From The Print Last Week Section
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The Patterdale Hall Diaries | My kingdom for a horse
Bob had his traditional Midsummer Party out at the Hall. This year, the theme was “The Trojan Horse,” so he and his friends built one at home, dressed as horses and paraded it around town. Then the horse was transported to Patterdale Hall, and there was a feast of roast turkey and mushroom risotto. Much fun.
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News from the Past: June 2026
85 YEARS AGO: 1941 — Another well to be put down for water. “The Board of Public Affairs, after consulting with engineers, have ordered another well drilled to augment the village water supply. It will be drilled on the pump house grounds [now Ellis Park].”
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Shifts, expansions and evictions at Millworks Business Park
Of the 11 current businesses sited at the Millworks Business Center in the northern part of town, most are doing well, owner and landlord Allison Moody told the News last week. But some, she said, are poised to move elsewhere in the coming months and a couple left recently under less-than-favorable circumstances.
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The story of a storyteller
“When you tell the story with dignity, it makes an impact,” Merzius told the News, adding that, rather than arguing with people who have already decided what they believe, a storyteller can “commit to the excellence, commit to the truth.”
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‘Why not penguins?’ — Community Pottery mural turns 50
As the United States marks its semiquincentennial, Yellow Springs has another anniversary to observe: The days just before July 4 mark 50 years that the penguins adorning John Bryan Community Pottery have been staring into the middle distance.
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Meet Your Nonprofits | John Bryan Community Pottery wheels into new era
John Bryan Community Pottery — tucked at 100 Dayton St. and known to regulars simply as JBCP — has been a cornerstone of Yellow Springs since 1962.
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Four thought
Villagers didn’t let the oppressive heat reign over their parade on July 4. The lively train wound down Xenia Avenue by crowds that coalesced along the shadows of trees and awnings, waiting for the Sea Dogs’ Super Soakers — though kids were quick to dart out and nab tossed candy before it melted to the road.
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Supreme Court ends protections for Haitian, Syrian neighbors
A swath of Yellow Springers joined hundreds of others outside Springfield City Hall on Thursday, June 25, hours after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for Haitian and Syrian immigrants.
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Down to Earth | Fifty years of state preserves
On June 2, 1976, Gov. Jim Rhodes signed legislation that made the Ohio Department of Natural Resource’s Division of Natural Areas and Preserves, or ODNAP, a permanent division within the department.
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Buddhist film to enlighten Little Art
On Wednesday, July 8, filmmaker and Buddhist Edward A. Burger will bring to the Little Art his 2021 film “The Mountain Path,” a deeply personal story about his journey into the Zhongnan Mountains of China, in search of his lifelong teacher.
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