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• School board— District fundraiser job considered

  By Lauren HeatonJune 25, 2015

  

  For the first time since devising the 2020 Strategic Plan five years ago, Yellow Springs school board members agreed to explore the possibility of using public funds to hire a professional fundraiser for the school district.

• Civil Rights icon to address College

  By Suzanne Szempruch

  

  Fifty years ago, in the spring of 1965, the Rev. Dr, Martin Luther King Jr. came to Yellow Springs to deliver the commencement address at Antioch College, the alma mater of his wife, Coretta Scott King.

• Village Council— Mayor revamp off table

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Village Council will not propose changes to the mayor’s role in the upcoming charter revision, members said at this week’s Council work session.

• Louis R. Michea III

  By YS News Staff

  

  Louis R. Michea III, of Fernandina Beach, Fla. and formerly of Marietta, Ga., passed away on June 10, 2015, surrounded by his loving family. He was 73 years old.

• Jordan captivates at YSAC show

  By YS News Staff

  

  Antioch College Miller Fellow Jumana Snow is inviting the Yellow Springs community to take a voyage across the Middle East to her birth country, the kingdom of Jordan. No plane ticket or passport is required.

• Spires of art and whimsy

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  The mystical garden of rock forms balanced precariously in the yard of Tim and Kelley Callahan has a life of its own.

• Harness power of the potty

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  In his nine years as the Village Water and Wastewater Superintendent, Joe Bates has overseen a complete overhaul of the wastewater treatment plant and the near-complete redesign of a new water treatment plant, and ushered both facilities back into compliance with current Environmental Protection Agency standards.

• Jane Hawes Norman

  By YS News Staff

  

  Jane Hawes Norman, 77, went to Heaven on June 10, 2015, after a long series of illnesses.

• Listen for stories of freedom

  By Carol SimmonsJune 18, 2015

  

  While the American Civil War continued to rage unabated, President Abraham Lincoln on Jan. 1, 1863, issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring “that all persons held as slaves” within the rebellious states “are, and henceforward shall be free.”

• A local energy channel on YouTube

  By Megan Bachman

  

  When it comes to people fighting climate change, Yellow Springs has a lot of stories to tell.