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  • Jason Morgan at Springfield Art Museum— Seeing epic in ordinary

    By Audrey HackettAugust 13, 2015

    Portraits and hyperreal still-life paintings by Yellow Springs artist Jason Morgan are the focus of an exhibit at the Springfield Museum of Art. “Full Circle: Paintings by Jason Morgan,” is showing now until Feb. 6. (Submitted Photo)

    If the produce Jason Morgan paints wound up on the shelves of Tom’s Market, it would be judged not for freshness, but for its more human qualities.

  • AUM Classics retires with Malarkey

    By Lauren Heaton

    Antioch University Midwest humanities professor Jim Malarkey retired in June after 30 years of teaching and curricular planning at both Antioch College and AUM. His signature Classics program was discontinued, but the humanities will still be offered as a concentration at AUM. (Photo by Lauren Heaton)

    In June, AUM Professor Jim Malarkey retired. And when he did, the humanities major, the heart of which was Malarkey’s Classics program, went with him.

  • Bahá’í camp immersed in virtues

    By Audrey Hackett

    Ursula Kremer, left, a Youth Helper at this summer’s Bahá’í day camp, leads a group of campers in a game called “The Knot,” in which children must untangle themselves without breaking hands. The game enacts the virtues of happiness and unity. (Submitted photo)

    A small sign on Linden Qualls’ bright red door sets the tone for both her home and the children’s camp she’s run here for nearly 30 years. “If there is right in the soul, there will be beauty in the person.”

  • Village manager Bates takes on cancer

    By Diane Chiddister

    Village Manager Patti Bates, a four-time cancer survivor, is training for a three-day, 60-mile walk she’ll make in November as part of the annual Susan G. Komen for the Cure fundraiser. She’s shown here at her first three-day event several years ago, with her friend Lois McNight. (Submitted photo)

    In her first year in the position, Village Manager Patti Bates has shown what some view as uncommon equanimity in a demanding job. And it turns out she’s come by that equanimity naturally. A four-time cancer survivor, Bates knows what’s worth getting steamed at, and what’s not.

  • Village Council — Home, Inc. and Township partner

    By Lauren HeatonAugust 6, 2015

    In the latest bid to acquire the former Wright State Physicians Clinic property on Xenia Avenue, Yellow Springs Home, Inc. and Miami Township are partnering on a joint venture to site both affordable senior housing and a new fire station in town.

  • Lloyd George Benham

    By YS News Staff

    Lloyd George Benham

    Lloyd George Benham, of Springfield, went to be with the Lord on July 18, 2015.

  • School board praises 2020 Plan

    By Diane Chiddister

    The Yellow Springs school district’s 2020 Plan, which aims to increase student success by enhancing innovation in teaching and learning, appears to be achieving its goals.

  • High-five hellos at T-ball

    By Jimmy Chesire

    There is joy. Infectious. Mysterious. Wondrous. Astonishing. Impossible to miss.

  • Indians sweep Minor League

    By Tim Sherwood

    They hadn’t played a game in more than a week, but the regular season Minor League champion Winds Cafe Indians didn’t miss a beat going into tournament play last week.

  • Antioch College historian eyes race, community

    By Diane Chiddister

    Kevin McGruder, assistant professor of history at Antioch College, will discuss his latest book, Race and Real Estate: Conflict and Cooperation in Harlem 1890–1920, on Tuesday, Aug. 4. at 7 p.m. at McGregor 113 on the college campus. He will also sign copies of this book, which was recently published by Columbia University Press. (Photo By diane chiddister)

    But Kevin McGruder, assistant professor of history at Antioch College, tells the story of early white Harlem residents who appeared to hold diverse views of their African-American neighbors. And he believes that Harlem was originally a place of aspiration for the blacks who moved there.

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