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  • Feeding a family of 400

    By YS News StaffDecember 3, 2015

    Villager Suzanne Patterson and Antioch student Meli Osanya help themselves to a portion of the feast. (photo by Aaron Zaremsky)

    This year’s Community Thanksgiving Dinner was the biggest one yet, according to organizers, with about 400 villagers sharing dishes and eating together on Thanksgiving Day.

  • Macbeth honored for Oten Gallery

    By Diane Chiddister

    Longtime local artist Alan Macbeth was honored on Saturday with the Village Inspiration & Design Award, or VIDA, presented by the Arts and Culture Commission. Macbeth was recognized for his ongoing work on the unique Oten Gallery, which was described as a Yellow Springs “icon.” Macbeth has worked on the brick structure for almost 50 years. (photo by Diane Chiddister)

    Alan Macbeth was studying art at Ohio State University in the 1960s when he decided to drop out of school and move to Yellow Springs. A little house right downtown on Xenia Avenue was for rent, and he moved in. Later, his mother bought the house for him.

  • A lone ranger for Glen Helen

    By Dylan Taylor-Lehman

    Susan Smith is Glen Helen’s full-time ranger. Her daily routine entails the work of a peace officer, ecologist, guide and land steward, and her background makes her especially suited to the job. The Glen has always been a special place to her, she said, so despite the occasional trouble she has to attend to, the chance to be a ranger in a place so personally meaningful is a rewarding and emotional opportunity. (Photo by Dylan Taylor-Lehman)

    The quiet hum of natural life is a powerful force, said George Bieri, the Glen’s land manager, and the Glen offers many people the opportunity to immerse themselves in the solace it affords.

  • Village Council— Council recognizes Roosevelt

    By Diane Chiddister

    At Village Council’s meeting on Nov. 16, Council unanimously passed a resolution honoring Antioch College President Mark Roosevelt, who is leaving the job the end of December.

  • Elizabeth (Betty) Dawson

    By YS News Staff

    Elizabeth (Betty) H. Dawson, age 98, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015.

  • Jewel Graham

    By YS News Staff

    Obituary

    Longtime villager and Antioch College faculty member Jewel Graham, 90, died on Monday, Nov. 30.

  • Teacher misconduct probed

    By Diane Chiddister

    A 25-year-veteran of Yellow Springs public schools is currently under investigation by the Yellow Springs Police Department regarding alleged sexual misconduct with a student.

  • Col. John Hazen Blakelock

    By YS News Staff

    Colonel John Hazen Blakelock, USAF Retired, was born in Washington, D.C. in 1922, son of Brigadier General and Mrs. David H. Blakelock.

  • Painter Travis Tarbox Hotaling— Visions of birds at the Brewery

    By Dylan Taylor-Lehman

    Travis Tarbox Hotaling worked in his studio on a painting of a heron for his upcoming show “Birding is Hard,” which will open at the Yellow Springs Brewery on Nov. 25, with a reception on Saturday, Nov. 28, from 3–5 p.m. His oversized paintings are a nod to the “involved and elusive” practice of birding while portraying the complex and fascinating personalities of his subjects. (Photo by Dylan Taylor-Lehman)

    The idea of an exhibit entirely of bird paintings came up by chance, said Travis Tarbox Hotaling, a painter and Yellow Springs resident.

  • YSHS ‘Food Exposition’— Presenting food for thought

    By Carol Simmons

    Yellow Springs High School ninth graders shared information they learned from a 15-week multi-disciplinary study titled “Food for Thought” during a community Food Exposition on Friday evening, Nov. 20, in the high school gym. Among the 15 interactive booths focusing on questions and issues related to food production and consumption was a display of plants growing in aeroponic towers. Students learned in their biology class how food can be grown even in a small space without soil. (photo by Carol Simmons)

    The Yellow Springs High School gym was buzzing with excited energy Friday evening as hundreds of people turned out when the ninth-grade class presented the school’s first community Food Exposition.

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