardener first and a painter second. Late in life, eyes failing and tired of traveling, he asked his village for permission to divert a small river onto his land.”
MTFR employs app to help lost hikers

The what3words app will be used by MTFR staff to locate lost hikers in John Bryan and Glen Helen. When a person becomes lost, rather than relying on descriptions of surroundings to alert rescue personnel to their location, they can use the app to pinpoint their location via GPS coordinates.
‘Silverberg Business’ scouts strange planes

Wexler’s fiction has, in the past, been described — including a few times in this publication — as defying genre. “The Silverberg Business,” too, is ineffable in its way; in a recent interview with the News, Wexler described the book as “a Western…ish.”
2022 Special Primary Election Results

Preliminary results of the Tuesday, Aug. 2, special primary election are now available. The election was scheduled for August following the initial May primary due to ongoing legal disputes over the redrawing of Ohio district voting maps.
Art on the Lawn set for 37th year

More than 75 artists from Ohio and beyond will gather under the shade trees on the grounds of Mill Lawn School, in the heart of the village, to show and sell their original fine arts and crafts at this year’s Art on the Lawn fair Saturday, Aug. 13, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., rain or shine.
E&A’s Big Dumb Show to debut this weekend

The sketch comedy production, “E&A’s Big Dumb Show,” is open to audiences at the YS Arts Council building on Friday, Aug. 12, at 8 p.m., twice on Saturday, Aug. 13, at 2 and 8 p.m., and again the following weekend, on Friday, Aug. 26, at 8 p.m., and finally on Saturday, Aug. 27, at both 2 and 8 p.m.
COVID Update | Aug. 11, 2022

For the fifth week in a row, Greene County is listed as having a “high” community level for COVID-19 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, according to its most recent weekly update, Thursday, Aug. 4.