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LONG READ. The Yellow Springs News has been reporting on the vil- lage for almost 140 years. Know your village! ysnews.com/subscribe 11 YELLOW SPRINGS NEWS The GUIDE to YELLOW SPRINGS 2019 – 20 Full Service Auto, Light and Medium Duty Truck 323-2421 Monday–Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 6075 Springfield-Xenia Road • Springfield, Ohio 45502 • (937) 323-2421 Family Owned Since 1946 We are located on Route 68 two miles north of Yellow Springs 6075 Springfield-Xenia Road www.ehmansgarage.com Karen and David Ehman www.facebook.com/EhmansGarageLLC YELLOW SPRINGS COMMUNITY LIBRARY CONTAC T: Connie Collett, head librarian, 352‑4003 EMA I L : ccollett@gcpl.lib.oh.us WE B : www.greenelibrary.info There’s always something new at the li- brary: A completely updated website, event calendar and catalog, a makerspace at the Xenia Library and Wi-Fi hotspots to check out and take home. But there’s also a lot of the same old, same old in the library. That’s because our community still loves and uses traditional services, tried and true. Primary among these is a physical place to visit, to run into friends, to hold a meeting, attend a story time, discuss a book. Friendly, helpful staff and individualized service are other valu- able traditions that endure. Another “same old” is physical stuff: In this age of Netflix, the Yellow Springs Library still houses almost 60,000 items, in- cluding books, movies, audiobooks, music, magazines and newspapers. Millions more can be borrowed from other libraries, in- cluding six other public libraries right here in Greene County. Of course there are also plenty of free downloadable e-books, audio- books, music and videos for your phone or tablet. Computers for the public and a high- speed internet connection still make the library the place to go when there’s slow or no internet at home. Wireless for your own device lets you connect to the internet and use all the library’s online services. One- on-one instruction for computer novices ensures that no one is left behind. Story times for babies, toddlers and pre- schoolers remain a fun way to make sure your child gets an early start in reading. Pre- schoolers can sign up for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library and receive a free book in the mail each month until they’re ready for kindergarten. Special activities for older kids and teens — including a Teen Advisory Group — keep them busy, connected and reading. Libraries have had summer reading pro- grams forever, but they are still a great way to keep people of all ages reading over the summer, and to educate and entertain them with great programs and prizes. If you have questions, an actual human being is always at the library to help find an answer, whether in person, by phone or online. The library’s subscriptions to pre- mium databases often make getting answers easier than Googling on your own. If you become homebound and can’t make it to the library, the library’s Outreach Department will bring books and other ma- terials to you. All these services, both new and tradi- tional, are still available to you for free, paid for by your tax dollars. When our commu- nity joins together to fund a public library, the payoff for each of us is much greater than the cost of our individual contribu- tions. More use means more value. Don’t miss out! The Yellow Springs Community Library is located at 415 Xenia Ave. Hours of operation are Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday (September to May), 1 to 5 p.m. YELLOW SPRINGS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION CONTAC T: Amy Magnus, president, WE B : www.facebook.com/ YellowSpringsLibraryAssociation Membership in the Yellow Springs Library Association, or YSLA, is open to anyone interested in serving the community and willing to pay the small annual membership fee of $5. YSLA assists the Yellow Springs Community Library in many ways, including providing funds for many of the extras that make the library so useful and appealing. The YSLA: • Publishes a newsletter, ExLibris, four times per year • Holds a bi-annual YSLA Tea • Provides refreshments and prizes for library programs • Funds specific projects such as repairs to the roof, new bike racks, updated media shelving and meeting room lighting improve- ment, and the Dolly Parton Fund • Supplies supplemental activities for the summer reading program • Gives a book to local newborns • Augments the library’s collection of DVDs, CDs, toys and books • Helps the library with the purchase of equipment and furnishings • Maintains and expands the Corky Shiff Circulation Art Collection • Raises funds through such activities as the Founders’ Day celebration and used- book sales • Supports library outreach with book donations • Works on library landscaping, including removal of invasive honeysuckle and main- taining garden plots The YSLA has a long history of volunteer achievement. The doors of the first library in Yellow Springs opened in 1899 through the efforts of a group that, in 1901, incorporated as the YSLA. The group was responsible for maintaining every aspect of the library until 1926, when the library became part of the Greene County library system. In 1980, the association produced “This Town Is Our Town,” a slide and tape history of Yellow Springs, and in 1978 it founded the Corky Schiff Circulating Art Collection and established a local authors shelf. The asso- ciation commissioned Jon Barlow Hudson to create “Tree of Knowledge,” an outdoor sculpture that was dedicated in 1993. All are invited to find the YSLA on its Face- book page, facebook.com/YellowSpringsLi- braryAssociation. Annual membership dues are $5 per household, with the opportunity for lifetime membership for $100. YSLA bro- chures with membership application forms are available at the entrances to the library. The YSLA is now a “Friends of the Li- brary” organization. The governance of the library and its day-to-day operation are the responsibility of the Greene County system. L I BRARY