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• 2016 Blues Fest to honor Faith Patterson

  By Carol SimmonsSeptember 15, 2016

  

  Remembering, honoring and celebrating the life of teacher and community organizer Faith Patterson will be at the forefront of this year’s AACW Blues, Jazz & Gospel Fest, the music festival she founded here in 1997.

• Whopper of a weekend

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  The weekend of Sept. 9–11 was packed to the village’s proverbial rafters with happenings.

• Cyclops Fest

  By YS News Staff

  

  The festival, which started at 9 a.m. on the grounds of Mills Lawn School and went strong until the rains came mid-afternoon, featured about 80 vendors of handmade items with an indie spirit. Cyclops Fest was one of numerous events that took place in the village over the weekend.

• September 18, 2016 Bulldog sports round-up

  By Dylan Taylor-Lehman

  

  September 18, 2016 Bulldog sports round-up

• Phyllis Jean (Decker) Smith

  By YS News Staff

  

  Phyllis Jean (Decker) Smith, 94, of Oakwood, Ohio, passed away on July 31, 2016, at Brookdale Oakwood.

• Evelyn (Evel) Barcus

  By YS News Staff

  

  Evel Barcus died peacefully in her own home attended by her angel-of-mercy hospice nurse and in the company of family.

• Charlotte Gorden Memorial

  By YS News Staff

  

  A gathering for Charlotte Gorden will be held Saturday, Sept. 17, 5:30 p.m.

• New Older Group teacher at the Antioch School

  By Carol Simmons

  

  When Chris Powell retired last spring after 28 years as the Older Group teacher at the Antioch School, imagining someone new stepping into her room as lead teacher may have seemed hard.

• Stair masters: the third annual 9/11 Stair Climb benefit

  By Matt Minde

  

  126 people took part in this year’s 9/11 Stair Climb, a fundraiser for the survivors and families of the first responders to the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center.

• Matthew Kirk’s state senate campaign heads into fall

  By Dylan Taylor-Lehman

  

  Matthew and Kristina Kirk’s backyard was abuzz with family, fellow Democrats and a growing pile of items to be sold at an upcoming yard sale; the donations were collected to raise money for Matthew’s Ohio’s state senate run.