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Feature Photos Section :: Page 46

  • Well on the way to Wellness

    Antioch employees showed visitors some of the features the center will boast when it opens in ­September, including a six-lane competition-length pool, therapeutic whirlpool, group fitness classrooms, racquetball courts, two gyms, a workout area and more.

    Last Saturday Antioch College opened to the public its 44,000-square foot Wellness Center currently undergoing a yearlong $8 million renovation. The Wellness Center announced its membership rates in an insert in this week’s News and at http://www.wellnesscenter.antiochcollege.org, and has launched a community fundraising campaign to help pay off the center.

  • Pride hits the pavement

    Penny Abamson, left, and Emily Seibel, under umbrellas during the Pride Parade. (photo by Diane Chiddister)

    Clouds and the threat of thunderstorms couldn’t keep an enthusiastic group of villagers from marching through downtown for the third annual Yellow Springs Pride parade last Saturday afternoon. The event, which began at Mills Lawn School, looped through downtown and ended at the First Presbyterian Church. More Pride events followed the parade, including a showing […]

  • Playing in the street

    Shown here are, from left, Grant Crawford, Folger Pyles and Rhi Harsh-Wessendorf. (photo by Diane Chiddister)

    Chamber music wafted from downtown streets last Saturday morning, as young musicians performed to raise money for the Yellow Springs music program, including Summer Strings. A story on Summer Strings, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this summer, will appear in next week’s News.

  • Strides for scholarships

    Shown here are Antioch University Chancellor Felice Nudelman, left and Michelle Ward, with Ward’s daughter Olivia in the stroller. (submitted photo)

    On Saturday, June 14, about 600 people took part in Young’s Jersey Dairy’s Cheddar Challenge, a 5K run/walk with part of the proceeds going to the scholarship fund at Antioch University Midwest. About 24 mainly AUMidwest staff took part as Team Antioch.

  • Yellow Springs Blues

    Police Chief Anthony Pettiford, second from right, are, from left, Stephanie Spurlock, Jeff Beam and Randall Hawley. (Submitted photo by Judy Kintner)

    Three new police officers were sworn into the Yellow Springs Police Department on May 19th.

  • Peace piece

    At last Friday’s exhibition of the school-wide Project Peace Initiative at Mills Lawn School, music teacher Jo Frannye Reichert led third-graders in a conga drum performance, as part of D.R.U.M Code, which stands for “discipline, respect and unity through music.” (Photo by Megan Bachman)

    At last Friday’s exhibition of the school-wide Project Peace Initiative at Mills Lawn School, third-graders performed a conga drum performance, as part of D.R.U.M Code.

  • Throwing things at school

    Local artist Geno Luketic visited Mills Lawn School Thursday, May 15 and demonstrated how to throw pots out of clay on an electric wheel.

  • Adult entertainment

    Around 180 villagers, including Minerva and Alex Bieri, at right, donned their most glamorous attire for the Hollywood-themed Yellow Springs Adult Prom on Saturday night and danced the night away. (photo by Megan Bachman)

    This year’s prom queen was Gayle Sampson and the prom king went only by “Risky Business” for the outfit she based upon Tom Cruise’s character in that film. Other creative outfits were the Dude from “The Big Lebowski” and Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Yellow Springs Browns Backers, which organized the prom, raised around $2,700 for Yellow […]

  • Oh, hoppy day!

    Enjoying their candy-filled freebies were, from left, Kelly Kerstetter, Caleb Derrickson and Braden Derrickson. (photos by Megan Bachman)

    Warm and sunny spring weather brought out around 40 local toddlers and young children to scramble for eggs at the annual Easter egg hunt on Saturday, April 19, sponsored by Central Chapel AME Church. Click below to see the photos larger.

  • April fools

    At top left, an unfortunate bee was caught unawares during a routine pollination; at center, a flowering magnolia tree bears the additional weight of snow caps, while, at right, the tip of a still-closed tulip is graced with a tuft of snow.

    After a strong spring warming, Yellow Springs woke up to an all-too familiar winter sight Tuesday morning, as a quick cold front brought a sticky blanket of snow and freezing temperatures to the region.

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