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• Home, Inc.— Senior housing rental project not funded, yet

  By Audrey HackettMay 30, 2019

  

  A proposed 54-unit affordable senior housing rental project in Yellow Springs has not been funded — yet. Home, Inc. and its development partner, St. Mary Development Corporation, received word last week that they had not been awarded federal tax credits for the local senior apartment building, by far the largest project of its kind undertaken by Home, Inc.

• YS Schools facilities— New report, familiar concerns

  By Carol Simmons

  

  Local school buildings are in immediate need of upgrades. That was the paraphrased conclusion Wednesday, May 15, when representatives of the architectural engineering firm hired by Yellow Springs Schools to conduct an independent assessment of district facilities presented their findings to a joint meeting of the school board and the recently formed facilities task force.

• Yellow Springs Schools— Senior achievements honored

  By Carol Simmons

  

  Ronnebaum and Bryan, who were recipients of a number of the awards distributed this year, have also been chosen to be the 2019 student speakers at commencement exercises Thursday, May 30.

• Native American mascot controversy— Schools learn limits of debate

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Should schools use Native American images and names for sports teams? Yellow Springs High School 10th-grade social studies students were set to debate the pros and cons of that question next week before a panel of community member judges.

• Homegrown publisher leaves village

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  Niche magazine publisher Ertel Publishing relocated to Xenia in March, after 30-plus years in the village. The company has been under new ownership since July 2017, when founder Patrick Ertel sold the business he started out of his Davis Street home to three employees: Brad Bowling, Jeremy Cundiff and Erin Puro.

• Council pulls parking lot proposal

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Beatty Hughes Park will not soon be the site of a municipal parking lot. A proposal to turn over the downtown park to parking was tabled at Council’s May 20 meeting after public opposition.

• YSHS senior’s best score — Clark to play for the Quakers

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Looking back on his four-year varsity basketball career at Yellow Springs High School, graduating senior Andrew Clark struggled to pick out a single highlight. Instead, each game was as important as the last. 

• Ralph E. Ramey

  By YS News StaffMay 23, 2019

  

  Ralph E. Ramey died Monday, April 29, 2019, in Federal Way, Wash., from complications of pneumonia after a prolonged decline in health. He was 90.

• ‘DOROTHY LANE: a travelogue’— Smith’s artistic alchemy transforms

  By Lauren Shows

  

  Louise Smith, a veteran writer and actor, therapist and Antioch College performance professor, will debut her new piece, “DOROTHY LANE:  a travelogue,” on Friday, May 17, and Saturday, May 18, at 8 p.m. in the Foundry Theater’s Experimental Theater.

• Levi Anthony Samuel Bittner

  By YS News StaffMay 16, 2019

  

  Levi Anthony Samuel Bittner, age 39, of Cedarville, passed away on Thursday, May 2, 2019.