From The Print Last Week Section :: Page 83

• Friends Care Community emerges from pandemic

  By Carol SimmonsJune 1, 2022

  

  “With that return comes questions about what’s next for FCC. Do leaders pick up expansion plans where they left off more than two years ago? Did new factors arise during the pandemic — or as a result of it — that affect the facility’s future operations?”

• Director Malissa Doster bids farewell to Children’s Center

  By Jessica ThomasMay 29, 2022

  

  After nearly five years of meeting goals and setting new ones, Doster has stepped down as the director of the center, or YSCCC.

• School Facilities Committee assesses issues

  By Lauren ShowsMay 28, 2022

  

  Among the issues identified by building users, the largest concerns discussed at the meeting were heating, ventilation and air conditioning, or HVAC, systems and air quality; bathrooms; and safety and security.

• Dogwood Festival to celebrate spring, community

  By Lauren ShowsMay 27, 2022

  

  The center’s first Dogwood Festival is slated for Saturday, May 28, 2–10 p.m., at the Agraria Farm. The event, which organizers plan to make annual, will feature activities throughout the afternoon and into the evening, including tours, a scavenger hunt, lawn games, music, a bonfire, a barn dance and more.

• Coretta Scott King luncheon lifts up

  By Carol SimmonsMay 26, 2022

  

  Community organizing, healing and relationships were among the themes highlighted during the sixth annual Legacy Luncheon ceremony presented by the Coretta Scott King Center on Friday, April 29, at the Wellness Center on the Antioch College campus.

• My Name Is Iden | My kids call me ‘Deedee’

  By Iden Crockett

  

  “I didn’t know what it would be like to raise my children as a transgender woman, but I was pretty sure it would be awful.”

• Down to Earth | ‘Capture the positive’ on Earth Day

  By YS News Staff

  

  “The human species is facing so many difficult issues in our world community right now, ranging from the war in Ukraine to climate change. Let’s use this Earth Day to capture the positive.”

• Comedian Donnell Rawlings to host local events

  By Jessica Thomas

  

  The four-day series, dubbed “Donnell Land,” will include shows at Wiley’s Comedy Club in Dayton, kayaking down the Little Miami, and a kickball game in Gaunt Park.

• COVID Update | May 26, 2022

  By YS News Staff

  

  The number of new cases in the state, tallied for May 13–19 was 19,556, compared to 15,950 for the week of May 6–12.

• Celebrate YSHS Class of ’22

  By YS News StaffMay 25, 2022

  

  The Class of 2022 will take its final bow at graduation on Thursday, May 26, at YS High School. However, because of projected rain, commencement ceremonies have been relocated to the gym.